The evening times., 1895-11-13
THEY ENTERED | PROTEST
Columbia Heights Citizens at the
District Building.
ABOUT TELEGRAPH STATION
They Want the Sub-Office in Their
Section and Not In Mount Pleasant,
and Declared They Furnish the
Bulk of the Business-Dnily Orders
Issued.

A delegation of the Columbia Heights
Citizens Association called on the Com
missioners this morning. 1t consisted
| of Messrs. NJ. A. Ballenger, c. II. Carter,
| Bushrod Robinson, NJ. d. Jacobs, Patrick
O'Farrell and DR.. A. L. Stavely.
Mr.. Balenger acted as spokesman. He
had three points to which he asked their
| attention. The association desired that some
| action be taken by which the cars of the
Washington and Georgetown Street Rail-
way Company would not block the road at
the terminus In Mount Pleasant on Four
teenth street, near Park and Whitney ave-
nues; that the drainage be improved on
Florida avenue in front OF Garfield Hos
pital so that water will not stand there
| after every heavy rain, and finally that
no action should be taken, as had been pro-
posed by the Commissioners, which would
deprive the residents OF the heights of tele
graph service by leaving the telegraph Of
flee for that section in Mount Pleasant.
The office has for "a long time been at
Fourteenth and Park streets, and when
arrangements were recently made for re-
moval to accommodate Columbia Heights
the Commissioners interposed an Objec-
ton To the erection of poles and stringing
of wires. Supt. Marean of the Western
Union said il would cost three or four times
as much to change the office the other
way, and the company would not under
take 1t.
MAI. PowELLS LETTERS.
Commissioner Powell interposed, saying:
Il have letter from two residents in
that nclghborhood who say that the pres
ent office is as well located as possible"
THAT is not the case for the bulk OF the
patronage. There is much more telegra PHI
ing near the point to which change is
proposed.
II went on to New York. and fter hard
work induced the company To make an
order establishing a central office on the
hill. They concluded that the best place
was the corner of Fourteenth and Binney
streets, in rooms belonging to Theodore
Harding. vice-president or the Mount Pleas
ant Citizens Association. We are not
welded TO that spot.
Any place will do us that Is central to
our section. We do three or four times as
much telegraph business as is done at
Mount Pleasant. Some of the patrons at
the office In that section are Justice Har-
Ian, Justice Shepard, several Senators and
Representatives, the Chinese legation, and
others. 1t costs us $4,000 a year for mes
senger service to get our dispatches. We
want the office anywhere central To our
section. We do not want 1t at Mount
Pleasant"
Tie Commissioners took the matter under
advisement.
Supt. Marcan, of the Western Union, II
is understood, confirms the statement
that the bulk of business in that section
comes from the neighborhood OF Binney
street rather than Mt. Pleasant.
II is aEi ounced by thefriends of cX-Fire-
MAI WenZ5! that, in case his request, made
TO the onImissioners, for reinstatement
in the service is not granted, they will Zine
Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh street
with pointinc- to be donated and exposed
to sale fnr the purpose OF aiding Wcnzel to
take his case before Congress and the
courts"
Each Painting will have card attached,
on wilc', will be prin ted or written the brief
history of the circumstances of WenZel's
retirement from the fire department and
detailing th. alleged injustice done him.
1t is believed that the merchants will
gladly receive these pictures and give them
a conspicuous place in show windows dur
ing the holidays.
Building permits were issued today as
follows: s. Carr, two two-story brick
dwellings, Nos. 406 and 40S Eleventh
street northeast, $4,000; Annie Young, two
story frame dwelling, near street, in
Barry Farm, Anacostia, lot 8, section 6,
S4OO; II. T. Eton, fuel she'd No. 63O street
southeast, $50: Mrs. Fields, repairs to roof
and side of M. 304 n street northwest.
$50: T. B. Stobl, frame kitchen, M. 1887
Twelfth street, $50.