The Washington times., 1901-11-03

/ squares Of ground. with Maryland Ave
/ nue. TuuuiHg diag0nally through il. would
/ be large CnuUgh TO afIUrd plenty Of play
/ ground on either side of the roadway.
I Such a park would have :; roadway and
/ sidewalk on every side ard thus be acccs-
sible from all directions
Since Congress closed the cemetery in
I 1891 and failed to provide any relief
! whatever to the lot owners. and by the
/ terms Of the highway act practically con
] flsCated more than - per cent OF the
ground it would seem TO be no more than
common justice that they should spec dily
/ determine To- come To the relief Of the
! lot owners and Of the property owners
! east Of the cemetery tract and the sur
rounding neighborhood
| John b. Brady the Inspector Of Build
/ ings, yesterday sent to the Commission
/ ers a report of the operations Of his Of
! fee for the month Of October, 1901. Per
mits were issued for the number and
character of buildings as follows:
Brick dwellings, %, s579.So1; frame
dwellings, T. $3.50; brick repairs, 81
So, go; frame repairs. CO. $i6C95: store and
dwelling. l. $1,000; school, l. $4,000, church,
/, $500: engine and boiler. I, s16.9J0;
warehouses, ,. $500. stable, brick, Nl,2Ju;
stable. frame. !. Sl25; she'd brick, l, Sl,1yt;
shed frame. G. S25s9; total Zs2, S5l3, ,l39.
The following summary will show the
ferent sections Of the District and the
value OF the same: Buildings northwest,
$i2O, ,gjO; buildings. county. S10l25: build
ings. southwest SB55pf. buildings, south
east. g01: buildings. northeast, $500:
/ total, S542, l75. Repairs, northwest, $il,-
| .t(S: repairs. county, Sl3,6IS. repairs, north
| east, 1884 repairs southeast. $j5S3; re
| pairs, southwest, $4,Gll; total, $1G.9Ji.
The Commissioners yesterday received
| the following letter from B. II. Warner,
! commencing the purchase of the aims
| house site I'm the southeast corner Of the
I District:
i notice from the papers that there
| is considerable opposition TO the location
| Of the almshouse on the site selected by
| the Commissioners. ! desire TO state that
/ in my opinion the Commissioners could
/ not have obtained q piece Of property
! better located. or where adjacent proper
~ Wouiu be- damaged less BY the location
Of such an institution.
'One Of the parties who appeared be
fore the Commissioners in opposition TO
the proposed location was in favor Of
the selection of a site much nearer the
city and far less suitable for the pur-
pose than the one i'm question. AS n has
no real estate that is liable to be affect
ID. ] am rather surprised that H. should
appear before the Commissioners in op-
position 70 their action
The Commissioners are In receipt Of a
petition signed by Mary a r. Cost and
twenty other residents Of Thirty-sccond
Street northwest. complaining Of the
practice Of the street railway company in
sprinkliug sand upon their tracks and
never causing the street 10 be cleaned or
spriukled with water. The petitioners
say that the accumulation OF sand on
the tracks Is raised IN dust by the pass
ing cars. and that II uect sSitatCs the
EGt4 OF doors Nyiu fgylys
closed to keep out the dirt.
The petitioners ask that some steps
may be taken 10 give them relief from
the annoyance
Major Sylvester has sent to the Com
missioners lelJer addressed to him by
George Mcekison. Of 1921 Sixteenth Street
northwest ~'thout recommendation. The
letter contains complaint against Ser
geant DOYLE. II the Eighth precinct. The
writer claIms that hr was subjected to
personal abuse 10y Doyle. With the let
ter is "a statement by Sergeant Doyle
showing thar the conversation referred to
was not abusive, though Sergeant Doyle
did slightly reprimaHd MockiSou for Civ
ing OF Ger GeIabeft an alleged false re-
port Df tight around the corner. which
led Gelabert to foTsake his post 10 look
after the supposed beliiger,nts.
The Investigations uf the sergeant did
not bear out the report Of McekisOn. and
this fact led to the conversation which Is
stated in Sergeant Doylc's report.
DR.. Macpherson Crichton. Secretary Of
the Homeopathic Medical Society Of the
District OF Columbia, has informed the
Commissioners that committee. consist
ing Of Drs J. b. q. custis. Il. Il Babbett
and r L. Macdonald. has been appoint
ed to wait upon the Committee of Appro-
priations of the coming C0ngre IS to urge
favorable action upon the item Cf s.. .G0J
for medical inspection In the public
schools as recomm' nded in the estimates
OF the Board OF Educltin1 for the fiscal
year ending June 81, l3J1.