The times., 1901-05-15

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The Enginesx Commissioners has ap-
proved the report, and it Is expected thaI
the Board will concur.
Among the hundreds of complaints
which have reached the Commissioners
relative to the ash collecting service, it
is refreshing to find one mar who Is bold
enough to say that the system suits him
perfectly. The Commissioners and the
Superintendent Of Street Cleaning have
taken courage in the fact that there Is
one exception to the universal habit Of
kicking in Washington.
The man who sees everything lovely IN
the present mode of collecting ashes is
Nathaniel Freeman. He declares that
under the old system it cost him Sl.5O
! year to have his ashes eTuptied. Now ne
/ informs the Commissioners that his cans
! cost him s. last August, and that he eN-
meets them to last about TWO years so
! that he will have balance to the Goou
! as compared with the old way. but Iills
optimistic citizen iutimates thaJ ne - -
! weI pleased with the neatness ana e.
flCitacy of the present methods Jhal ue
would rather pay $40 year than go pach
{ to the old way. -..-,
I of the Superintendent of Street Cleaning
/ to have the encouraging letter Of Mr..
! Freeman framed to hang in his Office 70
I nerves
| in thick and fast by the morning mali
c. d. & /. S. Nicolai. the present con-
! tractors for the naphtha lighting OF the
District, and bidders for the contract Tor
the next fiscal year, have submitted 10 the
/ Commissioners, through their attorney
/ statement relative to the service, ana
the manner in which it should be con-
Quoted The statement covers several
which has existed during the present con-
tract. and which it is set forth viii be
| avoided if the contract falls to this hrm
next year A large part of the statement
| relates to the proposition that the con
tractor shall furnish the lamps in which
! the ground is taken that the District
should DO that as the contract for one
year is too short time to allow pfl-
| vate contractor to furnish all the lamps
| required for the District Of Columbia.
| II is submitted further that the pres
! mt contractors have leSsened the cost OF
; n:phtha lighting to the District, ana Jhat
| il would be right and proper TO aWafu
/ the contract to them for the coming MS
/ cal year. especially as their bid is the
! lowest or is equal-to the lowest bid.
J The receipt Of the statement has been
noted and il has been hIed FOR further con
! siderarion- when the matter OF naphIha
lighting is taken up for decision
p. T. Berry. of lzl4 Thirty-drst Street
northwest. recently wrote 70 the Commits
sioners making enquiry about sewer as
I sessment against part of lot in square
! $40 II. H Darneille the Assessor. mas
! Informed the Commissioners that the as
sessment in question was levied IN the
! name of Calvin Payne, and was sold IN
! April 1900. He states that the assess
ment was for sewer in l. Street As TO
the manner in which the sewer was iald
Nr. DarneiIle says his office has no IN
( formation. and for that part of the mat
ter he suggests the reference OF the COM
! D9aint TO the sewer division. MI jJdL-
! nellie states that he sees no way IN Which
{ his office can afford relief in the matter
of the assessment as it was legally ana
properly made -,
be referred to the sewer division
The Commissioners have received a let
ter from J. Walter Wheatley, requesting
that proceedings by the Police Depart
n,e,,+ aeainst his client. Amaan Abizaid.
/ he withheld until the courts have decided
! the case between AbiZaid ana W -
Dodge Mr.. Wheatley alleges IN ms ~
1 ter that Abizaid rented part OF tiie
( premises at the northwest corner e ol
Ninth and G Streets from MIR, DoGge I9i
( the purpose Of conducting a Irull sIaLlu m
fDimerences have arisen between tiIS -
I ant and landlord and II IS aIteseu tia'
action has been or will be begun to as
possess Abizald. ia ..
Mr. Wheatley asserts that the aid o.
/ the police has been called in BY the land-
lord TO take an unfair advantage OF ms
| client and Mr. " Nheatley asks thal tilt
action of the police be suspended untl
the matter of possession or lIle proper -
sbsIi have been passed upon by cOur'
of competent jurisdiction ne requesl
has been referred to Major Sylvester fol
his consideration.
A 7. Grimm. foreman of Engine Com
pany No. II, has reported 70 lne I'm
nlissioners through the Chiet knslneel
, of the Fire Department that a dahBeFou'
obstruction TO the apparatus OF the de
uartment is found in the roadway AT Ken @
esaV Avenue and Thirteenth Street. Ihr
obstruction consists IN the eAteiiSt Sto'
! I above the street grade of two water PIP
, { trans and one sewer trap. lie request
J that the Commissioners nave the trap
repaired so that they VIII De ieNei WIKI
I the street grade.
, DR.. William TindaT. Secretary to tn
/ T2oa-r of Commissioners. has submitte'
I the form of an order amending the orde
4 I of April y. requiring separate COnnec
; tfou 10 each house furnished with cleo
4 trio lights. The amended order IS:
, That the order of April i. requlTln
separate connections to each house fur
nished with electric service, is hereb
: amended 20 read as follows;
! THAT hereafter each house or buildln
I which has any electrical sign, light, o
other electrical appliances within the linn
: its Of any street, avenue, alley, or high
way, must be supplied with a curren
. from a separate connection, and accord
: fngIy no permits viii be issued for sue
4 electric lights or appliances within til
public streets unless the house or build
ing has a separate connection.
! Henry NJ Hoyt, President Of the Re
/ form School for Girls, has addressed tn
r Commissioners, asking that the bill 70
n hose and fire extinguishers and the bi
for fire escapes, the two aggregatin
: s554 f9. be paid from the deficiency appro
priatiou for completing the building. Com
missioner Macfarland has replied that tn
, Board viii give the matter immediat
: attention.
n The Commissioners have approved III
r ! recommendation Of the Superintendent q
Sewers that the construction Of a seCti0
( of the ArIZJna Avenue sewer crOssin
; Joliet Street be done by day labor at a
L I estimated cost Of 81, 40, chargeable to III
r. | appropriation for Arizona Avenue sewer.
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