The morning times., 1895-11-28
no ORDER WAS ISSUED
Street Cars Will Stop at Cross
ings As Heretofore.
PROTEST ABOUT A BID
President W ort nAr9uesAgainst
the Rejection OF His Company's
Offer to Erect a Pump-Commis-
SiOner Ross to Make the Opening
> Address at the Teachers Bazaar.

A canard printed yesterday is likely to
| occasion Inconvenience and annoyance and
. sometimes uanger 10 the crowds who will
use the street cars today. Women and
children especially will be disappointed II
they accept as correct the statement that
the Commissioners have made an order
| tnat street cars stop on the near side OF
the street.
Commissioned Ross said no such order had
been made and the question had not even
been considered. AS published some time
ago. the Commissioners had letters written
10 several principal cities making inquiries
as to the usage favored in nstonping cars and
| received number of replies. No agreement.
however, was reached and no acton mas
been taken. The other Commissioners con
Cured IN Col. Ross statement.
| NO SUCH ORDERS RECEIVED.
| Inquiries at the street railway offices de-
| veloped the fact that no order uDon the sub
| ject mad been received from the Commission
| ers or any other authority, and there Is no
uniformity between the different lines as
to the side of the street upon which cars
| shall stop.
| The Belt Line and street division of
| the Melrvpohtan cars stop wherever they
| are called. On the thirty odd miles of the
| Capital Traction Conipany's lines the cars
| stop on the far side oil the street as here
tofore and Will SO continue so FAR as now
| ga a.. .,d ,ne rsCkinguJn and feHlcy-
|
| the far side of the street. On the Columbia
cable line and the Ninth street electric line
| OF the Metropolitan company the cars STOP
| on tue near side of the street.
| Tue Nintn street cars stop ON both sides at
| the Pennsylvania avenue crossing ana Zt
Mt. Vernon place. New York avenue. The
aTy .atu stop on tue near SIDE III
| New Jersey avenue and B streets southeast
at the top of Capitol Hill.
the error or supposinS that apid transit
| car, such as the cable or trolley, Will stop
on the near side OF the street when IL will
not, is peculiarly unfortunate. 1t easily
leads persons to walk across the track In
the middle of the cross street, expecting
the cars 10 stop before crossing. In the
case OF women and children confusion and
panic may ensue. as the car comes on. and
: even the most serious accidents may re-
suit.
MIR. WoRTHINGToN'S PROTEST.
President Charles c. WurthingIon. of
the pump company of his name. argued
before the Commissioners yesterday against
the rejection OF his bid TO furnish Il pump
at the U street pumping station OF the
water department. The rejection OF
the bid was proposed upon the siaisment
OF Assistant Enginecr Burr that no Worth
iuglon engine uad ever done what is
required in this case. Mr.. Worthington
was ready, he said, to give pond TO
Upon questions. Capt. Burr stated that
the best record he had seen or Worthlng-
ton engine showed about 20 per cent less
capacuy than required by tue speclflca-
tionS.
Lv. Truesden asked as to difference of
bids and as to the engines represented in
the bidding. 1t was shown that only
cTank-a nd-riy wheel engines have ever pei-
formed the full duty required In this case.
The bids for these engines are S35,T26
and $4,000, by the Holly Company and
the Groshon Company. respectively. Y. against
$29,7b0 by the Worthinglon Company.
Mr.. Worthington admitted that no en-
gine OF the type made by his company
had ever done what is proposed. How
ever, Capt. Burr's information was based
on a mist understanding Ia tue Wor, ,nington
offices. he could show thar hey had done
within 10 per cent of the requirement
A. F. Carman, representing the uroshon
reached Mr.. erosion wished to be heard
To show that his pump, though costing
more tu put IN. would really be the mure
Major Powell said Snow & Co.. OF
Buffalo had made a similar request.
The pump advertised for is TO pump
s4S4ooo day qd bid i, mus, el De put b IN
cepted at this time.
TEACHERS BAZAR OPENING.
Superintendent Powell. of the schools.
was at the District building yesterday to
arrange with Commissioner Ross to preside
at the opening OF the Teachers Bazar. at
Convention Hail. next Monday evening.
Col. Ross will make a brief address.
rne uuiluiug regulations were modified
by an order issued al noon so as 10 permit
tor tme sAatiDg rink AT Convention Hall.
The only change was TO make necessary
the consent Of only two thirds of the
property owners within ninety feet, in
stead OF all such properly Owners as EeTe-
tofOre. This Dullifies Mr.. Gattis' ob5ec-
tion, as all other property owners within
the prescribed limit have given consent.
Private w. II. Curtis, of the police force.
has been fined, by order mace public yester-
day morning, for violation of paragraph
SO, OF the police regulations, and warned
that q repetition of the ofiense will cause
his removal from the force. The regula-
tion forbids smoking and drinking at GER
tain times, and going into saloon in
uniform.
Manogue & Jones, grocers at Thirty
second and NJ streets northwest, have been
official examination of scales. They wrote
to the Commissioners concerning IL and
were referred to the law of March 2, and
told that the rules are posted in the office
of the sealer of weights and measures.
Mr.. y. X. Shepherd was notified today
to correct the improper sewer coDDec-
tions at No. zoos street northeast.
The Commissioners asked attorney Cen
eral Harmon to hasten the appointment
of f. K. Hesse, of Fire CHER Paris OFFICE
as notary public.
FREE PERMIT AGAIN ASKED FOR
W. Calvin Chase and severa other colured
men appeared before the Commissioners
yesterday morning to renew the request
of the Morton Club for q free permit for
a fair to be held in the old Grand A rmy
The matter was referred to Attorney
Thomas for an opinion as to power to
grant free permits.
A building permit was issued Yesterday
to J. H. Bundy for a two-story frame
dwelling on Joliet street. Garfield Heights
to cost $3.50. Permit was issued to
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