The critic., 1891-02-20
FROM THE DISTRICT CAPITOL.
News of General Interest from TIL
Commissioners ONCE.


sent to Assessor Trimble this morning for
his final action. These are the first that
have been sent him since the Commits
sioftrs issued the order forbidding the
publication from day to day of rejected
or approved applications.
Commissioner Ross told q CRlTfc re-
porter this morning that the press would
not be given any information until Com
missioner Robert returned from New York
on Tuesday morning, when the agony of
the saloon-keepers will be relieved or in
creased by the approval or rejection of
their respective licenses.
Judge Miller has written the Commits
sioners regarding the contingent expenses
of his court as follows. ~ notice IN the
District Appropriation bill, as reported to
the Senate, that the item for contingent
expenses of this court is omitted. AT the
request ofthe Commissioners last fall
furnished estimates for the ensuing year,
including 81 400 for contingent expenses,
and strongly urged upon the Commits
sioners the necessity OF having at least
this amount. II will be impossible tn
run the court without this item. |
therefore hope the attention of Congress
will be called to this matter at once"
The Commissioners will give the case
their early attention.
ilONct Dlll WlltiI pTONlNtS
the refundiug of taxes collected from
commercial agents, was referred to At
torney Hazelton for his opinion.
His decision Is as follows. "As this Is n
question for Congress, do not know that
anything further can be said or done than
to furnish in your report upon the pro-
posed legislation a statement of the
amount of money that will be required to
meet the demands or judgments that must
follow If this bill becomes law. The
amount must be very large, exceeding
100000, but the exact amount can be OBJ
tanned, of course from the records of the
District offices.
whether the real parties now in inter-
est are speculators, having purchased these
claims, or having arranged to collect them
upon contingent fee of very large
amount, might be worthy of an inquiry
or q suggestion to Congress. If such is
the case, as 1t may very likely be, after
so great elapse of time, II would certainly
take away whatever merit is contained in
the lofty assumptions of the preamble to
the bill"
Assessor Trimble reports that the re.
ceipts from commercial agents between
amounted to S27l ,66l 40. Mr.. Trimbe
states that the amount claimed by resi-
| dents Of the District can only be approx
| imately determined, but there is reason to
| believe that the amount mentioned by
| the District Attorney (Sl00,000) would be
| equaled, III not exceeded by the class of
claims referred TO.
The Martin Il. Morris-United States
| Electric Light Company dispute over an
| innocent and unoltending supply pole has
been augmented by another opponent to
| the said pole, Mr.. Thomas Francis, re-
siding at 1922 Massachusetts avenue, who
| writes to the Commissioners the following
| pithy and belligerent communication:
81 noticed in this mornings paper an
| article which referred to the changing of
apole belonging to the u. s. Electric
Light Company from its present position
| to an alley west. The pole now stands in
apublic alley, and leans towards the prop
| erty of Mr.. Martin Morris, in square 2i7.
| If this pole is changed and placed in the
| alley west, which is Il private alley be-
| longing to lots a, B and G, and owned by
| Mr.. j. Stanley Brown, l.. G. Francis aud
| DR.. Murphy, | will see that il Is hevn
down and the offenders prosecuted Tor
| tresrassng upon private property"
Captain Resell says the emuch-discjissed
| pole is to be moved tosome position where
It will be amcable to public and private
interests, which, Of course, prohibits its
being placed in any private alley, 50 that
| Mr.. Francis and his little hatchet will be
| unnecessary.
a building permit was issued to-day to
| the United Service Club, through their
| president, General George NJ. Schoheld.
| The building is to be erected Mt 1923
| street northwest of press brick and stone;
cost 100000. Harvey l.. Page is the
architect, and Charles A. Langley is the
builder.
| Some time ago the Washington and
| Georgetown Railroad Company, through
| Mr.. ii. Hurt, president, wrote a letter to
the Commissioners, in which they re-
| qucsted permission to place box AZ the
head of Seventh street north, to be used
| would be in constant communication with
their power-house. AS this box would
obstruct the street the Commissioners at
the time refused to grant the desired per-
mission. Mr.. Hurt yesterday called at
tention to the fact that the permit had
been refused, and requested that the Com
missioners again consider the application
and If possible, grant the permit.
The papers were referred to Captain
Rossell, who says that this permit has
been previously refused. but since that
time structures of this kind have been
erected by the Herdic Company on Lafay-
ettc Square and by the Washington and
Georgetown Railroad Company at the
corner Of Fifteenth street and New York
avenue. He says that he is of the opin-
ion that this permit should be refused
and that the other buildings should be
ordered to be removed.
Privates G. l.. Grant, G. w. Wall and
Sergeant Trunnell have been removed
from the police force by the Commission,
ers. The two former were dismissed for
violation OF general orders and the latter
| for intoxication.