The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-17
Everyday Stories of the Workings
and Workers of the Departments

IN 1851 he was detailed as Harbormaster.
the Office at that time being directly a
part Of the Police Department. In 1857
the Office OF Harb0rmaster was made in
I dependent. and Mr. Sutton resigned his
position on the police force 20 accept &C.:
but, inasmuch as police powers we're at
once granted 10 the Harbormas ter. ha
may be considered as having served on
. the police force since 1873 Mr. sutton IS
provided with a number or assistants de-
tailed from the various precincts. Tho
. service is web managed and has proved a
/ valuable auxiliary in the maintenance OF
good order
Mr.. William Tindau. secretary Of the
Board Of Commissioners, has held the Of
fee ever since the organization OF tbs
. present system. in 1873. He is a native
Of Delaware. and served in the civil war
for three years and two months. During
his whole service in the army he was
not once charged with committing an Of
fence against the regulations. At The
close Of the war he located in Nash
vile. Tenn. ana entered politics. He
met with reyerses of serious character.
however. and visited Texas and New Mex
leo He did not long remain In that part
OF the United States, but returned 90 tho
East. where he took up the study OF law
and medicine bEl adO0ted neither pro-
fcssiOn- After coming 10 Washington be
was. n 1871. appointed secretary to Gov.
H D. Cooke, and retained the Office IN
der Gov. Alexander R. Shepherd as Ions
as that form OF government existed. DIT.
TindaIl. as he IS well known. has made
his influence felt IN every important local
measure that has been adOpteS 70 enhance
the welfare OF the Capital anL make IL
the object OF national pride. as 10 now is
Besides his public duties. he has larger
private interests which would more than
occupy the time % a less active and in
dustriOus man Dr. TindaIl is now in his
hfty-eighth year and is encouraged 10 be-
heve that he has many years Of usefulness
before him. as his father lived 10 be
ninety and his grandfather attained the
age OF us ye%
Mr.. Richard A. Nelgner. Of the Govern
ment Printing Once, was appointed eight
cen years ago from Arkansas. He is a
native Of Missouri. having been born in
St Louis He began The printers trade
on German newspaper in a little Mis-
souri, town. Imoibiug the roaming dispO-
sItlOn OF the profession. he visited many
Of the larger cities OF The South and
West, among them Kansas CRY. Chicago.
. Denver, San Francisco. Portland. Little
Rock. and Memphis While in Little Rock
he became interested in the raising OF
.
iziug the State Poultry Association OF Ar
+ kansas and also established the Ar
kansas Poultryman-"
One Of the handy helpers in the Office
Of the District Discussing Officer is Mills
Dean who bears the modest title Of clerk
Mr.. Dean bushes himself making up the
monthly pay rolls. assisting at paying the
hundreds Of employees twice each month,
and in keeping the accounts Of the Office
SIR Dean possibly knows more people in
the municipal service than any other man,
owing % his frequent personal con-
tact with them He is. Of course. popular
On pay DAYS. and By his uniform courtesy
Is held in high esteem by those who make
calls upon his time.
Captain Strong. clerk in the Var
Department is the son Of General Strong.
who was killed with Colonel shaw in the
desperate assault on Fort Wagner 8 C..
In 1868 The captain himself was long
an officer in the regulars. until terribly
injured while rascuing a number Of per
sons from death on burning vessel IN
New York Harbor- for which be received
honorable mention bur was compelled 20
retire from active service He Is ez0e-
cially vel liked By General Miles. vino
knew his hOnOred father IN the old army.
Major Miles. a clerk in the Tlea-5-v
Department, cones Of strong mzli-Iy
family. A cousin Of General Miles Com
handing General or tie Army. his uncle
General Miles. was killed az Harper-s
Ferry in the moment or surrender TO
StOnewall Jackson, in 1852. while another
uncle. on the maternal side. was the gal
lant MIlligan who was killed IN the bat
tie Of Winchester. in 1864 Major Miles
r- L.
gallant soldier from Illinois and With
Logan from start TO finish
James N DaIzeU, clerk in the Treas
Ury, has had quite an unusual experience
there--having been a clerk there for two
years just after the war, and then. again.
after praCJiCing law in Ohio thirty years
became q clerk once more Since return
Ing in 1898 he was two years and q half
in the War Department six months ago
having been transferred TO the Treasury
He is probably personally known 70 more
G.. A R comrades than any other mn
IN the country and is now on the national
stan. and was recently elected 20 the de-
partmeuL encampmsnJ OF the District 10
be held here in February Mr.. DaIzeU Is
q finished scholar good speaker, and
writer well known 10 the newspaper
world While his friends complain about
the shabby treatment he has received
from the rOLlLlCllES- 4lT- DlLZeL himself
eudures IL patiently and often quotes All
good things come to him who waits-iOng
enough" and then laughs
The youngest man in the District Fire
Department to carry the responsibilities
o. Foreman is P D. Martin OF Engine
Company No. 9 located On L Street be
tween Sixteenth and Seventeenth Streets
northwest Mr. Martin vas assigned to
No @ after the company was somewhat
divided by internal trouble. and by his
firm discipline and general interest in
the work Of the organization has brought
10 up 10 a high state or efficiency. AR
Martin is a mar of strong personality
and G thorough master Of the art and
science Of FIRE fighting. Foreman Martin
is idOlized by his men and while they rec
Cguizs his leadership they are all proud
OF his respect and friendship.
il has been frequently said Of Nr.
George W F. Hummer. Of the Patent Of
fee that durinS the civil war he must
have led charmed life BeinE a native
Of Virginia and believing in the doctrine
OF state rights which az that time
had millions of aihCrenrs. he. som after
Virginia adopted the ordinance OF seces-
sion cast his Tot with the COu-ederacy
and Joined tie southern Army. He was
"a once ASST G@d 20 duty ar his colC1ei's
headquarters and when Colonel Huu-ou