The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-25

\. L. Sturtevant, writing for the Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church, has ask
ed the Commissioners to issue an order
exempting the property of the church
named from taxation 1t appears from
the letter that the church is located on
the west eighty feet of lots 20 and q, by
depth Of les feet, block 80, North Col
Iege subdivision.
/ The Assessor. in reporting upon the ap-
| pHcation. states that the taxes for the
( years 1896 to 1900, inclusive, are unpaid
! He states further that the property was
| conveyed to the church by deed recorded
/ May 81, 1885, and that the excavation in
/ the church building was commenced in
| July, 1886. He also states that the dedi-
/ cation and use Of the church edifice dates
/ from March 20. 1898 Therefore. he says
all unpaid taxes prior to said date are
/ properly chargeable. Continuing, the AS
SCISSOR says:
1t is recommended that under the
! provisions of existing law relating to
churches, that upon payment Of the taxes
/ for the years 1886, 1897, and the first half
/ Of 1895. the lots herein described. with
/ the church edifice thereon. be listed as
/ exempt from taxation to date from Jan
/ uaTy !, 1898, and so long thereafter as
/ used for church purposes"
The Commissioners have approved the
/ recommendation.
| Capt H c. Newcomer assistant to the
/ Engineer Commissioner, recently address,
| ed a letter to the Assessor requesting a
/ statement as to the public or private
! status OF the fve-foot alley abutting lot
/ 81, square 667-
The Assessor, in reply. after giving a
/ transcript Of the records in the matter
! states mat MS Office recognizes the alley
/ IN question as a public space, and that it
/ IS SO treated, being not listed for taxa
1 ton.
D. c smithson, Secretary Of the Ana
COSTA N L Church, recently wrote TO the
| Commissioners requesting that the prop
/ eFty assessed to the trustees of said
/ church be exempted from taxation. The
property IN question. 1t appears. is sit
/ uated on the Bowen Road and consists of
/ four-hundredths OF an acre, being part
! Of Nonsuch subdivision on which is erect
4 ed frame church edifice used for divine
/ worship
! The Assessor. in reporting upon the ap-
/ plication, calls attention 10 the fact that
/ the title was vested in William Bruen
/ and for that reason he thinks that the
/ question Of exemption did not apply for
/ merly. But by deed recorded August Q
1893. the Assessor says. conveyance was
made to the trustees of AnacOstia N E
! Church, and the title is now vested in
/ them Under the law relating to churches
( the Assessor recommends that tie prop
+ erty be exempted from taxation to date
( from July l. 1860, and so long afteTward
/ as used for religious purposes
The Western Union Telegraph Company
! has requested a permit 10 string one wire
/ from their cable pole. corner of Four
/ teenth and c Streets. along G and Sew
/ enth Streets and Brightwood Avenue
1 northwest. TO the District line.
Walter c. Allen, the Electrical Engi-
. neer, in reporting upon the application
( states that the company has IN conten-
platiOn the use OF this wire for interstate
traffic. and that authority for granting the
} permit IS found IN the opinion of the At
/ toTney for the District. recently rendered,
in which he states that wires for tcle-
! graphic purposes may be erected by com
panies having complied with the Iele-
graphic act Of 1866
The Commissioners have approved the
/ recommendation.
The Commissioners today have forward
ed 20 the House Committee on the Dis
Jrict Of Columbia their report on House
| resolution StSS, To regulate the wages
/ Of labor il the District OF Columbia"
They incIose the notes of a hearing given
upon the subject and the views Of Stirling
Hester upon the question presented TO the
Board on the occasion
Otherwise the resolution was returned
without recommendation.
| Application was recently made 10 Ire
| Commissioners for permission to erect
I three houses on lots us. 179. and $50 Of a
| subdivision Of lot l, I-anler Heights, and
| for permission 10 remove the buildings
now on said lots under the provisions Of
| the building regulations.
| The Attorney for the District informs
the Commissioners that portion OF these
! lots IS within the lines OF The condemnation
| Of land for the widening Of Columbia Road
/ and Sixteenth Street He also informs the
/ Commissioners that the jury in the con
| femEation proceedings in the case has filed
/ its verdict and award of damages and aS-
/ sessment Of benefits. Continuing the At
( toTncy says:
| "a motion to confirm this verdict and
/ award notwithstanding the objections fl
/ ed by the property owners. has been par
/ TALLY argued, the court awaiting the de-
! cision OF the Supreme Court of the United
! States in the street extension case which
/ has been argued and presented there
in the award OF the jury there is an
/ allowance for subIOt I78 of $2.5O0, sublot
/ 179 Of 81 450, and subIot 1S0 of 81 .25G. in
/ Guiding damag yes TO houses and improve
/ ments and the jury has assessed benefits
| against the portions Of said lots remaining
/ as follows SublOt 118, $96; sublot 17g, $96
{ and sublot 160, S253.
Until the verdict and award Of the jury
! S confirmed by the court the title to the