The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-13

have spent several afternoons each week
visiting school sites that have been offered
in various parts OF the District for the new
building provided for in the late Apprt p ia
ton bill. There are about sixteen school
buildings 10 be erected or enlarged and i'm
proved, and it has been necessary to find
new sites for twelve schoo.houses which
will be built as soon as possible.
The method pursued by the Commis ion
ers in determining a school sic was sug-
gested by Commissioner Ross some years
ago, and has been followed with good re-
suits, Proposals are asked for the sa.e OF
available lots IN the territory in which It S
proposed to h1ilti= the school. This brings
| to the Commissioners a choice OF number
of lots fer the proposed school, and at
prices named under competitive o-dAlAg.
The Commissioners then Visit the site; Of
fered, take under consideration the avail
ability OF each, as well as the p-l-e at
which ii Is offered. and Jhen MAKE ohoice.
Sometimes it happens that the lowest
priced lot is not best situated for the
school. 1t may be badly dTa ned or IL may
be amid surroundings which would not Il
in well With schoo!hoUse, and his makes
it necessary to look elsewhere. Ii may be
that the highest priced Ioi is considered
the best, and may be chosen, but the cCm-
lot before choosing it forbids the Gamer
putting a fancy valuation upon il, because
it happens TO be wanted for edGcatlo al
purposes.
Following this plan the Comm .ssionsI S
have been busy for weeks looking at the
lots offered for the various bEi.diA&s--ln
lexington in the GTeenleaf division. at
Washington Heights, il Petworth, in the
Eighth division, at kenilworth, in. tie
IL no Eleventh
for the manual training School, Tor schools
in the noxfheast and southeast, and for
buildings ar HiIlsdale ana Takoma Park.
Several of these sites have been chosen
and the work of construction ordered, and
in most instances the ground was offered
at q rate little If any above what the I1ts
would bring in the open nlaEks5,
The Commissioners have accepted the
proposal of D. " Beveridge for furnishing
wire window guards for the building to
be used as house of detention for women
and children at 5G5 Eighteenth Street
northwest. Mr.. Beyeridge was the lowest
bidder ssr1
In fitting up the House of Detention for
the reception CT prisoners it has been
found thatzeensideTabIe inToads were made
upon the fpnd provided for it for the cur
rent fiscal year. Accordingly, the Super
intendeEt Of olice recently suggeS led to
the Commissioners that enc item of the
expense, namely, the repair of the curb
ard pavement in front Of the place. should
be paid cut Of the fund provided fer the
maintenance and repair of public buildings
which is in charge Of the Engineer Depart
mert.
This suggestion having been referred to
the Assistant Engineer Commissioner
Capt. H c. Newcomer. he reports tbs it
/ is not practicable 10 pay for the new drive
way at the House Of Detention cut CT the
appropriation referred TO, because this
| fund cannot be legally used for work in
front of private property
f W. Anderson, of 200 Seventh Street
northwest, in letter TO the Commission
ers has raised an important question reIa-
tive 10 the rights Of the ash men whose
occupation is TO be seriously interfered
with by the new arrangement for gathering
ashes.
= desire information for some clients of
mine" writes Mr.. Anderson, who have
been making their living Ii gathering ash
es from residences and dispCsing OF the
same on the public dump somewhere back
of the FTeedmans Hospital. These men
have been informed that they cannot use
the dump in future, and would the5eIcre
be pleased 10 be informed if they have
not privilege to use the dump, and if not
where they will be allowed to dispose of
the ashes collected by them?
As l understand the case the arrange
ment of the city with i special contractor
to remove ashes from residences will. il
carried out in a harsh and uncompromis-
ing way, work great hardship 10 those vino
have made a living by attending 20 the
collection and disposal OF refuse. If how
ever, they are allowed some place OF de-
post for 4heff collections their business
viii not be entirely closed"
In reporting upon the matter 10 Com
missiOner@kess who has immediate super
vision over the collection and disposal OF
garbage ard refuse Warner Stutler, Super
intendenL of Street Cleaning, says that his
depaT tmenta has no control over the dump
referred to. He States that there is no OBJ
lection to the use of the dump under the
supervision of his department, provided
that no combustible waste is placed there
on. He further states that & list of these
dumps can be had by calling upon him at
his office.
The Comn9i6sioners have decided that the
report OF Mr.. Stutler should be approved
and that Mr. Anderson should be inform
ed in accordance Herewith.
John P Buckley. of 1910 Sixteenth Street
northwest. this morning wrote to the Com
InissioneFs complaining of the manner in
which the sweepers clean Sixteenth Street.
For weeks he says, the street sweep
ers have been cleaning the east side of
Sixteenth Street about : o'clock p. IN, re-
turning in the morning at o'clock TO fin
ism the west side. IS it impossible for
them to finish Of an evening? Four O'Clock
In the morning is an ideal sleeping hour
and We certainly would like to enjoy 1t.
We are willing TO accept our share, but
could II not be arranged TO strike US at a
different hour once in awhiIe?"
In explanation of the manner of sweep ng
Sixteenth Street, az described in Mr..
Buckley's letter, Warner StutIer, the SUI
perintendent of Street Cleaning, said to a
reporter Of The Times this morning that
it would be impossible to change the ar
rangement without putting the whole
scheme of street sweeping in that quarter
of the city out of joint. Continuing he
said: Sixteenth Street is what we call q
running street; that is, the machines go
down on the east side turning into the
side streets, and sweeping them as they
go along
1T takes half the night to go up one
side and half the night to come back,
hence the interval between the sweeping
the two sides of the street. But this Plan
is necessary in order to get the work done
promptly. 1t we did not follow this course
the sweepers would have to double on their
routes, and in that way lose an hour and
perhaps two hours a night. No doubt it
causes annoyance. but it is the best We can
d. It is necessary to study economy in
cleaning the sStt~SetS as well as in anything
else. By means of the running street we
hsTe learned that the greatest amount of
wolk can be done in given time"
]. Brown, resident of the District, has
written to the Commissioners complaining
tnat residents in the suburbs harbor dogs
without paying the license tax and he