The evening times., 1895-10-14

The Washington AaxEet Company pre-
sented to the CoDsh,issioners tnis morn
ing an applicattch for pt-fuIission to con-
struet r'gks|froni the puoiic space near
the ka WINS statue and Ninth street to
ther nefhuing. and also to erect an iron
opksside stairway TO tine entrance OF the
large public hall liz the second story OF
the building in order to utilize the hall for
public purposes.
The right of the District to control
the matter as involved in the intricate
proSisiui,s or "a sco. Geai OF past ieSis-
lation, all Of wnien was gone over by
Gen birrey and Gov Ordway, representa-
tives OF the Market Company.
The ground adjacent was originally
acquired by the Company. Dut " as aiter-
wards ceded TO the District at tinie wnen
it as proposed to efeci a municipal build
ing At that point, ami the space IN ecntro-
versy W as made a passageway Tor the Ioint
use of the company and the District
passageway, and the contention OF the coIn-
pany is that lie rights should not now be
abridged, since the public is not entitled
to the ground
UNDER SHEPHERDS ACTS.
seven,y-fiye thousand dollars had been
appropriated by Congress for the CON
s,ruction or the municipal building, and
Governor Shepherd had actually broken
ground iH 1873 ior the foundation, wnen
the intention was discovered by Senator
NORTH.
Has;ening to the Capitol, Hr. Morrill,
mace an investigator, and finding that
there was no appropriation at that time
available, he at cEte INTRODUCED IA JOINT
resolution forbiddAns the further prose
cution OF the work
lhIs was sl.s.eu through and G ov.
Sherleru's Purpose was defe1tea.
Tns tx III brief the story ~. the transac-
ton as related by Gov. OFdway this moro
ing, who claimed tnat the right TO use The
space for any legitimate purpose Is stiu
vested in the market company, ana That 10
erecting the stairway 10 rights ase IN
fringed upon.
Many OF the improvements on the reseE-
vation, he said. had been paid for by the
market company. and tie expense OF fll-
ing up the holes made By the excavations
under Boss" Shepherds order, was borne
by tne cnmpany.
Gen. Biri.ey appeared at the bearing as
counsel for the conrany, and Attorney
Thomas was present ;ur the District
The beard reserved its decision.
Mr.. ROSS WILL ATTEND.
Commissioner Ross has aceep5ed an in
vitaiion, rs representing the District gov
arrrlIenr TO Re present al the opening OF
the .;ouar Dealers Ass;ociatici to-fuor-
row morning, and, If his health permits
will attend and extend the cnrdia!ity OF the
city to the visitors. The associltIon VIII
meet at a. m. tomorrow at Aibaugh S
Opera House.
Transfers of retail licenses were sra nted
by the Excise Boa rd to-day as follows: J.:
- uBstl 10 JONI L
No i3Ua Eleventh street southeast: from
Alex Ebert to William Gaui. No. So7
Seventh street northwest. from nss 1nurp,
administrator. Ia Edward j. QGinn, No
Sol Pennsylvania ayenue northwest: from
Curi~tiEa flatZ to Frederick AIbrecht
No. 2l9 Pennsylvania avence southeast
The Application of William F. Collins
at No. 7I9 FoUr-aid- d-a-balf street south
west, was rejected.
BuiIdag Inspector Brady who leaves to-
morrow for Baitimore, to attend the na-
tionai convention OF commissioners and
inspectors. VIII Gevote large part of his
time durlig the session so the collection
of data for the use Of the committee. OF
which he Is member. that is now engaged
tionS for the District The work of hfS
committee Will cover n wide field, and Col
Brady rs anxious 10 have the report conf
pfcte as 10 the Details of each Of the nat-
ters under consideration.
TRIAL BOARD FINDINGS.
By order of the Commissioners. issued
to-day, Pirate Henry Ehlers. tried Sep
tenibcr tS. 1895. for violation of para
graphs 135 and / 3S of the manual, wa.
fined St5. and warned against a repetition
of The offensc.
A fine was also imposed upon Privates
j. l.. kiinlartin aud r. T. EnI!nert. re pee
lively, tried September II for neglect OF
duty The fire in each case was SO.
AJsiit ionat privates oB the force were a p
pointed to-day as follows:
Lewis z. Wayne. OF the Randall School;
Squire GiIR,orc, at Norwood Institute;
John 3. S stevens with George W. Harvey:
jaime, Young at the Garfield School. and
Marion Osborn at Rock Creek Park.
The commission of John F. Hayre. an ad-
dit ioIial private. was revoked to-day, 10
take effect at once.
Steam engineers license OF the third
class was issued to-day To Frank ]. N ,ller.