The morning times., 1895-10-18

The commissioners nave nearly couipie'eu
their report to the Secretary OF the Treasury
of the estimates for appropriations on Dis
trict account, and IL is probable that 1t
will be ready by Monday for submission.
With the prospect thG5 The revenues VIII
be considerably IN excess OF previous years,
the aggregate of the appropriations to be
asked Tor VIII be materially increased.
No official figures have been yet given
out with the exception OF the recently
| published estimate of S3,oOO,OoO for tue
| engineer department, which has sewers ana
streets and other important interests 10
| look after. and it is known that tie single
| item OF street paving VIII call for at least
| S6u0, &C q Instead Oh S4UU,GUU as asked FOR
| ineacu ofsevcrli past yeats. TneagGregate
| of the Commissioners demands this year is
likely ~ be near TO S.,uuO,UUU.
Tie streets have been Tor several years
| obliged by the necessities of other interests,
notably the schools, the lire department and
the police department., to undergo scaling.
Instead of being given $4UU,UO0 for this
work, Commissioner 70 welinas been obliged
10 reduce to $l5O,000 for each OF the past
two years. He will in the prcscntestinates
endravor to make up this loss, tbs original
intention being to ask Tor oneLalr OF the
reductions for 1898 and 1891, and add the
aggregate to the customary estimate OF
100000.
This, as stated, would bring up the
amount 10 S65o,O00. II is row believed,
however that the sum which will be
agreed upon will be $4,000 less than
was at first contemplated.
The scalings Of estimates as made by
the heads of departments aBG Institutions
have been small, it is understood, and
that the additions have been considerable
is evidenced by the Increase in the totals
CHANGE IN STREET LOCATION.
Citizens who are interested in sub
division located in the northwest, and
through which the extension OF Delaware
avcnne is projected, are petitioning The
Commissioners for a change in the loca-
tion OF the avenue and some other streets,
in order for the better disposition of the
ab1tting lots, as well as 4 greater CON
venience.
Attorney Fulton and r. B. GoodfeIiow
were al the District building yesterday,
looking after the matter.
As down IA lnc pats, the avenue is
dcflectod at I street, and the plans PRO-
vide for number OF streets that center at a
point already arranged a circle.
The prOperty rty-owners ask that this circle
be m0ycd about sixty feet, and that the
DETECTION of Delaware avenue shall occur
at Sixth aud Randolph streets, or at
street, instead Of at Tstreet.
BY this change it is claimed that there
VIII be less cxcavatins ard less filling re-
quired, and that the DETECTION can scarcely
be observed, the lines described being
nearly straight TO the circle. passing near to
but not disturbing Harmony Cemetery.
In DETECTING at S street no change i'll the
location OF thecircle will be necessary.
james L. Ncalc and c. L. FAIR were yes
terday appointed additional privates on
the police force, the first for duty with
the harbor boat, the other to serve in the
district bounded by NJ street, Massa chu-
sets avenue, Seventeenth and Twent V first
streets northeast.
The commission OF A. Butler Morgan
as an additional private has been revoked.
OFFICIAL ORDERS ISSUED.
The Commissioners ordered yesterday.
That certain water main assessments be
Cancelled on account of the decision in the
Burgdorf case.
That a cement sidewalk be laid in
front of the American Security and Trust
Company's building, ou Fourteenth street
between G street and New York avenue
under the provisions of the permit system
That thirty feet of cight-inch sewer be
laid IN Thirteenth street northeast. between
4 and u streets, under the permit system.
That sixty linear feet of twenty-four-inch
sewer crossing BriGhtwood avenue, in the
line of the proposed extension of Spring
Road, be constructed. chargcable to ap-
preparation for suburban sewers.
That the contract for the construction
of an egg shaped sewer in Georgia avenue,
bcJwe cen Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets,
be awarded to Harry C. Nichols
Also, that the 3-inch " ater main in Tie
west SIDE OF Second street southeast, be
tween East Capitol street and Penns yivania
avenue, be abandoned, and that COS feet
of 6-inCB main be laid in the east side
of said stcct.
a cement sidewalk was ordered to lie laid
in front of Nos. 1927 and 1929 Georgia
avenue, under the permit system.
TOO MUCH PROSECUTION
Attorney j. C. Fay, who represents the
firm of Nicolai Bros, the oil men, as at
the District building yesterday to ask
that the prosecution of the firm in police
court on account of alleged unlawful oc-
cupancy of public properly, be discontinued
until a decision can be reached in a case
now before the criminal court on the same
charge.
The firm has a section of ground under
fence in front Of their reservoir, on X street
near Half street sonthw est, and II is claimed
a part of the enclosure is dedicated as a
street.
Two complaints have been lodged in the
police court, and a third is threatened.
The first two have been removed under
writs of Certiorrari to the criminal court,
and one OF them is set for an early hearing.
Mr. Fay says the title TO the ground is
claimed by Nioolai Bros, and Ihatthe street
has no existence, in fact, being recognized
only on paper.
The request has been referred 10 Attorney
Thomas with direction to look carefully
into the case 1t is probable that there
" i'll Ice no more cases Instituted against the
firm until the test case can be heard.
Dr. j. F. Price, physician to the poor,
has resigned. His resignation " rs ac-
cepted to day, to take effect TN the 14th
instant, and DR.. E. +. Richardson was ap-
IL to