The morning times., 1895-08-15

Prominent property owners in the north
west appeared yesterday be fore the
District Commissioners, as stated in The
Evening Times, and entered protest
against the transfer of the pupils of the
Stevens School 10 the Miner building,
at the corner of Seventeenth ana Madison
streets, as proposed, pending the repairs
to the schoolhouse regularly occupied.
The objection is that while the occupancy
isproposed to be but temporary, itisliabe to
become permanent, and that the presence
of a colored school in that locality win de-
preciate values.
a member OF the delegation declared
that IN case the school is permitted to oc-
cupy the building he would be willing tosel
his property at fifty cents on the dollar.
The Miner building has been occupied for
two years past by thr Business High School
After hearing the objections the Com
missioners asked that the matter be lett
with them for further consideration,
promising to do what is possible to re-
heye the situation.
WHO COMPOSED THE DELEGATION.
The delegation consisted OF Henry X.
willard, T. F. Schneider, D S. Hendrix,
W Z. Schneider. j b. Church, Boyd Smith,
! F NJ Evans. 7. L. Holbrook and others,
| and they had a list of citizens who are
understood 10 indorse the protest, which
! contained the names of Hon. W L. Wilson,
/ Postmaster General; K obert Christie,
/ JohnCameron, Thomas X edgath, H G Brick
4 erschoff, Henry Hurt, f. F. Jones, Gen.
/ Myers. J X Sailer, l. S. Brown, Henry A.
/ smith, Thomas Dolan, J. W. Harsha, John
Tweedale, William Pond, John 3 Wight,
/ Hon W p Kellogg, Rudolph Goldschmid
and DR.. W. & Filler.
The saloon keepers formally entered
/ protest yesterday against the order passed
I by the excise board which requires pros
pective saloon keeper TO post notice on
the building where it is proposed TO open
a business. OF his intention TO apply for
/ license The order is that the piacard
shall remain upon the building until
the application is disposed Of by the board.
The Liquor Dealers Association held
meeting at Costello's Han, on the TN
instant, ana after debating the question,
/ appointed a committee to wait upon the
board, and. il necessary, TO appeal to the
Commissioners for a revocation Of the rule.
The committee consisted OF Messrs +. l..
Jordan, Hugh Cosgrove, William McGuire,
Thomas Walsh and NJ. Z. Sullivan.
These gentlemen called upon the excise
board yesterday and presented their griev-
ance They were informed, however, that
the order does not apply to established
places, but only. TO new applicants and TO
applicants FOR transfer
LIKE A PEsTHOUSE
They were better satisfied with this state
Of facts, bIt asked that the order be re-
scinded altogether, as 1t was considered
humiiatiug 10 man who claims TO be com
plying with che law TO have his business
house placarded as though Il were pest
house
The board declined to grant the request.
During the progress OF the hearing 1t was
developed that many saloon-kcepers are
under the impression that they are obliged
TO keep light in their places OF business at
night, and from the fact that no one is
permitted to enter the bar onsSunday, the
lights are left burning until Monday, thus
entailing an expense for which there is
no return
The board informed the committee that
there is no requirement. for the burning OF
a light after business hours and tina it
need not b. done except as a matter of pre-
caution
As an evidence OF the rapidity with which
the old-style paving is being superseded
it is stated that since the first day of July
last 10000 square yards or granolithic
sidewalk have been laid. There were 26,-
600 square yards laid last year and for
! several preceding years only from 1000
to 5000 annually.
II is anticipated that the total for this
fiscal year WIN reach forty thousand square
4 yards
The hope of the Commissioners is to have
n the use Of the granolith to become much
X more general on account of its superior
3 finish and great durability.
Il MR.. JOHNsON's DILEMMA.
Il The amended building regulations, which
n require ten feet of open area in the rear
\ of buildings, for the purpose Of securing
81 air and light. caused a protracted dis
4 cussion yesterday before the District Com
! missioners, Mr. Samuel Maddox appear
II ing to argue for the rights Of Mr.. j. II.
N johnson, his client.
b 1t appeared from the discussion that
81 MI johnson had been to the building in
q spector as early as January last, to ar
range for obtaining a permit for the con
A stmction Of three dwellings at the corner
X Of Eighteenth and S streets northwest
s He was not then ready to begin the build
81 ings, and deferred his formal application
i for authority to proceed until July 10
He then discovered that on the 18th o
June the regulations had been amended
81 and his operations came to a standstin.
q Col TrueSdell stated that the order o
E amendment became q necessity.
III Too many buildings he said, ARE pu
III up with the view to the number Of dollar
81 that can be made out of them, and regar
81 is not paid to the comforts Of the occu
rs pants nor the sanitary provisions of IN
construction"
H 1t was finally decided to issue a PERM
upon condition that the main walls of tn
81 buildings shah be set back ten feet fror
E : the line, and that the bay window pre-
iections be omitted.
CONTRACTS AWARDED.
Orders were issued yesterday as follows
: That proposals to furnish the Distri,
n with terra Gotta sewer pipe, opened Jul
A %, 1895, are accepted as follows:
II Thomas Somervile & Sons, to furns
4 1900 feet Of siX-inch terra Gotta sewt