The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-11
FIRE ENGINE HOUSE
ESTIMATE INCREASED
MATTERS OF INTEREST
IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS

The tax sale on April IS, 1901. to c
H Wiltsie, for water main assessment
against sublot Sc in the square bounded
by \, o, Ninth, and Tenth Streets north
west, in the name OF 7 Z. WaggdElan.
has been ordered Cancelled ~ thu Com
missioners on the ground that The sic
was enormously made Thu purchase
together with interest thereon
viii be returned 10 NJ WiItsIe-
Thomas hardwood. private OF 5hc Mot
Topolitan police force. has been found
physically incapacitated for further
duty by the Board OF Surgeons. and has
been retired, by direction Of the Com
missiOneTs. on a monthly allowance Of
$50, payable from the police fund, the
retirement TO take effect October /
At the request Of the United States
Electric Lighting Company the Commits
siOneTs have authorized them to move a
manhole in the alley of the square
bounded by o, P, Fourteenth, and FIT
tenth Streets northwest.
An answer TO the request o. Mr.. Fred
Ewing, OF ArcOla, H.. the Commission
eTs have directed that copies CT the reg
ulations and laws relating TO street
lighting, water distribution. telephones
and street railways be forwarded him.
The order of the Commissioners Of
June 80, 1902, directing cement sidewalk
laid and curb reset on the north side OF
Pennsylvania Avenue northwest. be
tween Madison Place and point JOG. %
feet east, at an estimated cost of 1893,
mas been Cancelled and in lieu thereof
new curb is ordered set and cemen.
Sidewalk laid on the southern frontage
OF the public property in square 221, at
an estimated cost Of $50, cAargeabIe "a.
the current appropriation for sidewalks
and curbs.
The proposal Of the Art Metal Con
stTuetion Company, dated August Is.
1902, TO build the extension OF tae ME
case ii the Office Of the Surveyor CT the
District. Tor the sun OF $500, has been
accepted.
A sewer viii be constructed along the
east side of Delaware Avenue southwest.
between and c Streets, win outlet
sewer along the north side Of - Street
southwest, crossing Della ware Avenue at
an estimated cost OF SI-2TI. charged Die
TO the current appropriation for main
and pipe sewers
The proposal of the Coffin Valve Com
pany, OF Boston, Mass, received Sep
| TENDER s, 1902, Tor furnishing gate and
check valves. is hereby accepted.
4 gravel roadway viii be laid on
Brentwood Road from Emporia Streer
for a distance of about 400 feet north
at an estimated cost Of 5000. chargeabIe
TO the current appropriat on for repairs
to roads
The roadway OF Twenty-seeond Street
northwest, between and Decat-Ir
Streets, viii be improved with tran rock
and limestone screenings, at an esti-
mated cost Of 1915, chargeabie to the
current appropriation for repairs 10
roads
The proposals received September
1902, for furnishing cast-iron water pipe
and specials, have been accepted as fol
lows The proposal OF the United Sta.es
Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company.
Tor furnishing straight pipe for the price
ser gross TOD 22d the proposal
Of the Camden Iron -.:zs, for furnish
ing specials for the yricc OF SIS per
gross ton.
The District Commissioners have
granted the Potomac Electric Power
Company permission to extend its con-
Quit along the alley of the square
bounded by L, n Eighteenth. and Nine
teenth Streets northwest TO connect
with premises 1911 L Street and iii
Nineteenth Street The Commissioners
were informed that the underground
work would not interfere with existing
construction Of the sewer and water
departments