Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-13
The District Telegraph Service.
PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION OF THE LINEs-A RE
PORT SUBMITTED To-Day

PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION OF THE LINEs-A RE-
PORT SUBMITTED TO-DAY.
Major w. b. Brock, chief Of police, and III. r.
Miles, superintendent of the fire alarm tele rraph
to whom had been referred the subject of making
an estimate of the cost for concentrating the
telephone and telegraph service of the District,
with central office i'm the building known as
police headquarters. at Az street and Pennsyl-
wanna avenue. submitted report to-day TO the
District commissioners. They state: g We find
10y consulting with Superintendent Wilson, that
II Is desirable TO embrace in the telephone cir
cult sixteen public schools to wit: The Jeffer-
son. Chamberlain. wallach Lincoln, Sumner,
Seaton, Randall, Franklin. Curtis. Lovejoy
Bowen. Cook. Peabody. Henry. Force. and
Riggs. These several schools can be con-
nected 10y placing them upon four circuits.
The total cost OF erecting the lines for use of the
public schools. including poles. wire Insulation
and labor is estimated at Sill. To connect the
engineers Office at the property yard. between
9th and 9TH and nj and n streets southwest,
about one and half miles of wire and three
new poles would be required The property
yard at q street wharf northwest. and the pub
lie pound. Should be treated together i'm estimat-
ing but should each be placed upon separate
wires. For the purpose Of getting various cir
cults from headquarters to the fire alarm
and police poles at 5th and ID streets
northwest, and to connect the Police
and Criminal Courts and the attorneys Office
three substantial poles should be erected on Az
street, between street and the City Hall-the
cost would be about $50 making a total cost for
wire insulation. poles and labor of sl.274.r A
contingency OF S226 is also recommended, max
ing the sum total of 81 500 for the erection Of
about twenty-siX miles of wire. The Washing
ton Asylum should be included. but the Dis
trict already own line of wire and poles to that
institution, which would fully answer the pur-
pose no estimate lis required for this. In max
ing complete telephone exchange for the Offices
of the District of Columbia the police wire should
hat.
should be separate circuit, this would involve
an expense of, perhaps, $500. which
might be added to the above
estimate for the erection of circuits.
The total cost of establishing complete official
exchange, embracing all the routes named in
the report: also the fire alarm and police tele-
phone service would be $1,000, leaving only the
annual rental of the telephone instruments to be
taken into the account, which would amount to
siXty-one sets of telephones at SO per year
S6l0. The District is now paying an annual
rental for telephone service 81 GA for cfrcuifs
and use of call boxes and telephones combined.
All the new poles needed In erecting the pro-
posed lines could be utilized for the fire alarm
telegraph purposes to GOOD advantage
THE HOwGATE CAsE.-The marshal Yesterday.
IN attaching the property OF Capt. Henry W.
Howgate to satisfy demands of suit brought
against him by the United States, levied unon
his credits i'm the National Safe Deposit comnanv
and those in the hands Of Mr.. James b. Miner
Inc answer OF the Safe Deposit company as gar.
nisher has not yet been made
HE r. U. COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION.
papers have been made up and report OF the
examination In the Post Once de.
partment to I'LL q clerkship in the el.00O class
but Acting Postmaster General ~.
ner Will not render q decision as to which con-
petitor is entitled to the place until tomorrow.
Death Of Q Naval Omcef.
Boston, NAss.. Sept. 1S.-Capt. X. r. Breasa
of the US. Navy, died 1t his residence here TIT