The Washington times., 1894-09-20
CONC ERNs OF THE DISTRICT

Commissioner TruesdelI Studies the Build
ing Regulations of Other Cities
Refuses the Use of Its Poles.
Commissioner Truesdell has been for three
months employing all the time he could spare
from his other duties in going over the Dis
trict building regulations and comparing
them with copies of the regulations of all the
other leading cities of the world. with q view
to the revision of the local laws bearing upon
the subject, and making them more stringent.
The Commissioner and Building Inspector
EntWisle gave two hours TO the work at the
formers residence last night.
The OBJECT is TO secure a better class OF
buildings, and to make better regulations as
to the security of the lives of the occupants.
''When get my report ready" said Col.
Truesdell Yesterday, II shall submit it 10 the
board for its action, and it will afterwards,
upon the approval of the board be made the
subject of legislation"
Referring to the question OF fire escapes
Col. Truesdell said:
THAT is g separate matter having been
considered heretofore apart from the building
regulations. l do not see why it should not
be properly included in the building laws, for
a fire escape ought to be considered as much
a part of house az the stairway is. 1t seems
to me it should be regarded as a necessity.
"There is one thing, however, that l feel
confident OF. We will have no trouble in
securing at the next session of Congress all
the legislation needed for the enforcement OF
the fire escape law"
Permission was asked recently of Mr..
Marean, superintendent of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, by superintendent II.
T. Miles, of the District telegraph and tele-
phone service, TO string the necessary wires
on the Western Union poles to connect the
service with two fire alarm boxes in Ecking
ton ordered to be established August u. In
response thereto, Mr. Marean said he had
heretofore granted the District permission TO
string wires on the companys poles or 70 use
the spare wires for the telegraph and tele-
phone service as an official accommodation,
and noted other favors granted. but in view
OF the fact that in the face of an adverse opin-
ion by the attorney for the District the Com
misstonerS had insisted upon exacting Ii
cense of his company of 81 for each pole 10
be erected or reset, he did not deem it right
or just to grant further privilege without re-
ferriDg the matter to the company officials.
Mr.. Marean's reply was fled with the District
Commissioners and the incident is tempo
rarily closed.
The Commissioners yesterday ordered ce-
ment sidewalks to be laid and curbs TO be
set, also sewer and water connections under
terms OF the advertisements heretofore pub
lished, on the several streets and sections
named in the advertisement, in all cases
where objections 10 the improvements have
not been received. The work is to be done
under the provisions of the assessment and
permit system. Additional work was also
ordered TO be done as follows: water main
10 be laid in Milwaukee street. between Ninth
and Tenth streets, Brookland; estimated
cost, S2SS.
Sewers were added TO the current schedule
as follows: In Rhode Island avenue, between
Fourteenth street and Iowa Circle, and in
alleys of square 242. to be replaced; in west
side Of Eleventh street northwest. between
New York avenue and NJ street, in south side
of Maryland avenue southwest between Third
and Four-and-a-half street; in north side of T
street northwest. between Eighth and Ninth
streets, OF sewers replaced. The sewer in D
street, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets northwest, was added TO provisional
schedule for 1885,
Gotta under back building at No. 1716 Four
teenth street instead of replacing with iron
pipe as required by plumbing regulations.
The proposals of Messrs. Buckley & Larg-
ney and B. F. Coyle for constructing sewers,
sections and OF schedule, were accepted
All bids on sections A, B, E, H, and L were
rejected.
Part of sewer in Kingman street, between
and Q and Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets, was added to current schedule
Sidewalks were ordered to be laid under
permit system as follows: In front of Nos. 457
and 459 Massachusetts avenue northwest, ce-
ment; in front Of Nos. 1881 and 1927 Connectl-
cut avenue northwest cement, with new curb;
Nos. Z g. IL and Is street northwest, brick
lot 7S, square 95 Georgetown, brick, with new
curb; Nos. SOC and Dos Tenth street northwest,
cement
Two catch-basins were ordered to be con-
structed at the intersection of Pennsylvania
avenue and reservation, 95. and one at the
northwest corner of Pennsylvania avenue and
Fifteenth street northwest.
An allotment of 81 900 for the use of the
parking commission during the current quar-
ter of the fiscal year was approved.
The excise board passed upon the following
cases yesterday:
Transfers allowed, retail-Joseph J. Finley.
No. 2029 K street northwest; Thomas Walsh,
No. 933 D street northwest; Richard Murphy,
No. 426 Tenth street northwest, and James
Mcdonald, No S07 North Capitol street
Transfers rejected, retail-Ernest Rees. No.
1890 fronting on James Greek Canal be-
tween NJ and n streets southwest, and Henry
Aander, No. 216 Seventeenth street southeast
Original application rejected = William
Kemp, No. 604 Third street southw west.
Wholesale allowed--Charles II. Raub & Co.,
No. 1910 New Hampshire avenue northwest.
The present excise board has not granted
since its organization, those allowed being
confined to the transfer list.
Building permits issued: James McCandlish,
for construction of an office, corner of Florida
avenue and street northeast, $3.50; John
Doan, frame dwelling on Mcclellan avenue,
county, 3400; Mrs. Richard Curtin, dwelling
No. 642 Massachusetts avenue northeast.
$1,000; n. A. Pool, dwelling on Sherman ave-
nue., county, "a, 200.
Permits Tor repairs: Mrs. Ellen Towney,
Improvements to dwelling No. 246 Four-and-
a-half street southwest; Fl. Thomas general
repairs to dwelling, Bowen avenue, Barry
Farm; Henry Bell, for shed, Lincoln street,
county.
William Hawkins, an inmate of the work
house, has sent pathetic appeal to the Dis
trict Commissioners for pardon sin the name
OF the Lord" He says his sentence to the in
.stitution has taught him a lesson. He has
confessed religion he says, and believes
"it was good thing he was "sent down."
but he proposes now ''to go to work and save
the police any more trouble" He thinks he
should be permitted, before it gets too cold"
to prepare for the winter.
John G. Bright has been appointed by the
Commissioners TO superintend the construc-