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The Washington times., 1902-07-19
PURCHASE OF LUMBER
FOR USE OF DISTRICT
Reply of Protest of Local
Dealers.
Superintendent of Property Makes Ger
tain Recommendations in Reply
to Committee.

The recommendation of Mr.. R. D.
Simms, superintendent of property of
the District, relative to the protest of
the lumber dealers. represented by the
committee consisting of Messrs. T. W.
Smith. W. T. Galliher. and Thomas r.
Riley. against the specifications for lum-
Der as issued by the Commissioners un-
der date of April 8. 1902, has been ap-
proved by the Commissioners. The lum-
Der dealers objected to the District spe-
ciications as being too severe and ask
ed that the specifications used by the
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy
Department, be substituted IN their
stead.
In the course of his report. which
recommends some concessions to the
dealers, Mr.. Simms states:
THE attention of the Commissioners
is directed TO the fact that the lumber
specifications to which exception has
been taken by the local dealers we're
simply Celebrations upon specifications
used in previous years ~ the District
and differing from the former in that
sizes and quality OF certain special
white pine and yellow pine were more
exactly stated than previously.
Have Been Purchased Before.
THE said kinds of lumber had been
purchased in former years by the Dis
trict from local dealers, but in view OF
the frequent contentious raised by two
who had contracts with the District
Asf .
that by adopting a more exact and def
mite description OF the said kinds of
lumber required. that the bidder would
be able to bid more intell!gently, per-
haps, than under former schedules.
which were more general in their TERMS
and that future contentious as to uai-
ity of the material, such as had been
of frequent occurrence during the past
fiscal year, would thereby be avoided.
Wanted Best at Price.
This office also went upon the as
sumption that the very best Of any ma
terIal in known manufactured siza
should be purchasable provided the
price asked by the seller be paid. and
1t is not entirely clear to this Office
why such purchases are not practfca-
bic, although the local dealers claim
that the rules governing purchases by
them from the wholesalers will not ad-
NIT Of the buying Of the exact and spe-
cial sizes and in quantities called for in
the specifications OF April 0.
Question of Delivery.
Admitting that there may be dif-
culties pertaining to the delivery of the
higher grades OF lumber referred to in
small quantities from time TO time dur
ing the year, as has been done in the
past it Is believed that perhaps pur-
chases OF such lumber in large quanti-
ties delivered at a central point Of de-
livery instead Of at various scattered
locations. can be made more feasibly.
and at some saving in cost to the Dis
trict. Schedule p Is so prepared as to
provide for quotation OF price by
bidders on the delivery OF this mate
rial in bulk In manner stated"
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Another Peculiar Case.

In this connection it may be stated
that only a day or two ago Attorney
Thomas Jefferson Mackey, after being an
active practitioner before the local
courts for nearly twenty years, on
Wednesday last, subscribed to the oath
Of office prescribed for attorneys. Mr.
Mackey was regularly admitted to prac-
tice at meeting of the court in gen.
eral term on June 2S. 1883, but for
some reason never subscribed to the
cath of office.
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Admitted to Practice.

1t was not until October 2S. 1857, how
ever, that Mr.. Wylie was admitted to
practice before the District courts He
was then interested in an important lit
igation as counsel. and was, on motion
of Attorney A. S. WorthIngton. admit
ted to practice at meeting of tho JUS
tees Of the Supreme Court OF the Dis
trict at meeting In general term.
This is the only instance In the his
tory OF the District court, and perhaps
the courts of any other Jurisdiction.
where member OF the bench of local
court was not practicing member of
the bar in the locality in which he pre-
sided
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SERVED As JUDGE, BUT
NOT MEMBER OF BAR
Peculiar Distinction of Ex-
Jud e Wylie.
Was a Member of Original Bench Or
ganized in 1868, Appointed
by Lincoln.

