Evening star., 1901-06-26
CHANGES OF QUARTERS.
July 4 VIII BE Moving Day at the
District Building.

number of changes in the location of
District government departments will be
| made July 1, the most important of which
| probably will be the transfer of the Office
| of the chief engineer and headquarters of
| the District fire department from the rear
| OF the basement Of the District building on
Louisiana avenue to the new Harper build
| ing on street. where police headquarters
| has been established for some time.
The rooms assigned the fire department
In the Harper building are in the lowest
| story, which is about one-half basement.
| The rooms look out on c street, and one
| of them was formerly occupied by Sani-
| tary Officer Frank, whose principal duties
| Will Monday next be turned over to the
| supervision of the board of charities Fire
| headquarters will consist of three rooms,
instead of one, as was the case in the Dis
| trict building. The quarters will be fitted
up In comfortable and convenient man
the District building Office being trans
ferred so as to complete every arrange
ment and provide facilities for the receipt
| of fire alarms sounded from alarm head
quarters, at engine house No. IA, and to
place the various companies of the depart
ment into direct communication with the
chief engineer. Mr.. Robert W. Dutton.
The old fire headquarters in the District
building was not desirable a location as
| might be wished for the conduct of the
ever-increasing and important work trans
acted there. All of the windows opened
Immediately on the large public alley in
the rear of the District building, and dur
ing the summer months, with the windows
necessarily up, the noise from the many
teams passing and tethered near the build
ing IS most distracting, it is declared. The
Harper building, where the new headQuar-
ters will be- is on the north side of c
street between Az and 9Th streets and di
rectly back of the District building. Two
of the three rooms assigned the chief en-
will hn ,cn1 hryG h oy,1 ~ fo~o
of clerks, together with the fire marshal
and assistant fire marshal. The third room
will be used as a storage place for the
minor, but expensive, appliances of the de-
partment which are kept in reserve subject
to the order of the chief engineer.
Under the new arrangement the head OF
the fire department will be thrown into
close communication with the major and
superintendent of police, both being in the
same building. The work of the police and
fire departments is so closely allied as to
make this feature desirable one Both
departments remain in near proximity to
the District Commissioners.
The large room in the District building
which Is to be vacated by the fire depart
ment July has been assigned by the Com
missioners to the board Of charities, which
was badly In need of larger quarters. The
board Will continue to maintain its execu-
tive and supervising Office the sixth
floor front Of the the District building.
where the secretary, Mr.. George S. Wilson
will remain, and where the sessions Of the
board will be held. The new quarters In
the basement will be used for the reception
of applicants for admission to the hospitals
or institutions for the poor and for the
Issuance of transportation to paupers
Thus the active work which will fall to the
province of the board after July 1 will be
conducted in the basement room while the
supervision of it's general affairs will be
from the present office. Most Of the appli-
cations for admission to the various instt-
tutions for the sick and poor and for the
transportation of paupers out of the city
formerly went through Sanitary Officer
Frank: Mr.. Frank who is a member of
the police department, will probably be as
signed to some other clerical duties in ad-
dition to the several which are still left in
his care $50