The Washington times., 1901-10-29

private water main flom the Brookville
Road to Des Moines and Forty-frst
| Streets for the. service of lots 26 and q,
block l. Mt Airy and Friendship sub
division.
After an investigation OF the matter
Captain Beach. the Engineer Commission
er. has forwarded the application to the
Board with the recomme endation that the
writer be informed that the Commission
ers have for several years past been
forced to decline to permit the laying of
private water mains owing to the trouble
and Inconvenience and the complications
which they have caused the department
J. S Mewshaw, station master of the
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, recently
wrote to the Commissioners requesting
| the refund of the fee paid for the permit
| to construct a shed on the south side OF
Benning Road, west of Benning Station.
J. T. Petty. the Auditor. after consider
ing the application, has Informed the
Commissioners that such fee having been
received by the Collector and covered
! into the Treasury, car only be returned in
| case Of error or the revocation of the per-
nit by the District. AS neither of these
conditions is claimed to exist on the part
of the applicant Mr.. Petty is of the opin-
| ion that there is no legal authority for
granting the application
Gilbert H. Grosvenor. of 1881 Connecti-
cut Avenue, has written TO the Commits
sioners stating that he desires to erect
a building on lot 19, square l$7. with Il
projection over the right Of way for al
ley through lot 36, adjoining He requests
letter from the Commissioners convey
ing the information that the proposed
projection does not interfere with the col
lection of ashes and garbage from the
other lots.
The matter was made the subject OF an
investigation by the Street Cleaning De-
partment and 1t was reported that the
proposed building would not in any way
interfere with the collection Of garbage
and refuse from the adjoining premises.
At the instance of the Engineer Com
missioner, the Board has voted that Mr..
| Gr9svenor be informed in accordance with
the facts.
Miss NJ. A. Mannakee, of 1926 Nine
| teenth Street northwest, recently wrote
TO the Commissioners complaining that
| the front steps to her house were out Of
plumb, due. she thought, to the settle
| ment of the sewer trench recently iilled
| aong Nineteenth Street. The matter was
referred to the Sewer Department and
David L. MoComb the Superintendent of
Sewers, has reported hat tho foundations
of the steps were disturbed by the settle
tngIl OF lIlt bdCh l4ilsi- yA lIt LTtIit-ti- he
stated that the contractor was Adam Nc
Candlish, and that under the terms Of his
contract he is responsible for the cost Of
repairs to the steps. He recommended
that notice be served upon the contractor
to cause the steps TO be repaired at an
estimated cost Of SIS.
w. a. MCFARLAND, Superintendent Of the
Water Department, has transmitted to
the Commissioners the copy Of a letter
from George A Fuller Company relative
to the excavation for the foundations Of
the Trumbull Street pumping station.
The Letter contains a proposal from the
company to do the necessary excavation
at cost and 10 per cent. Mr.. Mcfarland
recommends that 1t be accepted
John B. Brady, the Inspector Of Build
ings, has forwarded to the Commissioners
a request that he be authorized to insure
the Loyejoy School Building. Twelfth and
d Streets northeast, for the sum Of $50 600.
The Commissioners have granted the ap
plication of Joseph A. Herbert Of 3G2 East
| Capitol Street. for permission to run about
( 40 feet Of lIk-inch pipe to a dentist chair
/ at 20S East Capitol Street. The action was
| taken on the recon mmendatiDn Of the In
! spector Of Plumbing.
The Superintendent Of Property has for
warded TO the Commissioners a schedule
of the proposals received for furnishing
! lumber for tree boxes and tree stakes for
use Of the Parking Commission, and rec
/ ommends that the bid of rheEuas ".
/ Smith Dc accepted.