Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-31
DISTRICT AFFAIRS.
The Business Part of T Street to Be
Swept by Hand.
SOME LIQUOR PROBLEMS SOLVED.
A Complaint About an GLORIOUS
Nuisance on the River.
GEORGETOWN POLES TO GO.
GEORGETOWN POLES TO GO.

street between 9th and 18th
streets shall be swept by hand, in the same
anner as Pennsylvania avenue, IL the
suee. cleaning contract and available funds
permit This latter question viii probably
| oe iett to the auditor to decide.
Inc matter came about through a letter
from inspector Clifford Richardson TO Cant
| fieoeger calling his attention to the In
| Jury which Is apparently being done to the
aspnait surface by continuous watering
me water stands in pools which the in
spector thinks will eventually rot the as
pnsi. capt Powell. In approving the letter
ana its recommendations urges that here
after the police regulation. which restrtct.
the sprfnkling OF streets to the hours be
tween 4;So pm. and $50 am. be more rigid
ly enforced.
Some Liquor License Questions An
swered.
Last wednesday the Commissioners sub
mitted to Attorney Thomas for his opinion
two questions: first whether the Commits
s sioners have the power to transfer liquor
license. granted under the old law where
the transferee intends changing the loca-
ton OF his place of business; and second
whether ", the Commissioners have the power
70 revoke license granted under the new
law, when ii Is discovered subsequent 10
the issuance OF the license that the hcen-
sees place Of business is within 400 feet of
In his response just submitted Mr..
Inomas says: 1 have carefully considered
ponse to the r snd o ann 81 opinion IN res
sioners have the right TO approve the trans
ier or liquor licenses provided the transferee
Census sansta &C to them. and be gets the
cohsent or property owners as though he
was an applicant for a new license, and
provided further that the change OF loca-
aned in the aef Of March 1es iss rule In
Spouse to your second question, section le
OF OF !, the e, act OF March 5. 1888. regulating the
declares. that licenses for any OF the pur-
poses specified shall rot be granted TO any
person to conduct such business within 400
rect OF public school house private school
or place of religious worship. except in sucb
places OF business as may have been iocat-
ed previous to the erection or occupation
tween the nearest entrances to each by the
shortest course Of travel" This section
goes TO the power of the Commissioner to
grant license to sell liquor within 600 feet
OF church. and IL results that II they
should grant a license. the same not being
70 a hotel or club, to an applicant whose
church or school house. IT would be void
and IL would be the right and duty of The
excise board to revoke the same
Nuisance on the River.
The Commissioners today received
letter Of complaint from Mr. f. d. Berry
calling attention to the condition OF affairs
at the guano factory on the MARYLAND hank
OF the river. just below the city. He states
that last Friday evening he went down on
river excursion, and that the stencil aris-
ing from the destruction of dead horses ana
other refuse was intolerable. Thousands
Of citizens who take to the river to escape
the heat at this season of the year are sub
3ected TO this annoyance, and he respectful
ASKS that some measure be taken to
apate nuisance that he does not think
would be permitted in any other city.
Dfsmfssals in the Water Department.
The Commissioners have dismissed Harry
Flood
johnson. laborer in the pumn division ~,
the water department, for having repaired
certain pumps for private parties during
c wSrsihg hours for which work they re-
ceived pay for which they failed To az
count. 1t was also found that an old pumn
belonging to the pump division was erect.ls
~, PIvate property after working hours
py Johnson about June q. 1895 This p,mn
has been ordered to be removed The ais
missals We're made on recommeudat ion 90
~. r. HAYDEN. superintendent of the wa
The Inspector Of Liquor Ltceu.e..
Mr.. A n. Garfield, chairman of the COM
mittee on legislation Of the Grand Lodge
district OF Columbia, I. o. @. T, has writ
Ten TO the Commissioners asking for a fun
interpretation Of the clause IN the new
liquor Incense that provides for an fnspec-
uon OF licenses to be made by the clerk OF
the excise board, who is ex-officio a member
OF the body The inquiry has been referred
swer.
A Complaint About East Capitol stree,
The Commissioners today received a LET
ter from Mr.. Edwin H. Fowler containing
Of the condition of East Capitol street be-
tween lth and 18th streets According 70
the contracts, Mr.. Fowler says this street
Is to be kept in good condition for a period
OF nve years. but at present IL is a nuis-
ance by reason of dust, while In wet
weather IL is practically impossible on ac-
count OF the mud. a condition Of affairs
o frar NJ cso
IL good gravel had been used for the sur
face. The letter has been referred 10 the
engineer department.
Ordering the Removal of TeleRraph
Poles.
Several days ago the Western Union
Telegraph Company applied to the Dis
trict Commissioners for permission to re-
set an existing pole at the southwest cor
ner of 18th and streets. recently fallen
The letter also contained request for
permission to reset and strengthen in the
usual manner any poles which, after inspec-
ton. seemed to require this attention to
maintain them in a safe condition. These
poles are on a route which was mentioned
in The Star at the time.
The company have failed completely to
get what it wanted. for the Commissioners
have ordered that all the poles mem ioned
in the letter, and the wires which are not
now in USE and which belong to the Rapid
Telegraph. be removed at once. The Com
missioners I'm ordering their removal state
that it appears that the Western Union Tel
egraph Company is the lessee Of the old
line named; that this line has been aban-
doned, and that the acts of Congress pro-
hibit additional telegraph lines on poles
in the District.
The request of the Western Union COM
pany was referred to General Inspector E.
Y. Beggs. Of the engineer department who
reported that the line Of poles referred to
is very defective; is not continuous and
has not been in use for the past seven
years. 1t is not connected with any tele-
graph or other Office. and the poles and
wires, by reason OF their condition are un-
safe In the roadways of the city, and are
a menace to the public safety He recon-
mended a refusal of the request and thar
the company be directed to remove those
parts Of the Rapid Telegraph line from the
city as measure of public safety. The
action OF the Commissioners was in accord
ance with this recommendation.
Work Of Health once Inspectors.
The report Of Mr.. Gwynn Harris, inspec-
tor Of marine products. shows that last
week there arrived at the river front 10. 2ss
punches of fish, 1850 Spanish mackereI
sixty-eight sheephead, fifty-one carp
twenty-seven sturgeon. one sea turtle. 10
00o CLAIMS, $500 crabs. 1900 canteloupes,
and $500 watefmeions Among the con-
formations were thirty-seven punches of
fish, $500 clans, 1920 crabs, and 400 water
melons.
The three food inspectors last week con-
demned 352 pounds of meat, 31& cante-
loupes. ninety-four watermelons. and a
quantity Of various fruits and vegetables.
The report of Poundmaster Einstein for
last week shows that twenty-seyen dogs
and three horses were captured. The
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