The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-29
AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT
Efforts to Have Municipal Printing
Done at Home.

DVHN Ut IAVHhC-
| The Resolutions Passed by Column
/ BTa Typographical Union Laid Be-
/ fore the CommfssioBerS-A Bottom
less Measure for Local Merchants.
/ William NJ. Garrett. Secretary of the Co
/ lumbia Typogra phicaI Union. has forward
/ ed to the Commissioners a set of resolu-
! lions passed by the union relative to the
/ District Government making contracts
/ for printing outside of the District. The
! resolutions set forth that such practice
tends TO take away employment from the
/ District printers, and It is stated that il
/ is better for all concerned that the print
/ ing should he done here. The resolutions
/ also commend the report made upon the
/ subject some time ago to the Commission
/ ers by j T. Petty, the District Auditor
! W c Haskell. sealer of Weights and
/ eAIasures, has addressed the Commission
! ers relative to certain measures which F
/ c. Riley wishes to introduce in the Dis
trict- These measures are described as be-
! ing bottomiess and funHel-shaped, and so
] made as to be inserted in a paper sack
/ as d convenience and aid in filing such
/ sacks. 1t is also expected that they viii
/
Mr. Haskell, in connection with the mat
/ ter, calls the attention of the Commits
/ sioners to the act of May 80, 1895, which
! defines the standard shape and size of dry
measures made of wood TO be used in the
/ District Of Columbia, but he says nothing
/ Is said in the act as to the use of tin or
| metal measures. Before offering these
! new measures for sale it is desirable that
| the Office OF the Inspector be informed
/ whether they are lawful measures under
/ the act Of Congress. and Mr.. Haskell asks
/ that such information be sent to him. The
! matter has been referred to the Attorney
for the District for his opinion
! c. A Holmes, engineer of the Baltic
! Building recently applied to the Com
/ missioners for permission to leave open
/ the coal chute door in front of the above
! premises. He stated that in opening the
/ door of the chute the sidewalk space is
/ not Iessened to any appreciate degree.
( and that the advantages in the way of
/ ventilation Of the basement and boiler
! room would outweigh any consideration
/ as to the occupying of the sidewalk space.
( At the instance of Commissioner Beach,
! the Board has replied that it Is consid-
/ cred iuadyisable to grant permits for
I openings in the public sidewalks to re-
/ as a grated door or some other contTiv-
! ance VIII be insisted upon in all cases.
! The Commissioners have approved the
! report Of Thomas J. Fisher, the Inspector
! OF Electric Lighting, with reference to
/ the application of J. T Howard. of EIvir
! Avenue. HiIIsdaIe, who requested that
more lamps be erected in that Vicinity
+ Mr.. Fisher recommended that, owing TO
1 the small balance remaining in the street
/ lighting appropriation, the request be not
/ granted The application viii receive at
! tentiOn under next years extensions.
/ Favorable action has been taken by
I the Commissioners on the application of
/ the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
/ Company to erect a line and guy pole
! on the corner of Mt Olivet and BIadens-
/ burg Roads. also thirteen poles on Mt
( Olivet Road, between the Bladensburg
/ Road and Twelfth Street northeast
/ Authority has been granted by the
/ Commissioners to the Chesapeake and Po-
/ tOmac Telephone Company to string wires
! from their cable pole, at the corner Of
I Nineteenth Street and Florida Avenue,
/ along Nineteenth Street, Woodley Lane
( and TenIeytoWn Roads TO the District
/ line for the purpose Of connecting prem
/ ises in Chevy Chase
I The Commissioners have named com
mission to consist of ". 4. Mcfarland.
Superintendent Of the Water Department;
D E McConb, Superintendent Of Sew
ers: Charles Z Ball. Inspector of Plumb
Ing. and c. T. Ecklon. Chief Inspector.
Water Depart ment. to examine the vari-
Gus street washers and hose attachments
now on the market and to recommend
such as thy may deem pest for use IL
the District.
ORDERS were issued today by the Com
missioners IS follows: That q sewer be
| laid on the east side Of New Jersey. Ave
nue. between Z and Ivy Streets south
| east, at an estimated cost of $3S5, charge
able to the current appropriation for re-
placing INSTRUCTED sewers.
That the work OF rolling and spreading
ma cadam stone on the Benning and Ana
costa Roads be done by day labor at an
estimated cost Of $500. chargeable to the
special appropriations for said roads.
b. order Of the Commissioners the Ii
cense Of Elliot F. Barr as meter plumber
was extended for a period of five years