The evening times., 1896-10-22
GOLDcI~BERG'S
0I0-9z0 7th-706 X SIS.
ihPRJYn JvlUmD. A HIGHS
-. Z-.S Peal for Street P4v.ng,
PFC AID L g-tS.
Bondsm-n of Contractor Cabeu Havr
1rirN"i.ee AsaIn~t the CommIs.
siohers and Make IL Known.
Columbia Heigilts, through the offIcers

Columbia Heights, through the officers
| OF heroi izens' IS, GiIon, was efote the
| CuinnilssIOncrs ou~y wiIl. u LeIa..e,. stale
fhehs oi tne In,prOS ehents which IL is Ge-
| sired stall be mace in tbat SUBDIVISION
| a. tue earliest prdcJicaLle date.
| Tie deieGd Ion aSAec iUr Increased Police
| pro eclu", added stieet-hS LtinS laciilt.es,
dmd IOr lie grazing, regulating ana IayiLg
OF many Impor ant -tLorouehrares.
axe ie4-ess, sI'C-iies.ay I..auv, was as
| IuuUHs. bidur, G4Ju,.T, cub. s.denaiK
dnd set shade trees oil both sides of I LIr-
| teeuth street. from Clifton # Get u Wilt
hey avcii e, 4si.i,;sit Ih.TU,ebIH street frum
clifton to Yale, and Roanoke and \ ale
street, Lew zen IhiIteei.III ana t.,. .t.thtb
| streets. That the grading Of kOaLcke,
.Tv.Bg, Yale, bismarck. Princeton ana Har-
ward streets, between Seventh and Four
teenth streets. now IN ITCSIeSS. be com
I.leted, and tlat cdrbIng be SIT, sidewalks
"A d aud shade trees llaccd Oh both sides Of
those streets
That the Improvement of Sherman ave
nue, now In Progress. be coHpIeted from
Grant avenue to Whitney avenue.
That School street be opened through to
kenesaw avenue. and graded, regulated
and gravelled; also, that cutters, curbiug,
side walks and shade Trees be supplied
That Huntington and University places
and Binney and Bacon streets he graded,
regulated and grayeiled, and supplied with
curbs, side dewalks and shade trees
That ,luOn street be gratcu and regu-
lated from Tn .rtecnth street east and sup
1l ell with Cutters, curbs. sidewalks and
shade trees.
The Ceirgation also appealed for shade
trees on Thirteenth street, between Whit
1ey and Lyueck n aven IeS. on kenesaw ave
nue., between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets, and on Columbia road, bet ween
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets.
The petition was based on the rapid
growth of the subdivision and the necessity
for tie improvements to accommodate
builders.
The delegation consisted of Messrs. NJ.
A Ealiinge j., sorge v Simmons, Charles
s. Bundy ana l.. +. Williams.
Contractor Cabell's LUndsmen. upon whom
levolves the duty OF com plejing the
Stevens school building by reason of Mr..
Cabell'S inability to satisfactorily carry
nut the ooniract. have controversy WIN
the Commissioners over the money, amount
ing to $1,000, which remains in the hands
of the District Auditor. and which the
hondsmen claim should Re paid to them
for payments on future work
Mr.. a. Il. Uh.er. who is recognized as
The principal surety. came to the Commits
'ioners today with a reques5 that the money
should be paid over to him. He had At
torney S. p. Maddox to plead his case
The Commissioners declined TO pay the
money into Mr.. Uhler's bands, for the
The bills for material con-
tracted by Mr.. CabeIl consumes the sum
named, and it is the purpose of the board
To see that those bills are paid.
Attorney Maddox argued that the Com
nissioners are not authorized to pay such
bills and that the only obligation imposed
upon Mr.. Uhier " as Ia complete the build
ing anl To turn it over tn the District
He intimated that IL the Commissioners
decline to accede to the request for pay
nrut To him at the uapnsy IN hama. ne
would permit the District 10 complete the
structure.
Col. Truesdel said the courts might de-
eide agains, the position taken by the Com
missiouers, but il would require such action
TO convince him that the board has not in
terpreted the contract Alright
Attorney Andrew Wilson represented
those To whom Mr. Cabeirs bills are due,
and presented a list of the claimants. with
the amount payable to each. The total
was s. ,e3S II. but it is stated that tile
sum of al least sic. 900 remains unpaid