Ex-Judge Andrew Wylie, OF the su
preme Court of the District, has the
distinction of being the only member of
the local bench who was not mem
Der of the bar Of the District during the
time he exercised his official duties.
Judge Wyiie was 4 member OF the orig
inal bench OF the court. which was or
ganized In March, 1868. His commits
sion was signed by President Lincoln on
March IS Of that year. At that time
the bench consisted of three members.
of which Chief Justice Cartier was the
head
Early In the eighties Judge Wylie re-
tired, after having served more than
twenty years
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No Permits Issued.

mo permit has been issued and per-
mits have not been heretofore required
for posting bills on any fence or build
ing. There are not at present, to my
knowledge, any duly authorized or legal
bill boards in the District of Columbia,
and recommendations drafted by this
office for the governing of such struc-
lures have not been favorably consider
ed by the attorneys for the District.
But the recent appropriation act un-
der the license law, paragraph SO, pro-
vides for an annual tax, and prohibits
the use of buildings or structures for
bill posting. except upon such land,
houses, buildings, bill boards. etc. as
the Commissioners of the District of Co.
lumbia may in their discretion authorize
in writing for that purpose. and pro-
vides further that on resident streets the
application must be accompanied by the
consent of the majority of the residents
on the side of the square on which the
display is to be made, also on the side
OF the confronting square.
1T would. therefore, appear to be nee
essary, on or before NoN ember, that
person or persons using these fences as
q bill board, must submit the consent
of the owners of neighboring property
with their application for license. or
cease to use the fence for bill posting.
under penalty for noncompliance with
the law quoted"
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On the Recommendation of R. H.
Boardman. Acting Major and Superin-
tendent of Police, the application of
Mr.. Frank Baker, superintendent of the
National Geological Park, for the re-
appointment of W. V. Kramer and Up
ton Payne as additional privates of
the police force, for duty at the Zoolog-
ical Park. has been approved.
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Thomas j. Fisher & Co., 1414 r
Street northwest. who recently asked the
District Commissioners to remit the
Waterman tax against lot 1, block TO-
University Heights. have. been informed
that as the assessment in question was
properly and legally levied the Com
missioners are without authority to re-
NIT the interest and must accordingly
decline 10 comply with their request in
the premises.
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The request of Griffonc Maree, of
1928 Fourteenth Street northwest, for
permission to ring a bell in the streets
of Washington for the purpose of ad-
vertising his business has been refused,
as the ringing of such bells is in viola
tion of the police regulations.
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Must Pay a Tax.

The section in the appropriation bill
the tax for said use is known as para
graph SO. 1t reads as follows: That
billposters and persons engaged in the
business OF painting or placing signs or
advertisements on land, buildings, bill
boards, fences. or other structures in
the District of Columbia visible from a
street or other public space shall pay
an annual tax of $40 before engaging
in said business.
mo person shall place. exhibit, main
tain, or continue any advertisement or
poster. except upon such land, houses.
buildings, bill boards, fences, or other
structures as the Commissioners of the
District Of Columbia may, in their dis
creiion, authorize in writing for that
purpose.
The said written authority shall only
be granted in resident streets upon ap-
plication made in writing, and signed
by the majority of the residents on tho
side OF the square in which said display
is to be made. and also the side CT the
confronting square. 8
Provided. That nothing IA this para
graph shall apply to persons who ad-
vertise a business, exhibition. or enter
tainment on the premises where the
same is conducted nor to signs relat-
ing 10 the sale, rent. or lease Of lands
when the sign or advertisement is on
the land referred TO in the said sign CT
advertisement
Amy person violating any CT the pro-
visions OF this paragraph shall upon
conviction in the Police Court of the
District Of Columbia be punished by q
fine Of not more than $500. and after
conviction OF any such violation the Of
fender shall be liable to a further fine
OF not more than,sl0 for each and ev-
cry day thereafter that said violation
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Could Not Get Permit.

