Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1890, Page 6

Nefr: EVENING 2d EDITION. CONTINUED FROM St PAGE BLOWN A HUNDRED FEET. Three Persons Killed and Many Injured by a Boiler’s Explosion. Beaprxo, Pa., Nov. 17.—A frightful boiler explosion and loss of life occurred at the cooper works of Trexler & Brother at Mertz- town, thia county, at6 o'clock this morning, enused, it is said, by a defective boiler. THE KILLED. The killed were: Charles Oswald, machinist, aged thirty-six, who leaves a widow and five children; Henry Ebler, aged twenty-four, single; Sassamaud Hilbert, aged thirty-two, who leaves a widow. THE INJURED. The injured sre: Charles Walborn, a jointer, aged thirty-five, fatally; Samuel Ebler, aged forty-three, badly scalded about hands and face; Alfred Ehler, aged twenty-eight, engi- neer, slightly injured; Frederick Long. aged fourteen, seriously scalded about face and legs; Charles Bortze, aged twenty, scalded about face end hands, James Bausher. a:ed forty, re- ceived two ugly gashes in the head, very se- rious; Pias Bausher, ed thirteen, scalded about face and body Reppert, aged thirty, terribly scakled about the face. ‘The bonler was thirty feet long and was torn into tliree pieces. one of which. twenty-three feet long, was hurled a distance of 150 yarda. The three men killed were thrown 100 fect away and lay side by side. The bodies were not much mutilated ‘The injured were found in te debris and re- moved to their homes. The mill wae ouly partly wrecked, but the boil r house and shed are a mass of ruins, including the engine, The loss to the firm is estimated at $3,500. The works were owned by E. H. & O. H. Tresler. THE LAFAYETTE MONUMENT. The Latest Site for It Chosen by the Commission. THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LAFAYETTE SQUARE CNOSEN—WHAT IS SAID IN ITS FAVOR—OBJEC- TIONS—WILL CONGRESS CONSENT? ‘The Lafayette monument commission seems to be determined that the bronze form of the distinguished Frenchman, which now graces several boxes in the Senate stables on Capitol Hill. shall ultimately be seen amid tho foliage of Lafaye'te Square, all representations to the contrary notwith- standing. Once already the commission has mado an effort to squeeze the forcigner into the square. an attempt frustrated by a resolu- tion of Congress, and now there remains but a _ $5,000 hoie full of granite xs a memorial of the movement. The public was gently led into the belief, after the fiery denunciation of the scheme in Congress had given place to peace, and $5,000 more hed been appropriated for a new foundation. that the commission would try to put the monument on the southeasiern corner of the Treasury reservation, at the head of Pensylvania avenue. THe NEW SITE. Whether this plan met with disapproval from the heads of the Treasury Department or the idea was generated and given strength simply isnot well defined, but the ius that the foundation afayette Sq notice to the public of this fact wa al report of etary Proctor, a mem- ber of the which report has jast been madagpublic. i it looked us though the Honora! y, with all due respect to b and to his assistants, bad made a must: tte Square instead of the Treasu uiry at the War Deparune however, showed that the Y kuew whereof he wrote and that there was no error in the re- port. FUNDS FOR THE FOUNDATION. The sum of 25.000 is now in hand for the work of making the new foundation, and an order to Col, Ernst, commissioner of public buildings grounds, to go ahead with the Preparations now awaits the siguature of the Seeretury, who is expected to retarn from the west toworrow. Some of the mate- rials of the old foundation may be used in the new une. The s:te selected will FIGHT WITH A MANIAC, He Makes Things Lively in a Eleventh Street Boarding House. This morning about 11 o'clock 8 young man, rather good looking and fairly well dressed, called at the Lincoln, corner 10th and Hi streets, aud asked for a room. The man was apparently cither demented or in-} toxicated, and be was told that there! were no vacant rooms. He left, taking with him some one’s cise hat on his way out. He then went to the boarding house of Mra Marstello, 727 11th street, and asked for a room atouce, A servant showed him a room on the third floor back, but no sooner had he gotten upstairs than he began to actlike a raving maniac, The women in the house were soon in a state of wild panic, afraid for their lives, The man rushed from room to room, cursing and offering fight to eny one who would dare to approach him. A BIG CROWD GATHERED, A big crowd soon gathered around the house and the news spread that a sneak thief was locked up in the house and could not get out, Plenty of advice was given and every- one in the crowd knew what ought to be done, but none cared to be the first one to do it. Officer Donovan appeared on the scene in very short order and went up to bring the man down. He found the stranger still on the third floor, and when the two met 8 bottle royal took place. ‘The intruder fought more like a tiger than a man. and with the aid ofan open pocket knife he soom made it evi- dent that he never could be brought down the narrow steps by one man unless be was clubbed into insensibility, DONOVAN WAITS FOR ASSISTANCE. So Donovan decided to wait for the patrol wagon and relief that had bcen summoned, Officers Lynch and Boardman came to his as- sietance, and the three, with a Sran reporter bringinn