The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-16

The Commissioners received yesterday
a letter from produce dealer commencing
their action in establishing the wholesale
market. He says that Mr.. Curtis ana others
who participated in the mass meeting TO
protest are not farmers nor wholesale
| dealers, but retailers. Many of them, he
| says, only buy and sell around the market.
The first suggestion that the wholesale
| market be established was from delega-
| ton of farmers, and this was seconded py
the complaint of a merchantmen Tenth ana
ID streets, who complained that the farm
ers' wagons blocked the street SO that
he coulu not handle goods.
There has been complaint that the nay,
market space will not give room Tor an
the dealers. The Commissioners VIII
set ASIDE other public space, If necessary,
so that ali may be accommodated
The point MADE by the market company
that no survey has been made to show
where runs the south line or the ground
leased to them is answered by the Com
missioners, with the statement that the
survey has been made by the District
surveyor i'll due form and 1t shows that
the market has no rights outside the walls
OF its building.
SAME AS X STREET MARKET.
The Commissioners also point out that
the same thing now proposed at Center
Market was done a year ago at the h
street market. Convention Hall. II was
desired that space be allotted along the
curb for the use of dealers, but such use OF
Some OF these points will probably be
Incorporated in Attorney Thomas answer
TO the market company's suit; II VIII pc
filed in time for the hearing before CnleI
Justice Bingham to-day.
1ne Commissioners, IN two-hours ses-
sion, further cons idered the street ex-
tension problems. Attorney Thomas was
with them and IL is supposed part OF he
time was devoted to discussing some OF
the law questions involved They also
looked over the revised plans for street
extension in the third section. This M
cludes the territory north OF Massachusetts
avenue extended and between the Tenley-
town road and the Rock Greek Parks
The new map enlDodles number OF sug-
gestions niaue by Maj. Powell. Most lni-
portant Of these, perhaps, IS the establish,
ment OF three beautiful driveways, selected
personally by Mai. Powell, to lead into
Rock Creek Park, together with changes
in the west line OF the park To adapt IL
to the natural outline OF the landscape Father
than to the property lines OF private owners,
from whom Tie ground was originally pur-
chased The driyeways will hefron W9qaieE
Creek, from Connecticut Avenue extended
along Suapstone Greek, ana from the Chevy
Chase road along the upper part or Broad
Branch.
STREETS MADE STRAIGHTER.
The streets in general have been made
| straighter and in closer conformity to
existing streets. But in the broken cOun-
try, bel ween Chevy Chase Circle on the
| north and KIingle Ford on the south, curved
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| an unusually picturesque portion or the
! city. PARK around Fort Keno IS also a
new feature. the proposed changes VIII
| involve the purchase by the government OF
additional land.
The Commissioners will ask Congress to
| extend the time for Assistant Assessors
Bates, Mursell and johnson TO make their
| returns on property i'll the county. They are
| to report according to the terms OF the act
| of Congress constituting the board, on the
| first Monday III January next. But they
| have completed the viewing OF property
| and fixing OF values only Tor the western
| section OF the city and part OF the southeast
| quarter. II is practically Impossible Tor
| tnem to finish the Whole wOrR by The GATE
| named. Congress will be asked To extend
the tne Tui returns Tor the county 10
| some day early III March. II is hoped TO
| have the whole work or revision ana
| equalization OF the returns made by June,
| as provided In the act.
| The Commissioners yesterday, decided
that pigeons are not fowls. Mr.. James
B. LamDie, the iron dealer. recently re-
| quested mat the police regulations be
amended so as TO prohibit the keeping OF
| pigeons. The Commissioners To-Day re-
Piled that Attorney Thomas has advised
them concerning the act OF Congress au-
| thoriZing them, among other things, ito
regulate the keeping and running at large
| of dogs and fowls" His opinion is that
the word fowl is defined to mean the
| common domestic COCK or hen. Pigeons
are therefore not fowls within the statute
TINE SCHEDULE NOT APPROVED.
Mr.. C. P. Williams, general manager of
the Brightwood Railroad Company, was
yesterday informed by Secretary Tindali
| that the time schedule for his road sub
| mitted to the Commissioners is not ap-
| proved, as 1t failed to comply fully with
charter requirement. He was also re-
Quested to submit a schedule which does
| comply. The charter of the Brightwood
road requires cars to run every fifteen
minutes from a. III. TO midnight. The
schedule submitted did not provide for
cars as early as required.
Authority was yesterday granted the
Mutual Fire Insurance Company to do
business here and a permit was given
meter at the Richmond Hotel, subject to
the usual test for accuracy aud to removal
in the discretion of Commissioner Powell.
r. Perry Miller was yesterday appointed
to superintend the construction of the new
school building near the Soldiers Home at
81 q day, to take effect today.
Orders were made as follows:
That water main assessment against part
of lots go and 81, plat 8, Browns SUBJ
division, be Cancelled on account of the
decision in the Burgdurf case.
That the sidewalk over sewer trench on
Second street northwest, between street
and Massachusetts avenue, be repaired by
the superintendent of streets, and cost
charged to the retain of Cotton and Bolden,
under contract 2,0O9.
| That 365 feet of siX-inch water main be
laid in Thirteenth street, between Prince
ton and Yale streets northwest.
That 500 feet of twelve-inch and eighteen
inch sewer be laid in alley square 623, to
replace in part, the existing sewer.
That fire hydrant be erected at the
northeast corner of Four-and-a-har and
Missouri avenue.
That a yitrilied block driveway be laid
in front of Of | street northeast, under the
tor ref ~