The Washington times., 1894-07-25
CONCERNS OF The DISTRICT
Dangerous Grade Crossing at Brook
land Must Be Guarded.
NATCHMAN ALL DAY AND NIGHT
Capt Feiberger's Observation-Disclosures
to Be Graded, Repaired and Improved
Excise Board Action-Pumps to Be Closed
building Permits Granted.

Capt. G.. J. Feibeger, Of the Engineer De-
partment, has indorsed the complaint of Miss
Bessie 7. Mccormick as to the dangerous
grade crossing OF the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad at Brookland as being just one.
He gave the matter careful consideration,
and yesterday he recommended to the Com
missioners that the railroad company be re-
quired to keep watchman at that place
during the entire day and night. Engineer
Commissioner Powell approved the sugges-
tion and the railroad officials will be asked to
comply with the request
Capt. Feibeger was so much impressed with
the statement made by Miss Mccormick that
he sent General Inspector E. Y. Beggs out to
the place with instructions to make a thor
ough survey OF the surroundings OF the cross
ing and to learn what means the railroad
employed to protect the lives OF people.
General Inspector Beggs submitted his
report, in which he stated that he found
that the company had a watchman en-
ployed at Brookland or as Ii is now
known. University station" from 6 a.
m. until 9 p. m. During the fifteen
hours that the watchman is on duty he is con-
stantly at work in his examination into the
complaint he found that after o'clock at
night when the watchman goes home there
are nine regular passenger trains that pass
this station at full speed between p. m. and
6 a. m. There are also a number OF freight
trains that go by during the time mentioned.
DANGER THAT LURKs IN THE SIdHr.
He says: From about a. m. to a. m.
the travel across the railroad tracks at the
station is about as heavy as at any time
during the day, consisting OF market arden
ers, etc.. going early to Washington TO get
an eligible location for the sale OF their
produce During these hours the danger
from trains is greater than during the day
time.
with these facts before us il seems to be
necessity to have an additional watchman for
the protection Of life and property. TO go on
duty at an hour TO be fixed by the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company so as to divide
the labor and the responsibility and the more
certain to give safety to the public at this
station"
EXCISE BOARD Action.
The excise board yesterday disposed Of the
following liquor applications:
Retail allowed-Miehael O'Connor, No. 43
H street northeast; William J. DuSan. No.
1900 E street northwest. Retail rejected
Martin Flaherty, No. 1l01 Twenty-third street
northwest: James P. King. No. 2l5 Virginia
avenue southwest; John Shanahan. No. s0j
Fourth street southeast. Wholesale allowed
Samuel Lee and John y. Beck, No. 619 Sew
enth street southwest. Wholesale rejected
Edward VI. P. Harries, No. 1923 Seventh
street northwest.
Building permits granted yesterday: Henry
K. Willard. to erect No. 1907 Seventeenth
street, apartment house. $40. 900; A. B. Jane.
son, TO erect Nos. 3067 and 3069 School street.
Pleasant Plains, 81 600; James n. De Course,
ne 0Tp u
s5. 500; Lucy H. Smith, 10 erect No. 1880 Sixth
street, S3,I00; Jacob Neurath, to erect Nos.
1901 and 1908 Maryland avenue, $4,000; Il. L.
Andersen, to erect Nos. 361 and 1863 G street
southwest. 81 500; Rines Il Co., to improve
No. 14Os II street northwest, $500; Charles
Moore. to improve No. 1882 Sixth street north
west, 400.
Under the new District appropriation bill
streets 10 be graded repaired and improved
are listed as follows by Capt. Feiberger:
Northwest-V street from Thirteenth to Fiji
teenth streets; Fifteenth street from L to
streets. Fourth street from to streets;
First street from TO Pierce streets, and Z
street from First TO Third streets.
Northeast-Fourth street from II TO Z
streets and Massachusetts avenue from Sec
ond to Fourth streets.
Southeast-Eighth street from East Capitol
street to North Carolina avenue and First
street from d 10 Z streets.
Scuthwest-K street from South Capitol to
First streets; Canal street from to streets.
Georgetown-Thirty-se street from NJ
to bend in street south Of street; Valley
street from Z to P streets.
The following streets will be graded: Fiji
teenth street northeast, from East Capitol to-
E street: street northeast. from Twelfth
street to Tennessee avenue; Eleventh street
northeast. from Maryland avenue TO Florida
avenue: d street southeast. from Ninth street
tn
southeast, from Lincoln Park to Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
Chairman David B. Culberson, of the House
Judiciary Committee. has been requested to
ameLd the House bill relating TO the compen-
sation and duties of court officials SO as to
exempt the District courts from the opera
tions OF the proposed law. II passed in its
present form, the Commissioners say that 1t
would deprive the District OF go 900 a year
which is now received from fines imposed in
the District courts.
POLICE TRIAL FINDINGS.
The Commissioners yesterday approved the
findings of the police trial board in the cases
Of the following policemen: J. W. Robertson,
neglect of duty; guilty; fined $40. W. H.
West, neglect of duty; charge dismissed. r.
D. Herbert conduct unbecoming an officer;
guilty; fined $40. Adam Stenhouse, violation
Of rules 1876 and 1873, continued. T. P. Harti-
gan, conduct unbecoming an officer; not
guilty; charges dismissed.
Mrs Mary Talbery has asked the Commits
sioners to allow her continuance Of privi-
lege she mas had ior some years to hang
clothes to dry in the hedge or parking in
front of her house. Recently policeman or
dered her to take her laundry in. She says
that she has no yard in which she could dry
the clothes and there is no room on the roof
of her house.
The health officer has recommended that
the pump at the corner of Tenth and streets
northwest be closed. DR.. Kingman's report
on the examination of the water Is IS follows:
''Fecal bacteria isolated
Water mains have been ordered to be laid
as follows by the Commissioners: In O
street, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets; in Sixth street, between Lincoln
street and Howard avenue; and in Oak street,
between Four-and-a a half street and Hare
wood avenue.
The public well in alley in square SOL has
been ordered to be closed. No reason 10
given for its abandonment.
The Commissioners yesterday submitted to
the National Sanitary Company the police re-
port on hotels, boarding-houses. and fats
that dispose of garbage through private
agencies, and also those whose proprietorS
want Sunday collections OF garbage by the
garbage contractor.
District officials have been requested by the
Commissioners to submit on or before the 31st
instant. estimates needed for 1896, also their
reports OF the work done by them during the
fiscal year Just ended.
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