The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-22
AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT
A Panper With a Voting Residence
in Maryland.
The Board of Charities Bring n
Troublesome Question to the At
tentiOn of the Conan issiOncrs-NO
Funds for Improvement of II Street
New school Building Plans.

New school Building Plans.
The Board of Charities yesterday ie-
| luested the Commissioners to refer 10
| their Attorney the question of a mans
| legal residence who recently applied for
admission to the almshouse department of
| the Washington Asylum. According to
| the statement submitted to The Commits
! sioners. the man in question is admitted
| ~ a pauper. having been an inmate of the
almshouse for several months prior to a
| few weeks ago. when he left the institu-
| ton, went to Maryland, registered as a
voter of that State and voted there at the
| election On November 6. Since then the
| Board of Charities say the; man has re-
turned to Washington and has made ap-
| nlicatiOn to be received again at the aims
! house. The board is in doubt as to its
duty in the matter and they ask the Com
missioners to have the question passed
| upon by the Attorney as to whether man
who is citizen of Maryland and has
voted there within twenty days of the
time of his application TO return to the
| almshouse. is a bona fide resident of the
| District of Columbia, as used in the STAT
ute creating the Board Of Charities.
! The Board of Charities further state
| that the man referred to has been resid-
| ing in the District a greater part of the
! time for several years past, but at the
same time has maintained voting resi-
dence in Maryland. They state that the
man has not been employed in the service
of the Federal Government. The state
ment continues:
The Board of Charities believes it to
be its duty to limit. as far as practicable,
the benefits of charitable institutions OF
the District TO bona fde residents, but
owing to the fact that in the District
there is no voting residence, confusion
frequently arises, and the board is anx-
ious to have legal advice in the matter"
The Commissioners have ordered the
matter to be laid before the Attorney for
the District for an opinion upon the Ques-
ton involved.
The Commissioners are in receipt of a
petition signed by Catherine Dougherty
and others requesting the repaving with
asphalt CT the roadway of H Street be-
tween Twenty-third and Twenty-fifth
Streets northwest.
Capt. Lansing H. Beach. the Engineer
Commissioner has forwarded the petition
to his associates with the recommends
ton that the petitioners be informed that
the Commissioners are unable to change
the paving of H Street as requested, ow-
ing to lack of funds, Congress having
made no appropriation for the purpose.
Captain Beach also asks that the petit
TONERS be informed that it is not now
considered advisable to make any addi-
lions to the present schedule of streets
to be paved. as the list is already SO long
that it will take about five years to reach
a street after it is added to the list. He
states that the Importance of a street
may change in the time necessary to wait
for the Improvement. 1t is also recon-
mended that the petitioners be informed
that the Commissioners are fully aware of
the undesirable character of the existing
pavement and that they will do all in
their power to remedy it at the earliest
opportunity.
These recommendations have been APP
proved and an order issued that the send
ers of the petition be informed in accord
ance Herewith.
The Commissioners yesterday issued an
order relative to the awarding of the draw
ing of plans and specifications for school !
buildings as follows:
For eight-room school building to re- |
lieve the GreenIeaf School to Robert |
Stead; compensation to be $500, and plans
to be drawn for an eight-room building |
capable of afterward being enlarged into |
a sixteen-room building, II so desired.
For twelve-room building for Ecking- |
ton and vicinity. to Messrs. Brauns G. |
Sill; compensation to be $500. and plans to
be drawn for a twelye-room building COM
plete, and also to be SO drawn that an
eight-room building or four-room build
ing can be constructed from them. If de-
sired.
For eight-room school building in !
Heights, to Waddy E. Wood; |
to be $500: plans to be
drawn for an eight-room building. in such
that a twelve-room building or a
four-room building can be constructed
from them, II SO desired.
"For eight-room building in the Elev-
anth division, to Marsh & Peter; compen-
sation to be $500, and plans to be SO drawn
that building can be enlarged to twelve
rooms without further preparation of
drawings. Er
For eight-room building in the Tenth
to Appleton P. Clark; compensa-
lion to be $500: plans to be SO drawn that
a twelve-room or four-room building can
be constructed therefrom, If SO desired
For four-room school building at Ken
lworth, to Brauns G. Sill, at compensa-
ton of 800.
For four-room building at Twining
City, to Waddy B. Wood, at compensa- !
ton of 500.
For four-room building at Petworth.
10 Appleton p. Clark, at a compensation of
800.
THE plans and specifications for the
said buildings are to be prepared under
The terms and conditions named in the
programme of competition under which
designs for a typical school building were
received on October IL, 1900; compensa-
ion in each case to be payable upon the
completion of the plans and specifications
Ind their acceptance by the Commission
RS. All drawings submitted must be up
IN tracing linen and adapted for blue
printing"
p. d. Vinson, the contractor who Is con-
tructing the sewer beginning at Tween
feth and L Streets southeast, has re-
uested an order from the Commissioners {
etailing a police officer for duty at the
lace of construction, to warn PEOPLE S
way and thus avoid danger. The Com /
nissioners are informed that II Is nee J
ssary to keep teams and wagons off the '
treet for the distance Of a block, and a
hat this cannot be done without the pres C
nee Of a man with the authority Of the t
aw.
The Superintendent of Police in report t
ng upon the application, says that an off, n
err whose health has been poor has teen p
etailed for duty along the sewer in u
curse Of construction, but the Superin- S
endent states that as soon as his health II
improves 1t will be necessary to recall c
i'm for service elsewhere as the de- | u