Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-18
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
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Several DAYS ago Chief Clerk Beall of the
water department enclosed TO Capt. Lusk q list
of property which is carried ON the books of
the water Office, but marked as exempt from
taxation on the books of the assessors Office
and which is exempt by law. The property in
question includes churches, school buildings,
market houses police stations, hospitals, en-
gine houses and buildings Of a like character.
The matter was referred to the attorney for the
District for report as 10 whether any OF the
property on the list was subject TO
the water main tax. The attor-
ney, after considering the subject,
reported that none of il was, and Capt. Lusk,
in view of this. recommends that unless there
are legal objections the transfers from one set
OF books to new set, now being copied in the
water Office, be not made. He says. the prac-
teal advantage will be that persons who may
desire to transfer property will be spared much
unnecessary trouble and annoyance and that
the water department will be spared much
labor and expense if this transfer is not made
The Commissioners have approved the recon-
mendstion.
THE HOUSE OF TIE GOOD SHEPHERD.
The House of the Good shepherd, through
: Sister NJ Martin, superior, has submitted the
annual report of the workings of the institu-
ton for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1889
The expenses aggregated 81. 573. 20 and the in
come S2,695.2 %. The number Of inmates in the
house at present is As. the number received
during the year. 20. OF this number IL were
brought by officers, by their parents and
came voluntarily. Congress at it's last session ap-
propriated $4,000 for the purpose of erecting
a building for the institution. he property had
been previously purchased in Georgetown and
building thereon is now IN course of erection
which, when completed, Will accommodate at
least one hundred inmates. They recommend
that the necessity for an institution of this
character is very great 1t be placed IN the
category of charitable institutions and receive
an annual appropriation from the government
of the United States.
THE GEQRGErowN AND TENLEYTowN RAILROAD.
Several days ago the Commissioners received
a petition from Mr.. John G. Schneider and
others to the effect that the Georgetown and
Tenleytown railroad company were trying 10
buy land to erect machine shops at point on
the Tenleytown road near their property and
the Industrial Home school, which they thought
would be great damage, and they requested
that no permit be issued by the inspector OF
buildings for such machine and boiler shops.
The matter was referred TO Capt. Symons, who
recommended that the whole question be SUBJ
United to the inspector of buildings to be
brought up whenever the company wishes to
carry on the action which has caused the fear
on the part of the petitioners.
VITAL STATISTICS
The report of Health Officer Townshend for
the week ending September IA shows: Num-
Der of deaths, I0l; white, SIS; colored, 46.
Death rate per 1000 per annum: White, l6 81;
colored, 20. 9O total population, 2100. Thirty
eight were under five years of age. IL over
sixty years; Il were under one year old; 10 of
the deaths occurred in hospitals and public
institutions. The principal causes of death
were: Group, L: cerebro-spinal meningitis, /:
consumption, 10; diarrheal, 9; typhoid fever,
6; malarial fever, 3; pneumonia, 2; puerperal
diseases, /; diphtheria, 8. Births reported:
Twenty white males; 10 white females; Is col
ored males; 20 colored females Marriages re-
ported: Fifteen white; 6 colored.
MR.. HURDLES CLAIM
Severarl days ago Mr.. Charles Hurdle. No.
1922 street. made claim against the District
for $3.50 damages for injury TO his saloon and
fixtures. due to the explosion of gas in a sewer
trap In front of his premises. Detective Mat
tingly made an investigation and report of the
case. The attorney of the District. to whom the
case referred, has made a report saving
that to hold the District liable some form of
malfeasance or some neglect on the part of
District officers must be shown to have
been the cause of the explosion.
do not think that the explosion
itself is proof of negligence on the part of
the District" Detective Mattingly did not CO.
cur in MIR. Hurdles estimate of the injury. The
matter will be considered by the Commits
sIoners.
ADMIRAL Bob sUTToNs HEAD sTILL,oy.
The statement published in an afternoon pa
per yesterday to the effect that Commodore
Bob Sutton, harbor master of the District, had
been asked to resign and that j. W. Nicholson
had been appointed to fill the vacancy is de-
MED. In conversation with Commissioner
Douglass today upon the subject he said that
no such thing was even contemplated: that ho
had always found Mr.. Sutton an efficient officer
and would sooner think of resigning himself
than to turn the admiral" Of the Potomac
navy out of Office.