The evening times., 1895-12-17

contractor Daggett OF the street cleaning
service mas so far declined to do the extra
| WORK III cleaning cross-walks and cutters
under The law OF March 2. 1895, and 1t is
probable the Commissioners will attempt
! 70 ENFORCE Dy law an Illegal contract 10
10 sucn workfat an advance of 10 per
cent upon the actual cost of labor.
The work is multiplied many times under
uhe new law. and what was before a conf
| paratlveiy small matter comes to be of
great Importance. IT win be necessary to
get great deal OF new machine 10 do
die work required In cleaning cutters when
Dig snow with alternating thaw and freeze
while no effort is likely to be made 10
comply strictly with the letter OF the law,
oig Jop Win many uncertainties in it is
on Ira,, lana r,,,, Ine cTder to enforce the con-
pit no legal steps have yet been taken
| III that direction.
| Mr.. Daggert, II viii be remembered. il
| new foih Doiiilcidn. at One time sheriff
thcre, sometime contractor for the gov.
erntiieIlt soppiy OF postal cards. He thinks
ne aas good contract with the District.
and. and. 1t is said, proposes tonake il prof ..lble
he expects TO 90 the extra cleaning Of
snow Gnder the new law, even IL 1t costs
ane government 100000. He il the only
man IN The business here so extensively.
ESTIMATE OF DEFICIENCIES.
| The Commissioners this morning sent 10
secretary Carlisle as estimate or appro.
prialions Tor deficiencies for the conduct
OF me office of the District sealer of
urgency. deficiency bill. The amount re-.
! qured is $5,8S7. or THIS, part goes TO
seaier seal BOND nd and his assistant, al s., SEQ
ana i,2OO q year. respe ctively, the
renal inder for contingent expenses
The deficiency arose from the change
making the office salaried, instead OF de-
pendent on fees When the change was
made last March no. appropriation was
| made for the payment OF the salaries
This makes Il necessary to ask Tor pay
from March q, 1895, to June 80, 1886
Two permits to Nicolai Brothers. the oil
aeaiers. VINO have the contract for public
naphtba lamps. were revoked yestcrda y
II Is understood there is some dispute he.
tween tine con ntract ors a nd the Commiss toner's
ana this method is taken to bring the CON
tractors to terms.
The permits grants the privilege to Law
several two-inch iron pipes from the Balti-
more and Potomac freight yards. at Half
and 1 streets southeast, along l. South
Capitol and X streets to their warshnuse
near james Greek canal. The pipes are TO
cross under The street bridge, aud TO te
removed al the pleasure of Congress or the
Commissioners. The pipes are used to con
Yey on from the yards TO the warehouse.
Major Powell said the permit should not
have been granted. II the precedent were
followed the streets would be torn up
Tor the proposed new rcfrieeratiDg com
pany and other companies.
PERMIT TO ERECT POLES.
An order has beer, made to issue per
pany to erect Il line oil poles upon Princeton
street. between Sherman avenue and Six
taenth street. and TO string Il single wire.
The poles are TO be ulinfed black TO n disJ
tance twelve feet above the ground and
white thence upward. Thecross arms must
De thirty-five feet from the ground and
properly designated.
Health OFFICER WOODWARD has given the
Commissioners an opinion thai goods prop
eriy canned do not deteriorate with age.
In case anything Spoiled Is sold the con
= frs,s,, "A le lyssrh ha
sufficient remedy In EXISTING laws. There
fore they informed Ar. II. +. Athertoa. of
No. 1S4l Tenth stree; northwest. who sIig-
gested thai the date of canning ought 10 be-
placed on all goods, that no such law is
necessary.
Private watchmen were appointed as fol- /,
lows: John Hoffman for duty between New |
Jersey avenue and SIKH street aTd d and /
0sorthw west: Thomasli Nay bet Penn |
syiyania avenue and ard Seyenitcnlh and /
Twentieth northwest.
The pension of the widow of Tie late |
Thomas +. Sullivan. fireman. was increased !
To S.S3 month. in effect November i.
Mis- irene EskriGge OF No. a;6 Wilson
street north west. WI q a. Led TOR llic Release |
OF ser husband, was wrred thai The mat
ter had been referred 10 the attorney gen
erul as the Commissioners have no power i'll
Tie proposition to have District print
ing tone by The & Government Printing Office
instead of by contract has rot yet Gene
before the Commissioners since the recent
agitation commenced. TIE fact that they
hay, pursued TIE CpDirac method is prima
facic evidence that they prefer II.
TIE amount OF printiiG & is not very large.
the total reaching something like $4,000. |
The bulk of this now goes by bid TO Dunlap |
Printing Company or Pbil3deDhia- Judd |
4 bet weller and ". H. Moore x Co.. are |
ID. only Washing ION firms that get any con-
siderable share OF the work
To have TIE printing done at the Govern-
nient Office. il is argued. would provide
en thousand dollars worth of work for
Washington printers. A bill for this pur-
pose is being prepared 10 re introduced
IN Congress.