After the purchase was made. tt Is
said. it was found that it wouii &c
impossible to obtain the desired permit
from the municipal authorities OF the
District, and therefore. being unable ID
carry out the full purpose and intent Of
the organization, the corporation WIS
not further proceeded with. ami stoes
was not issued, but the land In Ques-
ton was held as syndicate asset.
Il is further averred that none OF the
defendants has fully paid his pro-
portionate share OF the purchase money
for the property. and being therefore, it
is alleged. In default. the court IS asked
to determine what II any, intcrcc, they
have in the property.
1t is alleged that a number of the
parties originally interested have drop
ped out. and that the shafss OF such
have been purchased by the survivors.
in some instances collectively, and in
other instances, individually, so that
now there are only seventeen srtics in
terested in the property.
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The Commissioners have approved the
recommendation of Mr.. ". p Richards,
the Assistant Engineer. that a permit
be granted Mr.. Frank E. Meyer TO grade
the parking in front of his residence, on
Emporia Street, between Twelfth and
Thirteenth Streets, South Brookland,
SO as to allow a driveway to the rear
OF his lot. The request for permit to
construct a cement line and retaining
wall in front of the premises is de-
MED. however. for the reason that the
wall proposed would not be of proper
construction. and as there is room
enough to hold the bank by slope
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Makes a Recommendation.

In passing upon this Endorsement.
Capt Chester Harding. the acting En-
gineer Commissioner, made the follow
ing recommendation, which was approx
ed by Commissioner Macfarland:
1T is understood that the billposting
company which used the bill board re-
ferred to, has paid license fee for en-
gaging in the business Of posting for a
period OF one year from November J.,
1901, and that the same company has a
contract with the owner Of the property
on which the bill board is located for the
use Of the board for the same period.
THE act OF Congress referred to in the
preceding Endorsement apparently makes
It unlawful to post bills on the bill board
in question without the authority OF the
Commissioners. while no such authority
was required before the passage Of the
act.
II recommend that this paper be re-
ferred to the Corporation Counsel. with
request for opinion as 10 whether the act
above referred to is effective in the
case from the date OF tie act, or from
the date of the expiration OF the cur
rent license"
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Penalty Sufficient.

The scope of this law. II will be seen.
is ample. and the penalty sufficiently
great to permit of the clearing OF the
city of those exhibitions OF repulsiye
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Cannot Divide Property.

Owing to the character of the land.
and the dimensions OF same, it is said 1t
would be impossible to divide the prop
erty In kind between the different par
ties Interested. on account Of which.
1t is claimed, it would be 10 the best
interests OF all that the sale SHOULD be
made under the directions of the :ourt
at a proper price, and the assets aris-
ing therefrom properly divided rn''cr
decree of the court, after an accounting
TO be had before the Auditor.
It is said that the property invol yei
in the case comprises the higho3t -lc "a
tion In Anacostla, and embraoes many
advantageous building sites, the Wey-
land Seminary, which formerly was To-
Gated at the head of Sixtce 1th Street.
having been anxious to locate there
before removing to Richmond.
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Robert Carson and others, who recent
ly petitioneG the Commissioners for the
Improvement oi the alley in square 773
on the ground that its present condition
Has menace 10 health. have been ad-
vised that unless the Improvement is re-
quested by the owners OF majority OF
he abuttine property. the Commission
ers are unwilling TO authorize the i'm
proyement.
The Washington times., 1902-07-19

