The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-27

I ora says
The illuminating power Of the gas sup
Piled by the Washington GaSliEht Com
pany during the year ended June 3 1901.
was Observation-Disclosures Of one candle
more than during the year 1897.
The mean average illuminating power
determined at the three laboratOriss VAS
found to equal 26.02 standard candles.
The maximum average Illuminating pow
er was found to equal 30-A standard can
dies The minimum average iiIumina ting
power was found TO equal 22.S1 standard
candies
The average Illuminating power of the
gas supplied by the Georgetown GasIight
Company during the year ending June ..
1901, was thirty-ninJ one hundredths Of
one candle more than during the year 1900
ON nine occasions during the year this
company was in default in candle power
SuIphurated hydrogen was not present in
the gas during the entire year"
After referring in detail TO the cha rae
ter of the gas and the materials used in
its manufacture, the Inspector says.
The Illuminating gas supplied in the
District of Columbia during the year end
ed June %, 1901, b. the Washington and
Georgetown Gaslieht companies, was in
keeping with the requirements of the law
except as neFtlDDt ItTt appears
The average candle power Of five cubic
feet Of gas furnished by the Washington
Gaslight Company. consumed per hour
/ through the burner designated by law
and known as the Bray union slit burner
No. T. was found to equal z6,02 standard
candles.
The average candle power of five Gu
bic feet Of gas furnished by the George
town Gasiight Company. consumed per
hour using the burner described above,
vas found to equal 27.S9 standard can
dies"
/ On the subject Of the inspection Of gas
meters Mr.. Ford says:
During the year ending June 3 1901
! this office inspected ana proved 4.2G2 gas
meters
! Three hundred and two Of the said
meters registered fast. average error 1 %
I Tor By otS per cent: .l55 registered with
! in the limits allowed h. law. and 204 did
not register the gas flowing through
! six hundred and twenty-seven were
complained Of by consumers Of gas. hey
believing the meters to register incor-
rectly. Two hundred and seVeuty-u1ne
/ registered fast, average error, 40 per
cent. 63 registered slow. average error
: 4-sS per cent: 80 registered within the lin
its allowed by law.
IN conclusion Mr.. Ford makes the fol-
lowing recommendations:
: That the gas companies in the District
Of Columbia be required to make a more
suitable rebate than they allow at present
: in cases where meters complained Of by
. gas consumers are found by the inspector
I TO register in excess Of the re-
: qufreI--nts Of the law The same
! course should be followed where meters
are found TO register fast as Is pursued
/ by these companies where meters are
/ found TO register slow OF fail TO register
: at all
+ That the salary ATTACHED to the posi-
ton of the First Assistant Inspector of
! Gas and Meters be increased from 81, JJJ
I to s.. 400 per annum-
THAT the messenger receive n salary of
sos per annum- which Is an increase Of
/ $40 per annum.'
( Dr.. H. Jerome Allen. President of the
/ Board OF Dental Examiners for the Dis
I trict Of Columbia, has submitted to the
! District Commissioners. the report of the
/ board for the year ended June 80. 1901. in
/ compliance with the act regulating the
( practice Of dentistry in the District of
Columbia. approved June s, 1892 The re-
I port is as follows:
/ Certificates, emitting the holder to reg
/ istration with the Health officer as legal
| y qualified to practice dentistry in the
! District Of Columbia, have been issued to
( thirty-three persons possessing the re-
{ quiSite qualifications.
BY these additions the list Of certifi-
+ Gates issued now numbers ass. Receipts
{ during the year have been 81. and the eX-
{ pendituTes during the year have been 81"
/ The Attorney for the District, a B. Du-
! vail. has handed opinion to the District
| Commissioners, relative to the applica-
/ ton of Moore K Hill for the cancellation.
! Of the sale Of taxes Of lot -, block 3 Re
/ DroiJ Park. In rendering his opinion At
I torney Duvall says: Il am Of the opin-
I ion that this lot was improperly sold in
April, 1899 for the whole tax for the year
/ ended June 30, 1893. and that upon pay
ment by the applicants of the second half
Z Of the tax for 1898 with penalties. etc
that said tax sale should be set aside and
the tax for the first half OF 1898, should
Z be cancelled
/ The District Commissioners have ap-
( proved an order providing that the time
for the completion OF contract No 2Sgs
! with. Herman L Burgess for construct
/ ing the receiving ward at the Washington
! Asylum is extended TO January 10, 1902,
without penalty OF cost Of inspection.
The Commissioners have approved or
! ders for public work to be done under the
provisions Of the assessment system as
/ follows:
( To set new granite curbing and lay
/ granite sidewalk on the east side of
/ Twenty-second Street northwest, from r
| Street to Decatur Place, at an estimated
! cost Of $3.50, to be assessed against lots
| Il and y of block 10, KaIorama Heights,
and against that portion Of the KalI tract
; abutting on the east side of Tweuty-sec-
! ond Street between the limits named.
/ on the south side Of Decatur Place
! from Twenty-Second Street TO Florida Az
/ enue. at al estimated cost OF 81 go 10 be
} assessed against that part Of Twenty
! second Street. and against the portion Of
/ lot Il. Phelps and TuttIe'S subdivision Of
! Washington Heights abuttug on the said
south side OF Decatur Place between the
/ limits named.
! On the south side Of Euclid Place north
/ west. from Fourteenth Street to UuIVeT-
/ sity Place, at an estimated cost of 81, l43
( to be assessed against lots IN block II,
/ University Park. abUJtIng on said Euclid
( Place between the limits named
/ On the north side of i Street northwest.
! from Fifteenth Street to Sixteenth Street.
at an estimated cost of Sl.55l to b. as
( scssed against lots in square I92 abuJtug
{ on said X Street between the limits
named
| on the west side Of Fourteenth Street
| northwest, between . Street and New
York Avenue, at an estimated cost Of 1851
| to be assessed gainSt lot t., square Do
| On the north side Of = Street northwest,
/ from Sixth Street 10 Marion Street. IL an
! estimated cost Of $65, TO be assessed
against lots in square 40 abutuug on
| said p Street between the limits named.
on the west side OF Thirteenth Street
/ northwest. from LydeCkeI Avenue TO La
mar Place. at an estimated cost of 8 e56,
/ TO be assessed against lots in block 43.
( HDlmead Manor, abutting on said Thir-
tecUth Street between the limits named.
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