The times., 1901-05-16
AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT
The Attorneys Opinion on the
Fourteenth Street Market.


to Hospital and Asylum Fires.
Andrew b. Duval the Attorney for the
District. has submitted TO the Commis-
sioners a favorable report upon the appii-
cation of the Columbia Market Company
to establish a market building on Four
teenth Street The Attorney calls atten-
ton to the proposition referred to him,
which was whether the proposed erection
of a building for store purposes. with a
frontage of l40 feet on Y Street and 10
feet on Fourteenth Street, for which a
permit has been issued by the Inspector
Of Buildings, would change the opinion
rendered upon former application last
December Mr.. DuvaH also calls atten-
ton TO the attendant proposition whether
in the case of the present application all
the requirements OF the law have been
complied with.
y had the honor on December - last to
advise that the then application for a
r,errrit to locate a market building on the
east side of Fourteenth Street. between
Y and " Streets. upon lots TO Z IN
elusive. in square 255, was not in COM
pliance with section 10 of theN Building
Regulations because the proposed bulid-
ing would. to all intents and purposes
front on Y Street, as wei as on -Four
teenth Street.
..The present application Of Robert
Head and Francis r. Percival for the
Columbia Market Company. is Tor Per
NIT to erect a market building on lots lob'
16l. / to 10 and 55 to 81, square 30 front
ing on Fourteenth Street
"A hermit has been issued to construct
a store on the corner lot fronting 40 feet
on Y Street by l6 feet on Fourteenth
lof
built upon I do not see how there could
he anv question as TO the proposed mar
ke+ building fronting only on Fourteenth
Street: b,t it is claimed that the permit
10 erect this store is a mere subterfuge
intended to evade the Building Regula-
t;on and that no store viii be erected
there.
There is no presumption that the per
nit was obtained as a mere pretehce,
The presumption is that it was obtained
in good faith. and with the intention OF
locating the store IL accordance there
with.
Furthermore. 1 erclose herewith
communication from Robert Head IN
which he states that said store VIII be
erected simultaneously with the market
building. and viii be separated from said
building by a dead wall, and l hereby
store that the permit to build the mar
ket building may be revoked The south
wall of the said market building will be
lower than the south wall OF the said
store.
y am Of the opinion that the erection
Of the store at the corner as proposed
relieves the difficulty Of the situation as
presented in my opinion of December
last.
i am further Of the opinion that mas
much as the proposed market building
located on square 2S5 fronts Fourteenth
Street only. that the written consent OF
the owners of more than one-haf the
property situated in that square, and OF
the owners of more than one-haf the
uroper4y situated in square 203, is a full
compliance with section 10 Of the build
ing regulations. said square 2OS being the
only confronting square.
THE Assistant Assessor having certi-
fed that the necessary consent of the
owners in square 213 and in square z35 has
been obtained ! am Of the opinion that
ali the requirements of law relating TO
the permit have been fully complied
with.
Mamie Hail, Of 81 Fenton Place north
west. has submitted a statement TO the
of her dog. and has asked that it be re
leased without the payment Of the pound
Zee. in her statement to the Commission
ers the lady says:
BY the enclosed tax tag receipt il viii
be observed that ! procured my tag on
August il. 1900. and on or about April 8,
1901 said tag was stolen. when ] pro-
cured a duplicate, as viii be noticed by
the endorsement thereon.
This morning the dog got out early
and was captured by the Poundmaster
about 6:55 O'Clock. The dog had on his tag
when he left the house. Had the dog come
into the house without his tag / would
Immediately have gone to the District
building and procured another duplicate
tag as ] had before.
For the above reasons I think that
I am Justly entitled to have my dog re-
turned to me without the payment Of the
fee OF s., as have endeavored to comply
with the law. as shown by my procuring
a duplicate Gag when il was stolen be-
fore
The Poundmaster, in his report upon
the matter, stated to the Health OHcel
that the dog in question was captured or
K Street northwest. white running al
large without tag or collar. H. c. Nc
Guirr. Acting Health officer. IN forward
ing the facts 20 the Commissioners, said
This dog Was founc running at large
without a tag, and was legally impound-
ed, and the fact that a duplicate tag. OF
tags. had been purchase before, this sea
son, by the owner is not. Ia my judgment
sufficient cause for the release Of the dos
without the payment Of the pound fee
as requested. In view Of the recOmmen
dation recently made by this department
IN another case, in which II was held thai
q dog permitted to run at large. which
IS thus liable to have tags stolen from II
IS a detriment TO the public in that sucf
tags serve TO protect unlicensed dogs anc
thus deprive the District OF its proper
revenue, and it was held that the repeat
ed loss Of tags should not be consider
Cd as an excuse for the non-payment o.
pound fee, which met with the appro
val Of the honorable Commissioner.
L have the honor therefore, to recon
mend that the request OF the writer o
denied.
ers viii order the applicant 10 be INFORM
ed In accordance with the above report
The installation of Truck Company
has enabled r. ". Dutton, the Chief En-
eineer Of the Fire Department. 10 inau
gurate a practice IN the departmen
which it is thought Will result in bette
protection 70 the several hospitals an
charitable institutions in the city In III
event of fire. He has directed that tw
truck companies shall respond to tn
alarms sent in from Frcedmans. Chi
dren's. and Garfield Hospitals and tn
washington Orphan Asylum. These inst
tutions have each a hre-alarm box /
their respective buildings and in respond
ing to the alarm the fremen VIII kno'
that the fire is in the building from whic
it comes.
Heretofore but one truck has rcsponde
"a these alarms The advantage of hay