The Washington times., 1894-11-04
CONCERNS OF THE DISTRICT.
Jury 20 Assess Damages Incurred TO Prop
erty by the Extension Of North
CapitOI Street

Capitol Street.
The Commissioners have referred TO the
attorney for the District the papers in the case
between the District and properly owners
affected by the proposed extension of North
Capitol street. The parties in interest are the
Prospect Hill Cemetery Company and Mrs.
An ME Z. Barbour.
The attorney is instructed to prepare a form
of disagreement for record, and also notice
to the United States marshal for the summon
ing of jury of seven to assess damages for
condemnation Of right of way.
Assistant Engineer Commissioner Burr will
report Monday morning for duty. He has
been given charge of the water department,
both Of its distributing branch and revenue
branch; street lighting, inspection OF gas and
gas meters and OF the electric wire cOnduits.
Capt Fiebeger will be the ranking officer
next under Capt. Powell, and all the duties
pertaining to that position will be his. part
OF the work hitherto performed by him.
which it was intended to bestow elsewhere,
Will be retained under Capt. Fiebeger's super
vision.
Capt. Beach, the third assistant, will have
charge of the sewer systems.
Pierre Waggaman has donated for public
use narrow strip of ground on the west side
of Rock Greek which will be attached to the
Geological Park reservation. The strip ex-
tends from Woodey lane to short distance
beyond Connecticut avenue bridge.
The park is narrow at the point indicated,
| including merely the creek banks, and the do
! mated ground will enable the Commissioners
| to locate roadway more eliglbly than would
| otherwise have been possible.
| Orders issued yesterday:
That permit be granted the United States
| Electric Lighting Company TO lay conduit
| in the west side of Scott Circle, in the old
pavement, to Rhode Island avenue; thence
| under sidewalk of the avenue, close to the
| building line; thence down the alley to a pole
| to be erected at the junction of the ten-foot
and twenty-foot alleys; permission is also
| granted to erect second pole in the alley
| last named.
That-a new pump be placed in the well at
! Seventh street and South Carolina avenue
| southeast.
| That cement sidewalk be laid in front oil
Nos. 1874. 1876, and 134S WaIlach street
northwest, under permit system.
Most of those whose property was damaged
| by fire when the Stumph factory was de-
stroyed have obtained permits to reconstruct
the buildings. Those issued yesterday were
| to George L. Benner, No. 629 Massachusetts,
avenue; NJ. V. Johnson, No. 435 K street
northwest; P. H. Falsom, No. 627 Massa-
! chusetts avenue, and George i. Benner, No.
626 street northwest Mr.. Benners two
permits were for his Office building and black
smith shop respectively.
The Commissioners will give a hearing OF
| Monday to the officers of the Freedmen e
! Hospital with reference to the removal of g
number of patients in that institution that dc
not properly belong there.
According to Collector Davis figures the
personal property tax for the year ending
June 80. 1885, will be apportioned as follows
Washington City, SO, ,942, ,066
Georgetown. $500, III, and county, S76.3 1856
Total, SI1, $50. .56s. Gross receipts of street
railways (taxable) S19S, ,740.03. Grand total
| 81, ,7l9. .30S.03 Tax levy on IS, ,5S3, 800, al
i $1.50, S12S. so: tax levy on g, ,937, ,06S
street railway capital stock, less reality, a
S150, S44, ,05602; tax levy on $139, ,224. z!
street railways at per cent, So, ,56S. 80; ta1
levy on S57.515.24 street railways at pei
cent, 81 ,190.30. Total tax levy, S179, ,567. 81
Capt Derby has reported adversely upoI
the petition of certain property-holders OF
Congress street that the sewer designed fol
their accommodation be laid in the alley il
rear OF the premises rather than in the street
The captain believes the public interests vii
be best served by carrying out the origina
plan.
The total number OF applications for licens,
to retail the ardent that had been filed at
o'clock yesterday was 604 The wholesal
licenses aggregated 1856.
President Baker of the Columbia Railway
says his company has never used sand mixet
with dirt along the line of the road between
the tracks. He informs the Commissioner
that, in his opinion, it is some other road an,
not his against which the complaint shoult
be lodged.