up the rear, renewed the attack. The door of the third story back room was broken in and the man was scen crouching near the door. He was almost nude and his clothing was scattered around the room, As soon as the door was opened he leaped upon the officers and showed fight in savage style. In the narrow hall way it was a difficult job even for the three officers to overpower him and place the cuffs on his Neti, oney in no case being sufficient to do ail the streets montioned in the schedule. The Commissioners have endeavored to do those streets which seemed to them to the most important, The re- sult has been that streets would from year to year appropriated for and yet would be left uxone, finally disaj a from the schedules entirely. To Avoid is the pres- ent board of Commissioners adopted the rule of beginning at the top of the list of the sche- dule of streets and to carry the work as fur as the money available would permit, the streets remaining undone after this to be placed at the top of the next schedyle for the coming "egos Should this be carried out citizens may certain when their streets aro once appro- Priated for that they will be done in the course of two or three years at the outside, and prob- ably in not more than one year from the time of the first appropriation, Although the Com- missioners have advertised for and made con- tracts for the streets mentioned in the fore- going table, yet orders have been issued not to do more than two-thirds of the work in each section contracted for. This is with a view of preventing any chance of exceeding the reve- nu of the District, and the Commissioners requested that in the appropriation bill use be added that where any streets have been omitted now contracted for on account of lack of money they shall be considered in the new schedule, thus showing an earnest inten- tion of carrying out the scheme devised for selection of streets. In making up the schedule for the year 1891-92 the appropriation made for the present fiscal year was takon as a basis for the amounts Properly to be ailotted to each section of the ay, and the schedules were made on that Asis, PERMIT WORK. Tables are’ given showing tho expenditures from the appropriation of $125,000 for permit Work, $111,467.92 was expended under the street department, $86,151.27 being under the head of compulsory permit work. ‘The amount of ihe appropriation for 1890-91 is €165,000, ‘This is for vewors, sidewalks and alleye, and the Commissioners have divided the amount, giving to sewers $25,000 and to sidewalks and alleys $130.000. ‘This expendi- ture is coupled with the condition that Low to STAR: WASHINGTON, D, C., wrist, and the the clab bad to be used ! half the cost of all work shall be charge to reduce him to subjection. As the quartet { the abutting property,whether the work is done stopped inthe lower halla moment the man | at the request of the property owners ar by drew himself up and attempted to secure one | order of the Commissioners an necessary to the the clubs. “I am a man among men,”| public health, safety or comfort. All this he shouts with flashing eves, while small stream of blood trickled down his face. “My name is James A, Sullivan; Sullivan, do you hear? Iwill hare reveuge, revenge, re- venge!” All this was with the air of a wild man, FINALLY TAKEN TO THE STATION. A bianket was secured and wrapped around the prisoner. He was placed in the patrol wagon and taken to the first precinct station, There he resumed his delirious ravings and called for the President of these United States to avenge his wrongs. Later he shouted that he was the President himself, Yor fear he might have been hurt in the scuffig a physician was summoned from the Emergency Hospital, but it was soon found that his physical injuries were but slight. None of the officers of the station kuew the man and he declined to give his uame. When ched a purse containing some small change as found and a letter addressed ia typewriter: Brown, Washington, D.C.” n Officer Donovan returned to the house he found a bonehandled knife lying on the floor in the roam, On the handle was written in ink “S. Brown, W.” The knife was the ono used by the man in the scufile with the ofticor. ‘The prisoner is a slender but muscular man of about twenty-four years, with dark hair and mastache, ES SUNDAY SHAVING, Meeting of Hotel Proprictors Today— They Will Test the Law. They were all there—all the hotel pro- prietors in the city, They sat around ina half cirele in one of the parlors of the Riggs House today and discussed the question of the hour. What must we do to be shaved on Sunday? At oneend of the half circle stood Mr. Camp- bell Carrington, who was prepared to give points on the law of the case—whether it isa greater offense against law and religion to keep clean on Sunday than tobny a cigar. The decis- ion which was reached today at the conference was to simply rest on their oars and await developments. ‘Theoretically the fight is now throw the monument into such a positioa that there woll be ne mterferenee with the view of ei statue by the other. A SHORT CUT MADE LONGER, The monument will be set back from the nent « few feet, 80 28 to admit of the con- n of a circular or a square wall around ding into the par! ‘this = more generally used than any other, being the outlet to the business part of the city of pedestrians from the northwest, all of whom, with but few exceptions, tuking