The morning times., 1896-10-27

| Attorney for the District $. T. Thomas
yesterday rendered an opinion for Mr. A. Il.
| unIer. unr oI the sure,tts the Stevens
| school building case. and IL is profitable that
| the reconstruction will proceed under Mr..
| Uhlers control.
| 1.-THE same time the Commissioners wrote
| 10 Mr.. j. Ormond Wilson accepting the use
| If the Miner building till the Stevens build
ing is done. under the stipulation nat they
| shall pay only such rent as they can induce
| Congress To ulluw.
| Contractor Cabell's contract for tie re-
| construction of the stevens building was
| suspended some time ago and work was
".rpped. II is expected tfat 1T VIII be re
| sumed shortly.
Attorneys Wilson and Barksdale, repre-
| senting subcontractors, claim that out OF
81 23S estimated to be due Contractor
| Cabell on october 2 thesuin OF Sd, i 5s should
| be paid to their clients.
Mr.. A q. UhleT as surety on Mr.. Cabells
| bond having been directed To take up the
| work and complete it, asked to know what
| will be done with the unpaid balance of the
| contract price about $4,000: whether if
| he takes up the work and completes IT sat
| isfactorily he will be paid in full within
contract limits as the work progresses for
| material and labor supplied by him hercaf-
ter; or whether that balance will be rata
bly, divided among those who have not been
fully paid for material and work to this
date.
MONEY RETAINED.
Mr.. Thomas answers under clauses and
| 9, of the general stipulations" OF the con-
| tract, which he quotes, that any money due
| Contractor Cabell at the time work was
| suspended should be retained till the work
| is completed.
Mr.. Uhler Will, however, be entitled 10
| the amount required Tor material and labor
| i'm "a q
contract price. He is not 10 have the
| amount estimated TO be due the contractor
| At the date OF suspension.
At the completion of the work any balance
will be subject to clause Of the stipula-
| lions, which directs the payment Of work
men i'll cash. The contractor must furnish
! evidence that these men have been paid.
| Attorney o. Is. Hallam, for Martin V.
| Webb who has claim against Contractor
| Cabell, was Informed this morning that his
claim does not belong to the class which
| the Commissioners can properly concern
| themselves about.
A permit for the erection OF the Smith
garbage crematory was issued yesterday.
| II certiiies that NJ. V. Smith may build
an open platform and erect crcmatory
| under the conditions of the existing gar
bage contract, and subject 10 the building
| regulations, on square SO. south of Water
street, near Twcnty-scCond street.
| the ttilhs vi tHc ou'
| artificial gas producer, two regencrative
| gas furnaces, and an open platform forty
| live feet by nine feet are to be built. NJ
| Smith is the inventor of the system and will
| give the matter his personal attention.
WANT TO ERECT IRON SHEDS.
The Commissioners yesterday promised
Mr.. SeXtus b. Ross, who leases from the
District the lunchroom at Tenun and b
| streets northw est, that hcnccrorth the
police will keep itincrant venders of
| sandwiches away from the vicinity of his
business place.
] The half bushel measure made by the
Richmond Cedar Works has been approved
| by the District authorities.
The Commissioners have asked Mr. G.
| Taylor Wade to set q day when he wishes
| To be h card on the request of himself and
other produce dealers, for permission to
erect opeu iron sheds ON street, between
| Ninth and Eleventh streets northwes in
place of the wooden frames covered with
| canvas, now in use.
These structures are on the ground set
apart by the Commissioners for wholesale
| market, over which long fight has been
waged with the Washington Market Com
pany. The proposed structures will be an
advance in the direction of establishing
| a permanent market at the place.