The Washington times., 1894-12-11
F. L. siddons Suggests the appointment of a
Supervisor Of Investment Associations
Public improvements Observation-Disclosures
to Hospital Site Will Be Heard To-day.

IN the direction oil the District boundary.
There will be but little change in the course
OF Thirteenth street. New Jersey avenue ex-
tension will be IN nearly a straight line, Con-
necticut avenue will be deyiated slightly, and
Columbia road Will be Widened and con
yerted into an avenue to the intersection of
Thirteenth street, where il viii be connected
with New Hampshire avenue extended.
There Is considerable objection on the part
OF individual citizens of Mount Pleasant to
the extension of SiXteeXth street as proposed.
on owner of property SAID yesterday that
II the plan OF the Commissioners is carried
out ii will cost the District $50, 900. bis own
property ne considered worth that. and he
said the extension would practically ruin IT,
Under the plan approved, a boulevard,
heretofore described in THE TINES, will con-
meet Rock Creek Park with the grounds Of
the Soldiers Home.
Another boulevard will be established be-
tween the Soldiers Home, southeast en-
trance. and Mount Hamilton and the Eastern
Branch, where a large park is provided for.
The total length of the drive contemplated
will be twelve miles, including the boulevard
connections. the mail, and East Capitol
street
i. L. Siddons, of the firm Of Ralston g.
Siddons. addressed 4 letter to the Commis-
sioners yesterday in which he recommends
the creation Of a new office, the incumbent
duties of which shall Oe the inspection,
supervision, and, TO some extent. the regu!g-
ton of the many and varied savings invest
ment concerns that have made their appear
ance here in the last few years. What legis-
latiOn there is affecting TO deal with such
matters, Air. Siddons says. is restricted in
Efficient, aud quite unsatisfactory and would
ia no measure meet the situation OF affairs
that is now charged as existing with certain
building and loan associations operating in
Washington.
With much earnestness he urges that the
Commissioners recommend to Congress legis-
lation that shall have for its object the pre-
rention Of the wholesale fleeing OF the poor
and i!literate classes that always fan easy
victims 10 the smooth-tongued rogues that
promise much for their schemes and projects,
but who perform nothing
The Commissioners have ordered the fol-
lowing work to be done under the provisions
Of the permit system: Set new granite curb on
Eleventh street east, between q and | streets.
north: lay new brick sidewalk on First street
between K and Pierce streets northwest;
Yitrined brick sidewalk and reset curbing on
Ninth street, between p street and Louisiana
avenue northwest, in front OF part of lot J.
square $50.
Lay cement sidewalks and reset curbing on
! street. between Ninth and Tenth streets
northwest, in front Of square 373 and 374;
First street, between and c streets north
between Seventh and Ninth streets north
west, IN front OF squares 402 and 426; & street
between North Capitol street and Delaware
avenue, IL f. ont OF squares 6S3 and 6S5, en-
cept in front Of part OF lot Y. square 685; Il
street. between First and Second streets
northeast in front Of squares 725 and 726.
Lay new brick sidewalk and reset curbing
on east side OF Columbia road, Nineteenth
street extended 10 Eighteenth street; Florida
avenue TO Columbia road; street, between
Ninth and Eleventh streets southwest, in
front OF squares 3SS, 389. 354, and $50.
4 The board also ordered that new brick side
walks and new granite curbing be laid on
Fourteenth street. between Z street and Mary
land avenue northeast; Fifteenth street. be-
tween 6 street and Maryland avenue north
east. in front Of square 1850: South Carolina
avenue, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets
east. in front OF square south of block $50: L
street, between Georgia avenue and Tenth
street. and Georgia avenue. between L and
Eleventh streets southeast. in front of square
975; Twelfth street. between X and L streets
southeast in front of lots and s. square
1923: o street. between Third and Four-and-
a-half streets southwest, IN front of squares
SAC and 547; Eleventh street, between street
and Florida avenue northeast, in front OF
squares 5gS, 5S3, 957, and $50, ard square
north OF block $50.
The hearing set for II o'clock Yesterday
relative 10 the request of the Metropolitan
Railroad Company for the exclusion of the
lexington and Soldiers Home and the Ana
costa and Potomac Railroad Companies, re-
spectively, from its tracks was postponed. ,
Messrs. Phillips. Schoeff Griswold and
Phillips, representing thethree companies in
terested were at the District building at the
hour designated, but the Commissioners
could not take up the case.
Tie professors against the location of the
contagious hospital at Pleasant Plains will
be heard by the Commissioners at IL O'Clock
to-day. II is the understanding that the
delegation will include the entire committee
OF fifty appointed from the union meeting of
Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights citi-
zens.
The Commissioners will hold a session at
their Office on Thursday, the 18th instant, at
II o'clock TO hear all persons interested in
II. i. bill s0S9. TO authorize the extension of
the Columbia Railway. The extension begins
al the present terminus of its line at Fifteenth
street northwest, thence along Pennsylvania
avenue 10 Seventeenth street: thence along
Seventeenth street TO G. street northwest; :.
thence a single track from the intersection of
Seventeenth and g streets northwest: along
q street to N street northwest, TO New
Hampshire avenue; thence south along New
Hampshire avenue to the Potomac River:
thence east from the Potomac River and the
4ultI>cGAlou Di NGW lllul lJSulIb AVENUE anu
/ street northwest. along street TO said
Seventeenth street, and thence along Seven
teenth street 10 G street, there TO connect
with the double track from Pennsylvania ave-
nue. to said street.
The bill provides for the operation of the
road by cable or such other motive power as
the Commissioners may determine.
The Washington and Georgetown Com
pany. under the provisions of House bill No.
sO5S, projects an extension of its line over
part of the route sought TO be secured by the
Columbia Company. and there promises to
be a merry war before tie Commissioners,
and before Congress as well, for the right of
way.
Inspector Beggs has reported to the Com
missioners upon a matter recently referred
TO him, recommending that man be sta
toned on the tender of each shifting engine
in the railroad yards and be provided with
a warning lantern for use to avoid accidents
He regards this provision as superior to a
headlight.
The East Washington Citizens Association.
through lis secretary. a. L. Sperry has noti-
fed the Commissioners of its hearty approval
of their recommendation for an appropriation
of 100000 for garbage collection and dis
posal.
DR.. E. W. Towson obtained a permit yes
terday for the construction of two private
stables in the rear of Nos. 49S 10 Az Franklin
street. $500.