The times., 1901-04-21
AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT
The Difficulties i'm Transferring an
Insane Patient.

AIcxnudria Magistrate - Cancella-
ton of Personal Tsx-PInts of
the Extension of Eleventh street.
The Board of Charities, in their efforts TO
free the Government Hospital for the In
sane from patients who should be cared
for in the States to which they belong, re-
Gently came upon a case which offered
more than the usual difficulties. Mary !
Coleman. in 1899. came to this city from /
Warrenton, Va, and. after being here |
few months, became insane, and was com
mitted to the asylum. She mas peeh ue-
tained there since that time.
In looking up the record of her case II
was ascertained that she belonged in war
renton. and that she should by right De
cared for by the State of Virginia But TO
meet the requirements of the law she
could not be committed to the asylum at
Petersburg except by Virginia court OF
magistrate
To meet this phase of the law he Hoard
of Charities caused the facts ana record III
the case TO be placed before a magistrate
in Alexandria and a commitment TO uie
Virginia asylum was issued by h:'n.
The woman will be conveyed to Peters
burg under the care OF ore OF the d'IeH"-
ants at St. EHzabeth's.
Arthur p Whitney, of 151T Columbia
Street has submitted his aff1daVit tidt
he has not possessed any property SUD
iect to personal tax since June, l9Vo' anu
he requests that his personal tax account
be Cancelled.
The Assessor, in his report upon the
matter, gives these facts:
THE personal tax ledger for l9Jl shows
an account in the name of said Whitney
for credits in amount of 5000, tax 50, being
carried from the 1900 ledger
.sTn view of the statement and atfldaFlt
of Mr.. Whitney that he has had no per
sonaI property since June, 1890, 1t IS rec
commended that tax charged for year l9gi
be cancelled and so noted on the records.
William Peters, of Benning, D. g, mas
requested that the assessment of improve
ments on lot %, Stickney's subdivision
| for the years 1899 to 1901, inclusive. be can
| celed. The property is assessed In the
| name of +. j. Peters.
| H. H. Darneille. the Assessor, in re-
| porting upon the application, has In
| formed the Commissioners as follows:
| 'In this case improvements in the
| amount of $500 were assessed against lot
| %. Stickney's subdivision, Benning Road.
| county. for the years $780, 1891. 1892, and
! 1893.
| '.'The taxes are unpaid for years 1889 to
| 1896 1898 to 1901. inclusive, 1897 having
| been settled by sale, and except for the
years named no improvements are as
! SeSsed on said lot.
| Investigation Cf this matter, together
| with the accompanying affidavit, has
| satisfied this office that the assessment
| was erroneous as to Improvements, and
| the owner is entitled to relief for the
years the improvements were charged.
| 1T is therefore recommended that the
| 800 charge for improvements on SAID lot
| for the years 1890 to 1893, inclusive, be
! Cancelled, and that the penalties and inter
est for said years be remitted-
The Assessor has forwarded a request to
the Commissioners that the Surveyor of
the District of Columbia be Authorized and
required to make copy Of the p!ats of
| the extension of Eleventh Street north
| west" and Columbia Road east of hir-
! teenth Street northwest, now in TIE pos
session of the court. showing the property
! condemned and taken. and giving the di-
| mensions and square feet of the residue
| uncondemned, and that the plats when
! completed, be recorded in the office of the
! Surveyor for the information and guidance
of the Assessor in the preparation OF tax
bills.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
| Company has requested permit to place
a six-pin cross arm on each of the Dis
trict poles from the gate to the Govern
ment Asylum for the Insane to Congress
| Heights
| 81 with new poles and to move poles 0S
| and 50 to the line of the gutter
In his report upon the application the
Electrical Engineer has stated that this
| Improvement is necessary IN order 10 per
nit the stringing of two wires for A ~.
Randle and he states that it will put the
District line in good shape.
a. H F. Holsten has requested addi-
tionaI electric lights in the vicinity of
the new baseball park at the intersection
of Florida and Trinidad Avenues north
east.
Walter c. Allen, the Electrical Engi-
neer. has reported upon the request that
it is impossible to comply with it. because
there are 10 conduits at this point and
he thinks that conditions do not warrant
the department in asking the electro
iirhting company to extend cOnduits for
| fhis purpose Florida Avenue and the
Vicinity being at present lighted with gas
| lamps.
The Electrical Engineer and the Com
nnissioners have approved the request Oh
the City and Suburban Railway Company
} FOR a hermit to erect a guy pole on the
southeast corner of Fifth and streets
northeast, also to string certain guy
wires. In his recommendation the EIec-
1 tricaI Engineer stated that authority toi
action in the matter is found IN the char'
| ter of the railroad company
B. p. Eutrekin Assistant Adjutant
General of the Department of the Poto-
mac. Grand Army of the Republic has
! forwarded a request to the Commission.
? orc for permission to make the usual can
! Vass of the District Building for the pur
nose of soliciting contributions for Me
/ norial Uay exercises The request ha:
hapn approved by Commissioner Macfar
innd and it is understood that his asso
ciates viii concur in the decision
The Philadelphia Wilmington and Bal
tinore Railroad Company has requested
: nernissfon to erect one telegraph pole ol
: MARYLAND Avenue, west of Ninth Stree
! ! southwest, also to stretch six telegraph
! wires from a point it's present line t
! and into the freight station at Ninth ant
| - Streets southwest. The Commission
= ers have approved the request.
: Robert e. /. White has requested tina
: | the Commissioners send to him an esti
! mate of the cost of erecting lamps o
: Gonesee Street Thomas w. Fisher, tn
: Inspector of Electric Lighting, in report
y ing upon the matter, estimates that tn
7 cost Of gas lamps will be So each, and o
nauhtha lamps 81 He states that ther
I are no assessments of any kind for fur
! nishing lights, the District bearing a
! the expense.
4 A. to when the lamps can be ereCte