The times., 1901-06-02
AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT
The Prices of Agricultural Land
in Proposals to Sell.
The Offers of Several Tracts HS Site
for the New AImshouse-PEysicinn
in Faoyr of n Splitting Ordinance
Opinions on Tax Lien Certificates.

Opinions on Tax Lien Certificates.
Proposals were received yesterday at
the District Building for sites for the new
almshouse and burial ground for the in
dlgent dead Twenty-Five sites, in vari-
Gus sections of the District, were offered.
The tracts vary from fourteen to 1e9 acres
in extent.
Proposals for vftrifed paving block,
granite curbing. Portland cement sewer
bricks. sand, and gravel were also re-
celved and opened.
Proposals for paving streets and alleys
with sheet asphalt were received also.
The bidding in this instance brought in
competitor from outside the District,
the Warren-Q -Quinlan Asphalt Company,
who bid against the Brennan Construc-
tion Company and the Crawford Paving
Company. The two last named companies
have been in past years thu contractors
fer this work
The various offers submitted as sites for
the proposed almshouse and potter's field
are interesting as bearing upon the value
of AGRICULTURAL land in various parts of
the district Some of the proposals 10
sell were as follows: A S. Caywood,
fifty acres, known as Glendale, at $500 an
acre; Louis p Shoemaker. Twenty-Five
acres on the Rock Creek Road, at $1,000
an acre. thirty acres known as the Hurdle
tract, 0.oOO; r. L. +. Clarke, 37.5 acres
in Islington, on the Anacostia Road, $s4,-
500; S T. Thomas. 1l-56 acres on the
Hinkey Road s15.D80; ILL aces adja-
cent, $4,000; d. D. Thompson, f2.22 acres
known as the Atley farm, s1Se pr acre;
F. A IiuitmuHer, $50 acres in Brightwood
Avenue. contiguous to the Municipal Hos
pftal site 80, 800; Rosenberg & Co, Is
acres on the Bladensburg Road, S3OO9J;
George w. Knox, 50 acres in Good Hope
SsS $50: Joseph l. Weller, 100 acres in the
Livingston Road, sl3.5oo; 90 acres in the
Glesboro Road, $12, ,000; 10 acres in the
Giesboro Road, $500 per acre; 72-5 acres In
the Ridge Road, $500 per acre; I1.S2 acres
in the Anacostia Road, $500 per acre;
2672 acres on the Benning Road, $50 an
acre. and $3.50 acres ON the Benning Road,
81 S25; w. Lee White, 70 acres on M1TIfe-
sofa Avenue. SIS, ,009; Lewis ID. Wein q Co,
q acres In Good Hope, S2lr5e; ChaI1Iy
Ann Hpyle 81 acres iE Congress Heights,
So Oo0: r w Bell. 1889 acres on Gles-
baro Road. $16-590; William j. Miller, 800
acres on the Brown Road. $3.50 an acre; acre
William fudge, 80 acres on the Good
Hope Road, at s405 an acre.
DR.. Thomas c. Smith. Corresponding
Secretary of the Medical Society Of the
District of Columbia, has Forwarded to
ton passed by the association relative to
the regulation prohibiting splitting on the
sidewalks of the city The resolution is
favorable to the PRONUNCIATION of the or
der. and sets forth the belief of the as
sociation that the difficulty of its enforce
ment by the police constitutes no valid
reason for holding back the law. The
resolutions are:
Whereas the Commissioners Of The
District of Columbia are considering the
advisability of promulgating regulation
forbidding splitting upon the paved side
walks; and
sWhereas the possible difficulty in the
enforcement of such regulation by the
Police Department has been set forth as
the chief. if not the only objection TO it,
Resolved, That in the judgment OF the
Medical Society Of the District of Column
bia splitting upon paved sidewalks creates
a nuisance dangerous to health, and
should be forbidden by law; and
THAT the possibility of difficulty being
encountered by the Police Department in
enforcing regulation forbidding splitting
upon paved sidewalks constitutes no valid
reason why such 2 regulation should not
be promulgated.
The Commissioners yesterday consid-
ing the interest and penalties on taxes.
One Of these was the request of Mrs. S.
A. Taylor, of i0l5 Third Street northwest,
for the remission OF interest and penal
ties on tax for the year 1890
II. h Darneille, the Assessor, in report
ing upon the application admits that the
payment OF this tax may be a hardship
to the owner of the property in the cir
cunstances in which she describes her
self to be. but he informs the Commis-
sioners that there Is no legal way TO give
the requested relief, as all the require
rnents of law have been observed in the
case.
The second application was that Of
Jacob Beck, who seeks relief from paying
tax for 1854 against lots 4, 5, and s. Fife
and Fife subdivision of Benning adyer-
tised for sale in the name OF W u. Webb.
The Assessor also after stating the facts
in the case forwards TO the Commissioners
an adverse recommendation upon the ap-
plIcation.
1t is understood that the action Of the
Commissioners viii be guided by the rec
concentrations Of the Assessor.
The District Commissioners yesterday
received a communication from the Attor-
ney for the District, a. y. Duvau ex-
pressing a favorable opinion upon the
suggestion of the District Assessor, II.
II. Darneille, concerning the disconfinu-
ance Of noting tax lien certificates for
1s7l-72 on tax statements. Mr. DuvaII
says:
Il have duly considered the communi-
cation Of the Assessor. District OF CO.
lulnbia, recommending the diEcontinuance
OF nOung upon certified statements OF
taxes all tax lien certificates issued in
the years zS7i-72 which you referred to
ne Tor an opinion.
The suggestion is that these tax lien
certucateS are barred by the statute of
limitations and are uncOlIcctible and
that noting the same upon certified state
ments of taxes only tends To cloud the
title Of the property owner. etc
i agree with the Assessor. and am Of
the opinion that the noting Of the above
mentioned tax lien certificates upon certi-
fed statements OF taxes should be dis
continued.
Lewis Lee Watson, of Coz I Street
southeast, has written to the Commis-
sioners requesting that the alley in the
rear Of lot %, square Sc be opened
This Is the alley concerning which there
was SO much discussion a few months ago.
when the matter was referred to the At
torney for the District, who gave an
opinion that the alley in question was
private and not public Accordingly. c. p. |
HUNT, the Computing Engineer. has rec
on 1tl'Iheadsd % tnat the decison then reached |
be not changed, as the Commissioner do !
not regard II as a Pabiic alley
The Abendroth & Root Manufa ctrr,-,s |
Company, OF New York. have addressed |
the Commissioners. complaining aho.,t
the phraseology CT the specifications for |
furnishing and erecting sewage |
pumping station for the District They |
request that the same be changed so as