The evening times., 1895-12-02

venient and desirable hit it was found i'm
/ possible l., accommodate in them tn,
/ surveyor, the attorney, the inspectors o
| fuel, flour, lumber. ETC.. or the Iarg,
| accumulation uf old records pertaining L
The present and to former administrations
| Some departments are provided with onl.
limited accommodations.
The ro''tiis assigned to the police dc
| partDent especially are overcrr wded. ant
| great Inconvenience is still suffered by
| taxpayers. who assemble In the office O
the collector OF taxes In large nunIber
at and near the close or every month";
IA. s.cw vi tur ftC mat TIE ,uurts - tne
District are ill-accummodaied in the old
city hall building. The Commissioners are
OF opinion ttat new building, having Two
separate parts. should be erected on JUDI
ciary Square. upon and adjacent TO the site
OF The municipality
The Commissioners are informed that the
cost of The ci,y hall buildings in certain OF
as follows: Providence. 81 .G6s ,ass: Gin.
cinnati. VI 400 goo: Buffalo. 81 aye 900.
chicago. Sl.I1e .0o0; Baltimore. $4,000
,,E: oSH: san Faa Fa anetsso- & 5000 .OGo. Phiadel
The building for the combined uses Of the
courts. and OF the municipality which exc
cutes the wiz OF the Congress Of the United
states as 70 District affairs. should be in
keeping with the dignity OF the capital,
apd its proper CONSTRUCTION would involve
cost OF about 1880. GOO.
an appropriation NJ S1OO. 900 for the bt.-
ginning OF the construction of such build
ing.
FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS.
The fire Department has during the past
fiscal year fully maintained the high rec
ord of efficiency which has characterized its
work. The Commissioners renew their rec
ommendl ton for an Increase OF 10 per
centuIn in the pay OF this force.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. -r+
With u complimentary reference To the
report of supt. Powell, saying the growth
population, and the enr,ilment shows ABOUT
$4,000. OF whom 5000 are in night and
5000 in high schoois, they continue thus:
.'sut the Commissioners desire to- call
Alteration tn the economy with which the
affairs OF the schupls or the District are
administered. Although text backs and
other articles necessary for use IN gain
ing an education are furnished to all pu-
pills below the high sch,r,ls, and although
the schouls provide diverse courses of in
struction, including sequentiai lines of
physical, manual and business training,
suited to the wishes of varied opinions
on the parts of parents and guardians,
the annual per capita cost of instruction 8
below that of most OF the large cities of
satisfactory systems OF education.'
CIVIL SERVICE IN THE DISTRICT.
The report states that, inasnuch as the
affairs of the District uf Columbia should
be conducted upon business principles, and
as its government Is nun-partisan, during
the year the Commissioners began a system
Of competitive examinations Tor clerical
suits of which have been VI such satis-
factory character that they have been con-
firmed in their belief in the efficiency
of that system.
The commissioners believe that the Dis
trict should be fully Included within the
purview OF the general law, and propose
to urge the necessary legislation. They
have not funds fur proper separate exam
nations
STREET CLEANING.
During the fiscal year 1895 the area Of
streets cleaned amounted to 2S9, 500, ISL
square yards, an increase of over 4l,00O,-
900 square yards over the area cleaned in
is "a IA cents per 1000 square yards.
Owing to the limited amount of the appro-
priatiou for the past year about 100000
square yards could De cleaned only once a
more frequently. The Commissioners have
estimated for an additional appropriation
of about SIC, 900, and for $4,000 for the
removal of snow and ice under act of March
z, 1895.
= After remarking upon the new para
graphs in the police manual providing for
daily record Of efficiency of sergeant and
private and provisi ons for promotions
upon this basis the report says there has
been a marked DECREASE in the offenses
Of intoxicatfeB ard shoodling," due part
" to the amendHents to the manual and
largely to increased vigilance on the part
OF the superintendent and his Officers.
The Commissioners again call attention
to the fact that the Increase in the force
has not kept paeetwifh the increase in the
Iiopuiait0n and tile almost daily increase
In the duties which Geyolve upon it..
Buffalo " With Ra,afsIGn but bns lttle
larger force by NIT, than one hundred
while Chicago 9aMdephhia lh a,snidr and other ,d,e
IN ProReesSait Recessity ss inerease @ asked for
by the major and Superintendent is urgent
and Imperative. - sae-s
HEAETHbEsARTMENT.
The recommendations of Health Officer
W oodward are urged upon the Favorable
of Congress. In noting the
great decline in the death rate among the
solnred population, DIR. Woodward says:
1T is a matter of regret, however, thai
It remains so high and is so potent factor
n = maintaining q high general death rate
This is the most important and signifi-
can't fact revealed by this report, and
should, the Commissioners say be pon-
tlered well by all who desire tu aid fn
lowering the death rate In this District.
The low mortality rate among the white
population. compares favorabiy with that
= Vashinseon; Vas e with ss broad, Wv weii.paved
streets aud superior natural advantages.
ought to be the healthiest large city In the
world and to show the lowest rate of NOR
aEty. That It falls short of Its proper
place In these respects is established con-
,lusiyeiy by comparisop with several large
:ities of Edrope.