The times., 1899-06-30
THE POTOMAC FLATS CASE.
The Commissioners Recall the Notice
to Whurf Tenants.

10 " nurt lenunts.
In view of the action taken by the Su-
preme Court of the District of Columbia
in general term yesterday, in the case of
the United States against NJ. F. Morris
| and others, commonly known as the Poto-
| mac Flats case, and with the advice and
consent of their legal adviser, the District
Commissioners yesterday recalled the
notice which they directed the harbor
master to serve upon wharf owners along
the Potomac River front. This action
leaves the status of the case just as it was
before the notice was served as far as the
Commissioners are concerned.
After the case came before the District
Supreme Court yesterday morning, A. B.
Duvall, the Attorney for the District Com
missioners, informed them that Mr.. Tag
gart, the Assistant Attorney for the Dis
trict of Columbia, had stated to the court
| among other things that the Attorney
General had concluded to allow the present
status. so far as occupancy of wharf prop
erty was concerned, to continue until the
compensation of the occupants was judi
cially determined.
Attorney Duvall added that the court
had directed that the mandate of the
United States Supreme Court be filed and
recorded, and had suggested that it was
not in a situation to make any further
order in the premises until the occupants
and claimants had presented their re-
| spective claims, and that after such pre-
sentation an appropriate order OF reference
might be made to ascertain and determine
the question OF compensation. Thereupon
DR.. William Tindall, Secretary to the
Board of District Commissioners, was di-
rected to prepare the new circulars and
they will be sent to the various interested
parties today.
The original notice served on the wharf
owners on May 10 last was as follows:
Notice is hereby given by the Commissioners OF
| the District OF Columbia that in view OF the de
1 cision rendered on the 1st instant, by the Su-
preme Court OF the United States, and in pur-
! suance OF the authority granted by the act OF
| Congress approved March 3, 1899, entitled IAN
act relative to the control OF wharf property and
| certain public spaces in the District OF Column
] bia," all rents from wharf property occupied
| by you on the Potomac River front OF the city
of Washington from the lst instant must be paid
to the Collector of Taxes OF said District.
Rules and regulations for the proper use of said
wharf property and for the rates of rental OF the
same will be established soon possible, and
| application for such should be made in writ
| ing to the said Commissioners"
The parties to which the new circulars
i will be sent this morning are E. NJ. Willis,
| W. G. Johnson, assignee for the American
Ice Company; William Regan, John Miller,
johnson Bros. & Wimsatt, T. w. Riley,
! C. T. Bennett, John Bartlett, Superintend-
ent of the Great Falls Ice Company; Car
/ ter & Clark. the Independent Ice Com
! pany, William Wimsatt, as assignee
! for property between Ninth and Tenth
I Streets; George Cumberland, Raynor
Bros, Wimsatt & Church William NJ.
Reardon. who is Superintendent of the Ma
/ tional Capital Ice Company; John Gala
| han, who is Superintendent of the Norfolk
and Washington Steamboat Company; C.
! W. Ridley, who is manager for the Poto-
mac Boat Company Limited; E. S. Ran
dali, William Neitzey, Forsberg & Murray,
James L. Barbour, and W. H. Rapley.