The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-16

| stored therein II is absolutely necessary
| that his requisition be honored at once.
THE allotment to the Naval Battalion
out of the appropriation for rent, fuel.
| light, care, and repair of ships having
been exhausted, ! am unable a the pres
ent time to devise the ways and means
necessary TO overcome the difficulty
The Capital Traction Company. through
its president. recently asked permission
OF the Commissioners to paint strip
white, twelve inches wide, between the.
, slot rail and the track, at such points
as have been designated as being the
common runs of the Fire Department.
| BY a recent order of the Commissioners
| it is made obligatory ON the part of the
| company to stop its cars at these points,
and the request is made a matter of
| convenience to the motormen, so that
they will not be compelled to carry all
these points in their heads.
The Engineer Commissioner. In cOnsid-
ering the matter recommended to his col
| leagues that the request be granted, eX-
| cept that the strip to be painted should
| be made red instead of white, as, in his
opinion. the red colcr would be less
| likely TO brighten fractions horses than
! the white
W. H. Stoutenburgh, Intendent of the
! Washington Asylum, has addressed let
| ter to the Commissioners requesting that
| the Attorney for the District be asked
\ to render an opinion relative TO the com
| putation of time Of prisoners sentenced
| to serve terms i'm the Workhouse. He says
| that, in view of the question of difference
! in computation of time of prisoners so
/ Sc 1tenced, he would like to have the mat
| ter of the fractions of a day settled. He
asks that he be informed whether, in de-
| u rInining a prisoners term of SerVltude,
| he should be credited with the day OF
| arrival and the day of release as full days
1 of service.
| II. /. Rust. of Cos Fourteenth Street
northwest, has requested permission to
pay water main assessment on lot ~,
| block 10, lie Droit Park, without interest
and penalty.
H. IL Darneille, the Assessor, in report
| ing upon the matter. states that his rec
| ords show that sub-lot %, etc, is as
sessed in the name of Joseph c. Johnson,
| trustee now in the name of Frank Bd-
J com, assessed December !. 1873, for wa
| ter main laid on Hardwood Avenue be
tween Elm and Oak Streets. AS this
! case comes under the Burgdorff decision,
the Assessor recommends that the water
| main assessment be received on tender
| of the principal against the lot, etc,
| described.
! Annie Cavanaugh. of 1l59 Fourth Street
| northeast, recently made "A request of the
! commissioners mat she be permitted 10
| pay the third and fourth installments Of
water main tax against lot lS, square SO,
| without interest and penalty.
I In this case the Assessor has reported
! that the records show that the first and
second installmeuts of the tax in question
I have been paid. AS this case also comes
/ under the decision in the Burgdorff ease.
/ the Assessor makes a recUmme ndatiOn
/ similar to the foregoing.
Henry NJ. Hoyt, President of the Re
| form School for Girls, has asked the Com
missioners to approve the appointment of
William II. BoWles as laborer at the
school, vice Frederick Collins, resigned,
the appointment to 50 into effect March
L. 1901.