Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-01
DISTRICT AFFAIRS.

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The year 1911 closed at inc
building with many details oil ne" W."
COMPLETED. all TO the benefit OF the
+;on.I capital It is safe to say that inc
most UNIQUE feature of the year was ."o
set Of hearings known as the
INQUIRY" which settled the dues''"
whether or not the excise hoarn anu ~
hoard of assistant assessors are
ten, After hearing all sorts of reie'ah'
and irrelevant testimony. the
s,oners arrived at the decision that inc
,.nc,.Is concerned in the inquiry were
,hoye reproarh and that the IAN 49, 49,
Of the District government had not p'e'
sulirched. ,. ,hout
Inch ths REPRESENTATIONS Of F. Oden
Uorstmann, formerly an Inspector III w.. W..
assessnr's office In October OF l"ll ."e
commissioners conducted the ".ps
based on what are c9 i,,h otticiatly no
,.harycs had been presented. Inc lhtllnhh
ton had been made that Samuei l i.rSaly
ms had dealt IN real estate W" 70
for q member OF the board OF aosisa.
ars into this inquiry came liquor
men anti-saloon men. bankers. re"i "a
rate men bartenders. detecu.es to
Main citizens. who had sone.n'hs l.vs
rar about assessments or excise law
~. "Reminiscences heard them for iWo
weeks gaining a complete idea OF puolS
sentiment on all the lmportan' 1sess
affecting the excise ana Kaihf,s
I,ent laws AS result. MY Na,n ,as-
nd ,be bnards were cleared the attllos-
nbere was clarified and the toiliI''' -,
sjoners determined to aSh us .tsa board
separate the excise board from tie ,;ar
70. rsarhed because the members OF t1ie
boards frankly stated it would be mus Nus
wiser to do so, and the Coi,'i x.n,;ons
believed that these muhlclpai io+o1
would make better progress IL seP as
Another threatened Investigation MdS
aaSnite,y sidetracked when Commlssio,ie..
hudson announced early ID 'n'u No
he electrical department neeutu ,eS
housecleaning. 1t had been ihtliia .ed
~. snIna one in that department hao
I.,n negligent for several years III o"I ~;
;,ig ;Ip the current furnished 10 .'tr ~
trict in arc lights. After , 1not'u r,,rrent
sewing of the old electric hsht 'uli@ ~
.,.he,i5Iles the District comnft.ee,
congress- framed bill setting new scheu
uj.s and the District Will hereaItel ~,
the benefit of a more mooeEI SCI o,;nr in
.reased power with a probab:e Saving ia
expense. ,ade In the
s distinct change was maue u"
street cleaning service early III u,c a,.
The Commissioners announces .nrS would
IN ria, the street cleaning WORK M'1 an
tbsreafter be a part OF the eneiieTI
nartment and a day or two iatei anae,
W Wood superintendent OF 'pe W
leaning dep ?si, aneineer. from Norfolk,
"a va anpointed in his place. ie
change in this service marked peei 80,
i'm municipal ownership. as tne 80
.,.anine ash and garbage contracts W.
all strdied carefully with a view 10 70
inc them terminated as soon as f ~
The District made heavy p purchases
wagons. carts. horses anu o.ns, oa 60 "a,
,,herraJ;a and the year just cioseu aa v.
The District start to do us own
cleaning. %o,
Imnetus was given to the proJect ,Ii
establishing great mun,'ir,, s CON,
LIGHT mower plant at Great ans. ~ ~.
,nissioner Judson reviewed the repui -
of army engineers on the go 10,
of such a plan. and went INTO tle ,"
ter to determ ,ins,se eHac liant and VIVA,
:, wo,,Id accomplish for the cltys pes
interest Experts OF the 81
survey drew up an exhaustive s
ment of the Great rams fan,s ser,
nroposition the figures ana lacts
n,hIished and public interest," W"
aroused The Chamber OF ton,"e, az, y
backed the geological survey plan: az,
ureed the Commissioners to estapiish
mower plant. 49, -,
Protests against the conditions al IN
street. cleaning stables in the saua,
bounded by 9th, 10th. y and ~ street
northwest were received by the Com
missioners during the year. and dc
.ermined fight kept up by prop
erty holders against the contlnuahe
of what they termed nuisance.
/ Citizens in the southeast proteste
y against the proposition to move IN
tstree. cleaning stables TO square Iva
18th. I4th. f and & streets. ana
Injunction was sought Finally JUS
tice stafford. in the Equity Court, de
cidan .the Commissioners had the rish
To buii1 stable on square 1913
rorian:;n Adams was appoInte
rrernber Of the board of assistant as
SCISSORS. JanAary 20. filling the posltl"
made vacant when Francis Nye dice
: Il George was made an assistant COZ
noration counsel June % e S. Mai
tin Of Columbus. c&io was appointe
lead Of the playground system IN
Commissioners decided 20 make Strit
regulations concerning lights on W
hiclcs." and ordered that all vehicle
must carry lights at might. and TN;
business wagons must be numpere
\. Leftwich sinclair resigned as sp'
cial counsel after several years "or
in the condemnation proceedings eel
rected with the grading of the tniC
station site and plaza y. +. DuVa
resigned as assistant corporation cou'
sci in September. and F. II. Marsha
vas appointed to his place
The Districts engineering depar
rnent received compliment in the la
Ter half of the year in the shape of
Fla. to give positions To five Was
ington engineers. and the offer w
accepted.
After considerable study. the es,
mates for the District were prepar
10y the Commissioners and sent to Co
:ress. the ;.hount asked being 81.
$3.50
The Jail ard Washington asylu
we're combined in one INSTITUTION und
ore head July !. The Jail had be
under the jurisdiction of the Depal
ment OF Justice. The new arrang
rnent was designed To save 100000 Il
nualiy.