The evening times., 1896-07-18

| The lexington and Soldiers Home Rail-
way Company. as preliminary to tie es-
| tablishmeDt OF its compressed air plant, ie-
| quested o. the Commissioners tie privilege
! oi using the water main Oh I street in
| Lexington, but aftcr due dcliteratlon tie
| PERMISSION Il denied.
The company VIII Iequire in the aggrc
gate about 400 .0oo gallons OF water daily,
and as the main referred TO is but six
| inches in diameter, tie supply OF water is
| in>ufficienttoadmitor Of a dram of tba tmagni-
tGdc.
| bruokiand is supplied with water through
| That channel, and IL permit that quantity
| to be taken daily Is not considered safe. as
tie draft would reduce the supply not only
At Brookland, but elsewhere along the line.
II is suggested that the company adopt
the system of deep Wells at that point, a
plan winch the District has already en-
pcEI1enled with successfully, and doubt
less that course viii Ice adopted.
| The law passed authorizing. the use by
4 The company OF Compressed air az motive
| power provides mat all It's District lines
! may employ that system II it shall prove TO
BE- successful.
| The officials are required to begin tie
/ equipment within three months after the
, passage of the act. II, after a trialof three
Iuonlhs. the motors shall, in the Judgment
/ o. the Commissioners, prove to be in all
respects "A proper ana satisfactory meth
/ cd FOR the speedy and convenient propui-
/ son of street cars" then tie Commissions
/ ers are empowered 10 issue u permit for its
: continued use.
Within six months after the passage OF
the act the company will be obliged To
abandon horse power in the event OF the
| adoption of the compressed air moor, but
! ia the event OF its rejection the company
must. within G gateen months from the date
! Of the act. equip is lines with the under
ground electric System.
The act was approved June 10, 1896,
and there are therefore less than forty
Gays remaining in which to test the COM
pressed air system.
TRIAL BOARD FINDINGS.
The Commissioners have takenac, onupon
the findings OF the 20! &c trial board In cases
OF patrolmen as follows:
+ & F. Evans and l. J. ScroniOn, tried June
! : fnrneciect OF duty, fined Sl5 each.
JJ. sullivan, JFied June Tor gross ne
| elcct OF duty, fined S25.
The charges against owen Cooney and
/ r. TiIZeeraia. Tried MAY "a ana June lo'
respectively. were not sustained and so
! reported and indursed.
! Three bidders competed for the CONTRACT
for furnishing tic n.a:iIot WIN haphl hd
sireetiightiug for tie ems uiilS Se"r anu Ut
! " shincton Ii gi.; TiI:: 'np1HS tliaf!es II.
Stco,ai. manager. wen out with lid OF
| $3.50 per lamp.
/ Fne nrarlSa! Stipulated that lights al
siyteen 10 eighteen candle power should lie
furnished, with he SChoGcr Turner.
uwiilbe rcnIembc red that when bids were
| S,,,,,,,i,fcd on u former Occa sion, all or
which were re icc;ed by the Commissioners,
| the .pecificutiurs called ter ne p" ehiij ION
brrrer. and -, the Glotc Gaslight Conii,any
i,,:i.ae exclus ivr ~. hi 10 Srpp!y that turner
!; ,,:,s seen that there could benu competition
and new bids were thereGpcn solicited
without burner ieiu" ce>lsnhtcd.
THE BIDS.
Tine other bids were received today
! from two Of the companies which DID be-
fore. The Potomac Electric Power Com
pany agreed 10 suppy .OOO lights at
STA per Ramp. with plate burner ana
ls 10 20 candle power guaranteed With
the Welsbach burner the bid was $50
per lamp.
The PENNSYLVANIA Globe Gaslight Com
many made n duplicate of its previous
bid. offering TO supply geo lights or
more, with the Wellington burners, guar
antering % candle power, at $50 per
larup, II also agreed to replace all orok-
en- lamps during ne pendency OF the con
tract and furnish all new ones required,
the last upon condition that at the ex-
p:ration OF its contract the lamps should
become its property.
tits not positively known that the lowest
bidder Will get the contra ct, although, under
ordinary circumstances. this would result.
I Should the Commissioners consider the vol
ume OF light per lamp guaranteed by the
councillors. as well us other collaterals,
IL r. possible that the EeXt highest bid Will
be accepted, Notwithstanding the differ
rice of "a per lamp.
The Northeast Washington Citizens As
ISOLATION, through Mr.. E. Dairymple, chair
man of its school committee, has pre-
srntcd to the Commissioners request
for the selection OF one of three sites
for the new school building in the north
caSt section, any OF which they regard as
eligible.
The locations named are. respectively,
one on the corner Of Fifth and X streets.
ard two. each facing the other, on l.
greet between Third and Fourth streets.