The morning times., 1896-08-16

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and members OF the North Capitol and
lexington Association, called to see the
Commissioners yesterday, to protest gainst
the. granting OF permission tc the Eek
ington and Soldiers Home Railway Com
| pany to withdraw conductors from the
North Capt. oil street line.
| They failed to see either member OF the
board, but left their compliments with the
| information that they do not regard the
section contiguous to that branch OF the
| railway as '.sparsely settled" and that
therefore. they do not think the Gem
/ missioners should have yielded to the
| request OF the company.
The gentlemen stated that the citizens
Interested had made up their minds to
decline absolutely to put their fares In
! the box, and that as the drivers are pro-
| hibted under tue law approved July 20.
| 1882, from serving as conductors, they
| propose to report the company IL any ne
| but q qualified conductor undertakes TO
| collect fares.
COMPRESSED AIR MOTORS.
In discussing the road, the proposition
made by the company to introduce COM
| pressed air motors, and the act OF Con-
gress requiring the change in motive
power, came UP, and the geut lemen
| stated. 1t 10 be. the general belief of
everybody in. The neigbborhood OF the
power house, and everybody else who
| has made an investigation, that the COM
pany has made no effort to effect the
| change, nor do they think itsis the pur-
| pose to do SO.
1t will require at least ninety days, they
say, TO get any sort Of equipment intro
-tuced, and there are now but thirty days
| remaining OF the time allowed under ebe
act passed at the last Congress.
The delegation was indignant at the
character or the service rendered by the
company. and the Commissioners are likely
to hear from their constituents later, as
| to the concessions which have been re-
Gently made to the company.
MANY CATCH BASINS.
Under official orders issued today, catch
basins are TO be constructed. as follows.
cbargeable to appropriation for main aud
pipe sewers:
| AT the northwest corner OF Thirteenth
| aud Columbia streets. north west corner OF
| Thirteenth aud Clifton streets northeast and
| northwest corners OF Sherman avenue and
| Harvard street, northeast corner OF Sher-
| man avenue and Princeton street, north
Least and northwest corners of Sherman
avenue aud Bismarck street, northeast
| corner Of Sherman avenue and Irving
| street southwest corner Of Thirteenth aud
| Princeton streets, south west corner OF
| Thirteenth aud Yale streets, in both sides
OF o street, between North Capitol aud
First streets northeast.
| II was also ordered that the catclrbaan
/ at the northwestN corner of Ninth and
streets northwest be reconstructed.
| Also, that the alley in square bounded
| by Sixteenth Seventeenth, q and streets
northwest, be paved with vitrified block
under the assessment system.
4 The. attaptiona OF DR.. Frank Ba ker,
| superintendent of the Geological Park,
was called yesterday by the Commissioners
TO too liberal use of water at the grounds,
particularstress bel ng gplaceduponth the supply
allotted TO the bears den. In the opinion
| OF the board there is a waste OF water
through that ch hannel, and also in the matter
| OF sprinllllng. DR.. Baker is asked to take
| such steps as will insure an economical
use of water.
MUST PRACTICE ECONOMY.
The park islocated within the h Ugh service
to their full capacity, the Commisso 1ers
require the strictest economy in all
quarters, as a guard against famine.
| The Brightwood Railway officials have
| been Informed that their cars do not con-
form to the requirements OF section o of
the police regulations, which provides
that every cable or motor car operated
in the District must be so constructed or
! altered that a clear space of fifteen inches
| in height above the rail is provided be-
tween the wheel-guard and the adjaceDtend
of the car.
Complaint having been made relative to
the discriminative sprinkling OF Florida
avenue, in the vicinity of Twelfth street.
n report was made yesterday which shows
that the portion OF the thoroughfare to
which reference was made, is sprinkIed
| by Contractor Doggett at his own expense,
| for his own convenience, the terms of his