Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-24
CONFORMING TO MANDATE
Further Proceedings in District Court AZ
fecting Street Extensions.
Justice Cox Issues an Order Confirm
Granting Rehearing in Others.

Judge Cox. in the District Court this af-
ternoon, set aside the verdict of the
jury of appraisers in the second of the
street extension cases, No 453, that
of Chaplin Browns subdivision of In
gleside, in which an award was made jan
rary Is, 1896. as to all parcels of land. save
lots 10 and IL, block g lots l. IA end IL,
block 4: lots l. I and 8, block 81 lot Is,
LOCK Z. and reservation A, and awarded a
ne" trial as to all those parcels in which
the verdict was set aside.
Inc order signed by Judge Cox today was
IN obedience to the mandate of the Court
OF Appeals. and in conformity to the de-
cision of the United States Supreme Court
rendered last month, when the latter tri-
pcnal neid the highway extension act. I'M
der which the proceedings were had 20 he
constitutional and valid in every respect
Inc Judge confirmed the award of the
appraisers as to the aforementioned par-
GELS. and directed that the amounts award
ed be paid. as follows: Lot Is. block .
$3.50; part of lot l6, block 2. 81 o13: mari
OF lot !, block 4. $54432 part of lot Ia.
block H. $l.246s part Of lot 10, block 4.
S6l:sa; part of Ut + block 5. s7oo. ~; part
OF lot I, block 8: $6ssOl: part of lot s. block
reservation A. S2,57Isp.
Objects1sn View.
The condemnatfo OF land In Mr.. Browns
subdivision of Ihglesidc was made for the
purpose of widening and Strengthening 18Th
street. and widening and extending Howard
avenue, and for othHr purposes Lots IL
and 16. block g. are. on 1oth street; lot /.
BLOCK !, ON 1nglesidaf terrace; lots Il and
10. block 4. on nth street; lot /, block 5, on
Howard avenue; lots Z and S, block 3. a
continuation of11Ing5side terrace: let IL,
block 9. on Howard Avenue. ana reservation
n T,ow pa
nth street. ~ - ..
. Tn, The awards a,y g f2s tbSss parcels aggregate
about si.of ana M. Brown and the at
Will send copy of the courts order Of to-
day to the Senate appropriation committee
this afternoons with the prayer that an item
We inserted IN the deficiency appropriation
bill to cover the amounts awarded.
To Cover Expenses
1t is understood that an item of s145,Ho
has been inserted in the deficiency bill to
cover the awards in Denison and Leigh
tons subdivision of Mt. Pleasant and
Pleasant Plains. case 4l9, confirmed last
Saturday by Judge Cox, as reported in The
Star at the time.
Those awards were as follows: Lot 122
s6s72.:2; lot 123. 81 ,643.Jo; lot 1874, $500:
lot 125, 81, 500 lot 126, s22Os..D and lot
12I Sl3. J04. condemned for the widening of
Columbia road and the extension of
SlAteenln street. Lou SbI.O.oS,
lot 81. s5.2s7.G5; lot 80. 81, 425.oa. let 1l3.
sl,57o.6G, and lot 90. s3.592.:%1, for the OK
tension of 10th street: lot III, s17,715, lot
49, $l4,54s.ss lot 102. so. 7Ol.23, and lot
Is. sl3.68.G. for the widening of kene5aw
avenue and the extension of 10th street,
and lot rs. $s,O14.G2. for the extension of
10th street.
other Awards.
Judge Cox, it Will he recalled also con-
firmed in case 419 the following awards
for damages resulting from the abandon
ment of a previously existing highway:
Lot 30, s3,2O1.75: south part Of lot 33.
$6OS.S5; west part of lot a and north 10
feet of lots 1lS to 152, inclusive, $3,144.69,
and lot ~, 5000.
OF course, the granting of new trials Ny
Judge Cox as to certain parcels of land in
both cases leaves the Improvement and eX-
tension of the various highways embraced
In the two subdivisions in an incomplete
condition but the owners of those parcels
as to which the awards have been con-
firmed think that is no reason why Con-
gress should not at once appropriate the
am cunt required to cover the confirmed
awards.