The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-09

Com IN tSSIOuCT Ross Prepares HH Ut
der Relative to acquisitions for
SuppIicS-ContrCveT n to AUC-
tfoneer-s Ifcensc-Other Matters.
r W button. the Chief Engineer of the
Fire Department. has submitted to the
Commissioners his report of the opera
tons of The department for the month OF
June He states that thee were twenty
nine bell alarms of fire sounded during
the month. being q decrease of four as
compared with the previous month. and
an increase OF five as compared with the
month Of June 1909 MI button states
that four OF these bell alarms Were false
There were besides. he says nineteen To-
cal alarms during thv month. of which
three were false.
According 10 the report the estimated
fire loss for the month was 81. 80 covered
by an insurance Of $10ql" against d loss
Of $22,535 and an insurance of SIS,69o for
the previous month. and a loss Of $l2.415
and an insurance Of S1I.e25 for the CORE
spending month of the preceding year
Commissioner Ross today forwarded to
his associates a copy of an order relative
to the making of acquisitions for supplies,
which he moves shall be adopted The or
der follows.
Whereas the practice of making uu-
msrous acquisitions for supplies during
the month has been the cause Of uunec-
essary labor and expense in the offices of
( the accounting officers and the property
clerk it is hereby ordered:
That hereafter no requisitiCn for sup
| plies shall be made by the heads OF the
various departments OF Offices Of the Dis
trict at any other time than or the Ist or
the 18th secular days in each month. and
at no time between such periods except
IN cases Of emergency. in which cases ii
statement in writing Of the nature OF the
cSigeuCy and the reason why such sup
plies were not included in the next BIZ
monthly rCTuisitionS- shall accompany
each such special list.
William Henry Burr of 1919 Four
/ tecHth Street northwest. recently re
quested that the order from the Water
! Department requiring him to place me
tiers in two houses on Eleventh Street. At
the corner Of X Street. be rescinded Mr.
! Burr submitted statement in reference
! TO the matter showing that the addition
| al burden of the meters and the increas-
| ed water rent would be in the natuer Of
a hardship upon him as the owner Of the
! property
o
| in reporting upon the application recon-
| mends that it be not granted. He states
| that the house in question was originally
| known as 1917 X Street and IO0I Eleventh
| Street northwest, each fronting 1911 feet
| on Eleventh Street Upon re-eZamina-
| ton Mr. Green states that this house Is
| rated as { stories. y feet front and be
/ ing a boarding house is charged in add
| ton for u rooms, making total water
/ rent Of SlS.5S per annum. He says there
are l. water fixtures in the building and
! he is Of the opinion that the meters
! ought to he affixed
John F. Waggaman for Charles h
| BaHes- recently applied for permission TO
| pay pro rata license as auctioneer- for
| Office located on the southwest corner OF
| TVenty-s and z Streets northwest
! W. y. Montague the Assistant Assessor.
| in reporting upon the application says
| Very early IN the month Of May
| Charles E Baues applied for an auction
| GERS license. al the southwest corner of
| Twenty-second and ? Streets. and tender
| ed the amount Of the license fee. 500. As
| there was no bond filed. the license was
/ not issued 1t was not until june that
! a bond was filed by Mr. Banes. signed
/ by John F Waggaman and Charles z.
| Banes. trading under the firm name Of the
! West End Storage and Auction Company
! II was approved ny the Commissioners
/ and returned to this Office Mr. Banes
| was notified twice by telegram and once
| by letter. dated June s. TO send check ny
| mail Not receiving any reply. two In
! spectOrs were sent and witnessed auction
| sales bv an agent Of the firm i warrant
! was sworn out in the Police Court. June
| > The case was called July = bur Meth
| Ct of the defendants appeared
| The law says that an auctioner's Ii
/ CeuS= shall date from the ls=t Of the month
/ in which the liabilit- began. and expires
! on the Sist day of the following October
| They conducted an auction business in
| May. and I know of np authority 10 ac-
! ceYt a pro-rata amount for license. the
| issue Of which is clearly prescribed by
| law
| IN passing upon the matter. Commits
! sioncr Ross has moved that Mr. BaneS he
! informed ~ accordance with the report
| OF the Assistant Assessor