Evening star., 1896-07-20
CARS0N'S CHARGES
Alleged Discrimination Against COL
ored Men by the District.
ENGINEER DEPARTMENT SPECIFIED
Rapid Transit Promised on the
lexington and Belt Roads.
B L ID S A \ ID A W RDS

Col Perry Carson was at the District
buildings today. full Of protest. He charged
that there was discrimination going on in
the engineer department against the poor
colored men who depended upon the hire of
their teams for their daily bread. He ex-
planned that several colored men owned
one or two teams, which they were in the
habit Of hiring to the District. IL was all
they had. The District employed a number
OF extra carts, yet it was almost an impos-
slbility to get one of these colored mems
teams put to work. He urged an inyestiga-
tion of the matter.
Rapid Transit Promised.
w. Stuart Symington, vice president and
general manager of the lexington and Sol
d.ers' Home and Belt Line railways, ap-
peared before the Commissioners this morn
ing to discuss the recent order of the Com
mssloners directing the company to put
the cars Of the lexington road on a more
frequent schedule between 4 and . o'clock
am. and and O'Clock pm. He exhib-
ited the conductors trip cards showing the
number of passengers carried during those
hours, and argued that the facilities al the
present time We're ample. No one could ex-
pect a horse line to give good service as
a rapid transit road, and il was Impossible
Tor horses to haul the heavy open cars of
the company. He assured the Commits
sioners that the road could not afford TO
change its schedule at this time and
stated that within three or four months
the road would he thoroughly equipped
with rapid transit cars. A contract had
been let for compressed air system. and
when the road was once started the fac.li-
ties would be ample for all.
he commissioners questioned Manager
Symin2ton at length concerning the opera
submit statement showing the number OF
passengers carried on the Brooklani
branch. He mad only compiled the figures
foi the North CaI:tol street road.
Bids for Suburban Grading
Bids were opened by the Commissioners
today for grading suburban streets. The
following streets We're included: Illinois
and Massachusetts avenues, Bismarck
Princeton, Harvard. Columbia and Yale
streets. The bid lers were c. ii. Eslin w.
E. Chafree, A. Gleason & Co, c. b. Mullin
ID. Gaskins. l.. NJ. Simpson. Al u. knight
j. F. Rillian, X. Seek A. Gieeson, Horn &
! Mccormick, G. Frawley. J. O'Day, Lang
horn, Allen & Co. and Lyons Bros.
Contract for Sand and Pebbles.
The Commissioners have accepted the
proposal of John B. Lord for furnishing
the District with paving and concrete sand
They also accepted the proposal and award
ed a contract TO the Columbia National
Sand Dredging Company for furnishing
screened pebbles and building sand.
Another Public Hydrant.
The Commissioners today directed the
erection of public hydrant on the south
side of Seaton street between 10Th and Ills;
streets northeast
Thirteenth Street Wafer Main.
Within few days work will begin upon
the laying Of a six-inch water main in 18th
street southeast between L street and Penn
sylvan.a avenue.
The New Bathing Pool.
MIR. W. X. Stevens superintendent Of the
bathing beach, has written a letter to the
District Commissioners in relation to the
! provision in the District appropriation bin
| aIpropriatng $1,000 toward adapting The
inside basin of the Potomac flats 10 the
purposes of bathing pool Mr.. Stevens
! suggests that the Commissioners take stems
TO ascertain what the authorities of The
War Department having in charge the lu,-
provement of the Potomac flats are willing
| 70 DO IN the way of nlllng i'll around the in
SIDE basin and making II possible for the
grazing OF the banks and bottom of th,.
BASIN To begin and be pushed TO complet,ou
| with the aid of the money already appro-
pildted- There would not be enough money
| at the Commissioners disposal TO colnpete
| the work OF changing the basin 10 a swim
ming pool as proposed, but il could he very
Substantially advanced, and ii is not be
ieVed that there would be any difficulty ia
| finish 1t.
Police Surgeon Examinations.
Tomorrow afternoon the oral examinat tion
| for the position of police surgeon will take
place at the District building, and those
| physicians who took the written examina-
| tion several days ago will come up for the
final test of their ability. The board room
will be utilized, and the candidates will ap-
pear snSly before the examining board,
1here Will be no separate examination of
different subjects. The candidates will be
questioned in turn by each member of the
examining board. and their relative ouaIi-
| hcations for the position marked in ac
cordance with their showing OF course
The written examination will be taken into
consideration. aid the two physicians who
a'taen the highest mark in both examina-
tlons viii be submitted TO the Commission
ers as the ones best qualified for the posi.
lions The examination will commence at
CLOCK. The examining board consists
OF Drs Ober, kleinschmidt, McI.ain. Cooke
and PLrVis.
New Bids Ordered.
As heretofore stated in The Star, the Com
| missioners today directed that all bids for
site for the Western High School he
thrown out and new bids invited II seems
the trouble was that all bids were con-
sidered excessive
THE TEMPTATION OF BRYAN.