Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-26
ASPHALT PAVEMENT AwARps.

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ASPHALT PAVEMENT AwARpa
At special meeting Of the board Of c.
missioners this afternoon the Commissiop.r,
took up for consideration and final di.po,iso,
District OF Columbia during the comi,,
fiscal year. Capt Powell cslI.3
attention to the matter, and the Commiseiopsrs
being assured of the ability of Tbomm n
Thomas. the bidder for the Bermudez ssphslt
unanimously decided to award him . contr,sa
aggregating 20 900 square wares ofasphaltpsye-
ment. A similar award ives also made TO o.
Barber Asphalt Company. Prof De smidt
who represents the new asphalt company nd
the plant for laying the pavement by Thomss
H. Thomas was already in the city
and would be erected in a shors
time. He had obtained option
on several sites and just soon o. the contr.ct
was signed he would begin operations. He had
no fear, he said. that the new asphalt, which
comes from Venezuela, would produss
an acceptable pavement The contract wss
awarded by streets. so - 10 make up the
aggregate Of 20, 900 square yards. 1t 10 under
stood, however, that the Barber Asphalt CON-
pany will not give mp the fight, but carry IL into
court and ask for an injunction on the ground
tina: the bid Of Thomas ii. Thomas was illegal
TRINIDAD AND THE FIRE LINrrA
A delegation Of citizens from the subdi-
vision Of Trinidad appeared before the Con-
missioners this afternoon and urged thas
the fire limits be not interfered with II they
were changed il would bring about q bad class
OF small frame houses. and again the petition
for change came from non-residentA. 1hs
delegation consisted of Messrs. Geores P.Dsvis,
John E. Hammer and A h. Davis
SPEED or THE BRIGHTwoop CARS.
The speed Of the Brightwood street cars q
at this time receiving considerable attention.
Today Mr.. ". S. Branson Of the I ost Office De-
partment wrote the following letter to the Com
missioners, which they received and referred 10
the engineer department
Having seen mention made in the CITY pres
Of the fact that your honorable board has n.
ceived q petition from 1.-The Citizens Associs-
ton Of Brightwood avenue" &C., asking that
the Brightwood Railway Co. be permitted to
run their cars at Q speed OF fifteen miles psr
hour, wish to enter an earnest protest.
against said petition being granted. This COM
psny persists in running it's cars at about
this speed now, despite the fact that they
have been prohibited from running 1t greater
speed than nine miles per hour. and n
they were permitted to run at q speed Of fifteen
miles IL is quite likely they would take the lib
erty Of adding fifteen miles more Of speed psr
hour when il suited their conveniencs
to do 80. Brightwood avenue 10 -
densely populated for . great portion Of
the distance between Boundary and Rock Greek
Church road as most Of the city streets, and 10
would be just as reasonable to permit Q car 70
attain such dangerous speeds on any Of ths
city lines as to grant the request
Of the petitioners in this instance. An
investigation will disclose the fact that nine
tenths or even greater percentage Of the per
sons signing this petition live either in Bright
wood, Takoma or points in those vicinitiss
or are interested in real estate along
the line Of the route and m
order to save Q few minutes time on the rod,
or. In the case Of the real estate boomer, for
the sake Of q chance to rake in Q few
dollars on q deal they seem to be per-
fecuy willing. aye, anxious. to have thess
terrible engines Of destruction rushing 70
and fro, threatening disaster TO every resident
OF the thoroughfare. Accidents and mar
row escapes are numerous enough nov
along this route. heaven knows, and q
is something fearful to contemplate what ths
result would be il this petition 10 granted
by your honorable board. and as the father Of
five small children who must needs use this
thoroughfare in going to and from Sunday
school, church. day school, the bakers, ths
grocers, &C., as well Is in the name Of The
many residents OF this thoroughfare who have
not signed the petition hereinbefore mentioned
earnestly beg that your honorable body WI
deny the petition"