Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19
FOR THOSE WHO KICK.
Commissioner Powell Proposes to Make
Provision.
A Bureau Of Complaints to Be Established
in the District Building-Other Mat
tors Of Interest Occurring Today.

Captain Powell requests the citizens,
through The Star, to cooperate with him
in the establishment Of a system that will
greatly facilitate business at the District
building To a reporter of The Star today
the captain unfolded his plan. He pro-
poses, with the assistance Of the people,
to establish at the District building a bu-
reau of complaints. and anyone who has a
grievance is requested to visit the bureau
and explain the matter to the clerk in at
tendance. To insure prompt action he
recommends that the complaint be put in
writing and handed in. If this plan is a
success. and he is sanguine that IT viii be.
the commissioners will be relieved Of a
great amount Of unnecessary annoyance.
Besides, heads Of departments who are
now called upon relative to the most trivial
matter to the detr;ment of the service win
be relieved. and in the long run the Dis
trict will be the gamer. The bureau of COM
plants is to be located in the first room to
the complaints will be forwarded to their
respective places, and action taken as soon
as possible. The object Of this plan Is to
save time. Not day goes by but the Com
missioners and engineer officers are bother
ed with complaints over which they have no
control Each interruption means loss OF
time, and inspections which should be con-
stantly going on are rendered impossible.
Trying to Help Maj. Moore.
A competition between temperance and
intemperance. That is the conclusion ar
rived at by NJ. F. Halloran in his diagnosis
of the conduct of Officer Bushrod Of the po-
lice force toward his father and mother.
who keeps a small grocery store at 800 X
street northwest. He says that Bushrod
has been assiduously engaged in watching
the premises In the endeavor to find fault.
and continually goes out Of his way to in
terfere in matters that do not concern him
In the least. He states further that Officer
Bushrod spends much Of his time in two
grocery stores on the opposite corners, to
the neglect of his duty His presence il
another beat.
Lamp Posts Instead.
Glen w. Cooper suggests in connection
with the erection of posts by the cable
company for the purpose Of notifying pas
sengers Of the stopping places Of the cars
that In lieu thereof lamp posts or tree
boxes be painted red and used They would
be no obstruction to the street and every
one could see them.
The property owners and residents on
9Th street extended between Maple and
Spruce streets have united In a petition to
the Commissioners requesting that the only
portion OF 9Th street not already paved be
included in the estimates for next year
A lengthy petition was received by the
AGAINST the granting of liquor license to
Benjamin Osborn. Hillsdale The place
they say. Is within 50 feet Of the Baptist
houses
"A Citizen writes to the Commissioners
today advising the location OF the hos
pital for contagious diseases at 239 North
Capitol street and thus abate greater
nuisance In the shape of a perpetual run
ming noisy, greaseless printing office.
~ r. Metcalf. in letter to the Com
OF Rhode Island avenue between New Jer-
sey avenue and Florida avenue.