The Washington times., 1906-03-11
lexington

Hagerstown. Nd, are visiting at the
home of the latter's parents, in this
section.
Miss Meneffee. of Washington College,
is going to give a musicale at the col
Iege. corner Third and T streets north
east, tomorrow evening at o'clock
MIR. and Mrs. Max Fisher, of T street,
| entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Bend
helm, of Richmond, Va, who were their
guests for several days during the past
week.
A birthday party was recently given
at the home of Miss Humes. 1906 First
street northeast, in honor of Miss Mary
Madigan, who was the recipient Of many
handsome presents.
Regular services were held last Sun
day at the lexington Presbyterian
Church, North Capitol and Florida ave-
nue.. There was preaching by the pas
tor. Rev. Taliaferro Thompson. at II a.
m. and at 7:3O p. m. The Christian En-
deavorers met at $50 D. m.
Charles A. Baker, George W. Moss.
and George Spransy, the Union Terminal
Station grade claims commission. met al
the city hall last Monday afternoon and
commenced the hearing Of evidence re-
garding the claims for damages filed by
the owners of property in square 149, af-
fected by the changes in the grades of
Second, Third, X, and L streets north
east, and the alleys in the square named
This property has been recently exam
ined by the commission.
The only witness who testified was
Charles Fernald. an assistant engineer
for the District. who was called by A.
Leftwich Sinclair, special counsel for
the District. who is looking after the in
terests of the municipality before the
commission Mr.. FernaId stated that he
was the engineer in charge of the ter
minal work. and that the grades of the
streets IN question had been changed un-
der his supervision. He described in de-
tail how the property Of the various
claimants had been affected BY this
change. The streets mentioned have been
lowered and the cuts in front of the
property Of the persons claiming dam
ages range from one inch TO thirteen
feet and six inches.
On Thursday the following named at
torneys representing land owners claim
ing damages began the introduction Of
evidence in behalf of their clients:
Chaplin Brown, James \. Toomey, Gran
dali Mackey. r. 2. Shealy. Barnard &
Johnson, Leo Simmons, NJ. L. Mangan,
Charles ". Boyle, Harry s. Welch,
Henry ]. Quinn, and Charles H Bau-
man.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary E
Nichols. wife of Capt William II
Nichols. formerly assistant doorkeeper
Of the House Of Representatives was
held last Wednesday afternoon, at 2
clock. at the family residence, 80 NJ
street. The services were conducted by
Rev Dr. Randolph II. McKim. rector
Of the Church OF Epiphany The pail
bearers were J. p Lewis. Dr. s. Z
Lewis Rodney Gary. DR.. A. B. Cham
berlain, Charles G. Brown. II. 5. Newell. /
Or. T. W. Braden and w. J. Randall /
Mrs. Nichols IS survived by her hus-
band and five children, Miss Mary Ella /
Nichols, Of Houston. Tex, and William /
H. ir., Frank Staurt and Allen p. !
Nichols. all Of this city. The remains !,
were placed in a vault in Glenwood Gem |
etery. Later the body viii be removed TO /
Galveston, Tex. for interment
Regular services were held last Sunday /
at the Church OF the Atonement. Lin /
coin avenue and r streets northeast. /
There was preaching by the pastor. the |
Rev. l. o. Baker. at II q. N. and at 7.20
y u -.U o h
Asserting that the stable near First /
street and Randolph place Is a public +
nuisance and a drawback 10 the neigh
borhood. Frank S. Walton Wallace. Of
IS Randolph place. has sent a statement
TO the District Commissioners with the /
OF over half a hundred
property owners in the vicinity protest
ing against the place and asking that
L. no % Q fE,e.
refused a permit TO improve the premises
for the purpose of extending his busi-
ness, and also that a license for the oper-
alton of a livery stable be refused him.
Mr. Wallace. in his communication.
says that the odor arising from
the stable IS almost unbearabIe, and that
the wOTkmen cause a disturbance with
their loud talking and laughter early In
the morning. Mr.. Wallace's statements
were substantiated by an inspector of !
the Health Department and the case
has been turned over to Building InspeC-
tor Ashford to investigate and settle.
Miss Hortense Mckee was the hostess
at a delightful little euchre last week.
Dainty pen sketches with appropriate
quotations formed the tally cards, while
drawings of Christy were the prizes
Mrs. Jesse Nicholson, Mrs. Hume Tai
bert, J. A Seats, and Mr.. Nicholson won
the prizes. Refreshments were served
at the conclusion of the game. Those
present were Miss Clara Palmer. Mrs.
Rosalie Shelton, Miss Bessie Brown.
Miss Clara Hart, Miss Nena Palmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hume TaIbert, Mr and
Mrs. Jesse Nicholson, Frank ". Garden.
John c. Davis, J. A. Seats, Louie
Ihayrer, and Samuel Hall
A report fled recently by Charles A
Baker, George W. Spransy, and George
Moss, the Union Station grade claim
instead of allowing the
damages asked, fixes the damage to the
property at sums ranging from $500 to
nothing. The report is said to have been
4 great surprise to the owners of prop
arty in square 74S, who made claims for
damages alleged to have resulted from
the change in grade.
The appraisements of the commission
are set forth in their report as follows
The south 50 feet of lot /. Margaret
kennedy and Bridget NJ Kennedy. own,
ars. S225 the north 20 feet of lot 1. b J.
Jewett owner. $50; lots and a. Mary 2.
Mitchell, John O'Donoghue, Elizabeth
Eleanor O'Donoghue, and
Clara A. Ennis, owners. nothing; lot CO.
Catherine Gainy, owner, SIS.