The evening times., 1896-04-27
Preyented.byAgents Of Board Of
Ch Idrea's Guardians.
MONEY SAVED THE DISTRICT
Neglectful Fathers Made to Provide
for Their Offspring. and the Parent
of Waif Observation-Disclosures Bill
Prepnred-Minor District Matters
and Daily Orders.


ate District Committee. an amendment TO
the bill introduced to extend the bu sing
ing regulations u to party walls to Ia en-
tire District, the proposed amendment pre-
| viding that the extension shall not apply
| to agricultural or unsubdivided lands.
/ The bill for the extension OF the regula-
| tons reads asiSllows:
| BE 1t enacted. that the terms. conditions
| and regulations in regard 10 party walls in
the city OF Washington, in the District of
| Columbia. established by President George
| Washington October IT, 1871, be, and the
same are, hereby extended to the entire
| District, to have therein the same force
and effect in all respects as in the city OF
| Washington"
| The bill was reported April 70 by The
committee of the whole to the Senate,
| without amendment, and was ordered to he
engrossed for a third reading, read the third
time and passed.
| Senator Chandler, however, succeeded
| subsequently in obtaining recognition for
an amendment, lie having previously re-
served that right, and the clause for
wardci 10y the Commissioners is intended to
meet his views.
| The effect OF the extension is, OF course,
| to give builders the same mutual rights
in the use of party walls and under the
same conditions that prevail in the city.
DIR. WOODWARD RETURNS.
Heath Officer Woodward returned on
| late train last night from his trip to At
| lantic City, Wilmington and other points,
where he had been collecting data on the
garbage question. he was in his office
! hut few moments this morning. leaving
! for Il visit to the crematory atthe South Cap
| itol street front at 10 O'Clock.
Dr. Woodward declined 10 discuss his
1 visit, aying that he had not yet made a
report to the Commissioners. 1t is under
| stood, however, as stated in Saturdays
| Times. that his purpose WIS TO investigate
the workings OF the crematory plants. for
| his guidance in dealing with the question
mere.
The report OF his observations will be
! reported verbally to the beard this after
noon.
The clerical force In the office Of the col
lector of taxes is busily engaged in COM
pleting the ccrtificates of delinquent tax
sales for delivery TO the purchasers of lots
ami lands. Some of the certificates were
delivered at the time Of the sale. but bout
200 remain. ahd these must be in the hands
of the owners by IL O'Clock tomorrow.
Attorney G. A Brandenburg, in behalf
or F W. Braiidenihrg, who resides at No.
lT45 Pennsylvania avenue, filed pro-
test with the excise board today against
the granting of license TO ID. O'Connell
for bar at No. 1741. i'll the same block.
O'Connell's place is opposed on the grounds
That the square has already as many sa-
loonsas can beiusily regarded as necessary.
The item in The Evening Times OF Satur-
lay. announcing the intention OF the as
SCISSOR to cause the arrest today OF such
of the city hucksters as are delinquent in
the matter of licenses for the current year.
! has had the effect of bringing the greater
number of the dealers to the office To secure
the necessary papers. and Assessor Trimble
said he hoped 1t would not new be ncCes-
sary to apprehend anybody.
Every consideration is shown in neT!-
torirus cases. tie object being to prevent
further delay in collections. the prompt pay
ers having every cause to complain when it
became known that they We're competing
with delinquents.
CARE OF CHILDREN
Agent H. n. Lewis of the board of chill
drcn's guardians submitted his report today
Of the management of the operations of
the department for the month OF April, from
which. it is learned, that since the las meet
.ng of the board, applica tions in behalf Of
forty children have bee n received, fourteen
Of the number being the offsprings OF un-
married persons, and four of the fourteen
were children of mothers having from one
to three Others to provide for.
In eiphtepn IN fhp npapt rafuSaJ n
promote the commitment of the children or
burden the courts with further examina-
ton. for reasons which embraced the evi-
dent intention to deceive regarding the par
entaGe and condition of the children. non
residence of the beneficiaries and the alb
sence of any such condition of destitution,
suffering or abandonment as would bring
he children within the intention OF the
statute.
The nature and number of the frauds
attempted Mr.. Lewis says. '.Irake UP a
rather discouraging commentary upon the
appreciation of parental duties by certain
classes of our population"
Such frauds are Usually abandoned, he
adds, when applicants are Informed that
children are only received by the board
upon orders of the courts OF the District,
made upon presentation of sw orn testimony,
and that the wards will only be restored to
parents upon proper sbo wing that the con-
ditions which made it an act of mercy to
take the children in the first place, have been
permanently changed.
Attention is called to the fact that in a
single month the board has been able to
provide for the care OF six children at the
expense of neGlectfut fathers, and that in
one additional case a home was provided
for an infant waif without official inter-
vention.
THE SAVING MADE.
As result of Che months work. the agent
says, the board hhs been relieved of a
monthly expc4se of$4o.75 over and above
the normal increase in the number of its
wards. while yhe7 actual monthly saving as
a result Of the$ work of the month of April
will be SLIT. e.
The total number of children now in the
care of the board IL 800. AZ being in inst-
tutions where. board is paid. and 72 in
private homes on1board. Fifty-scvcn are
in free homes on trial; II in free homes on
indenture; are apprenticed. these, with
others. aggregatine 1856 that incur no ex-
pcnse for maintenance.
Children residing in family homes number
252. distributed as follows: District, no.
Maryland. 90; Virginia, 81; New jersey
5; Penns Viva mia. IL Della ware, 9. and New
York and Alabama. each.