Mr.. William Thompson, in the care of
Stone & Fairfax. SOC Street northwest,
has been notified that the attention of
the District Commissioners having been
called to the fact that the fence and
hedge in front OF his property at Tenth
Street and Rhode Island Avenue north
west encroaches upon the sidewalk
space, they are therefore compelled
TO notify him to remove the hedge and
fence to the parking line within fifteen
days.
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Mr.. W. f. Brenizer, 141S Street
northwest. has been informed that tho
Commissioners do not consider that they
can properly relieve him of the cost OF
inspection in the matter OF the exten-
sion of his contract No. 305l, and that
they must accordingly decline to comply
with his request for such relief.
The proposal OF L. Z. smoot to furnish
the District Of Columbia for use at the
bathing beach 500 cubic rards, more or
less, of clean river sand. and deliver in
scow loads as the advisory committee Of
the bathing beach may direct. at 45 cents
a cubic yard, has been accepted.
The Commissioners have directed that
no further permits be issued for enter
tainments on the lot on the west side
of Seventh Street, between X and L
Streets southwest.
The District Assessor has submitted
70 the District Commissioners form Of
hill for use in cases of special assess-
mente for street extension cases and has
requested to be furnished with 500 cop
les. In his request he states that the
provision in the act of July !. 1902. re-
lating to the payment of assessments for
street extension necessities this change
in the form OF bill lie further states
that the cost OF sucn bills not being q
proper charge against the appropria-
tion for assessment and permit work or
the contingent fund Of his Office. 1t has
been the custom sor the expense to be
raid from the contingent fund of the
executive Office
The request OF K. H. T Leopold. Of
1900 F street northwest, for reduction
in the water rent bill for premises 1919
p Street northwest has been denied fer
the reason tha, the charge for fronta ge !
is in accord with the ruling of the Com |
mssionars IN previous cases. The ques- |
tion was raised regarding a projection !
on the side OF the dwelling, which Mr. |
Leopold claims is but bay window. but |
V hitch TIE District Authorities kol Is an |
of the building from twenty
two to twenty eight feet
Robert Carson and others, who recent
~ petitioneC the Commissioners for the |
o. the alley in square 775 |
on tho ground that its present condition /
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-06
STARTED NOME BEACH RUSH.
At Deaths Door "a Man Makes Lucky
Strike.

At Deaths Door Il Man Makes Lucky
Strike.
"When the news of the Cape York
discovery reached Nome. that district
was in the throes of the beach excite
ment. The man who started this rnsh
is now a firm believer in the adage. 1t
is always darkest before dawn. His
life had been spent in a vain quest
for riches. He had mined In Colora-
do. Arizona, Nevada and Utah. Two
wears before. when old age had come
upon him, he had started for the hion-
dixie. Ill luck pursued him. On all
sides were men with claims from
which they were taking wealth. but
wherever his pick and shovel touched,
the ground seemed to be worthless.
He drifted down the Yukon. Hearing
that the streams about Nome were
rich, he struck out for this Eldorado.
| in. the summer of 1899, only to ma
that every promising claim along the
| creeks had been taken, some OF them
| two or three times over. His money
| was gone and so We're mis- provisions.
| Age and hardship had worn him down
SO much that when the scurvy seized
| MIN nOLnlQS SSeuleu " NC ASA. AOA 1890
to do but to await heiplessly the re-
lief of death. His tent was pitched on
the seashore, and there he lay watch
ing the excited crowds arriving IL
boatloads from Seattle He spent the
long days idly washing the sand with
in reach of his pan. The Occupation
in which he had used the many fruit
less years of his life was become TIT
solace of his dying hours. Student!
a strange CLEAN caught his eye. III
began to wash the sand excitedly nov
and with microscopic care.
"a group of treasure-seekers on thei
way to a creek noticed him bent owe
the pan.
"'Lookin' fer gold, amt yeh? the,
cried, guyingly.
Yes retorted the sick man, AN
, what's more I've found it
''In day the mad tide of gold-seeh
ers was rushing to the beach. III
sick mans luck brought back III
| health, and if he had not been tie
down by long custom to the restles
o life of a miner his wealth would haV
G secured for his closing days atf1uenc
i and comfort" -Engene &. Palmer,
O Ainslee's.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-06
Her Life went out with the Tide

The old superstition that from folks
dying near the seashore the life goes
out with the tide was curiously full
filed in the death of Queen Victoria.
According to the official announcement
the Queen died at $50 p. IN. on Tues
day. The British tide table shows that
it was high water in Spithead. near
Cowes, about twenty minutes after
noon on that day. So it would be dead
low water at $50 o'clock in the even
ing and at low water the dying Queen
of England .'weEt out with the tide
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-06
Horseless Farm Machinery.

