The morning times., 1895-10-09
APPEAL FOR GOOD ROADS |
Abandoned Suburban Thorough
fares in Need of Repair.
CITIZENS SEEKING RELIEF
Street Extension Plans Interfere With
Proper Care OF Roads, and Congress
VIII BE Asked To Interpose-Re-
lection of TenIeytOwn Railways
ApplicatiOn-Water Mains.

Under the plans of street extensions
| now under consideration, and according
| to the terms of the legislation affecting
| them. many suburban roads have been
| abandoned, ard there is no provision for
keeping them in repair pending the coni-
| pletion of the street system.
1t was n part of the argument made in
behalf of the measure for street extensions
that these roads would be taken Off the
expense list until the streets could be To-
Gated and regularly taken up as such.
The citizens who have made Investments
along the line of the abandoned roads find
themselves very seriously inconvcnienced
by the present condition of affairs. They
receive no benefit in the way Of street I'M
provements from their taxes and the roads
are in many instances becoming almost
impossible.
Meetings are being held with q view to
making an appeal TO Congress, through the
Com miss toner's, for relief. II will be
shown that great injustice results from the
present policy, and the law makers will be
asked to amend the law so as to permit
the roadways to be kept in repair until
they are merged in the street system.
IL is not Intended, SO far as can be ascer-
tanned, that the Commissioners snail be
ushtu W sttOhu hpi ii uhy
wise compromise the extension plans, but
they willdoubtless be requested to iDterpose
no objections to what theinterested property
holders ma Y do in the premises.
b. & o. WINS A POINT.
The Commissioners have notified Secre
tary H. 7. Purdy of the Georgetown aud
Tenleytown Railway Company of their dis
approval of the application of his company
to occupy sWater street. in Georgetown,
with railway tracks. This leaves the B.
& .. Company in possession of the disputed
ground.
tits not known by what means the former
company hopes to accomplish the desired
extension 10 the river front. 1t cannot
proceed by way of Thirty second street on
account of the location of the boathouse
If Columbia Athletic Club, which bars
its progress, and while there can be no
contest of the company's right to cross
Water street. there is no opening beyond.
It's the desire of the Tenleytown manage
nent 10 connect with a steamboat service
at the wharf, so that passengers may be
transferred 10 and received from the beats
direct
Mr.. j. C. Olnisted, of the firm of Olm-
sted & Eliot, landscape engineers, had
conference yesterday with Engineer COM
mis- sioner Powell with respect TO the
street extension plans in that section
plans were interrupted by the proceedings
necessary in the court with reference to
the condemnation of lands in the first
section. New plates to the number of
forty-seyen had 10 be made, and at least
three weeks of Commissioner Powelrs
time was consumed in the supervision OF
that and the collateral work.
1t is confidently believed that By January
Is, 1S96.-the second section viii be COM
pleted to the present stage OF the first
section. and that the third Section will be
well advanced.
WATER MAINS AND SEWERS.
1t was ordered by the Commissioners yes
terday that number of water main as
sessments be cancelled on account of the
court decision in the Burgdorf case.
Also, that an allotment of SAC, 900 from
the water fund for the extension of the
high service system OF water distribution,
be approved.
That 592.59 feet OF 6-inch water main,
including one fire hydrant, be laid in Sheri-
dan street, east of Brightwood avenue.
That $50 feet OF 6-inch water main be
laid in Lydecker avenue, between Hol-
mead avenue anu Thirteenth street north
west. and SO feet of S-inch sewer be con-
structed in alley of ofsquare942.
That sewers be constructed when funds
became available, in Thirteenth street, be-
tween Georgia avenue and ID street SOUTH
east, in ID street, between Fifteenth and
Seventeenth streets southeast. in alleys
of square 1915.
That Il sewer be laid in the south side
of N street northwest. between Twenty
seventh and Twenty-eighth streets.
That the public well ut the corner of
First and F Streets southwest. be closed.
Dir. L. W. Richie obtained permit
yesterday for the construction OF seven
buildings, to be occupied as stores and
residence flats at Nos. 1922 to 1884, in
elusive, southwest, to cost $22,O0
FIRE DEPARTMENT CHANGES.
By order of the Commissioners and upon
the recommendation of Chief Paris, Pro-
bationary Private C. F. Beers, of the fire
department, was yesterday promoted to the
list of regulars, he having served a salts
factory term on the temporary roll.
1t was also ordered that Probationary
Private NJ. p. DAILY be removed and that
De Witt Smith be appointed to succeed him
The Board of Trade W as represented in a
conference with the District Commits
sioners yesterday by Messrs. Thomas W.
Smith, C. G. Glover, and S. w. Woodw ard.
The subject under discussion was future
sewerage, and the committee obtained a
statement of the Commissioners views and
of their probable recommendations to
Congress, which will be presented to the
board in report to be made at an early
meeting.
Inspector of Buildings John B Brady will
represent the District at the annual con-
vention of the National Association of
Commissioners and Inspectors, to be held
in Baltimore on the 18th instant.