Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-01

den products.
The farmers hoped the action Of the Sen
ate in promptly and unanimously passing
the joint resolution for the relief of the
farmers would settle the matter. The
House committee on the District of Column
bia agreed to the resolution, but 1t failed
to become a law during the last hours of
Congress.
Fearing lest the Commissioners would
take some action because of the failure of
the law. Representative Shannon sent let
ter to them dated June q. sigred by seven
members Of the Senate District committee
and eleven members Of the House commit
tee as follows:
"A joint resolution permitting the farm
ers and country dealers to continue to sell
the produce on B street north. on the south
side of the Center Market, in Washington,
without paying any license fee, having
passed the Senate, and similar resolution
having been unanimously reported favor
ably in the House committee on the Dis
trict, the undersigned respectfully request
that the farmers and dealers may not be
disturbed until the House shall have had
an opportunity to act" The signatures
were Representatives Babcock, Shannon
Mines, Harmer Meredith. Wellington, Alb
bott, Richardson, Curtis, Cobb and Hulick,
and Senators Mcmillan, Gallinger. Bacon,
Pritchard, Hansbrough, Faulkner and
Smith.
In reply to this the Commissioners in
formed Mr.. Shannon that 1.-The request will
be treated with due respect by the Commits
sioners."
When the farmers interested in the pas
sage Of the bill appealed to their friends in
Congress, they were informed that the
Commissioners would take no action
against them until Congress had been
given an opportunity to act.
Several days ago the farmers were
thrown into a state Of excitement upon
learning that the Commissioners proposed
to take some action in the matter. 1t de-
veloped that the Commissioners had noti-
fled Messrs. VIM. Birney and j. ]. Darling
ton, representing the market company, 20
be prepared to defend the equity suit now
pending. This notice brought Gen. Birney
to the Commissioners office to protest
against such action. He stated that it was
not the intention Of Congress to have any
thing further done in the matter, and tina.
the Commissioners had assured the COM
mittee that nothing further would be done
He thought the case in the Equity Court
should not be tried until after Congress had
acted.
The Commissioners. on the other hand,
thought that decision in the case would
not affect it materially. On the contrary, it
would put Congress in possession of the
facts, which was an object much to be de-
sired AS far as they were personally con-
cerned, they would do nothing to disturb
the farmers until Congress met.
This explanation, however. is not alto
gether satisfactory to the farmers. who are
wondering what is going to be done next.
Policemen Appointed.
OF the fifty new policemen provided for
under the new appropriation bill, the Com
mlssioners have appointed the following,
they having received the recommendation
of the civil service board as to their mental
qualifications, and the certificate of the
police surgeons to their physical ability:
j. NJ. Bramlett, COS Maryland avenue
southwest; Robert L. Carroll 94S r street
northwest; George b. Cornwell, 32S5 NJ
street northwest; Lawrence A. ODay, "a
street northwest: John j. Donovan, ITO
sd street northeast; Lawson =. Gouldman
ol2 "a street northwest; Albert J. Hadley,
3li llth street southwest; Edgar H. High
SIG I'D street northwest; Charles A. Keefe
lG5I llth street southeast; Elihu R. Martin.
o2s fh street southeast; Wythe w. Martin,
l229 + street northwest; Alexander McKie,
~ ISL ST. street southeast; Claudius b. Pey
ton, @3 9th street northeast; Joseph F
Potter, Navy Yard: John p Romer Navy
Yard; Christopher c. Saunders l4I0 29t
street northwest; Julian X. Simpson, 500
llth street northwest; John c. Smith, 234
Ith street southeast Frederick G. STANCE,
baltimore and Ohio depot; Charles q. Tur-
ner, FOG Delaware avenue northeast; Ed
ward V. Wall. 123 11th street southeast.
These twenty-one all made an average
above 40 per cent in the written examine
ton. the limit some of them reaching as
high as 9S per cent
Several Promotions.
Major Moore ar nounced yesterday list
OF promotions from class / to class . the
fortunate ones numbering ten, as follows:
c. C. Estes. F. o. Clifford, s. A. McNeely.
G. Z. Marshall, W. S. Parker. H G Iee
u. r. Langley. s. j. Harry, Bernard Nc
Cormick and G. H. Williams.
Street Sweeping Service.
AS predicted in The Star several davs
90 ha
ternoon reappointej the clerks engaged in
the street sweeping Service to permanent
positions provided for under the new an
preparation bill Those affected are as fol-
lows: Major A. G. Mckenzie, superinten-
dent, $l,Soo per annum; 1. T. Jobe, assistant
superintendent and chief clerk, salary.
sl,"o; George Melting, jr., clerk, salary,
$500; Thomas c. Quantrill. chief inspector.
salary, Sl,2oO; Webster Beymer inspector
OF streets. salary, sl,2O0; Elias Z. Barnes.
inspector of streets, salary, 81 200: w FL
ForreSter, inspector of streets salary.
H,9V' William E. Dubent, Charles c.
brown, and George H. Gaddis, inspectors
OF alleys, salary, 81 100 each: Edward Har-
per, Inspector on Pennsylvania avenue. SAL
ary, SLIGO; Alex. Weir. inspector of unim-
proved alleys. salary. sl,lU: Elbert Cla-
gett, ID. q. Proctor, Charles f. Warier and
A. + Cunningham, inspectors of unim-
proved streets. salary, 81, 100 each: W. Slut
ier, inspector on improved streets and side
walk work. salary, $11oO: John p Rus
sell, foreman of public Dumps salary. sanl:
robert +. Doyle, George W. Cook and
Phlilp III. Kraft, assistant inspectors on
pennsylvania avenue, salary, $500 each: O.
n Butler, messenger and driver, salary.
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Relocating Wires.
The Commissioners gave hearing yester-
cay afternoon to President s. NJ. BRYAN and
Mr.. Jere Wilson, representing the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone COMPANY.
relative to the relocation of existing te!e-
phone wires to meet the public demand
In other words. the telephone company
wants permission to take down certain
wires ard relocate them in the suburbs
ana scantily settled PARTS of the Distric;
wfere there is a great demand for them.
1t was argued that it was not the purpose
OF the company to increase the milea pe nj
overhead wires but rather to diminish n
II permit were issued by the Commits
sicners to relocate a wire, the permit coulJ
contain condition precedent that existing
wires to the same or greater extent shall
be removed.
MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
Discharges and Reductions by Order
OF Attorney General.
By direction Of the Department Of Jus.