The evening times., 1900-06-23


between Vermont Avenue and Eleventh
Street northwest. asking for a cement
sidewalk on the street named abuttine
their property, was received by the Com
/ missioners- The petition was signed by a
/ majority of the property holders, and was
| forwarded TO the Commissioners by Mrs.
| Frances Y. cameron
Some time later a communication was
! received from C. c. Duncanson. written in
| reply TO an advertisement inserted by the
/ Commissioners. to the effect that they in
tended 10 make the improvements named,
4 which, in their judgment were necessary
| for the public health, safety and comfort.
! Mr.. Duncanson states that If the cOntem-
| plated improvements were to be made for
I the purposes named that they should be
paid out OF the general fund received from
! taxes, etc, by the District, as they are for
! the health, safety and comfort of the gen
| eral public, and, in his opinion, Individual
owners should not be called upon to uay
! Tor such matters any more than they are
/ called upon TO pay for roadway plVements.
Continuing. Mr.. Duncanson says:
While own property in said square on
| SAID front, l walk across il possibly once
month. and my tenants twice during the
day. while 1000 OF the population OF the
| Distrct pass over 1t each day, and possi-
bly, it is for their comfort that it is in
| tended to be laid | do not nor do I be-
lleve that you deem the resetting OF the
curb and the laying Of the cement side
walk 10 be for the health. safety or COM
fort Of the neighborhoOd but for the COM
fort Of the general public | do. there
fore. object to being assessed for the pay
ment Of the same. believe that the ma
/ jority OF the owners on that front would
| object 10 being assessed for the payment
If they knew of it,"
The matter having been referred to the
Engineer Department. c. B. Hunt the
Computing Engineer. now recommends that
/ the curb be reset and cement sidewalk
| laid On the north side of T Street north
/ west. from Vermont Avenue 10 Eleventh
/ Street at an estimated cost Of S3I7. 70 be
| assessed against all the lots in square 333
abutting on said T Street between the lin
/ its named This work he declares to be
necessary FOR the public health safety. and
/ comfort. Continuing. Mr. Hunt SAYS:
With reference TO the written protest
/ Of Duncanson. stating that he Is opposed to
! the work if he is to be assessed for the
I same, and further that he believes that a
majority Of the owners on the front would
| object to being assessed for the pavement.
( II they knew of il. and that he believes
/ that none Of them are aware of il. this can
/ be said
The request for the work is made by
Z the owners Of IS per cent Of the abutting
property holders. and their communication
| expressly states that they are aware OF the
fact that they will be assessed for the half
cost Of the work and are wiling that such
assessment shall be made. l@or this rea-
son and because the psychicaI circum-
stances Justify such action. recommend
thai the work be ordered to proceed
The recommendation OF the Computing
Engineer has been approved by the Com
missioners.
The Commissioners had two communfca-
tions before them this morning relative TO
/ the proposed cemetery in the grounds Of
the Franciscan monastery, near Book
land.
One of them was from Worthington
/ Dorsey, Of 1888 Sixteenth Street northwest
who protests that IL permission b granted
for the establishment OF such a cemetery
II Will seriously affect the value OF the
I surrounding property, and would prove OBJ
noxious 10 those living in the neighbor-
hood. As a property holder adjacent 10
the lands Of the monastery. and IS a resi-
dent OF BrOOkland, Mr.. Dorsey asks that
the Commissioners refuse the request Of
the Franciscan friarS 10 establish a Gene
tery on the grounds Of the monastery.
The other communication was from
Sheehy Sheehy. attorneys OF the Fran
ciScan Fathers. by whom the application
ferring 10 the matter OF the application OF
the Franciscan Fathers for a permit 10 es
tablish a private burial place on the
grounds of their monastery near BroOkland
We are informed that il is the intention OF
your honorable Board 10 grant a hearing
10 delegation OF citizens from Brookland
in opposition thereto. We beg 10 request
that notice be sent us Of the time and
place of this hearing. when the same shall
have been decided upon and that We he
given an opportunity TO be heard in sup
port Of the application
The Commissioners have these and 9th
er communications relative TO the matter
under consideration and II is expected that
a hearing viii be appointed and the several
interested parties notified 10 attend
The commissioners this morning APPROX
ed the recommendation of Captain Beach
TO the effect that water main be laid in
Flint Street, Brightwood Park
The laying of this main has been the
subject OF two or three petitions to the
Commissioners within the last few months
Before the passage OF the Appropriations
bill for the fiscal year of 1901 the Com
missioners did not see their way clear to
laying the main, especially because the es-
timated returns from the assessmen: did 1
not foot up more than $3.50 when the
cost OF the Improvement was estimated at
81 For this reason the project was
1 AepoIAeu against until June 8 when the
Engineer Commissioner returned the peti-
tion TO the Superintendent Of the Water
Department. calling attention TO the pas
sage Of Public Act No. I37, approved June
Z, which he thought ought to reverse pre-
yiOus decisions. This was found TO he
the case. and the Superintendent of the
Water Department recommended the law
ing of the main before the street in uues-
tion should be macadamized in accordance
with the act OF Congress.
Acting on the advice Of the Engineer
Department the Commissioners have de-
termined TO order the improvement as re-
quested by the residents of Flint Street
Joshua n. Warfield the contractor for
the removal and disposal of garbage and
dead animals. whose contract expires on
June 80. has submitted proposition 10 the
Commissioners whereby he agreed to con-
dnue the work OF gathering amt disposipg
of garbage and dead animals unit, Decem-
Der l. 1900 for S35, 500
II Is expected that by December the
new contractor. NJ. II. Chamberlin will
have his plant in readiness and be in posi-
tion to take up the work
STRUCK BY A FAST EXPRESS.