The Washington times., 1895-04-04
Order Concerning Retaining Walls
at Union Street R. R. Station.
FORMER CONDITIONS MODIFIED
Plans for Epidemic Hospital" for Major
Contagious Approved-Assignment Of
District Offices in the New Quarters Com
-Children's Hospital Declines to
Devote a Ward to Minor Contagious.

T.. H Burr ana l.. II. Beach, assistants to
the engineer commissioner, the board yes
terday addressed a letter to President
George 7. Dunlop, of the Washington End
Georgetown Railway Company, relative
to the retaining walls OF the proposed union
passenger station near the Aqueduct
Bridge, specifying the conditions under
which the same shall be constructed.
The instructions given in the letter are as
follows:
I'm view Of the representations made by
your engineer and contractor, the Commis-
sioners viii authorize, first. the construc-
ton of a first-class concrete wall, which
viii completely fiji the east trench, said by
the former to be twelve feet wide, provided
that measures for drainage as recommended
in said report are taken; and also provided
that the present earth brttress shall remain
undisturbed at least thirty days after the
concrete wall is built, when sections of
this earth buttress may he cut for masonry
buttresses, which shall be there built If
any weakness in the wall is developed;
if no weakness should develop, suitable
and secure timber braces, instead of ma
sonry butress, shall be built.
1.-The thickness of the cast wall at the
base shall be carried up to within twenty
seven feet of the surface of the ground, from
which point the batter, as recommended
in the report, may commence. Second.
that the construction OF the north wall be
as recommended in said report.
"A permit accordingly is authorized and
viii be issued by the inspectorof buildings"
ROTTEN ROCK. TREACHEROUS SOIL
As noted III The Times several weeks
ago, the original design was to construct
retaining wall OF but four or five feet in
thickness, upon tie supposition that the
surrounding rock was of sufficient
strength to prevent a landslide The build
ing inspectors approval, however, was
required, aud upon an inspection of the
ground il was discovered that the rock was
rotten and the soil treacherous.
Inspector Brady made careful invCstiga-
ton nd decided thatlt would be necessary
10 give the walls on the uppersides a thick
ness of twenty-five feet at the base, to be
carried upward at that rate To z height
or twenty five feet. ard thence to be grad
ually reduced in thickness to q height OF
! fifty i've feet total, in order TO insure alb
1 solute SAFETY.
The Interested companies objected, and
finally upon the recommendation Of Mr..
| Brady, the whole matter was referred 10
1 the Engineer department for final de-
cision. The two assistant engineers were
| appointed TO make an inspection, and IL
| was upon their report that the above quoted
instructions We're issued.
EtransburT Lodge, No. "a, F. A. A. NJ.
1 has obtained permit for the construction
of an importaTS addition 10 its building,
teentlis street road.- The estimated cost
] Of the improvement win be $4,000.
The managers of the ChiidreR's Hospital
have sent a lengthy response TO the re-
! quest OF a dedication of a ward for the
treatment Of minor contagious, previously
/ subject Of publication. The managers
! decline TO accede 70 the proposal, upon the
ground that-it would be unsafe TO admit
patients suffering frem coutagions under
the same roof with other patients, children
| being more susceptible than adults.
The total bonded debt OF the District,
as shown by United States Treasurer
Morgan, is 81, 200, a decrease Of SS,'
600 since December 81.
/ The Commissioners yesterday approved
the plans submitted 10y Architect Won Her
/ bulls, for the proposed epidemic Hos
pital,' '' OF which extensive mention has been
/ made in The Times 1t viii be located
about five hundred feet to The southeast
Of the present pest house, will have q
frontage OF 116 feet and depth of 20 feet
Il will be two stories in height, the frs
! floor to be designated for oolored patients
the second for whites.
The construction OF the building will bt
begun at once.
DEFECTIVE BUILDING WALLS.
An examination made by sub-Inspectol
King, Of the Building Inspectors office,
of the building at No. sos Seventh street
northwest. known as the Marble Front, -
disclosed the fact that while the structure
can be safely occupied, the center piel
of the rear walls is slowly settling, and il
| is recommended that the walls effected
be taken down and rebuilt.
The settling is believed 10 be due TO the
deep excavation in the rear area, which per
miis the water to collect and soften the
Foundation The stone ashlers in from
are broken also, and should be taken out
The inspection was made at the reques
! of Mr.. J. Stellwagen, and general oN eT
hauling of the building is likely TO result
\ Notice was issued yesterday from the
Building Inspectors office to the occupan
of No. 704 Ninth street northwest, that th'
building had been condemned, and must b
vacated and taken down within tbirtl
DAYS II is not improbable that he court
will have to intervene 10 settle long
standing dispute over the property, as il
has been under condemnation, it is alleged
for seve;n mouths.
The location Of the several department
of District government in the new quarter
at the Walker building is now finally de
termined. The first three floors and tn
basement were noted in yesterdays Times
The remainder of the building has bee
apportioned as follows:
Fourth floor. east side, to the stree
department and assistant engineers, super
iHiendent of minor repairs, sub-diyisio
of lands and street extension. West side
front. computing engineer and map cases
engineer of bridges, superintendent o
county roads, general inspector and assist
ants, street cleaning department. Rear
Capt G. j. Fieberger, record division o
the engineer department.
CHIEFS ON THE FIFTH FLOOR.
Fifth floor, east side, Commissioners
offices, Secretary Tindall's office, clerk
of the executive department and boar
room in the rear West side, front, Cen
missioners' offices extended and super
intendent OF charities. In the rear tn
board OF steam engineers and examiner
VIII be located.
Sixth floor, east side, file room; Yves
de, front, inspect or of asphalt ant
cement and chemist for health depart
ment; west side, rear, superintendent {
telegraph and telephone service.
The transfer or the offices has bee
commenced, and viii be completed With
ten days.
Henry Green's services as laborer i
the health department were yesterda
dispensed with, and Rudolph Murph
was appofnted in his stead to take e