The times., 1901-05-25
AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT
The Question of Restoring a Fence
in LangdOn.
4 Plan Suggested by an Interested
Citizen A Request to Connect
Houses With Water Pipe Refused
Thinner Clothing for the Police.
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| Citizen Request to Connect
Houses With Water Pipe Refused
| Thinner Clothing for the Police.
| citizen of Langdon interested in the
| restoration of the fence which guards
| the ditch on Galveston Street has sub
mitted a statement to c. b. Hunt, the
! Computing Engineer, relative to the mat
| ter. He refers to a conversation had with
| Mr.. Hunt and writes to suggest a plan
which he hopes will meet with approval.
| He says:
referring to our conversation of day
| or so ago. in regard to the ditch and
| fence on Galveston Street, l write to sug
gest a plan for your approval, which l
think would be the best one for solving
the difficulty outside of relaying the pipe
| and filing the street in as it was origi-
! nally.
Mr.. Hacker. as l told you, utilized
! some of the dirt from Frankfort Street
| in filling across the corner of the inter-
: section of Twentieth and Galveston
| Streets, trespassing (by permission) on
| the lot. Had there been Il few days more
work there would have been an easy
grade secured and ready access to all of
the lots on Galveston Street inside of the
ditch. OF course, this would trespass on
the parking of my own and the two adj
joining lots, now so badly injured by the
ditch, but / will for myself gladly under
take to secure the REIMBURSEMENT of the
seventeen and one-half feet of parking in
each of these lots to the city, and also
forego all claims to damage on account
of the ditch remaining open, as this would
practically open Galveston Street and we
would willingly made the sacrifice to Sc
cure so desired a result
Il think that at the most a weeks work
with three or four teams would be suff:-
cient to make the entire fill, and of course
any of the lot holders on Twenty-second
Street would be glad to have the dirt
taken from their lots. VIII you kindly
make enquiry to see if this is not a prac-
ticaI solution?"
Morris Hacker. of the Surface Division.
in considering the above letter. has rer
ported follows:
In my judgment the writer errs in
thinking there is any difficulty for this
office to solve in connection with ditch
and fence on Galveston Street, Langdon
There can be no further question of re-
laying terra Gotta pipe and filling street
The work done there was in every way
proper, and the only practicable means
available for caring for this large flow of !
within it's rights in filling in the parking |
of this street, and the lot owners would |
not be making any sacrifice were this |
done. ] recommend that the writer be |
Informed that there are no funds avail |
able al present for the filling he requests.
may in the future be done in Langdon |
this portion of Galveston Street will be |
borne in mind as available for filling, and |
If within reasonable haul, material eXca-
waited be placed suggested
II is supposed that the action of the |
Commissioners will be based upon the |
above report
Eugene May, of 3422 Brown Street
Mount Pleasant, has requested permission
TO pay the water main assessment against
lot So. S. P. Browns subdivision, without
penalties and interest. II. H Darneille,
the Assessor. in his report upon the mat
ter, says:
Part of lot Ss. S. P Browns subdivi-
sion, was assessed in the name Of Irene
Rowland, June 30, 1898. for q water main
laid in Brown Street, the first and second
instaIlments of which were paid and the
third and fourth Cancelled, under the de-
the Burgdorf case. On May 13,
1898, a tax certificate was issued in the
name of Irene Rowland showing the wa
ter main tax on this lot Cancelled On !
OCTOBER !, 1855 lLlS property WdS ISfAS- |
sessed in the name of Irene Rowland for
the unpaid portion and notices of assess
ment delivered to Eugene May, TO whom !
the property had been transferred May Il,
1898. The first and second installmentS |
of this rea Ssessment were advertised and |
sold in 1860 and 1901, respectively. The
second certificate, issued on March |
s, 1901 in the name Of Eugene
May, was erroneousiy marked pad,
but the assessment still stands un-
paid. No transaction that may entail
a loss has been executed on the faith of
certificate. l recommend the writer be
that assessment as il stands is
correct and affects the property
II is understood the action Of the Com
missioners will be based upon the above
report.
Robinson c. Barnwen, of 222 c Street
northwest, has requested permission to
use two water pipes to supply four houses
22s to 234 Express Alley Captain Chester
Harding. Assistant to the Engineer Com
missioner in reporting upon the matter,
states that on investigation he finds that
permission was granted to the applicant
on June 8, 1900, to provide a single sewer
for each pair Of houses, but that his re-
quest for a similar concession with re-
spect to water service was denied May
"a 1900. Continuing. Captain Harding
says:
Of Plumbing for favorable consid Il ion
was based upon a statement of III sp-
plicant In his original request that Inc
houses were soon to be abandoneI is
dwellings, and would be soon converted
into single building for use as stable.
The Water Registrar reported unfavora-
bly, upon the request for the reason that !
the buildings were of brick. in fair con-
dition, and Of a permanent character.
In view of the fact that a year has
elapsed without any change in the char
acter and use Of the buildings and that
the request is repeated without further
does not seem that the temporary char
acter of the present buildings is apparent
| therefore concur in the recommendation
Of the acting chief clerk of the Water
Department that the request be denied"
II Is understood that the action of the !
Commissioners will be based upon the re-
port of Captain Harding.
Several days ago DR.. F. p Vale, Sec
retary of the Board of Police Surgeons,
wrote TO the Commissioners urging the
adoption of a much lighter suit and he'll
met for the police force to wear during
the summer months. DR.. Vale stated that
IIe had been instructed to do this by the
BOARD of Surgeons in the hope that the
of the men in hot weather
might be lessened. He called attention to
The prevalence of heat prostration In the
force which the surgeons attribute to
the heavy clothing, and Dr. Vale ex-
pressed the belief that relief from this
and the consequent loss of time to the
department warranted the change pro-