Evening star., 1915-02-28
DISTRICT BUILDING.

Members of the board OF personal tax
review will conclude their considera-
tion of personal tax appeal cases =
week from tomorrow. The board has
been in session daily, except Sundays.
for three weeks, during which time
IT has listened to protests from hun
dreds of taxpayers. In cases where no
returns had been made the board arbi-
trarily made the assessmen 8 high for
the purpose Of inducing those assessed
to call at the District building and
make statement as to tho true value
of their personal property. Protestsnts
generally have left the building satis-
fled with the treatment accorded them
by the board.
Commissioner Brownlow is being
much sought after as a public speaker.
It is no uncommon thing now for the
latest addition to the board OF District
officials to make two and three speeches
a day. February % the Commissioner
addressed the Association OF Oldest In
habitants of the District of Columbia.
and the Monday Evening Club.
All three District Commissioners are
taking an active interest In the plans
Washington. They wish to see the ex-
pertinent given thorough trial and
are placing no obstacles in the way OF
the would-be promoters of tho new
cided to license jitney buses either
as public hacks at the rate OF - Il
year or as conveyances following pre-
scribed routes in accordance with the
provisions Of paragraph IA OF section
Z of the license tax law. In the lat
ter case the tax Is IS per year per
vehicle. 1t is thought that most OF
the-jitney buses will apply for licenses
at the six-dollar rate.
Health department officials are again
concerned with the possibility of the
development of an epidemic Of foot
new cases have been discovered since
Tuesday, when two affected cows were
found on the farm of Lemuel f. May
hew. at Goth and c streets northeast.
The Department Of Agriculture took
| immediate steps to destroy the entire
herd of twenty-five cows on the May
hew farm.
Joseph Lee. transitman in the surface
division, has been absent from his du-
ties for some time on account OF the
illness OF his baby daughter, who Is in
Garfield Hospital suffering from an at
tack of scarlet fever.
A. Cook, timekeeper and clerk in the
office Of the engineer of highways and
one of the Districts veteran employees,
returned to work last week after an
absence due to an attack of grip.
f. E. Morrow. engineering inspector
of the surface division, who has been
absent for several months on account
of Illness, has reported for duty.
Cupid" Meyers. in charge of the cut
department Of the engineer office. had
charge of the Elks oyster roast, which
! was attended by many of Mr.. Meyers'
fellow-employes. -'.-
! W. G. McNulty of the engineer Office
| and Thomas Claffey. secretary to Com
| missioner Newman, are the tennis
| sharks of the District building. They
are preparing to organize District
building team to enter the depart
mental tennis tournament.
John II. sherman, superintendent OF
weights, measures and markets. is an
other District official who is kept busy
filling speaking dates. Last Tuesday
Mr. Sherman addressed pupils of the
! Monroe School. Friday morning he
spoke to students of Central High
School on the subject of business Eff
| ficiency." and Friday afternoon ad-
dressed the Northern Virginia Farmers
Association in Manassas, Va.
Arthur c. Israel of the public utilities
commission spent Washington's birth
| day at Ballston, Va.
H. C. Eddy, engineer of the public
utilities commission. was absent Fri
day. entertaining friends from New
Zealand. where he was employed III
street railway work number of years
ago.
F. Z. Proctor. dra ftsman in the water
department, is spending the week end
with his parents in Forest Glen, Nd.
j. Gardner Orrison has been appoint
ed an inspector in the sewer depart
ment, his duties beginning February 90
j. NJ Sanderson, clerk in the sewer
department. celebrated Washfngtons
birthday in Bluemont, Va
l.. r. Calvert, rodman in the sewer
depa rtrnent, returned Thursday from
visit with relatives in Virginia.
r. Gainey, foreman in the sewer de-
pa rtment. returned to work Thursday
after an illness of a week.
Philip H. Ward of the collectors Of
flee gave housewarming to his fel-
low-clerks in his new home on Quebec
street. Princeton Heights. THURSDAY
night Music dancing and speech
making were indulged in. Hobart f.
Berrian officiating as toastmaster. Miss
Vivien Ward. granddaughter of. the
host, assisted in the entertaining, as
did Capt W. H. Nichols and Roscoe
G. Lamb of the collectors office -,