Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-20
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
A REMEDY SUGGESTED.

DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
/ REMEDY SUGGESTED.
| In relation to the complaint Of citizen that
ashes were dumped in the rear of certain
premises the assistan. attorney for the District
has recommended thu. this matter can be REM
edied by adding after the words public
space in the police regulations the words 'or
/ vacant lot" This perhaps will be done.
TO PREVENT STREET CAR ACCIDENTS.
Mr.. c. p. Hemmi1sway las suggested the
following additions to the police regulations
: Cor the purpose Of preventing accidents: Each
I street car other than u cable car shall come to
a full stop before reaching any interesting car
line after passing the building line Of the street
on which said intersecting line u located.
Each cable train or shall come to . fall
/ stop before reaching the iias OF the nearest
curb of any street about to be crossed after
passing the building line Of said Gross
| street.
REAL ESTATE LICENSE TAX.
In relation to the inquiry as to whether the
law imposing license tax upon real estate
agents applies to those WHO deal in real estate
outside the District, the assistant attorney for
the District says the act OF Congress imposes Il
license fee on real estate agents instead OF u
tax on their business. The present. law i'm
poses II license Zee or tax upon the person en-
gagged III the business irrespective of the ioca-
lion OF said business.
ALLEYS IN SQUARE 60.
The assistant attorney for the District has re-
turned the papers III the matter OF the proposed
opening and closing OF certain ALLEYS in square
90. Having determined that the owners OF
more than oEe-half of the real estate in this
square have sisaed the petition to close and
open tae alleys the next step for the Commits
q N i'm he al.a
trplicate piats OF the square showing the lines
OF the alley proposed to lie opened, the area OF
| land proposed to be- taken from abuttiug lots
| &c. When this is done agreement should
| be made between the Commissioners and the
/ owners OF the land contiguous 10 the alleys SO
| to To closed for the purchase Of the land within
/ the limo Of the alleys intended to be closed.
After these preliminaries are taken the case
I should be referred to the marshal with request
! that he summon jury OF twelve citizens to as
J certain the damages.
TO WIDEN COLUMBIA ROAD.
! The Commissioners today received letter
! signed by Messrs. E. Berlner and d. G. Swain
in regard to the widening OF Columbia road be-
tween 18th and 10Th streets. They state in
their communication that they understand 1t is
the intention OF the Commissioners to change
| the width OF this street from sixty to ninety
nine feet ard state that it, as is usually done,
the difference o. thirty-nine feet is TO be
| equally divided between both sides OF the street
! it will cause great depreciation in the value OF
I their property, which fronts On Columbus
road between 14th and 18th streets and
! which has been improved and beau
titled with great care and expense by O
I garden. They state that since there are no i'm
I proyemenls on the opposite side of the stree!
/ and the lets there average a depth OF 20l
/ feet, while on the other side they are only LAT
| feet, they request that the entire widening be
DIR fla y. st,ls NJ IL ty,a
intention OF the Commissioners, it ig under
stood, to widen this road TO nine.y-niue feet
. by taking an equal area from each side OF the
street, and that this will be one Of the frs
| streets widened under the recent bill for the
| extension OF streets.
THE FgSDEns on GRIP CARS.
President Hurt OF the Washington and
! Georgetown Railroad Company forwarded te
the Commissioners today the report Of the
conductor ard gripniau OF car 20G in the case
, Q. rlan falliag III trout OF tho car and being
| pushed off Dy tue fender. according to the
report the laan deliberately threw himself in
front OF the anu the fender pushed him of
the track out OF harms way. Mr.. Hurt says be
forwards tho report simply to show one oi
many ins tances where the Tenders on his cars
have proved their efficiency in saving hUmnu
| life.
BIDS FOR PAVING BRICKS.
Bids were opened by the Commissioners to-
day for furnishing the District with ordinary
and represscd yitriied paving brick. The bid
ders were II. S. Hollywood. sls.45 per ! ZOO
for ordinary and s25.c5 rcpressed; American
Fire Clay Company, Si7s5 for ordinary;J. NJ.
Mack, Ell for ordinary and $l7.95 for re-
pressed. $40 FOR repressed patent brick and S27
for repressed patent block; J. ". Hamilton &
Co., Sls 70: ordinary and $40 for repressed
j. A. Hayden, SLIGO for ordinary and $751; 81
repressed; Glade Fire Brick Co.. SIG. Al
for ordinary; State Line Fire Brick
Co., $685. for ordinary; Frederick brick
& Co., sl7.o5 and sls'ic for ordinary and
si7.92 Tor repressei; Reed Ettla, S17.37
for ordinary and Sl7.87 Tor depressed; ths
shole Bricx Exchange, S17.s3 and Si6.83 fol-
ordinary aud SIS. " for repressed.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tho superintendent OF streets and cleaning
has recommended the repairing OF the allie,
between 31st and 32d streets next south Of N
street. also the alley just north of Water
street. running from 31st to sd street.
In tho case Of William f. Hodge. who claim.
damages for an alleged breach OF contract be
tween himself and the District, the assistant
attorney says tina. he is OF opinion that Mr.
Hodge has no valid claim agains: the District
The houseaoiders in Corcoran street between
18th and 10Th streets VIII be required TO con
meet their houses with the new sewer and Il
abandon the old one.
The Commissioners have ordered tho exten
sion OF the brick sewer on the west side Of the
navy yard into deep water OF the Eastern
branch under the schedule fo- main and pipe
sewers, 1895.
james H. Oliver has been appointed ambu.
lance driver in the police department.