The Washington times., 1895-06-18
UNDER CIVIL SERVICE
Commissioners Apply a Law of
Their Own to the District.
INCLUDES ALL THE OFFICES
Policemen and Fire Laddies VIII Have
to Stand the Educational Test-Hay-
District Gets $116.25 Rent Per
Month From Rock Creek Park.

The Dictrict Commissioners, having been
advised that the United States civil service
law cannot be made to apply to the offices
under their charge, have concluded to
institute civil service law of their own,
that shall be as binding, and as wide In
its scope and application, as that enforced
by the United States Commission.
An order to that effect was issued
yesterday, to go into operation as soon as
the details could be perfected. The board
spent large part of the afternoon of yester-
day devising rules and otherwise making
ready for the application OF the order.
The Intention is to make the system
analogous in all its details to the United
States law, aud to embrace within its
provisions such employees on the permanent
role as are under the protection OF the system
enforced in the departments.
1t VIII include the polce and lire depart
ments, the execution office, and every
other branch of the District service withthe
exception of the school teachers, and these
are, with few exceptions, already under
protective law
Hereaft er appointces to the District
service VIII be required TO pass prescribed
examination, graded and regulated ac-
cUrdinS to The civil service plan, and per
sons promoted iu the departments will be
subjected TO an examination as TO their
qualifications. All appointees VIII enter
the District service at tie foot or the list,
and vacancies will be filled by promotions.
POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
The examinations in the police and fire
departments, respectively, as at present
prescribed, will be amplified and enlarged
so as TO include a test of educational
qualification.
The number Of employees of all grades
that viii be affected by the order is about
500. the salaries ranging from $3.50 10
S 2, O0O.
This step was taken by the Commissioners
after good deal OF deliberation, and only
after il became positive that the United
States laws cannot be applied to the Dis
trict They appealed for the extension
OF the law, and were informed that,
owing to the doubt that exists OF the Dis
trict employees being properly under the
United States supervision and control,
there could be no inclusion Of that class
without amcndatory legislation.
When Congress acts there Will of COURSE
be a substitution of the commission for
the Commissioners. but until there is such
Intervention the hoard VIII enforce the
new regulation under rules OF their own
adoption, but which will be patterned
strictly after the plan in force in the de
partments.
Appointments VIII be made for proba
tionary period of six months.
HAYMARKET SPACE REGULATIONS.
The disposition of Haymarket space has
at last been determined, to the satisfac-
faction OF the Commissioners as well as
the wholesale market people, aud steps
VIII be at once taken to put the plan into
operation.
At conference held yesterday, at
which there We're several representatives
OF the market people present, it was
after thorough discussion, decided that
platform twenty feet in width shall be
built the full length of the grounds east
OF the sheds.
Spaces VIII be marked off for each
wagon ANA a number given it to cores
pond with the number OF the permit held
By the renter. The wagons viii be backed
up to the platform, each ia its designated
place, on the north and south sizes, eight
feet of space being allotted to every
renter.
Two additional rows of wagons will
be placed on the outside, SO they viii abut
upon Il curb on iusiae line OF the sidewalk
that eXtenGs around the square.
This viii admit OF the parking OF about
100 wagons, which number will be in
creased as soon as an appropriation is
TWO wagons viii be required TO stand to-
gcther, with q space of three feet as an
alleyway between each two for the mutual
accommodation OF wholesalers and their
customers.
The space on the outside of the wholesal-
ers' territory viii be reserved for the retail
dealers.
The rental value of the wagon spaces has
not yet been fixed.
Fifteen of the buildings in Rock Greek
Park, now in charge of the commission in
which the District represented, have
been rented, and the remainder, about an
equal number, Were torn down Those
who occupied the more djIapidated struc-
lures declined to pay rent for them, and
these are the ones that The Comission ordered
removed.
The total rental value OF the fifteen
occupied houses is SIG 20 per month,
less than an average of SO per dwelling.
Record Rf deaths reported to the health
office for the forty eight hours ending
at l O'Clock yesterday: White-Christian
! Beam, aged siXt yeight years; Thomas
Casey, aged sixty years; John ~
Mitchell, aged sixty-siX years; Edward
Castelle, age fifty years; James Wade,
aged thirty years; ". II. DietZ, aged wenty-
nine years; Henry G. Lane, aged twenty
years: obert Kicker, aged four years;
Frederick j. Heide, aged five months.
Colored-Mary j. Bell, aged 101 years;
Spencer Bland, aged siXty-five years;
Charles johnson, aged twenty-five years;
Maggie W. Watts, aged sixteen years;
Alonzo Thomas, aged four years: Mamie
Williams, aged one year.
GIVEN TEMPORARY PLACES.
Temporary appointments were made yes
teTday as follows: Harry B. Davis, as
draughtsman in the office Of inspector OF
hUif Ia nt q Of
day; Marguerite H. Whiteley, as tracer
in the same office, at a compensation OF
So per day, both appointments to take
effect to-day.
This addition to the force is rendered
necessary by reason of the large amount
OF work that has accumulated, which it
is desired to have brought up to date pre-
paratory to the building operations of the
coming fiscal year.
1t was ordered yesterday:
That catch basins be constructed at the
northeast corner of New York and Florida
| avenues; in south side of Florida ave-
nue, between Brentwood road and New
York avenue; at the northeast corner of
| Brentwood road and Florida avenue; at
| the southeast corner of Eleventh and F
| streets; at the northwest corner OF Eleventh
street and Maryland avenue; al the north
| east corner Of Eleventh and streets; at
| the southwest corner of Eleventh street
| and Florida avenue, all but the first
named being in the northeast section; also
that three basins at the intersection of
Eleventh aud G streets northeast be re-
| constructed.
That a sewer in Thirteenth street north
west, between F aud II streets, be con-
| structed under the permit system
That the proposal of John L. and Charles
| Newbuld, for hauling for water department
be accepted, at the following bids: For
hauling within the city boundary, Sc cents
for ,24O pounds; outside the city limits,
66 cents per 2,240 pounds.