The Washington times., 1894-12-16

Commissioner Powell has recommended,
with the approval OF his colleagues. the in
PRODUCTION of an item in the appropriation bill
to render available for immediate use the sum
of sl45, ,00O from the unexpended balance in
tie treasury OF the fund for increasing the
water supply of the District. Twenty thou
sand dollars OF the amount will be expended
in testing the utility of the Lydecker tunnel,
and the remainder to be devoted to raising the
dam at Great Falls.
There is an aggregate of S5OO,OOO in the
treasury which, Capt Powell says, should be
utilized for immediate provision against lack
Of IA ilities nextyear such as existed last year,
and which reduced the water supply below the
necessities in the lower service. which is sup
| piled by the natural inflow.
Duringthe recent somewhat heated discus
! sion over the proposed location of the conta-
/ Cious diseases hospital. it was urged as one
strong objection TO the site that its nearness
/ TO public institutions would be more'liable to
| spread any coatagion that might be under
! treatment
Figures of distances from institutions and
| residences were given that were deemed by the
| Commissioners to be incorrect and merely TO
| settle the question OF accuracy the actual
! air. line distances have been ascertainei ana
| the wall in the boardroom.
From the following points the distance is:
! Howard University. l.450 feet; Freedman's
| Hospital, 400 feet: Chidrens' Hospital. 2.500
feet; Garfield Hospital 1.060 feet; Mrs. Lo-
| gan's residence ], $50 feet: home for coiored
women and children. $50 feet; Monroe school,
500 feet, and old entrance 10 Soldiers Home,
| LOO feet.
The measurement of these distances was
made from the outside of the grounds upon
which the no pital was proposed TO be placed.
and not from the center, where the buildings
were 10 be erected.
Commissioner Truesdell, rs acting presi-
| dent of the board, addressed letter yester-
| day 10 Hon James r. Williams chairman of
| the subcommittee on District appropriations
| recommending an amendment to the pending
/ bill. as applying TO the coroners Cilice. by
| emitting the item for autopsies to be per-
| formed by that officer and adding a proyis-
| ion for steGographic services in taking testi-
mony at inGuests, $500, and 1,40O for
PAY OF DEPUTY CORONER.
1t is the intention 10 have the deputy
coroner and the United States district attor-
ney
Orders issued yesterday;
That the following work be done under the
1 proyIsiens governing the assessment and per-
| granite curbs in Fourteenth street west be-
tween Rhode Island avenue and z street in
] front Of square 2l0, except as to lot l: lay new
brick sidewalk and street curb il Eighteenth
street west, between New York avenue and L
| street north in front of square 10. except as
| to lot u; Third street west. between ana q
streets in front of square 52l; Florida ave-
nue. in front of square 234; + street north in
front Of square ASS, except as 10 portion of
lots 4, g. and 2; relay and repair brick side
walks in Eighteenth street extended from
Florida avenue to Columbia road. and widen,
| relay, and repair New York avenue. between
Ninth and Tenth streets, both sides.
That the proposal OF NJ. +. Tally for grad
ing sidewalks on Eighteenth street at 10 =
cents per cubic yard be accepted.
That the sewers be added to the provi-
sional schedule for 1896 as follows: In Thir-
teenth street southeast. between South Caro-
lima and kentucky avenues; in Huntington
place, between Fourteenth street and Univer-
sity place.
That catch basins be constructed as follows:
At northwest and southwest corners OF Ken
lucky avenue and c street southeast. and
northwest corner of Fifteenth street and
| Massachusetts avenue southeast.
That three catch basins connections be re-
constructed in New York avenue between
/ Tenth and Twelfth streets northwest.
That order Of July 3d. 1894 for laying a
water main in Z street northeast and in Fiji
teenth street northeast be amended so as to
include freplugs-
That a sewer be constructed in street, be-
tween Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth streets,
| Georgetown, under the provisions OF the per-
NIT system.
That the following changes be made in the
force OF the sewer department: A. f. Phil
lips, draughtsmau, appointed assistant en-
gineer, vice Hall, at 81 800 per year; G. W.
| Wallace, inspector, at So. 50 per day, appointed
] draugbtsman vice Philiinus: T. Vanderhorst
rodman. at $50 per year, is appointed iuspec-