The Washington times., 1895-05-01

The Commissioners issued an order yes
terday requiring Contractor Warfield to
make a daily collection of garbage beginning
to-day and continuing for two months in
the area bounded as follows
Beginning at Fifteenth and b streets
northwest, and running thence TO Sixth
street, thence to p street, to Eighteenth
street, to Pennsylvania avenue, TO Fif-
teenth street, and thence to place of be-
ginning.
This increased service is ordered under
the provisions of the existing contract,
the extra compensation allowed therefor
under the appropriation act being at the
rate of 81 600 per month.
The questions involved in the proposed
new contract for the three mouths begin
ming July / will be submitted to the Comp
troiler of the Treasury to-day, and upon re-
ceipt of his decision, should the position of
the Commissioners be approved, arrange
ments win be made for the inauguration of
the new scheme.
At u recent meeting OF farmers and whole
sale market gardeners of the District and
adjacent counties of Virginia and Mary
land a committee was named TO prepare
and present q petition to the Commission
ers for the use of the old Haymarket space
as a producers wholesale market"
WANT SHEDS ERECTED.
The petition was filed yesterday, signed
by. s. Howson, Horace Crosier and James
c. Reeves, and attested by Col. Wright Rives,
chairman of the meeting, aud earnestly
requests that the board viii arrange hnd
prepare the market space with properly
covered sheds for the protection OF both
sellers and buyers. Sufficient spaceforeach
person TO back wagons and dispose OF pro-
duce is asked for, and the petitioners agree
10 pay rent for same as long as the space is
left to their use.
II is also part OF the petition that, In
case the Commissioners shall comply with
the request, the place now occupied, Oh the
south side OF B street northwest, shall be
no longerused dformarketpurposes.
Health Officer woodward, TO whom the
application OF Providence Hospital for a
share of the omergent cases requiring treat
ment and the division OF the city into two
sections with Seventh street as the dividing
line, has responded with the suggestion
thar circular letter be addressed TO certain
hospitals named 20 ascertain ii there may
not be other Institutions that Will be willing
to make the same agreement.
Dr. Woodward says that other institu-
assistants and be ready at all hours to
receive emeTgent cases and suggest that
| the letter OF inquiry he sent TO Emergency
| Hospital, p Providence, Sibley Memorial,
| Washington Asylum, National Homeo-
pathic and Garfield Hospitals, respectively.
Tue letter viii be mailed 10 each to-day.
BUILDING REGULATION EXTENDED
! Section 19, Of the building regulations,
applying TO projections beyond the build
ing line, were amended yesterday by extend
ing the provisions TO the entire District
/ and by adding clause that viii apply Il
! all places of assembly, including churches
Lot Is, OF square 7S9, northeast, has
! been exempted from taxation. 10y order ol
| the Commissioners. The Tot is occupied
| by the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church
as a place of divine worship. 1t was ad
vsStised for sale for taxes due for 1894
but it is shown 10 the satisfaction of the
! Commissioners that the assessment was
erroneous.
The Commissioners yesterday took actor
on several police cases, as follows:
Ordered: That the. charges against Pri
vate P. j Fingles, tried April "a, 1895
for non-payment of debt, be dismissed.
That the charges against Private q. r
T. Small, tried April II, 1895, for uhoe
coming conduct, be dismissed.
That Private G. w. Horton, tried Janu
airy 8, 1895, for conduct unbecomInS al
officer, be removed from the force, order
to take effect at once.
That PrivatCs NJ. 7. Slater and ]. /
Giles, tried April IT, 1895, Tor uegleC
duty. be removed from the force, the orde
to take effect at once.
CATCH BASINS AND SEWERS.
Orders were issued yesterday as follows
That q oatch-basin be constructed nea
the northeast corner of First street ant
North Carolina avenue; that a sewer il
the south side of Massachusetts aveuu
northwest, between Sixth and Seventh
streets, be added to the schedule of sewer
TO be replaced during the next fisca
year.
That catch-basins be also constructed a
follows: Two in ID street north wesi
between Eighth and Ninth streets norti
west; at the northwest corner of K an
Eleventh streets; northwest corner OF
and Eleventh streets nrtheast; at northeas
corner OF 1 and Eleventh streets norti
east.
Building permits were issued yesterday a
follows: Tho mas Rupert, store an
dwelling. No. 470 C street southwest
Sc 800. A. Long for improyementsto TO stoI
aud dwelling, No. 425 II street northeas
$500 T. j. Stanton, brick addition I
, dwelling, No. 2S01 street northwes