The morning times., 1895-09-10
Miner Building Said to Be Unfit
for School Purposes.
BOARD ORDERS INSPECTION
Final Hearing Concerning Transfer Of
day-Attorney Thomas Decides a
Point as to Street Obstruct ions.
Mrs. wynne Win Sue the District.

10 the Miner Institute building, pending the
| contemplated reconstruction OF the school
| house, TO which they are regularly assigned.
There was a private conference over the
matter which lasted about one hour, Messrs.
| Schneider Evans, Hendricks and a number
of others participating.
The property owners interested in the
matter, whose residences are in that vicin-
| ity are stated to be: Henry X. Willard, r.
| F. Schneider ID. S. Hendrix, w. +. Seine,
der, j B. Church, Boyd Smith, F. NJ. Evans,
| T. L. Holbrook, Hon. w. L. Wilson, Post
| master General; X obert Christie, John
| Cameron, Thomas Redpath, II. G. Brick
trschoff, Henry Hurt, F. Z. Jones, Gen.
Myers, 7. X Sailer, l.. S. Brown, Henry A.
| Smith, Thomas Dolan, j. W. Harslia, John
| Tweedale, William Pond, John B. Wight,
| Hon. w. p Kellogg, Rudolph Goldschmid,
DR.. W. C. Filler, and others.
BAD FAITH CHARGED.
AS heretofore stated In The Times, sew
! eral interviews have been had in which a
most forcible protest was made against
| the occupancy of the building by that school,
| and the charge was made that to place the
| pupils there, even temporarily, would be
an act of bad faith TO the citizens, partic-
ularly Mr.. T. +. Schneider.
The auditor of the District, the health
officer and the building inspector were all
present at the conference yesterday after
noon, and after a discussion of the situa
ton, in which it was stated that the Miner
building is alleged to be unfit for school
purposes and other points-or objection were
raised, it was agreed that the health officer
shall make an imemdiate investigation of
The sanitary condition of the structure and
Its surroundings and that there should be
future conference ON Wednesday or Thurs
a
with his report.
EFFECTS OF BURGDORF DECISION.
The Burgdorf case is likely to become a
celebrated case" and will serve a pre-
cedent upon which to base many a future
order for the remission of taxes by the Dis
trict Commissioners. Assessments for wa
ter mains were Cancelled yesterday, based
upon that decision, in number Of cases,
as follows:
Against lots 1 and 2, block 3, Howard
University subdivision; against lot 6, block
3, Brookland; against lots 52, 50 and 81,
Square $40, and lots 329, 33l and 349 o
street, between Third and Four and -a-half
streets southwest; against west half of lois
and Z, Todd and Browns subdivision, and
the west thirty-six feet of lot 3, block Is,
Howard University subdivision; against lot
8, block 3, Broukland.
That remaining unpaid instalments of
water main assessments be also Cancelled,
as follows, ON account of the decision in
the Burgdorf case: Against lot 20, block
3, o street extended, Trinidad; against lot
1, block Z, Bronkland.
People residing at Brightw ood who,
upon the strength of the Burgdorf decision
applied for the remission OF water main
assessments, Were yesterday notified that
the application could not be approved.
The assessments were lawfully levied in
due form by the water registrar. This is
the first contest over the assessment since
the appointment of registrar last July, the
BurgdoTf case having shown the necessity
for an official OF that designation. The
significance of it all is that assessments
made by the registrar Will stick.
Other orders Were issued yesterday as
follows:
That a sewer be laid in the east side of
Twenty-first street between o street and
the alley, ninety feet south of P street,
chargeable to current appropriation.
That Fifteenth street northwest, be-
tween Pennsylvania avenue and E street,
be closed to traffic pending the construc
ton of sewer at that point.
TRIALS OF MARKETMEN.
Attorney Thomas returned to the Com
missioners yesterday the papers in two
cases that were recently submitted to him
for decision, with an opinion in each.
rhe first was in the matter reported
by Lieut.. I. A. Swindells, of the police
force, calling attention to distractions in
the street fronting the market-house on NJ
street, caused by the work of construction
on the Washington and Georgetown Rail
way from its present terminus to the pro
posed new union station at Thirty-siXth
street. Lieut.. Swindclls stated, upon the
complaint of others, that there would be
soon so much obstruction that farmers
would not have room TO place their wagons.
~ 4 he. liua of
Georgetown permitting dealers in country
produce to occupy the street in front OF the
market ceased when Georgetown became a
part of Washington. There is, no doubt,
alec, that the occupation of the street by
the railroad Will make 1t impractica BILE
to occupy the old space infront ofthemarket.
Therefore, Mr.. Thomas believes, the Com
missioners should adopt the space known
as East aDd West Market place for smaller
wagons, and the east side of Potomac street
and Prospect avenue for larger vehicles as
suggested by Lieut.. Swindells.
Tn the other case, that of a complaintmade
by Hinman and West of excessive charge for
license to conduct an entertainment at the
corner of Twelfth and n streets northeast,
Mr.. Thomas says: Il concur in the views
expressed by the assessor. All eXhibi-
tions of rope or wire dancing and like
performances shall be subject to a tax of
S5 per night. The entertainment in ques-
IlOn lb Clearly NllnIl tue prONlslOuS OIL Ule
-rdinances."
MRS. wYNNE'S PROTEST.
All emphatic protest was registered with
the Commissioners yesterday by Mrs. NJ. s.
Wynne, a large property owner in thenorth-
west section of the city, against the en-
iorcement of the plumbing regulations
sgainst her in the matter of property that
had been already overhauled at great ex-
pence, and that had been approved by the
plumbing inspector. She made demand
for redress, but receiving no assurance that
the money last paid w01ld be refunded as
requested, Mrs. Wynne announced her in
tention of bringing suit to recover the
amount.
Mrs. Wynne had another matter for the
attention of the Commissioners. which was
as to the inequality of assessments. She
stated tina 5sheownedt two lots joiningeach
while the valuation of the other is placed
at $1,000. This matter she was advised
to refer tt the board of assistant assessors
The Commissioners yesterday authorized
a notice to be sent to Mr.. c. B. Hallain,
registrar of Washington Parish to the effect
that the water assessment against the Con-
gressional cemetery cannot be rescnded.
The cemeteries the Commissioners say,
have uniformly paid for Potomac water
privileges, the law excepting only. churches,
orphan asylums and charitable institu-
tons"
NOT THE INSPECTOR IS FAULT.
Building Inspector Brady says most en-
phatically that the postponement of the
school opening was not due to DELAY in the