The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-03

tltS anu blS4FlCl, WIFI -SIit-tIiltb
1s to ownership and. control. the Commits
Sioners yesterday transmitted their report. |
.scCohplhltd by statement maue By the |
respective officials, of each company now |
operating in the District, as well as the |
government officials.
The exhibit is a follows:
Inc United States. rs shown 10y q report |
from Col John M. Wilson, superintendent
of public buildings and grounds controls |
one SiX-inch conduit. 80 feet long. from ]
the northwest corner of Seventeenth and |
~ streets north west. across Seventeenth /
street to the State, War and Navy Depart
ment building. and occupied by telegraph
and telephone wires, and also one eigh t-inch
conduit from the south sideof Bstreet north
west and North Capitol street, through the
Capitol grounds To the basement OF the
United States Senate and OF the Capitol
building, occupied by telegraph wires.
superintendent HeDFy X. MIes repoftsthat
the District OWNS bout five and one-q quarter
miles OF conduits, one chamber only III each.
conta ininE about twenty five miles OF wire.
As matter of fact he SAYS. the Dis
'trict owns no conduitS whatever, as The
cables were laid in a cheap wood box in
the earth, '.about eighteen inches below
the surface and for want of protection
the cables have been so injured that nearly
all have been thrown out of nse-'
CstNS But ONE CONDUIT.
Manager NJ. Marean reports for the West
ern Union Tciegra ph Company, states that
tae only conduit owned by his company is
the single duet under the side walk on
South Capitol street, from + 10 streets.
thence 10 the Capitol building Total length
of conduit 200 feet; miles Of wire, three.
| The company owns two mics OF under
ground wire in the government conduit, to
and from the Capitol building
Manager Allen reports for the Postal
Ie!elruph tahie Company tolaIs as i0l-
lows. Twenty-Five conductor cable, \
oS feet: ! l3-cubttnCtOr cable S,593 feetg
10-couduCtoT cable, 1859 feet.
| The Ckesapcakc ana Potonac Telephone
| Company shows, by report OF slIperin-
! tsf de fGtaI E.3 3tlSS frPf
: inches of main SubwayS and EU,o24 rect
4 inches OF bra nch subways. There are liz
| ducts, SO of which are occupied by cables.
1 The Dntted States Electro Lighting Com
pany has an aggregate OF 212 500 Icrt, or
| 4O.3 miles. Alley condoits ana house con
nCCtions amount 10 22.72O feet. or 4.3
| miles, in addition to the mainSaEd bran ches
The resolution also asked Tor information
| as to whether or not any company pays the
United States government or the DiStrLCI
| any rent for The privilege of using the
streets, and this is disposed of by Au-
| ditor Petty WGo ~ yS he knows OF no rent
! or compensation eyer having been received
| on that account. 90
RAILROAD COMPANY OBJECTS.
Chief Engineer Brown OF the Baltimore
! and Potomac Railroad Company called on
| Commissioned Powell ycstcl day TO discuss
| again he proposed legislation Tor abolition
| of gra de crossings.
He Subinitdd d Practically the same plan
| presented at a former conference, notwith-
| standing it wGs the prior understanding
| that ne wdnld consider and report upon a.
! proposition fOrue9sEated tracks, to he CON
! Sidercd in conjunction with the plan for de-
| pressing, ard the matter is therefore in
/ the same position as before.
| Engineer Brown stated that his company
! Contd not consider the question Of elevated
I ira cks, as the coI of the change would be
! Ga!f Il niiIaSD tl1iIsrs In oACtSS uI tue oiher
! plan, and hc regarded Il SAStetn oi de
This isnot admtttedhy tie commissioners.
| IL would require tile hr1oets now buiit and
! 10 be butt aCfGSS tie tracks 10 tc raised
| from eight to- We .fc itet above tie level
| of the street nee e.at aJlnE the CONSTRUCTION
| Ofthe appfoauhtStC o t.c cCOnImtnCeh s6lfsife
away in ordcr1o get Ie%SUnabIt grade,
/ and this will Ire expensive.
| Besides this the commissioners realize
that in many inStaucee the sewers ana
! water mains will tc interfcTed with by
! lowering tie railway ted, aud TO re-
| loCatc tI,cm win cost 8 gCCd Gc6l e money,
/ zyAiCh. as in nc nlHtieT f'tfc bridges. VIII
bc a charge uron tie District revenues
Thcrt. Is 10 reason . ist. ieT L jilaJ the COM
| rlis-ioucrs Will agree 10 The CCIup2ny's
! plan.
! Twcnty-Seyen applicants for iiouorlcense
! were summoned yesterday to arEoar be
| fore lie excise Ioard 10 show cause why
| their apBiCatiOnS should not G rejected.
| In majority OF tie cases tic charges are
faniinor character, hat SgfiioIentto cause
| q ''LoId-up'' OF tie application.
0Rt-half of tie parties viii appear on
the i5th inst. ard the remainder on tie 9Th.
The hoard granted licenses i'll seven cases
yesterday afternoon 10 applicants Tor bar
| PaIrick J Cook. No. 3214 NJ street north
west: Artfu II. Arpler, Nc. 32lS NJ street
| John Appieh, No. 1903 Eleventh street
| southeast: Patrick ]. Collins. No. 1900
Fifth street northwest; Emily X. Kitinan,
No. 1o1 Pennsylvania avenue northwest:
Timothy McCaTty, No. 45l ATnory street
southwest: John O Bren, No. 1715 Florida
| avenue northwest.
| seven hundred and forty meals, 39S lodg-
ings. total .154 is tie record shown from
the register OF tie Municipal Hotel, in
February 20. This was slight increase
over the previous week in the number
OF guests entertained.
The District authorities have transmitted
| TO the Civil Service Conn ission u complete
| list of all municipal clerical offices, ap-
pointments TO which should be subject to
| civil service examinations. This action
| is sunDoSpd 10 be in anticipation of the eX-
tension OF the general civil service law to
include tlle District government.
| -Four applications for retail license were
| disapproyed by the excise board today, as
follows: NJ. A. Jennings, No. 1921 E
street northwest; Henry c. Mackabee, No,
| 515 Four-and-a-half street southwest; Cath
arine Gleason, No. TIA First street south
east; Walter ]. O'Cailaghan, No. 1913 E
| street northwest.
| The wife OF exp policeman Mail, whose re-
| sent dismissal from the force was noted at
the time the order was issued, has been a
| caller at the District building on three
ccasions since Friday, the last time today.
TO iutercede with Commissioner Truesdell
for his restoration to the force.
The Commissioner mas promised TO fur
| ther investigate the case, bat having pre-
| yiousiy given her husband an interview
upon thcmatter, Mrs. Mohl was not granted
! an audience.
Attorney w. T. Elterich accompanied her
today, and Obtained from Colonel TTues-
! dell the promise fof an inquiry into the
matter, but no assIra nee Of change in the
order. Mr.. Eltprich suggested that as the
offenSe charged was that OF entering q
saloon when the officer was on dJty, with
out direct proof Of his having indulgcd
in drink, d lighter punishment be Inflicted.
| Mrs MOhl wasiN great distress and cried
bitterly over the condition to which, she
| says, her family is reduced by her husbands
dismissal. she MAS accompanied by her
children, and an urgent appeal for permiS-
sion to see tile Commissioner.