The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-11
AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT
The Commissioners Decline to Can
eel Certain Assessments.

James +. BarBour's Petition in Re
gard to improvements Rejected
4 Dump Wanted for Old Tin Cans.
other Matters of Local Interest.
lanes F. Barbour. of $50 Eighth Street
northwest has requested the assessment
for improvements on lots 4, B, c. u, T.
and f and part of lot s, square $50 be
Cancelled. The application was referred
nv The Commissioners to H H Darneiile.
the Assessor. who has submitted the fol-
lowing report which the Board today .
approved: an,
The tax for 1901 was levied July l. lHt, !
and it has been held by this office that the ,
assessment could not be changed except /
through errors made by the office IN 1
transcribing and in the calculations or
The certificate of the Board of Assistant
Assessors as to errors made by them in
locations, etc II has been ruled by the
Attorney for the District of Columbia and
approved by the Commissioners. that the
destruction OF property by fire at or about
the expiration of the first seTni-annual
payment would authorize an abatement
of the tax for the second half
In this case il is but fraction Of the
year in question. and am inclined TO the
-opiniol that it would be an unwise pre-
nit the taxes for a period of less than
four months before the expiration OF the
fiscal year, and I am constrained TO rec
ommend adverse action
William NJ. Meredith, Director of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing. has
called the attention of the Commissioners
TO the difficulty experienced IN disposing
of old tin cans and he asks the Commits
sioaers to indicate some dump nearer
than those of the Eastern Branch, where
the refuse may be deposited Mr. Mere
dfth also says that he viii be SauSIed II
the Commissioners Will Suggest Sttlie
means OF disDOsing Of the old cans thdt
will relieve the Bureau OF the trouble OF
doing so MIR. Meredith calls the attef-
lion of the Commissioners to the fact
that the drivers of the bureau nave DeeI
warned from the dump in the nelShboT-
hood Of Twenty-hfth and water SlreetS-
Jobn O.Keefe. who has been given per
mission by the Commissioners to occupy
that part of the Rupert tract purchased
by the District for the Municipal Hospital
site. recently wrote TO the Commissioners
asking for d lower rental He states that
he Is unable to pay the price asked Py iiie
Co1nrnissioners-S25 month-and re-
ouestS that il be reduced to SO a month
The Commissioners nave thS Hlallei IN
der consideration
f r. Lane. OF the Central High School,
has forwarded to the Commissioners
through the Board of Education, a COM
plant OF Principal Edith c Westcott rel
alive to the abuse OF the grounds. with a
request that the same be rectitied. Tres
passing upon the grounds is described as
being very annoying TO the school and IN
the nature OF a nuisance
The matter having been referred to the
Police Department. the Superintendent
has reported that the policemen in that
al
remove the cause of complaint IL IS suS-
gested by the lieutenant OF the precinct
that signs fOrbidding trespass under pen
atty OF the Law be placed about the
grounds.
Rv. order Of the Commissioners the fol-
lowing public work viii DE done under the
provisions of the assessment system, the
same having been duly advertised:
To construct sewers along the north side
of Harvard Street, between Eleventh and
Thirteenth Streets. abutting lots II, L, Is,
q, Y, %. q. -, 26, 2, Is, %, 90 81, =,
49, "a, s., Sc, 81, AZ, 10 and a, of block =,
Columbia Heights subdivision: estimated
cost, q. Jos.
Along the easterIy side of Maple Ave
nue., abutting lots ID 223, 224. 2z5. 226, 81.
rs, 22g, and 80 of Griswold's addition TO
Anacostia: estimated cost, $3.50
Along Maple Avenue between Spring
and High Streets, Anacostia- D. c, abut-
ting all lots in GriSWOldS addition To An
acostia, fronting on Maple Avenue be-
tween Spring and High Streets afore-
said.
In alley of block 7. Bloomingdale. -abut-
ting lots T. s. %, IS. n. and IS OF said
block; estimated cost. S2lA
In Blair Road. between Carroll ane
Chestnut Avenues. TakOma: estimated
cost $3.50. abuttins lots I, z, and of BLOCK
H. and lot / OF block y, GraTlTfers aodl-
ton to 'Takoma, and lots %. "a .. y, %
y g Sc and 81 Of block II, y. +. Gilbert
subdivision of TakOma-
In Chestnut Avenue, between BlaiI
Road and the right Of way OF the Metro
politan Branch Of the BaItlrn more ana oh1o
Railroad: estimated cost $50. AUDITING
lots q. Il. Is. is. Il, IS. -, and -. Of block
10 and lots $, Il, Y. -. So and q OF block
H. all Of B. F Gilbert's subdivision OF
TakOma.
In Chestnut Street. between the right
Of way Of the Metropolitan Branch OF
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the
District OF Columbia line; estimated cost
$40, abuIJiug lots i 2. and Of block IL
and lot 10 OF block 10, all Of y. b Gil
bertS Subdivision
The Commissioners today issued orders
as follows:
that the time for the completion Of con
tract No. 2S52 with ". + Brenizer for
grading Cathedral Avenue is hereby ex-
tended for sixty days without penalty OF
cost Of inspection
That the roadway of r Street northeast
from Fourteenth 10 Fifteenth Streets be
repaired at an estimated cost of $iSG = ith
Inacada.u from the District quarry, TO bt
furnished and hauled under contract; to-
current appropriation for repairs tC
streets