Evening star., 1915-06-27
DISTRICT BUILDING.


The Newman decision overshadowed
all events connected with the admin
istration of the District government
during the week just closed. That the
decision was a popular one was made
manifest in many ways. Many officials
and employees went to the Commission
ers office to extend congratulations.
while others sent flowers as a token
of the esteem in which he is held by
his suhordinates. Tuesday the Com
missioner will be the guest of honor
at luncheon to be given by District
employees at the Raleigh Hotel.
| Several Weekend parties that had
been planned had to be called Off be-
cause of a misunderstanding as to
| when Saturday half-holidays begin. 1t
had been semi i-official1y announced
that the ha1f-holiday season would be-
gin yesterday and this plan uhdoubted
ly would have been followed had the
weather been excessively hot. As mat
| ters stand, Saturday afternoons off
will be granted during the months of
| July. August and September.
| Base ball tennis and other sports
have many active followers in the
District building but it will be a long
time before an athletic contest comes
as close to disrupting an office force
| as did the game played last Tuesday
| in Potomac Park between teams rep
resenting the married and single men
| in the surveyors office. The game was
won by the unmarried contingent by
| the score of 10 to G. but not until nu
| merous Charley horses had been
sprung and other injuries incurred.
| One of the features of the game was
the batting of John A. Jarboe, who
scored five hits out of five times up.
Four of these were drives to the out
| field. The fifth was swat that Jar
| Doe got between the eyes. He now
carries a big red spot on his forehead
as a memento of the battle. Another
distinguishing feature of the game was
| the fact that not single ball knocked
| to the outfie1d was caught. Mark Hale
made stellar play by sitting down
Melvin c. Hazen, surveyor, first basing
| for the married men. pulled off
some fancy plays around the initial
corner and batted 500 for the day.
Jack Shinn, assistant surveyor. was
umpire and was forced to constantly
defend his decisions. Several pitchers
| were knocked out of the box. and most
of the outtielders gave out. but by per-
| severance the teams were finally able
| to string out nine innings Of play. Nu-
| merous leaves of absence were applied
| for next day.
| JACK Armstrong OF tne surveyors OF
| flee had strenuous experience last
| Sunday trying to coax a thirty-pound
| cake Of ice to his apartments in the
| Cavendish. Jack is bachelor and
preSSrs to spend hot Sundays at home
| provided he has taken the precaution
on Saturday to stock his refrigerator
| with ice Discovering last Sunday
| morning that he was out of ice he
| started out on what proved to be a
| discouraeing search for "A store where
! ic rGfr oh Iiytv stole Ifl I<
| chased. 1t was an hour before his eff
| forts were rewarded. and by this time
| he was several blocks from home. He
bought thirty pounds of ice and began
| the return trip, but was forced to walk
| as there was no car line available. He
| managed to cover the first block with
! only one stop for rest, but several
stops were necessary in the next
square and the number increased pro-
| portfonatelE as the journey continued
| BY this time the sun was shining hot
| ter than Jack had ever felt it and his
| bundle appeared to be gaining in
| weight. After more than an hour of
| toll he finally reached the Cavendish
and deposited bis burden. To his sur
| prise he found that two-thirds Of it
| had disappeared. Jack has agreed to
| leave "A standing order with the Ice
man for the rest of the summer.
The Warner-Qulnlan Asphalt Com
| pany of Syracuse n. Y. the new con
tractor for laying sheet asphalt
streets in Washington during the
and begun the work of paving W
| street between 1Ith and 18th streets
| northwest Assistant Engineers w w
| Curtis and q. V. Rector and their re-
spec'lVe field parties are working un-
der rush orders stalking OUT streets and
| preparing other preliminary engineer
| ing data.
| office, who is i'll with typhoid fever in
| George Washington University Hos
pit;tl, is reported to be Improving
| Thomas ]. Powell, assistant engineer
Of highways. who has been III, has
again taken charge Of one of the field
| parties. For a time 1t was feared Mr.
| Powell was contracting typhoid fever
The fever quickly disappeared, how
ever, and he Is now regaining his nor
/ NAL strength.
Foster Causev Of the surveyors Of
fee and his young son are week ending
at the farm of Surveyor Melvin C. Haz-
en- at Nokesville, Va
Frank Hoover. formerly in the sur
face division or the engineer depart
| ment. has returned to the city for a
| visit. He called at the District build
ing to renew old acquaintances
| 'ili'iu l~hiHdHl. assistant superln-
| tendept Of trees and parkings, is spend
| ing few days with his family at his
| camp down the Potonas river He has
a fast motor boat and will take a num-
| Der of short cruises
| w f. Kern of the electrical depart
| ment. VINO was operated upon recently
| at George Washington University Hos
| pltal Tor appendicitis, is said to be
| improving.
/
r c. Wilton, clerk In the electrical
| department, is back at his desk after
a nine day leave
n. T. Reall, A. g clark. w r. Ques-
ley. w. D. Mckinney. A. T NJ Rust
and w. NJ walker have received tenn