The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-13


| Engineer of the Fire Department, has
| submitted to the Commissioners his re-
! port Of the special detail of firemen as
signed to the Pension building during the
Inauguration ceremonies He said that
/ on the morning of February -, 1901 he
| had installed within the building twelve
| men, with the following appliances: Thir-
! ~ 6-gallon extinEuishers, four l5-gallon
! cXtinguishers and six 3-gallou eXtin-
| guishers: 400 feet of hose "a play pipes,
! "A Johnson force pumps, with q buckets,
! % hooks, 10 axes. and they were distrib-
/ uted about the building where they would
be the most advantageous
ION the morning of the 9th Of Feb
! ruary." continues Mr. Belt. the fun de
| tail reported for duty, consisting of Fore
| man c. s Boss, OF engine company No. /.
in charge. who remained until the morn
| ing of the It'll of March 1901. when the
| appliances were distributed to the differ
! ent companies and the detail dismissed.
! on March @ 1901. at 600 p m, Private
! f. Z. Collins, of No. engine company,
! discovered and extinguished fire on the
first landing of the north stairway. at
the switchboard. caused by leaking gas
oline torch dropping on rubbish. on
March 3, 1901, at l:4o p. m, a fire was dis
covered in loose straw back of the music
stand, caused by wOrkmen unpaCking
boxes; the fire was put out and the boxes
! and straw ordered out Of the building.
ION March 3, at 7:22 p. m, one of the
electric globes bursted on the second
floor balcony and the heated glass in
falling lit on the cheesecloth decorations
which were set on fire. It was promptly
discovered by the detail. who gave two
! long blasts OF the whistle, which gave no
9 loo fag.Va 1...v-. e lHsnF
and they eNtinguished the fire by using
| one 6-gallon fire eNtinguisher and john
son force pump. During the eXtin-
gushing of this ire Private NJ. COughlan,
of engine company No. I. came very near
falling over the balcony to the floor be-
low, but was saved by Foreman Boss and
Robert Merrill.
During the ball and concerts the de-
tail found a number of articles and
turned them over to the owners after be-
ing fully described. / take this opHn!-
tunty to thank Foreman {. ). Boss. As
Sistant Foreman T. Z. Warren. and the
detail in full for their gentlemanly bear
ing and strict attention to duty, and
obeying and carrying out orders that
Were issued
The Commissioners Yesterday consider
ed several applications Of the Chesap eake
and Potomac Telephone Company to
string wires in various parts Of the Dis
trict one OF these was a request for
permission to string two wires from Flor
ida Avenue aud Brentwood Road north
east TO the premises of +. {. Graham,
corner Of Third and Seaton Streets north
east.
Another application was for permission
to place fourteen steel wires with four
teen iron wires on poles l3 TO 40 on the
Tenleytown Road. from the LOughboro
Road 70 the District lire.
other applications We're for permits to
string six wires from the company ca
bic pole at Nineteenth Street and Florida
Avenue northwest along Nineteenth
An 1l.sT- ana to
Thirty third Street; TO string two wires
from the WOodley Lane Road along Thir-
ty-third and Newark Streets to the resi-
deuce Of Q. T. Crosby. TO string four
wires from Thirtv-third Street and Wood
ley Lane Road along the latter and the
TeuleytOUn Road 10 the River Road. con-
necUug the premises Of Q. J.. TAFT at this
point with TWO OF said wires, and TO
string two wires from the junction of the
Tenlcytown and River Roads along the
Tenleytown road to the District line.
Waiter G. Allen, the Electrical Engin-
eCr. in reporting upon these applications,
recommended that they be granted, stat
ing that the permits would not allow the
stringing of any wires over private prop
erty, and that the wires viii be strung
upon existing poles.
II is understood that the Commissioners
viii approve the recommendation Of the
Electrical Engineer.
Acting upon the recomme ndation Of the
Electrical Engineer. the Commissioners
nave voted TO grant permission 10 the
Postal Telegraph Gable Company 70 eX-
tend a metallic loop from the southeast
corner of New Jersey Avenue and =
Street southeast TO lZ3 First Street south
west.
Andrew B. Duval. the Attorney for the
District, has advised the Commissioners
that the supreme Court of the District of
Columbia has rendered judgment for $40
on the verdict Of a jury IN favor Of the
plaintiff in the case of George Maurer VS..
the District of Columbia. The Attorney
states that the plaintift sought 10 recover
in this action $4,000 damages for personal
injuries alleged 20 have been sustained by
him on or about October . 1900 i'm con
sequence Of the falling OF q limb from
one Of the shade trees on y Street north
west, between TwCnty-tirst and Twenty
second Streets, which either struck him
OF caused him to fall from his bicycle.
which he was riding along y Street at
the time.
The Attorney states that it was alleged
and proved at the trial that at the time
of the accident employees Of the District
were engaged in trimming the tree from
which this limb fell. and the plaintiff
gave evidence tending TO show that the
Attorney states that there will be no APP
peal from this Judgment, and that it is,
therefore, final
The Commissioners yesterday ordered
that Christopher J. Doyle be granted a
license as master plumber TOR the firm
OF Hoben & Doyle, upon the filing Of
proper bond
The Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts, Superin-
teudeut Of the Reform Bureau is Of the
opinion that the new divorce law con
tanned in the code will arouse consider
able discussion, and may lead TO efforts
for it's repeal Accordingly, no has sent TO
the Commissioners budget of literature
on the subject. and he asks them to
consider what clergymeH, jurists, emf
ueut citizens. and others have said i'm re-
ard q IN. $50. md