The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-08

MhA'h inc property can be relieved from
the assessment, which has been made
regularly and properly, and he recon-
mends that the applicant be so informed.
ihis recommendation the Engineer
commissioner has approved, and it is
q understood that the motion will be ap-
proved by the board
Z. Is. + mingway, of 20 l Street north
east recently made application to the In
spector OF Buildings for permit to erect
small steam boiler and engine in the
PACK YARD OF his premises, and was re-
lerred to the Commissioners for a settle
ment of the question Mr.. Hemingway
has submitted a statement to the board
10 the effect that he wishes to erect the
engine and boiler with a view to making
, certain scientific experiments, and that
its use will be temporary.
The Inspector of Buildings in reporting
! upon the matter says that the location of
the boiler and engine as proposed would
be in the nature of nuisance to the ad-
Joining property holders. Consequently
he recommends that the applicant be in
formed that the permit cannot be granted
without the consent of adjacent property
holders as contemplated in the building
regulations
This recommendation has been APPROX
ed by the Engineer Commissioner, and it
the concurrence of the board
More than the usual amount of interest
attaches to the application of William 7.
Otis. who asks the District government for
a permit to erect a shed in square 545 lot
II. and known as 1882 Four and-a-H Half
Street southwest. Not wishing to decide
the question involved, John B. Brady, the
Inspector Of Buildings. reported the mat
ter to the Commissioners with the fol-
lowing statement:
This is an application TO locate wood
and coal yard and to authorize the cree
ton of an open shed. the roof dimensions
OF which are 16 by % feet to be covered
by tin. A permit was issued to construct
shed to cover $50 square feet on these
premises. but this being exceeded, legal
proceedings were instituted in the Police
Court, but the case has been postponed
pending the application for the establish
ment of a wood and coal yard. AS the con-
sent of property owners has been obtain
ed | would recommend favorable consider
alton. as it would be consistent with the
regulations to allow shed of the dimen
sions noted to placed in a wood and coal
yard, but before action | would recommend
reference Of this application to the Fire
Marshal for his investigation and opinion
Since the report of the Building In
spector the case brought against Mr..
Otis for erecting shed larger than the
permit specified was brought up in the
Police Court and the offender was fined
So for violation of the regulations.
At the instance of D. d. Gailard, AS
sistant to the Engineer Commissioner,
the board have approved the application.
The Commissioners spent the day at the
Capitol yesterday in conference with the
sub committee of the House Committee
on Appropriations in consideration of the
District bill. The conference of the COM
mittee with the Commissioners closed
yesterday, the bill having been completed
in the space of two and one-half days.
1t is stated that there was very little
to be said on most OF the items of he
bill, and that II was finished in much less
time than ever before. The Commission
ers had so well digested their estimates
that very little time was required to
make them plain to the committee.
Miss Clara L. Bishop of 1925 New
Hampshire Avenue northwest, recently
wrote to the Commissioners complaining
of the location of an unused electric
lighting pole in the alley in the square
bounded by New Hampshire Avenue Nine
teenth, n and p Streets. She states that
the pole was put up in the night five or
six years ago, and that no wires have ever
narrowness of the alley Miss Bishop says
that the pole is the cause of more cruelty
to horses than any other object she has
ever seen. She states that the pole is
where it cannot be seen upon entering the
alley, and that it is the usual thing for
the wheel of the cart or wagon to be
caught by the pole. Then ensues the jerk
ing of the horses and often the whipping
of them to extricato the wagon. She
gtuf bat 10 IN haq p1It
and it is with difficulty that the vehicle is
got into position to move along.
Miss Bishop thinks that as the pole is
of no use to the United States Electric
Company. 10 whom II belongs, that it ought
to be removed, and she asks the Commits
sioners to take steps 10 the accomplish
ment of that end.
The Commissioners nave approved the
recommendation of Thomas ]. Fisher, in
spector of Electric Lighting to erect sew
en- street lamps in Largdon, d. c., as fol-
lows: One at the corner of Queens
Chapel Road and Frankfort Street one
on the east side OF Twenty-second Street
between Frankfort and Emporia streets,
one on the north side Of Frankfort Street,
between Twenty second and Twenty
fourth street, one on the northeast cor
ner of Queens Chapel Road and Detroit
Street, one on the south side of Cincin-
natl Street between Twenty and
Twenty-fourth streets, one at the inter-
section of Twenty fourth Street and Mills
Avenue, and one on the north side of De
troit Street, between Twenty second and
Twenty-fourth streets.
Walter C. Allen. the Electrical Engin-
eer. in passing upon the request, stated
that the United States Electric Lighting