The times., 1901-06-21


the situation and the only satisfactory
solution of the difficulties would be to
have one meter for all of the water used
there and 1 beg to be advised at once
whether or not the water main will be
run to the engine-house, and a meter sup
Piled. without cost to the owners of the
property
George F Green. the Water Registrar.
after investigation of the application, has
submitted the following report to the
Commissioners:
Respectfully returned with report that
40 to 420 Eleventh Street northeast are
separate communicating buildings, four
stories high. sixteen feet each front and
under rental as flats.
In 1897 verbal permission was granted,
owing to lack OF pressure, to run indie
pendent services to each building to sup
ply the first and second floors and to eX-
tend the pipe of one of the fats to an
engine-house on rear of lot 81, per en-
closed plat, for the purpose of pumping
the water to a tank on the roof OF one
of the buildings to supply the third ana
fourth floors of ALL said service to be
measured, but the meter was never set.
1t is now desired to have the entire
supply for these buildings metered, ana
notice to this effect has been served.
The writer is anxious to comply with
the terms Of the said notice and desires
information in the matter.
In view of the fact that the pressure
I is insufficient to carry water TO the third
and fourth floors and the various compli-
cations attending this case, / recommend
the writer be allowed TO tap the water
main on Eleventh Street. run a two-inch
service pipe, either of lead or cast iron.
TO an open tank in the engine-house, pump
from thence to the tank on the roof, ana
draw the entire supply for the six build
ings from thence; the aforesaid service to
be metered. alterations in existing plumb
ing TO be subject to approval of the In
spectCr Of Plumbing, and the independent
| service pipes to be disco INJECTED at the
water main.
The Commissioners have approved Reg
lister Green's report, and Mr.. Rust VIII
be informed in accordance Herewith.
Andrew B. Duvall. the Attorney for the
District, has informed the Commissioners
that on June the Court of Appeals af-
frmed the decree of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia, dismissing
the bill Of complaint in the case of Henry
Oettinger VS.. The District of Columbia.
Continuing, Mr.. Duvall says:
"The bill, which was filed August 20,
1897. prayed for an injunction and decree
declaring that the occupation by the Dis
trict for the extension of Thirty-seventh
Street, of part of lot 291, square 1901 dor-
merly square 1SD, in Beatty & Hawkins
addition to Georgetown, was without au-
thority of law and was an Illegal inter
ference with the complainants' rights,
etc.
THE defence of the District was that
said part of lot 291 formed part of
Thirty-seventh Street, having been ded-
icated for that purpose in connection with
dedications made therefor by F. w.
Huidekoper.
In sustaining the claim of the District
of Columbia and affirming the decree Of
the court below, the Court of Appeals
held that it was established by the tes-
timony that the complainant had dedi-
Gated this land for the purpose Of extend
ing Thirty-seVenth Street, although he
had made no formal conveyance in ac-
cordance with his agreement with Huide-
koper, and that in pursuance of that
agreement he had acquiesced in the oc
cupation by the public of said part of
his lot for the purpose of public street,
and that the public authorities had ac-
cepted the dedication and had expended
public moneys upon the faith Of said ded-
ication.
This finally ends the controversy. and
/ would suggest that so much of the area
of this lot as is embraced within the
lines of Thirty-seventh Street should be
exempted from taxation"
me commissioners have noted the re-
ceipt of the information from the At
torney.
District, has submitted to the Commits
sioners his opinion upon the communica-
tion of W. +. Nash, requesting that a
water meter be furnished for use in the
fat In the rear of Nos 1S5 to 143 L Street
northwest. The Attorney first refers to
a clause in the District appropriations act
approved June 6, 1900, which provides as
follows:
For the purchase of water meters to
be placed in such private residences as
desired, and installed at the expense Of
the property owner, and the said meter
shall at all times remain the property of
the Water Department. 5000"
The Attorney then calls attention to the
report of the Water Registrar, in which
it is stated that these premises are rated
as flats, and that, therefore, the pro-
vision of said act of Congress is inappli-
cable. Mr. Duvall states that he concurs
in this conclusion, and, continuing, he
says:
''The Commissioners under the authority
OF the act of Congress approved June 10,
1910, adopted schedule of water rents
whereby they classified apartment and
tenement houses with boarding houses
IN the list OF houses occupied for business
purposes. l see no propriety in the classi-
fcatiOa.
The above mentioned provision In the
approp -iation act relates exclusively to
private residences as such. and 1t was
doubtless thereby intended to offer an in
dUcement for the Introduction OF the de-
sirable water meter service into a class
Of houses not required by law to be so
supplied"
Trueman Lanham. Superintendent of
Parking, has submitted to the Commits
sioners a statement of the operations OF
/ his department in planting trees Of diff
l ferent kinds during the autumn Of 1900
and the spring Of 1901. Mr. Lanham says
he has followed the instructions given by
the Engineer Commissioner to fill all the
gaps in existing rows Of trees before any
new planting should be done He states
that there is now only a small corner of
the southwest section where that has not
been done
Mr. Lanham states that he expects that
casualties to young trees viii be more
numerous than heretofore. He submits
a statement Of the number of trees and
the species planted in each section Of the
city. In the northwest section 1873 trees
were planted as follows: Four hundred
and fifteen soft naples, 397 Norway ma
pies, 2i2 sugar naples, l2S lindens, % pin
oaks, 46 elms, $50 sycamores, S5 sails
burias, and tulip trees.
In the northeast section there were