The morning times., 1895-12-14

The fight between the Potomac Power
and Light Company and tile United States
Lighting Company aided by the two gas
companies is growing. Attorney Henry L.
Davis for the Potomac Company, called
| on Ma jor Powell yesterday and got Il copy
of the contract between the Commission
ers and the Georgetown Gas Company to
use in the suit over the lighting of the
Agucduct bridge. MIR. Crosby OF the
Potomac Company, also called to see tho
Commissioners. He said the work at
Thirty third and Nj reported by Mr.. Cham
bcrlain of the United States Company, as
unsafe, was unfinished and therefore not
open 10 criticism.
The route of the Potomac Company's line
from Georgetown to lexington, to operate
the lexington electric light plant, recently
| bought from Commissioner Trues,leli, is
as follows: From the intersection of
woudicy Road and Klngie Ford road 10
Lowell street. To Sixteenth street extended,
to Kenesaw, To Sherman, to Bisrnark, 10
Seventh, TO Lincoln, To Sixth, to College.
Ia Linden, to Elm, To lie Droit, TO I, TO
North Capitol, 10 X and so 10 Brentwood
road.
BEGINNING OF THE LINE.
The beginning OF this line is reached
by the recently established and now partly
bull; line from Tencytown road and
woodley.
At the intersection OF Kcnesaw and
Sherman avenues 4 branch runs off by Sher-
man TO Whitney, To the Soldiers Home.
The poles between klingle Ford road
and X street are To be straight. painted
black to height of fifteen feet, then
white. The cross-arms are 10 be thirty
five feet above the level of the street. Tie
engineer department. is later 10 fix the
exact location OF The poles on the streets
named. The permit WAS issned on Dccem-
Der 10.
A big banner in the interest of the
Ladies' Aid Society is TO be hung across
F street. near Fourteenth. Permission was
granted f. NJ. Moit yesterday. The lower
edge must be twenty-five feet above the
Roadway
Mr. william A. Gordon. the attorney.
who lives i'll Georgetown and has exten-
sive property Interests there. called at the
District building yesterday afternoon for
official Information regarding the location
OF the Smith crematory on Twentyfuurth
street, near Rock Greek. He indicated that
there would be active opposition To that
location of the crcnlatury. An interesting
feature in The case is the assertion by
gentleman who lives on Columbia Heights
that any odors from that part nf Rock
Creek are always smeIed on the Heights
in the neighborhood of Commissioner
Truesdclrs residence.
Tie Commissioners are considering laws
10 regulate the use OF merry-go-roupds and
to exclude minors from pool rooms.
Commissioner Truesdell said at hear
lug given Mr.. Stpehen Gatti in protest
against the boiler house at Fourth and L
streets northwest for the Convention Hall
skating rink that any regulation made by
the Commissioners could be changed by
them without any notice whatever to any
body OF course, by law thirty days uotice
must be given before any penalty can be
applied under such regulation.
GATTI WILL GO TO LAW.
l. Mr.. C. W. barr, who represented Mr..
Gatti said the latter had been offered 500
by Mr.. Hutchins to sign the paper consent-
ing to the location of the boiler house, but
he refused. because of tue damage to his
houses. Mr.. Gatti was tue only owner of q
dwelling house in the vicinity.
Attention was called 10 the fact that
the locality is largely devoted to business
and Mr.. Gattis houses on tue first floor are
used for business purposes.
Mr. Truesdell said The regulation, after
careful consideration, was found altogether
too strict and that II would be further
modified In the same direction.
Mr.. Darr pointed out that a skating rink
is a source OF immortality anyhow, and the
Commissioners ought TO prevent the OPEN
ing of it for the protection Of citizens
families.
When it was evident that the protest
would have no effect Mr.. Darr said his
client would bring equity suit against the
place as nuisance.
President Phillips, of the Metropolitan
Railway Company. got the Commissioners
Yesterday TO take the final steps toward
closing alleys in square 1857, at Fifteenth
and East Capitol streets. The company
has already paid for the ground. The pur-
pose is to erect fine car stable there for
the + street electric line when completed.
In answer to n question from Mr.. Trues
dell, Mr.. Phillips said the road would be
operated east of Ninth street by power
from the engines On FoIr-aud-a-half street
and the river, and from Ninth street west
by current from the Georgetown power
house
Tho Commissioners later transmitted TO
Surveyor Forsyth. for record ii plat show
ing the alleys closed and another opened.
Pumping PLANT ACCEPTED.
Tue 100000 gallon pumping plant at
the L street station has been accepted, with
q years guarantee. Ten per cent of the
prize win be held till the year expires