The evening times., 1896-08-20
SITE HAS been SELECTED
commissionersLo Locate the Sub
urban Engine House.
THE PLACE KEPT SECRET
II VIII Be Made Public as Soon as
Certain Contingencies Are Settled.
VIII He Centrally situated-Con-
'ro'ersy Over the seIection-Bids
for Street Grading Opened.

Inc result OF yesterdays examination of
the several sites offered for the new sub
urban engine house in the northwest is
| that location has been agreed upon, but
Its purchase depends upon contingencies not
yet settled, and the board declines to make
their selection public
| One thing is settled, however, the Com.
missioners say. and that is that the house
Will be placed ut Il point nearly central of
the territory to be served, and IL the lot
agreed upon shall be finally chosen it is
most eligibly situated and the price re-
garded us quite reasonable.
a great many OF the residents OF that
section ask that the building be placed
on Shepherd road, o: at some point between
that road and the Methodist Episcopal
church. 1t is said that a petition, repre-
| senting over million of dollars, was filed
| asking for such selection, and IL is prob
able the wishes OF the petitioners will te
gratified-at least to the extent OF ha wing
the site confined to their boundaries
OBJECTED TO THE SITE.
When it was supposed that the site Of
rered by the Brightwood Railway Com
paDy would be accepted, W. NJ. Cla ytcn,
FOR himself and others, entered a vigorous
protest. He declared in favor of a loca-
zion in Brightwood, for the reason that in
that suburban subdivision the streets are
parallel with the city streets; it has sew
enty houses occupied. and shows a degree
of thrift and enterprise in advance OF all
Others in that section.
The railway offer of site, he said
would place the engine house one-fourth OF
mile from BrigbtwOod Park. and the price
asked is double what one can be purchased
for in Brightwood.
Chief Paris and Building Inspector Brady
are OF the opin ion that the railway offer is
n good one. The chief says it is the msst
advantageous or all those he had examined,
on account OF its altit ude md the easy route
afforded to any part of the territory.
He says The company will have to attend
fires in Takona and its vicinity. and 1t
would be unjust to require the horses to be
driven up suclsPhill as that bet wcen Bright
wood Park and Brightwood. He believes,
also. that quicker service can be rendered
over but one-half the distance. from the site
lie favors, TO all points on Piney Branch
and Military road.
BIDS FOR STREET GRADING.
oedicu Dius NcFe Opeieu at Tie DlStrlct
building today for the contract for grading
Connecticut avenue extended, and Harvard
street. The names OF bidders and amounts
specified being as follows:
For Connecticut avenue-Gaskns &
Strang, II cents per bic yard. to be COM
plcted in 20 day Us; Henry Voigt, Is cents
in 90 days: r. Seek. 33 l-3 cents, in 12O
days; G. b. Mullin, s cents, in 119 days;
and A. Glccson, 16 l-2 cents in 12O days
Harvard street-Gasking & Strang, 20
cents, TO be completed in l 20 days; Horn
K Hursey, 81 12 cents. in 80 days; c. B.
Mullin. % 34 cents. in 90 days, and An
drew Gleeson 90 cents, in 80 days.
Horn & Hursey and >G. B. Mullin seem
to have struck the lowest notes, and
will probably get the contracts, respcc-
lively, the first named for Connecticut
avenue and the latter for Harvard street.
Bids were also opened for the paving
contract for next year. as follows:
Barber Asphalt Paving Company. on
6-inch base. S1.63 per square yard: g
BILE 81 10: furnishing and spreading bind
er. $3.50 per cubic yard.
Bermudez Company, 6-inch base, S1.75;
S-inch base. S1.s3; over cobbe. 50 cents;
binder, $3.50. Southern Company, 6-inch
base. Sill: S-inch base, 81 81: over cob
bic. SO cents: binder, S1o.95. Washington
Block and Tile Company, 6inch base, 81 ~;
S-inch base. So. The last-named company
bid upon two items only,