The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-21
AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT
4 Report a. to the Driving OF Hogs
Along Residential Streets.


ThH President of the seattle Build
ing Trades Council Denies That |
MechanicS Are in Demand in That /
City-Reguest for II Fire Alarm Box |
\ few days ago The Times published |
the complaint of r. G. Fiuuey relative to /
the driving IF hogs along Florida Avenue /
late at night. The complaint was rtIereu /
to the Police Department. and Sergeant !
". NJ. Mathews, of the Eighth precinct |
has made an Investigation and report !
He found that the street was torn up -
related by Mr. FTnney. He says, however
that the hogs were not halted 10 gather
in a stray pig. but the drivers sought tenn
porary shelter during the driving storm
which was raging on the night referred
to.
Sergeant Mathews states that the noises
of the hogs and the drivers complained
of occur to q greater or lesser extent
whenever q drove passes along tlofloa
Avenue which is on the average OF -FOUR
nights a week. Therefore. the Sergeant
( suggests that the only way to abaLe the
( nuisance in the square IL which Mr. I'm
/ uey resides is to have the Eoss leaNe
! Florida Avenue at Lincoln Avenue and 90
&
( First Street northwest. thence north on
First Street to Y, thence on west 20
/ Tavior Place. thence north on Taylor
Place TO PomerOy Street, thence west on
Pomeroy to Brightwood Avenue, and
! along this avenue to the slaughter
! houses. which are owned by Andrew
! LoefIier and Charles Batch
/ Sergeant Mathews states that the route
suggested is along streets where there
/ are not many residents and he THINKS
there would be fewer complaints II this
route were followed
In forwarding this report TO the Com
missioners Major Sylvester states that
the question is one which IL his opin-
ion. will be a source of ANNOYANCE Tor
some time to come. that is. so Ions as
hogs are driven on residential streets.
II C. Baker. President of the Seattle
/ Building Trades Council, has forwarded
! a letter 10 the Commissioners contra
dieting a rumor in the East that many
worizmen are needed at good wages IN
/ that city Mr.. Baker states that It has
come TO the knowledge of the body OF
which he IS President that in various cit
: les of the United States there Is being
paraded upon the streets a banner bear
ing the information that all the way from
! gGeJ to 1880 mechanics and labor;ng
men are wanted in Seattle, and that "a re
is more than enough work for all AR
Raker asks TO b. allowed in the most pub
. / lie manner 10 contradict such statements
. in the most unequiyocai terms
i. Mr.. Baker states that II IS true that
. the building industry IS quite active IN
: / Seattle OF the present time but there
are he SAYS. more iabOrcr5 and mcchan-
les in the city than can ind work lie
says more men are arriving every day rs
: the result Of the~1aise advertising IN the
East.
. Mr.. Baker asks the Commissioners TO
. bring the matter before the people Of
/ Washington. and 10 inform them that IN
less they have means to go 10 Seattle we'll
: | equipped with funds that 1t Will be better
| not 70 90.
George H Stafford has written 10 the
) | Commissioners requesting that Il fire
!. alarm box be erected at or near the cor
: rer of Sixth Street and Howard Avenue
! northwest. sir. Stafford states that the
: nearest box is 50, which is quite a dis
: lance away He calls attention To the fact
: that the university buildings shelter sev-
. ! eral hundred students, and that for the
. | adequate protection of life ana property
|. | there should be q patrol box nearby
: In reporting upon the matter Waiter {.
!. Allen. the Electrical Engineer, states thai
: | it will not De possible to erect the box as
: | requested during the next fiscal year He
: | states that the locations of the Httl
: ! boxes provided for in the last ApprOprla-
I. | ton bill have been chosen Mr. Allen
: | SAYS II the Commissioners obtain an APP
: | preparation for another nifty boxes at the
: | next session OF Congress, this request car
: ! be granted The Commissioners have ap'
: | proved this recommendation and Nj SAT
! ford Will be 50 informed
y = Wirkman. of Milwaukee, Wis,
] | has written to the Police Department OF
/. this city q letter to the effect that he was
: | ovcrcharEcd By a hack driver on the
! | night Of the Inaugural Ball He gives
!, | the name OF the cabman as William p
! | Duhey, Of Z Second Street northeast. and
], ! says he was required 70 pay SO for a
. ! cab 10 take himself and wife TO the Pen
. | SIGN Building A x. Lamb. the Inspector
!. | of Hacks. states that he is unable L
|. | bring the hackman to trial in the Police
. | Court. because the complainant cannot
: appear
. Mrs. RosiIie A Dawson of "a Eleventh
: | Street northeast has submitted state
! ! ment to the Commissioners relative 4
!. | the capture OF her dog and has asked
: the return of the s. paid for the re
!: lease of the animal at the Pound She
: | informs the Commissioners that the tag
:. ! was lost a few days previous 20 Jhs
1 | capture of the dog Samuel EluSttin
I | the Pnundmaster. states that the DOG
/. | was taken no while running at large
!. ! wit hoIT q tag. near the corner of ELeE.
! | enth and c Streets northeast
Or William Z. Woodward. the heaiLl
) officer. in reporting upon the request
!. | states that he IS unable 20 discover 3us
!. | facts couEected with the ImDOupdiu@ OF
!. this dog sufficient. IN Lis Judgment
!. | 70 Justify the return of the pound fee
: | Therefore. he TeCgnrng ua5 that tE= r-
I | quest be denied. This Iaepmmeud-tIgi
: | the Commissioners have approved.
Major Sylyester has forwarded to th5