An enormous future seems to be IN
store for horseless farm machinery,
and when farmers realize that their
machinery can be propelled as eInci-
entity as by horses, at less expense, Dy
hydro carbon motors, vast field VIII
be opened for manufacturers. Already
experiments are being made IN TINS Ut
rection. One of the most suggestive
illustrations of automobile PROPULSION
at the Paris Exposition was moWlngl
machine worked by double cylinder.
ten-horse-power gasoline engine. Ihe
oil tank was divided into three COM
partments, one for oil, one for Dat-l
teries, and one for water. Power was
transmitted from the motor by sprock- 4
ct wheels and chain to friction
clutch, placed on the cross-shaft OF the
mower The clutch was so arranged
as to engage either one beveled gear
wheel or another placed on each slde-
| The machine could thus be run back
| ward and forward at will. The bev-
| eled gear wheels engaged plnlon
| which served to operate the hywheel
| shaft and cutter bar. They also trans
| mitted power to the mower wheels
| through two gear wheels The frfc-
| ton clutch was controlled by lever
placed at the foot of the operator, and
the machine was steered by a crank
connected with the guide wheel In
front of the cutter bar. The driver
could cut in any part of the field with
out dismounting, as the cutter bar
could be lifted by him from his seat
by means of a lever. These machines
are already being made at such COM
paratively low figure and their main
tenance is so cheap that within very
| short time they will be founC on
great number of large farms in lieu OF
horses.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-06
Church on the Roof.

It is claimed that the structure be-,
ing erected by the congrega ton of the
Central Christian Church of Columbus.S
Ind, will have toe novel distinction
of being the only church in Christian
dom that will have a roof-garden for
summer services, especially for Sunday,
evenings, aud for weekday socials and
entertainments. The seating capaci-
ty of this novel auditorium will be as
large as the first floor of the church,
which will be used for winter services
only. a slate roof will be erected ov-
err the open auditorium for protection
in CASE. of sudden rainstorms, but the
sides will be entirely open, except that
screen wiring will be placed entirely
| around it for protection from insects.
it is proposed that potted plants OF
various kinds be placed in convenient
places in the open auditorium.-In'
| dianapolis Press.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-06
Has Travelled eos,s4o Miles.

A remarkable case of physical endur-
ance is shown i'll the record made by
Fireman Charles Bellamy, of the Burl-
ington road, who has closed up his six
tenth year with the railroad com
pany, eleven years of that service be-
ing as a fireman on the fast mail be-
tween Galesburg and OttumWa, and
later between Burlington and Creston.
In all this time Fireman Bellamy has
never lost u trip or received scratch
on the engine through accident. He
has made since firing 6O6,S40 miles and
burned 32,501 tons of coal. Mr.. Bell
amy's case is a marvel.-1owa State
Register.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-06

A dusty,~-ttony way, whose bord'ring
Is thick with o'aekberries and golden
Abrupt, bare hilu on one side looking
And from the other you can see the
Follow the rivers course through mead.
ows green.
Ger which thick woods and marble Lodges
lean.
little furt her where the road descends.
A brooks soft tnkle with some bird song
blends. =,
Gone from its edge the dear old dame
small cot
Half hidden by quaint fowers;) lush Der
Makes sweet It's banks its depths the boys
still swim,
Or watch the minpows from some willow
limb.
Upon it's bridge how often ! have stood :,
Watching the west, whose glory seemed
to food
With tenderest light the poorhouse and
Beside it turn to gold the broeklet,s
waves . ~,
TIL from the hill q dearest sight OF all.
I saw nv father and I heard him call a.