The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-16

MATTHIAS III INTBRbGT /
Tn DISTRICT AFFAIRS
The District Commissioners have di- /
rected that hereafter the Health officer /
Of the District Of Columbia shall be al
loved to- participate in the selection OF
designs for dog tags.
Mr.. D. D Thompson. Of 1888 f Street /
northwest. has been informed that his /
request for permission to use hydrant /
cock closets in houses 422 and 452 Six /
/ teenth Street southeast is denied for the
+ reason that to grant the request would 1
be- IN violation of the specifications filed
fo- the plumbing il these houses and
also contrary to the plumbing regula-
tious.
The permit issued to DR.. Wilbur E /
Evans to locate a showcase at the Penn |
sylvania Avenue entrance to 1901 Penn |
svlvauia Avenue has been revoked and |
in its place a permit has been issued to F.!
place the showcase on the Twelfth 4
Street front
Acting upon the complaint Of D. P.
Brown and the subsequent inspection !
of the Inspector Of Plumbing, the Dis
trict Commissioners have informed Mr. /
Washington NaiIor that certain changes !
must be made in the drainage OF the
rear yard to house 81 FoTd's Court
northwest.
Assessor H. H. DarneiIle has recon- |
mended that the necessary steps be /
/ taken for the appointment OF Frederick
/ Alvey as notary public in the District
/ Of Columbia. as the appointment IS ur-
I gently required for the convenience OF
the Office Of the Assessor Of the District
/ The application of the Chesapeake
/ and Potomac Telephone Company for a
permit to attach cable and terminal
| boxes to the rear OF building in alley Of
! square 22j. and to place overhead cable
/ and boxes over the sidewalk, on the
! south size of c Street, between Sixth
/ and Seventh Streets northwest, has been
! acted upon favorably by the District
/ Commissioners. The work was found
/ necessary 10 give underground telephone
/ connection to adjoining buildings
The District Commissioners have fur
nished Capt. J. A Henriques, Of Provi
dence. r. /. in response to a request
from him. with the recent provision Ct
the act OF Congress making appropTi-
atious for the government of the Dis
ltrict Of Columbia for the fiscal year
ending June 80. 1908, and amending the
former law regarding assessments IN
street extension cases
The award of contracts for furnishing
general supplies to the District OF
Columbia for the fiscal year 1903, has
been ordered by the Commissioners Of
the District Proposals for furnishing
the various items required were opened
at the District Building June 20. 1902.
H. ". Bond Company, in the list OF
school books. viii furnish items l. ,, 3,
4. 5, Z. g. 70. T. Il. IS, Is. Il, Is. -.
20. %, %, a. %, &c, p, %, %, 30, 81, y,
81, IS. SO, 81, IS, SO, 40, II, ~, 43. A,
IS. and SIS: J ". DuIaney. items 8, II,
d. IS. A. IS. 40. 50, 81 81, SO, and 81;
and c. c. PurselI, items 8. %. and 80.
In class 19, consisting Of saddleTy,
LUZ & Company viii furnish item Is;
7. J. O'Connor item 9; J. T. Hunter &
Company items ,, {, :, Z, %, q, 30, 80,
81 % and So: Edward Jenkins & sons,
items 8, B. 8, S. Il, 13, Il, Is. 16, II. 20,
III, %, %, 2S, %, q, 30. 81 and 80; and
F. ". Bolgiano & Company, items !,
10 70. ., and q.
/ Copies Of the official orders have been
furnished to the Engineer Department
for their information and the successful
contractors have been notified TO comply
with the terms OF their proposals.
The following recommendation of In
spector a L. Thomas. to whom was
recently referred complaint from Mr..
Edward E. Wilson, Of 1888 Tenth Street
northwest, concerning a shrubbery fepse
along the sidewalk at the corner Of
I Tenth Street and Rhode Island Ayen1e.
has been approved by the District Com
!missioners- The reports states that
the regulation width Of the sidewalk
on Tenth Street at this point is twelve
feet, and that the fences in front OF
tina houses south OF this one complained
OF in this communication set back cor
Irespondingly, whereas there is only eight
feet from the curb TO the fence and
hedge OF this property. I recommend
that the owner, Mr.. Wilson c. Thomp-
son, care of Messrs- Stone & Fairfax, sos
r Street northwest. be notified 20 re
move his fence and hedge to the park
ing line which is as stated above twelve
rect DdIh OF CuID. As the owner IS 2
nonresident I recommend that he be
allowed fifteen days within which 70
comply with the notice
John Fitzmorris. OF The, Commercial
Hotel. has asked for an extension of
time for supplying his store with
water meter until August u, to enable
him to obtain q suitable fshtTap-
Commissioner Mcfarland has ap-
proved the recent opinion furnished the
board By Mr. a B. DuvaH. the Corpora
ton Counsel, in which he holds that
the water main assessments against the
property % Mrs. z H Stevens, at the
corner Of California and Connecticut
Avenues northwest. had been properly
levied. This. property, Mr.. Duvail's
opinion states. had never been assessed
for water main prior thereto, and the
laying Of the three inch pipe under the
permit of March 20. 1888, did not ex-
enpt the property from assessment for
the water main laid On California and
Connecticut Avenues
The opinion of Mr. DuvaII, in which