The Washington times., 1901-07-18
AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT.
A Hearing Relative to-Pr0pOsed
Sewer in Thirtieth Street.
A Protest From Property Holders
Report en- Trimming Trees he
meath Electric Wires-Cinders
From Power House Smokestnck.

a public hearing was given by the Com
missioners yesterday to persons interested
in the laying of the proposed sewer in
Thirtieth Street northwest, between o
Street and Dumbarton Avenue. On the
application of William Manogue, filed
some time ago. for sewer connection for
one vacant lot in the square on the east
| side of the street, steps were taken to
advertise the laying of a sewer in the
| bed of Thirtieth Street on the permit sys-
TEN, one-haIf of the cost to be assessed
, against the abutting property. number
of views were expressed on the matter,
and Commissioner MacfarlaEd stated for
the Board that the subject would be taken
under consideration. and the persons pres
ent informed of the decision of the Com
missioners at later time.
William A. Gordon, Henry 5. Matthews.
! DIR. Clayton Mayfield, and William Man
ogue, all property owners on the street,
! appeared before the Commissioners to
protest against the laying of the sewer
| as proposed Mr. Gordon stated the case
for the property holders follows:
He said that on all the lots upon the
street, except the one owned by Mr.. Man
ogue. houses were built several years ago,
and that all of them had sewer connec-
tons with an old sewer running diago-
l
| tions he said, were some of them fifteen
| years old. He said the houses were some
of them below the grade of Thirtieth
| Street. and that none of them probably
would connect with the new sewer If 1t
| was constructed He said that the propo-
sition would amount to taxing the prop
| erty owners on the street for the sewer
| simply to drain the one lot owned by Mr..
| Manogue
Mr. Manogue stated that when he made
his application it was his intention to
ask for a permit to lay lateral sewer
to the old sewer in the rear of the prop
erty with which the other houses in the
| square were connected. Mr.. Manogue
stated that he bought the lot in 1893. had
| paid taxes on it since that time, and now
had an opportunity to sell it to a party
| who desired to build thereon, provided
| sewer connections could be furnished.
Mr. Manogue said that he never had in
! tended and did not think ii would be
| right for him to have sewer laid through
! Thirtieth Street to be paid for by his
| neighbors when il would accommodate no
| one but him.
| advanced and agreed masking that the
| sewer be not laid, but that MI Manogue
| be given permission to ccfinect his prem
| ises with the sewer in tne rear or with
| that in o Street. uotl
The Potomac Electric Power Company
has requested permission to-, trim trees
that come in contact with the wires of
| their street lighting circuits through
| Benning. lexington. Tenleytown, Cleve-
land Park and Canal Road. The request
was referred to Trueman Lanham, the
Superintendent of Parking, who now re-
| ports as follows:
- ne trees along the route named have
| been examined, and as those in Tenleytown
and the immediate locality, at Benning.
and on the Canal Road stand on private
| property / would suggest that the Poto-
mac Electric Power Company make their
| own arrangements as TO the trimming
with the owners of the same.
ION Woodley Lane, west of Wisconsin
Avenue. there are seven lindens that
must be trimmed in the near future to
accommodate the wires over them, but
not this season. These poles are of wood
and are much higher than the poles used
elsewhere. Those ON Fuisorn and Newark
Streets are the only Trees in Cleveland
Park belonging tothe city, and over
which the wires pass, and they will need
no trimming this season The wires In
lexington, however, run through the
centre of a large number OF hne trees
American lindens, Norway naples, ORR
entail plane and poplar trees-whlch have
not obtained more than one-third of their
average size, and to trim them to ac-
comrnodate the wires in question would
ruin them for all time. The poles in use
are low and are iron. j recommend that
higher poles be used.
The above report has been approved by
Capt. Chester Harding, Acting Engineer
Commissioner. and forwarded TO his asso-
ciates for their consideration.
W. w Jones, of 1904 Lamar Place, re-
Gently forwarded to the Commissioners
petition for the cancellation of tax for
1892 against sublots Il anda42, Holmead
Manor. The application was referred to
! the Tax Department and the Assessor
| has now reported: fi s9n
THE tax in question Is on Slblots Al and
| A. which were part OF original lot 10.
The tax ledger for 1892 shows original lot
| To- block IS, .Holmead Manor, assessed to
| E. Kurtz Johnston and Ia. S. Lipscomb.
! and second half tax il amount of S2.97
1 Unpaid
Lot 10 was afterward subdivided into
| lots "a to ~ by J. j. Purman, and lots IL
and ~ transferred to Elizabeth NJ. Power,
| who again made a subdivision and trans
| ferred sublot 81 to Leo Simmons. BY
deed recorded November ?. 1897, Leo Sim
mons conveyed to William w. Jones lot
| 81 of Elizabeth NJ. Powers subdivision of
| lots in block As. Homead Manor:
Certificates numbered 27S7S and 27S79
were Issued June 49, 1896 to the District
| Title Insurance Company on sublots Il and
| A. block IS, HolmeaG Manor, and omitted
| the second half tax of 1892 on original
| lot 10. of which SublotS IL and Il were Il
| part. and of which sublot 81 is now a part
The petitioner swearS he purchased on
| faith of said certificates therefore il is
recomme nded that the collection and re-
covery of the second half tax of 1882 on
| sublot 5l, of sublots II and ~. of original
| lot TO- block 45, Homead Manor. be barred
as to any purchaser subsequent to the
issue of the certificates 2iS7S and 1853
dated June -, 1896, in accordance with the
act Of May 49, 1882. relating to tax sales
and taxes, and so noted on the record of
this office.
Grace B. Bell, of $40 Mclean Avenue
southwest. has called the attention of the
Commissioners to falling of cinders from
the chimney of the power house of the
Metropolitan Railway Company on Four
and-a-half Street. She describes the mat
ter as "a shower of cinders."
The matter was first referred to the
Engineer Department. and Inspector A
NJ Lawson made an investigation and
reported that the complaint was well
founded. He stated that his department
has no authority to force the abatement
of the nuisance.
The complaint was then referred to the
Health Department. and Inspector Belts
investigated the case and has reported