The Washington times., 1901-09-01

with the Commissioners. IL was referred
to the Police Department. and report
was made BY Lieutenant Boyle to the eff
feet that several neighbors objected to
the erection Of The pavilion, and stating
his opinion that the place was unsuitable
for picnic ground.
w. L. Cliff. of 1854 Chaplin Street. has
communicated his views to the District
Commissioners. upon the proposed change
in the name of that street to Zane
Street. Now. you are the city fathers"
he says. ornpcssibly stepfathers. and we
your helpless children appeal that this
distressing name may not be put upon
our street We on Chaplin Street love
our homes. but the temptation to flee
from them would be strong indeed, If
this offence against good taste Is commit
ted.
IF our street must bear n name begin
ming with u and that q must be the ini-
tial of n famous American then the
friends of many a village Zeb and Zene
and Zack are quite ready to champion
| their own against your ancient 'front.'
| iersman Zane. Isn't Christian name as
good as surname for this especial pur-
pose? But why insist upon this nefari-
| Gus nomenclature? The system which
| produces such uneuphoneous results as
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| together or at least disregarded so far as
u Is concerned.
| THE nightmare 1t Is. It'll. The
| very shade of Zoroaster Zneers at the
| Zuggestion. Better that your Zeal for re-
| form fall to Zero rather than you perpe-
| trate this outrage. If you persist may
| no soft Zephyr fan your fevered brow IN
Zummer and may winters frost toucn
| all your hopes when at their Zenith May
| more stripes fall on your back than the
| Zebra has on his. and may you benent
| by no prayer to be found In the Zend or
| Vesta May the fates pursue you under
| every Zone of the Zodiac.
| ~ n, Zi!i By what Zymotic disease
| of the originator's brain was this concep-
| tion wrought out?
POUNDS, Messrs. Commissioners. If we
| must have Il give us transportation TO
! Nova Zembla, to Zanzibar, or to drown
| our sorrows in the Zuyder Zee. Yours,
| very Zeriously.
Stephen Vail. who invokes an acquaint-
ance with Mrs. Macfarland. and the I'M
preston of acquaintanceship with
| Commissioner Macfarland to identity him,
is the author of complimentary letter
| to the Commissioners. in which he con-
graduates them upon the selection of
| the name of VAIL" which he presumes
to be intended to honor his father, whom
he claims as the inventor of the Morse
alphabet. in the proposed remaining of
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Middletown, Conn, and suggests that
sufficient Difference to the deserts of his
parent Is not observed in the naming of
| only place after him, and urges that
| some thoroughfare to be known as
| street be selected instead.
| Il have just read" he says, an article
| describing the proposed remaining OF the
| streets of Washington. and in which Is
given a list of the names as submitted by
| the Engineer Department In the lists
4 N places.
fed to find that of Vail which l fiatter
| myself is that of my father. Alfred Vall
the partner of Morse in the invention OF
the electric Telegraph. and. in fact. the
one to whom the world owes the so-cailed
Morse system.
.If you will. permit me to suggest. as
| well as to plead for a change-it is that
of giving the name Vail to street IN
stead CT to a place Sir, no honor to his
name by his country can be too great for
his incalculabler services in giving to 1t
his invention. which has not as yet re-
ceived any public recognition
II would also respectfully suggest that
another name be: considered IN the nam
ing of these streets for that to be desig-
mated by one having but single syllable
| and commencing with ".
II would suggest that II you desire
| guidance for such action. and desire In
formation as to my fathers claim to dis
| tinction as one whose name should be
| perpetuated by his country, would refer
you to Prof. j. f. Watkins, or the Ma
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| sive and exhaustive study of the claims
| ! have always made for my father, as the
| real inventor of the telegraph.
| I'm the Century Magazine for April
1888. Prof Franklin L. Pope wrote at the
| conclusion of a long article in which my
| fathers claims were presented: The teie
graph of today. and for all times. is sole
| ly the work of Joseph Henry and Alfred
| Vail Henry devised the electric magnet
| and the soul of the invention. the dot an6
| dash alphabet was the work alone o.
Alfred Vail. and. too. the necessar!
| mechanism.
The Commissioners have approved tn
, recommendation of the Major and Super
intendent of Police. Richard sylvester
and the Trial Board that Private II. X
PAYNE be fined $40. 50 to be paid on or be
fore September and $ on or before Oc
| tober 5 for a Misrepresentation to tn
Sunerintendent; that his superior officer
give his conduct close observation; an
| that in view of his past record. II foun,
| s-iIiIty of violating the regulations, he WI
! he removed from the force Policeman
| PAYNE was tried before the Trial Boar
on August IA on charges OF ineinciehG
| and conduct unbecominG an ofhcer III
| was found guilty, except as to ineniciehcs
ENSIGN COLLINS RESIGNS.