The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-21

DR.. William Tindall, Secretary to the
| Board of Commissioners, received a let
ter yesterday from Gus Amundsen.
| Chief of Police of Galveston, Tex, ac-
knowledging the receipt of S34S.25, sent
| by the police of Washington for the relief
| of the policemen who suffered in the late
| disaster in that city. Referring to the
gift of the Washington police, Chief
/ Amundsen says:
Il desire to state that the Police De-
partment of this city and myself fully
| appreciate the generous and noble re-
sponse of the members of the Metropoli-
tan Police Force to our appeal.
I'm behalf of my poor broken up force
of faithful men permit to me return
thanks to you and through you TO the
members of your department, and say to
them that when We offer to God prayers
and thanksgiving We will ask that He
shall protect our brothers in blue in
Washington from such catastrophe as
has been ours We all hope that we shall
never be called upon to reciprocate under
like circumstances. yet at the same time
| wish to say that my men and myself,
individually and in our official capacity,
are ready to serve you and yours"
R. c. Baughman recently made appli-
cation to the Commissioners fer a permit
to extend siding or spur track now in
use on square Ill. from lot 50 to 1902
L. P. Bradshaw. Inspector Of the Engi-
neer Department. in reporting upon the
matter, stated that the application in
volred the laying of a railroad track
along and across a street, and he inform
ed the Commissioners that in his opin-
ion such action would be in conflict with
riSin If fha st t1.,
United States, holding that the right to
use the streets of Washington for any
other purpose than the ordinary use of
streets must proceed from Congress
In transmitting this report to the Engi-
neer Commissioner, Capt. H. C. New
conner stated that it appeared to him
that the Commissioners were without
authority to grant the permission asked,
and he recommended that the writer be
so informed.
Capt. Lansing H. Beach. the Engineer
Commissioner. yesterday recommended TO
his associates that the application be
referred - the Attorney of the District
for an opinion as to the rights and duty
of the Commissioners in the premises.
Francis S. Farley, of Ridge Road East
District of Columbia, recently wrote to
the Commissioners complaining Of the
service on the Columbia division of the
Washington Traction and Electric Com
panys lines, and requesting that the sail
company be required to place cl-sed cars
on its Chesapeake Beach extension. Mr..
Farley states that one day in the rain
and the following day with the mercury
at As degrees he was forced to ride into
Fourteenth Street northwest in an open
car,
The letter having been sent to Gen.
George II. Harries, vice president Of the
company. he replied that they were work
ing as fast as possible on the closed cars,
and that within a few days at most the
Chesapeake extension would BE- serSe1
with the closed cars. He stated
that the conditions of which Mr.. Farley
complained were due solely to the fact
that the company could not put the closed
cars in condition for use in time for the
sudden cold weather which visited the
city at the time referred to.
BY vote of the Commissioners Mr.. Fair
ley has been informed of the substance
of General HarrieS' letter.