Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-02
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
To Investikate.

To investigate.
G.. Brown Goode, ASSISTANT secretary Of
the Smithsonian Institution, has requested
the Commissioners to Investigate the as
sessment fer water main laid in the sub
division known as Connecticut Avenue
Heights levied upon him.,
Vote of Thanks.
S, S. Daish of the firm of S. S. Daish &
Son writes to the Commissioners today,
requesting that some one Investigate the
matter III regard to the Herdic Company's
scraping snow off 10th street, which, in
his opinion. would result in the Commits
sioners giving to the Herdic Company a
vote of thanks for the part they have
taken in providing q foot walk as well as
earriageway on 10th street and other
streets The facts, he says, are that every
body in that neighborhood has profited by
the action of the Herdic Company, and
they should have vote of thanks as pub
lie benefact0rS.
Repair Damages.
Messrs. H. Rozier Dulaney and A. Walton
Fleming of 1920 F street northwest have
written to the Commissioners, stating that
they have received notice from the health
department that water stands in the alley
way north of their building known as
The Grafton situated on the corner of
connecticut avenue and DeSales street
Northwest, and that the matter must be
remedled. They say that the Electric Light
Company In connecting their system tore
up the asphalt and relaid it so imperfectly
that the water will not run off. They fur
Their state that they have notified the
Electric Light Company of the receipt of
the notice from the health department by
them and have asked them to repair the
alley, their reply being that they do not
recognize their right to instruct them as to
requested that the Electric Light Company
be required to repair the damage they
have done.
Not Eligible.
Relative to the communication of Ellen
Sheahcn Of TO Charlotte street, Kansas
City, Mo-, mother Of ex-Policeman Daniel
Sheahan, who was shot by burglar on the
night OF December q, 1886, while perform
ing his duty, which was referred to the
pension board for report as to facts in the
case, MAJ Moore, In his report to the Com
mlssioners upon the matter today, says:
Ex-Private Sheahan voluntarily resigned
from the force, without making an appiica-
ton for pension on the ground Of stability,
and he did not serve the length Of
time required to make him eligible for
pension under the statute. The law pro-
vldes that pensions shall be pad to a DO
hceman, his widow or children under SIX
teen years of age, and does not, therefore,
apply to dependent parent
Petition Answered.
George A. Provost of $40 F street of the
owners of the majority of the property in
square 2o5 for the opening of street
through that square, Capt. F'iebeger in his
report to the Commissioners today, recon-
mends that the petitioners be informed
that the opening Of this street cannot be
taken up until the opening of the street
through square % Is completed, as it will
probably take the entire available appropri-
alton to pay the awards for the opening of
that street.
Planting Trees.
The Commissioners have approved the
recommendation of the parking commits
sion of the District of Columbia that the
chain gang be employed to prepare holes
for tree planting under supervision of the
parking commission on the following
streets: D street from 9th to 18th streets
southeast; 18th street southeast from Penn
sylvania avenue to Lincoln Park; Pennsyl-
vania avenue southeast extended, and 9TH
er streets now ready for planting in East
Washington, as has been done heretofore.