The Washington times., 1901-08-18

| conduct % his office for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1903. The salaries to be
provided for are; Discussing. officer,
$500; deputy disbursing officer. Sl.5O1;
clerk, SLIGO, and messenger, $50. With
reference to the estimates Mr.. Rogers
says:
THE item for clerk at 81 200 is not new,
but is requested in view of the fact that
1t will place on the regular payroll a per
diem clerk in the office who is paid So 50
day or sl,d9550 per annum. This will
entitie him to thirty days annual leave
which he unquestionsbly deserves, as he
makes many days overtime working
after Office hours.
"A messenger for this office is an alb
solute necessity, as the Auditors Office
is on the second floor and the Disbursing
Officer is IN the basement, and between
them there must be constant communica-
ton Pay rolls, vouchers, checks, and
other papers must be In transmission all
the time In addition, three office rooms
have to be cleaned every day, and at
times the messenger would be required to
act driver. The necessity OF such
service is therefore obvious.
James H. Reed and forty others residing
on Q Street, between Fifth Street and
New Jersey Avenue and on Fifth Street
between p and Q Streets northwest, have
united in petition protesting against the
issuance of Il permit to rebuild and en-
large the bottling establishment of J. II.
Schleuter on property recently purchased
for that purpose. They also request that
if the permit has been issued that it be re-
Voked
The petitioners represent that the pro-
posed addition to the establishment is 400
feet from church and on a thoroushfare
leading to two public schools, where the
children pass to and fro every day. They
call attention also to the use of bitumi-
nous coal in the works in violation of the
smoke law. They say that the plant has
increased from small beginnings to an ex-
tent that is alarming, and that IL Will
! necessarily lead to the depreciation of
| property in the neighborhood, hence the
request stated.
The receipt of the petition has been
| noted by the Commissioners, and filed for
| further consideration.
John B. Tayler of GIL Thirteenth Street
northwest, recently requested the erection
! of an arc lamp on Seaton Street, between
Sixth and Seventh Streets northeast. The
matter was referred to the Electric De
partment and Thomas j. Fisher. In
spector of Electric Lighting, has reported
recomm ending that the writer be informed
| that 1t will be impossible to grant the re-
quest, as. under the existing law, the
Commissioners cannot authorize the eX-
| tension of wire necessary for the main
| tenance OF such lamp. He further
| states that lexington is lighted by incan-
| descent lamps, and 1t is impracticable to
establish any other kind of light, owing
| to the distance from the point mentioned
| to other lights of a similar character.
DR.. William Heron and others have en-
| tered a protest against erecting public
| hall on the west side of Ninth Street.
between Massachusetts, Avenue and l.
| Street northwest. The Inspector of Build
| ings. in considering the protest, has stated
| that up to the present time no application
| has been made for a permit to erect
| the building in question. He states that
| il such application Is made great care
| Will be taken with reference to the char
| acter of the building and the manner of
| its construction.
| S. ]. Foreman, of 2223 Cleveland Avenue,
has written to the Commissioners, encios-
| ing duplicate receipts for water rent for
| premises 1928 Vermont Avenue, and re-
| quests that the amount overpaid be re-
| funded. He also requests that the charge