Evening star., 1913-12-03
C0MMENDAT T|ONS ARE MADE TO BETTER CIVIC CONDITIONS

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The number OF passenger elevators In
stalled during the year was 81 and the
number OF freight elevators 81. total
of 81.
Under a requirement OF the building
regulations elevator operators are re-
Quired to pass an examination and be
licensed. The number OF elevator oper-
ators 90 examined during the year was
49,. OF which 2s failed. A fee OF 80 cents
Is charged each applicant examined, and
the revenue from this source was S241.
Inspection Of Private Buildings.
All private building construction in the
District OF Columbia IL inspected under
the direction OF the inspector OF buildings
The total number OF such inspections
during the year was 74o93. an increase
OF 9s1 over the preceding year. This is
an average OF IA inspections daily for
each field inspector.
Inspection Of Steam Boilers.
The number Of steam boiler. inspected
by the inspector OF steam boilers was
567. The compensation OF this official
Is received from fees paid by the owners
by the inspector as received as such fees
during the year was 81. 500 and the ex-
penses OF inspection &4S3.24 leaving a NET
compensation to the inspector OF $l,9ll7s.
Construction Of Municipal Buildings
During the year eight buildings were
under construction. under the direc-
tion OF the municipal architect, a
follows:
Bui ding and location. Total cost.
Pound and stable building. health depart
ment, south Capitol between II ana I
streets southwest t................. - $40
Msnua, .,ras, IrsslDins school No, i72. on o '
streets northwest ...... an s1s
Stable, street cleaning department, alley .o'''
between 9th and 10th. and o streets
James ormondi Wilson Normal School 4S.sia
NO: I82 llth and Harvard streets
Wagon sheds. street cleaning department Ss''iS
and I4th streets southeast .'..... 4,as
Pumphouse and lodge for water depart
ment. 18th street and Minnesota ave-
Extension colored mems ward and dining his'
Hom r,,n p,E,a Home Tor the Aged and 1nfrm.
Normal School No. ies ocolored,. t;eorsi, "'s'
avenue between Howard place and air
mont street northwest ........... fSs Sns
The only municipal buildings remaining
to be constructed, for which appropria
tons have been made. are the Central
High School and the colored high school
Plans for the Central High have been pre-
pared ana bids are being solicited. Plans
for the colored high are in course of
preparation.
Repairs to Municipal Buildings.
All municipal buildings are kept i'm re-
pair by the superintendent OF repairs. un-
der the direction OF the municipal archi-
tect. The appropriation made for repairs
and improvements to school buildings and
grounds was $4,000. This was not suf-
acient to make all repairs and improve
ments necessary to properly preserve the
school buildings. but the money was spent
where most needed to keep the buildings
from deteriorating to any great extent
and in making needed improvements. A
large proportion Of the appropriation was
spent on heating apparatus.
The appropriation for the fiscal year
1914 is 100000.
fire protection in school buildings has
been expended in improving the condition
OF exits and placements. and practically
all OF the work OF this character has been
completed except the Easements Of some
buildings which should be provided with
metal ceilings
II is estimated that the value of school
buildings. ground and equipment Il $ll,-
100000 and appropriations made for re-
pairs and improvements have been less
than per cent Of this amount.
For repairs and improvements to police
stations and grounds $500 was appro-
priated and expended. and for repairs ami
Improvements to engine houses and
grounds $4,000 was appropriated and ex-
pended.
propriated and expended, and for the al
teration of the repair shop and yard $500
al nd
Building Condemnation.
The board for the condemnation of in
sanitary buildings examined 526 build
ings, Of which 81 were located on streets
and 215 on alleys. or these. 134 on
streets and 1sI on alleys were demol-
ished In the latter were included the
houses In Willow Tree alley. which was
converted into an interior park. OF the
examined. 81 fronting on streets
and % fronting on alleys were repaired
The total number of buildings
amined by the board since it's creation
by Congress May 1, 1906. to the end OF
the fiscal year has been 3,155, of which
1883 were demolished and LIS repaired;
202 OF the cases are now pending or
the buildings demolished. 1,2i5 were on
streets and 623 in alleys. OF the build
ings repaired, 739 were on streets and
S76 in alleys OF the cases pending, 16l
are on streets and Al In alleys
The estimated number OF tenants re-
quired to secure other quarters in streets
and alleys through action Of the board
during the year was 96S, and the total
number since the creation of the board
5,2a3.
The estimated number of tenants on
streets and alleys benefited by repairs
through the action Of the board during
the year was 413 and the total number
since the creation of the board Aba.
Special attention is being given by the
board to structures unprovided with
sewer and water connections, with
view to eliminating box privies and re-
quiring the owners to provide such con-
nections or to remove the structures II
conditions do not warrant the expense.
With a few exceptions, the houses in
alleys at the present time are reported
by the board as not coming within the
provisions OF law requiring condemna-
ton. The board has had the co-opera-
ton OF owners and agents in its work.
and the repairing or demolishing OF
buildings as ordered by IL has been ac-
complished without the necessity of us
ing any of the appropriation available
for this purpose.
and Plumbing Inspection.
During the year the plumbing office
made Al GA inspections which showed a
decrease under the preceding year, due
TO the general decrease i'm building work.
The average number OF inspections made