The morning times., 1895-11-09

The wholesale market dealers have gained
a point asked for In their conference of
Thursday with the District Commissioners.
The board yesterday issued an order
amending the police regulations, requiring
that the market master at the wholesale
market shall assign spaces or stands on
The sidewalk next to the curb on the south
side of North street, between Tenth and
Twelfth streets west, to farmers and gard
eners who bring produce of their own rails
ing for sale at retail.
This is not quite all that the Commis-
sioners have in view, If the indications are
correct. The wholesale marketers espec-
tally called TO the attention OF the board, at
the interview on Thursday, that many per
sons who sold produce IN the markets were
accustomed to buy their goods and resell.
Very many of them, they claimed, were
farmers only in name, as they did not raise
their produce, and yet were able to sell
more stuff than the legitimate dealer.
PROTECTION TO BONA FIDE DEALERS.
1t now looks as though there is to be n
wedding out of this element, and one of
the significant incidents is that in wording
the order the Commissioners specify
particularly that those only who bring
space allotted them. 1t is further pro-
vided that no one shall occupy a stand or
space without first obtaining a written
permit from tile market master and have
his position regularly assigned.
1t is probable that under these changed
conditions the bidding on Monday for
stands in the wholesale market will DC
lively
There are four hundred or more whole
nl. don nt..rg
is not ground enough to go around.
The appeal of the Western Union Con-
pany from decision of the District Coni-
missioners with respect TO a request for
permission TO erect poles and string wires
on Princeton street northwest, for an extern
sion of its service, was considered by the
board yesterday with Manager NJ Ma
rean present to represent the company's
interest.
The object of the company was stated TO
be to establish branch office for the ac-
conmodation of the Mount Pleasant and
Columbia Heights section, and in order TO
do this connection would have to be made
with the service on Seventh street.
MOST DIRECT ROUTE.
The most direct route was by Princeton
street, but the Commissioners objected
upon the grounds that it is inadvisable TO
accumulate telegraph poles in the District,
aud suggested that the necessary wires be
strung on the poles of the Brightwood
Electric Railway, by Kenyon street.
Mr.. Marean said in response that the
suggested route would require more than
mile more of wire than the others and be
sides il was impracticable aud inadvisab
as wen as dangerous, and that the company
could not consent TO the plan of stringing
wires on overhead trolley poles.
Besides, Mr.. Marean observed, the COM
pany for purposes of self-protcction, pre-
ferred to control its own property, and
that could not be done upon another
company's poles.
The law gives the company the right,
he said, to go upon any post roads any
where, and all roads are recognized as
post roads, to erect and maintain its
system. He cited the decision of the su-
preme court of the District, which empha-
sized this right by asserting that the COM
pany need not even ask the permission of
the Commissioners. Upon any street within
the city the right is denied by Congress
sional enactment, but beyond the city
limits the case is different.
Attorney Thomas was present, and it
was finally decided that he should examine
into the matter and make report.
OBJECT To FREIGHT TRAINS.
<iltOlhts w bphElds tlttitt d Hlo
test yesterday against the practice of the
Georgetown and Tenieytown Railway OF
running freight cars, in alleged violation
of its charter.
The protest was made in behalf of
number OF owners of carts, who have been
deprived of the job of hauling sand to the
Reno reservoir.
There have been many complaints and
some arrests, it is alleged by the company,
on account of the cruelty to animals in
Cured i'll the hauling of sand up the steep
grades. ard at the request of the sub
contractor, the company undertook 10 de-
liver the material
The protesting wurkmen say the company
has no right To do this work, and the Com
missioners were asked to interfere.
There is a total of $4,000 square yards
of sand yet to be delivered, the original
order being for 65, 900 yards.
The board promised 10 have the matter
Investigated.
PERMIT REVOKED.
A permit granted several years ago TO
the Arlington and Washington Railway
Company TO place poles on Thirtieth street,
and TO string overhead wires thereon and
on the Potomac Electric Company's poles
was revoked yesterday.
President Evan IL. Tucker, of the North
east Washington Citizens Association, is
anxious to know what the Commissioners
expect to do about compelling the main
tenance of watchmen at the railway cross
ings, and not having received responses
10 several communications recently written
by him, he called at the District Building
yesterday for information.
The whole matter embraced in the CORE
spondence he discovered had been referred
10 Chief Moore of the police department.
Major Moore will make complete re-
port of the matter within a few days, when
q copy viii be sent to Mr.. Tucker.
He hopes to hear from the Commissioners
in time for the report to be read at the
meeting of the association next Monday
evening.
Upon the recommendation of Chief Par
ris of the fire department, Probationary
Private W. G. Keener has been dismissed
from the service for gross violation of the
regulations. Ernest w Lowe was esterday
appointed to succeed Keener for a pro-
batioDary period of twelve months.
Saws Her Pronerty Is DeDreciafed