The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-10
AFFAIRS OFTHE DISTRICT
Removal of Instantaneous Attach
ments from Fire Alarm Boxes.
of the ommissioner.
Called 10 a National Exposition of
ChfIdren's Work-Another Protest
Against the L0cntiOn of Col
orcd school Building ON street.

The Commissioners have received a let
ter from George b. Williams President
of the Instantaneous Fire Alarm Gem
pany, protesting against the removal of
the auxiliary attachments belonging to
that company from the street b xes. In
the event of the determination of the
Commissioners to cause their removal. he
requests permission TO remove. under
protest, the said attachments by his own
employees, under the supervision of an
inspector of the District government.
MIR. Williams states that he makes the
request because his workmen can do the
work as well as any one. and at a cost
of al least one third of the $3.50 which
the Commissioners have asked them to
cover the cost.
In reporting upon this appli alton of
Mr.. Williams at the request of the Com
missioners Walter {. Allen ret comments
that the Instantaneous Fire Alarm Com
pany be notified that the Commissioners
will grant their request to be allowed TO
remove their auxiliary attachment from
the District boxes by their own employees
instead of dcpositing $3.50 in order to en-
Mr.. Allen says he is willing TO concede
this to the company. since the work will
be done in the presence of one of the
District inspectors.
7. Campbell Copeland, Secretary of the
Child Workers Protective Association of
New York, has written to the Commits
sioners calling their attention to the Ma
tional Exposition of Children's Work and
the District in the enterprise.
Mr.. Copeland states that during Christ
mas week of this year there will be a
national exhibition OF children's work in
New York City. He informs the Commits
sioners that prizes will be given for the
best examples in penmanship and pen and
ink sketching painting in oil, water col
ors, Oh china, photography, modelling,
carving, designing o; all kinds, embroid-
cry, knitting, lace making. and every other
kind OF plain and fancy work done at home
or al school by boys or girls. There will
also be prizes for music and athletic
sports; in fine, for everything that chill
dren do end do we'll
Inc idea oil the exposition. according to
Mr.. Copeland, is TO help the children who
are workers, and Is plan OF the associa-
ton to bring out the talent of the little
people who earn their living in whole or
In part.
Adam Brandt has written to the Com
missioners enclosing a letter from G.. w
Morse, Special Examiner of the Pension
Bureau. protesting against the location
Of colored school on n Street, between
First and North Capitol west. Mr.
Brandt requests that the letter of Mr..
Morse be placed on file with the other
protests OF similar nature recently re-
ceived by the Commissioners.
In his letter MIR. Morse states that he
is the owner Of lots ~ and 43. square AZ,
y Street northwest. and that he desires
to enter his protest against the erection
of a school house for colorcd pupils in
that vicinity. Continuing. he says:
IN Street is a very good street-too
good to have The property thereon di-