The morning times., 1895-07-31
Citizens Complain About the
Schools in the Northeast.
DISALLOWED GAS BILLS
President Griswold to Have Hearing
This Morning-No Licenses TO BE
Issued Hereafter TO Hotels Not Pro
vided With Fire Escapes-Addi-
tional Room for Licensed Vehicles.

A committee from the Northeast Wash
ington Citizens Association appeared be-
fore the Commissioners yesterday morning
to call the attention OF the District author
tiles TO various violators of the law and
to the needs of the section Of the city
which they represent.
They urged upon the Commissioners the
necessity of establishing n-w school in
the tract of land north of l and east of
First street northeast
Mr. Ellis Dalrymple, the chairman of the
association committee on schools, advanced
as reasons why this school should be estab-
lished that this section was cut off by
railroad tracks, and the children, in order
to go TO all OF the schools now maintained,
were compelled to go by the crossings. He
also mentioned that a new school would
relieve the overcrowded schools III the
neighborhOod and do away with the ne
cessity of using the Easements of-the build
ings as claSSrooms. A resolution, adopted
at the last meeting of the association, was
presented TO the Commissioners, request
ing that an appropriation for an eight
room schOolhouse in the northeast be 1n-
cluded in the next estimate.
DAMP BASEMENT ROOMS.
Commissioner Ross stated that he had
Powell and he was sure that the latter
would include an estimate for such
school In his next report. The basement
rooms to be used as class rooms in several OF
the schools in the fan We're said to be damp,
unhealthy and in every way unsuited to the
proposed purpose. One which was white
washed several weeks ago, is still wet.
The matter had been referred to the health
officer aud a report would shortly be made.
The board was also asked to compel the
Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad Company to
keep better lookout service at the crossings
within the city limits. Numerous instances
were cited OF the carelessness of employees
aud OF their iDcompetency and neglect Of
duty This the Commissioners promised
should be attended to. Among those present
at the hearing were w. j. FrIZZell, NJ. A.
Custis, George B. Rose, Francis A. FlaDegin,
s. Sowerbutts, John B. Agate, A. E. F.
Holstein, j. A. Gleason, William Kehl and
Ellis Dalrymple.
GAS BILLS DIsALLOWED.
j. F. Petty, auditor of the District of
Columbia, has written letter to the Com
mssiouers, in which he says:
I'm the act making appropriations for the
expenses OF the government of the District
OF Columbia for the fiscal year 1895, the
following language occurs: That no more
than $20,50 per annum for each street
lamp shall be pair for gas or oil, lighting,
extiuguishing repairing and cleaning under
any expenditure provided for in this act
and said lamps shall burn not less than
three thousand hours per apnum.'
1T is thus apparent that the law pro-
vides for a maximum compensation and
a minimum service, making 1T possible,
of course to increase the latter but not
the former. Bills for lighting during the
fiscal year 1895 in excess of 5000 hours
have been presented to me by the Wash
ington and Georgetown Gas Light Com-
panies, respectively. AS each company
has already received for said year $40. so
per lamp, the utmost allowance of the
law, it is clear that there is no authority
for the payment of the claims referred
to, and l have the honor to forward them
with the recommendation that they be
disallowed and the companies interested
advised to that effect. This was ap-
proved by the Commissioners"
STANDS FOR LICENSED VEHICLES.
1t was suggested yesterday by the Com
missoners that in addition to the loca-
ton on the east side of Seventh street,
recommended by the hack inspector as
stand for licensed vehicles, the west
side of Seventh street northwest, extend
ing south from North street along the
outside curb to the place where the car
riageway is narrowed by the width of
the tree space; the west side of Seventh
street, on the inner side of the sidewalk
and extending north from the space imme-
diately north of the Center Market to
the transfer station used by the Wash
ington and Georgetown Railroad Com
pany; the south side OF Pennsylvania
avenue and Louisiana avenue on the in
ner side of sidewalk between Seventh
and Ninth streets. shall be used as stands.
These stands are established upon the ex-
press condition that the occupants thereof