Evening star., 1915-05-30
DISTRICT BUILDING.

AS tomorrow will be a holiday, many
members Of the municipal government
personnel left the city yesterday for
brief visits to nearby places. Week-end
outings will not begin in earnest until
Saturday half-holidays are declared
later.
Commissioners Newman. Brownlow
and kutz attended the luncheon given
by the Board of Trade at the CONNER
cial Club Thursday in honor of the
honorary commercial commissioners
from China.
District employees who are paid in
cash for their services received their
May allowances at the office of the dis
bursting officer yesterday. Members of
the police. fire and other departments
of the District will not be paid until
Tuesday.
Commissioner Newman will call on
the Chamber of Commerce and Board
of Trade this week to name members
of the committee which will arrange for
Washington s annual observance of the
Fourth of July. Planning for the cele-
bration VIII begin without delay.
Many property owners yesterday took
advantage of the last day to call at the
District building and pay their taxes
month becomes effective, June l.
Checks mailed at late as II o'clock to-
morrow night will be received without
penalties being attached.
Mark Hale of the surveyors office will
spend tomorrow on the river near
Fletcher's. Hale has caught several
large rockf1sh since the season opened.
John A. Jarboe, craftsman in the sur
veyor's office. is spending the week end
at Alpine. Md.
Commissioner Brownlow and Charles F.
Nesbit, superintendent of insurance, ad-
dressed the Rhode Island Avenue Subur-
ban Citizens Association Wednesday
night.
AS a member of the committee on en-
tertainment, John H. Sherman. superin-
tendent of the department of weights,
measures and markets, took an active
part last week in looking after the COM
fort Of delegates who attended the an
nual national conference on weights and
measures. held at the bureau of stand
ards The other members of the enter
tainment committee were DIR. s. w. Strait
ton. director Of the bureau, and F. S.
Holbrook, acting head of the weights and
measures division Of the bureau. Mr..
day on the subject of weights and
Measures Work From the Standpoint Of
the Efficiency Engineer"
Capt W. D. A. Anderson, assistant en-
gineer commissioner, and c. B. Hunt,
engineer of highways. visited Atlantic
City. Philadelphia, Jersey City and New
York city last week to inspect asphalt
streets in connection with awarding con-
tract for asphalt work on local streets
for the coming fiscal year.
In the absence from the city of c. B.
Hunt. ]. W. Dare acted as engineer of
highways.
W. L. Dorsey. acting assistant engineer
OF the highway bureau, is now occupying
his summer home in Prince George coun-
ty, Md.
While engaged in street engineering
work at 26th and F streets northwest
Wednesday one of the field parties from
the engineer department. in charge Of w.
W. Curtis. caused considerable delay in
traffic when the steel tape it was using
fell In the slot between the car tracks
H. c. Eddy. engineer of the public
utilities commission. delivered an illus
trated lecture before the Washington
branch of the American Institute of
Electric Engineers at the Cosmos Club
Thursday night. His subject was "A
Trip to New Zealand"
Dewitt c. Smith, clerk in the office of
the public utilities commission. and his
brother, NJ o. Smith, of the valuation
bureau of the commission. spent last
Monday and Tuesday at their home in
Smtthsburg. Md.
Many members Of the water department
and District pumping station attended
the ball game played yesterday between
teams representing these branches of the
local government service r A. Robert
son captained the team representing the
office staff. while r. Van Gardner was In
charge of the pumphouse nine
News Of the sudden death last week of
William A Gebicke was received with
much regret by officials and EMPLOYEES Of
the public utilities commission. where the
deceased formerly was employed Mr..
Gebicke was found unconscious in the
business section Of the city and died sew
eral hours later at Emergency HospjtaI
He resigned from the commission last
fall on account of Ill health.