Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-29
DISTRICT BUILDING.

Tanned by three weeks Of yachting
along the Jersey coast. Commissions
Frederick L. Siddons returned to Wash
ington Thursday. completing what h
declares to have been one of the bes
vacations he ever spent Asbury Parl
and Bay Head were his headquarters
when he was not out on the bounding
main.
With the return Of Commissioner Sid
dons. Oliver P. Newman. the Districts
other civilian Commissioner, left Thurs
day for visit to his parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. George C. Newman. at Des Moines
Iowa He expects to return by September
20. when the District heads will begir
work on the next annual estimates fol
the municipality.
The Rockville fair was the cause Of
numerous leaves Of absence being grant
ed in the various departments Of the Dis
trtct government this week. e. P
Goucher. A. 8. Rabbit. N. o. Whitford
E p. Brooke and Walter Williams com.
posed a delegation from the surveyors
ONCE that attended the Montgomery
county show.
Engineer Commissioner Harding, who
has been at Martha's Vineyard. Mass.
since August i. has planned to return t.
the Capital Immediately after Labor Day
In the absence of Assessor William P
Richards, who Is at Atlantic City. Alex.
ander Mackenzie has been DESIGNATED act.
Ing assessor of the District He Is the
only member of the board Of assessors
to be found at the municipal building
these days E. w. Oyster is at Atlantic
City while W. L Beale took severa
dave off IN ho %og- Z
M. Talcott and Ben F. Adams, members
of the board of personal tax appraisers
are both away. The former is spendins
vacation at Oak Bluffs, Mass.
Hobart E. Berrien. Of the tax collect
or's office. accompanied by his family
will leave September 1 for an extended
visit at Cape May.
Daniel e. Garges, chief clerk in the
engineer department, was called to New
York city Monday on account Of the
death of his sister-in-law, Mrs Samuel
j. Garges.
]. B. Shinn. assistant surveyor, is in
Atlantic City.
Daniel H. Edwards, chief clerk to the
board Of personal tax appraisers. will
leave next week for a visit to Philadel-
phia and Atlantic City.
A. K. Gilman, chairman in the sur
veyors office. has completed and moved
into a new house at CORTLAND Station,
Va.
All the members Of the excise board
are on vacation. Robert G.. Smith is at
sayville. L. l., and Henry s. Baker is
at Shepherdstown, w. Va Cotter T.
Bride has returned from Atlantic City,
and will remain in the city until the
"a rd Raa1V tie arIr oh
Der 1.
Waldo c. Hbbs. inspector Of saloons,
has left for a weeks tour Of the Blue
Ridge mountains.
J. c. Armstrong Of the surveyors Of
nee VIII weekend at Homestead. near
Baltimore. John A. Jarboe, craftsman
In the same office. is preparing to leave
for an extended vacation at his home al
Edwards Ferry, Md.
B. J. Stein. craftsman In the electrical
department. accompanied by his family
has returned from q months vacation,
which was spent at Philadelphia, Pitt
man, N. j., and Atlantic City.
Miss Marion Ferguson, stenographer II
the office Of the corporation counsel ha.
returned from a two-week visit to friend,
In ithaca, N. Y.
George R. Tagsart, assistant corpora
ton counsel in charge Of Police Cour'
cases, Is in Atlantic City. His work l.
being looked after by Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Robert L. Williams.
j. H. Mills, inspector In the public utili
ties commission, has been granted twt
weeks leave, beginning September 1.
Assistant Corporation Counsel james
Francis Smith was summoned to Sprfnt
Lake, n. J., Tuesday. on account Of thu
death Of his father.
A. G. Seller craftsman in tho watel
department. has rendered his resignation
to take effect August 1. He will become
q Typographical craftsman in the recla
nation service.
H. r. Haar, craftsman in the water de
partment. is spending several days a
Chapel Point, Md. F. B. Proctor, wht
holds a similar position In the same OF
flee, expects to leave today for a week.
outing at Virginia Beach and oceal
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