advantage of the angle to cut off some distance in their wal WILL CONGRESS CONSENT? It, of course, remains to be seen whether or not Congress will raise any further objections to this site. In the debates in the Senate there ‘was an evident antagonism ou the part of some to the French hero being placed anywhere on the square, on merely sentimental grouuds, while others who opposed the site opposite the White House did so because there was a danger that the outlines of tie two would be so mingled in all north or south views as to spoil both. ‘The latter objection is avoided by the mterposition of the trees, so that the Juck- son statue ts not visible from the southeast en- trance, but ANOTHER OBJECTION may ocenr to these critics in that by placing the monument here it will be practically hid- den from view, except from a relatively small section. It 1s shrewdly hinted that | the commission is but showing its determination to get the monument quare by any possible means, and in c it will hereafter be easier to remove the Jackson sintue propriate spot than, according to the judgment of many people, i: now oc- cupies. SECRETARY WiNDoM. It is stated that Secretary Windom objected te the location of the monument at the south- east corner of the Treasury Department; that he said Lafayette never was intimately con- nected with the Treasury Department during his hietime there did not seem to be any y bis statue should spoil the al tines of the southeast corner of ‘y buiiding. Mr. Wivdom went fur- that and carried the war into insinuating that as nm connected with the War od site for bis statue might { the War Department. This suggestion co: d Secreiary Proctor that the Treasury Department idea previously held stun was all wroug and atter ous stons with Architect Clark and some correspoudeuce with Senator Evarts (the other memb rs of the commission) it was de- be found in fro: cided to erect the statue on the southeast cor- mer of Laiayette Square. For sume time there was discussion as to whether or not the statue shoald fuce the angle or look directly southward. The latier post- tion was finaliy decided upon because it would give the best effect from the main point of Observation—i5th street and Pennsylvania |vcuue. with the proprietors of the barber shops aud not with the hotel proprietors. The hotel men therefore will wait until some action is taken against a hotel barber shop, and then the active hostilities will begin. The hotel men are determined to test the matter to the utmost, - NO WARRANTS ISSUED. No warrants were issued from the Police Court today for the proprietors of the barber shops that were kept open yesterday, as war- rants for such violations aro seldom issued on Mondays. ‘The police were on the lockout all day yes- terday for open barber shops and unless mem- bers of the committees of the union who were watching the shops. swear out warrants, the officers will perform that duty which belongs to them and bring the owners of the shops into court. One case wil, uo doubt, be selected atest ease and taken to the upper court. Judge Miller has tried severnl cases lately and held the barbers in the sum of €20, which is the fiue provided by the act. CANNOT RESCIND THE LAW. Commissioner Ross suid today that the Com- missioners could do nothing about the matter of Sunday shaving except to enforce the law. They have no power to revoke a law and while it remained unrepealed it was their duty to en- force it. ‘the law, he euid, w: an act of councils of the city of Washington, dated September 17, 1369. es follows: “It 18 unlawful c y persons to open, or allow to be open, any barber shop or place where such business is done, on Suaday. Any person or persous who shall violate this law shall be liable to a fine of $20. The informers receive one- CONSIDERING LIQUOR CASES. Applications for Licenses Approved— Rehearing of Rejected Cases. The Commisioners and mang of their sub- ordinate officials continue to be busy settling the applications for liquor licenses, ‘The Commnfsiouers Lave approved applica- tions for bar-room licenses in the northw section as follows: John H. Lussell, 1335 E; Patrick F, MeMahon, 605 15th; Peter Poland & John Staats, 19:9 E; Joka T, Moyland, 1419 | Pennsylvania avenue; Harry J, Jisenbei 16 E; Jacob Hoermann, 1006 Tenn sylvania avenue; Charles A. Senacny, 304 Lith Leouhard Exel, 311 8th: Geo, Gross, 302 10th; Sebastian Amen, 316 %¢h; Frederick J. Miller | 1zil E; Andrew W. Harccek, 1234 Pennsylvania Saguetus Willege, 1520 F; Caleb W. . 15th and G; Johu W. Perreard, 50S | ert Bevmer, 801 D; Wm, avenue;Geo, A, y. Mudd, 1 a | Louisiana nue }1383 EE; Louis | Chas. G. Exchenben ‘ | phrey, 415 13th; Louis Faber, Mary 'T. | Milovieb, 1313 F; Wm. Hetmas, 414 Hicnry wen, 414 and 416 12th; Isabella Edel, 321 Sth; Leonhard Egioif. 444 9th; Henry Alschwee, 12th and F; Samuel Lien, 406 vib; John L. TUE TREES TO THINNED OUT. Col. Ernst has been ordered to commence operations, and thie be will probably do this week. ‘Tho trees near the coruer are to be thinued out considerably; their growth is too | deuse. ‘Ibe pedestal which has waited so long for its burden wil Le torn up and rebuilt on the new site, but the concrete base will not be disturbed, for Col Ernst intends putting a fountain on the spot where the statue was orig- mally intended to stand. PARTIAL PAYMENT TO THE SCULPTORS. When the statue arrived bere from France the sum of $25,000 was due the sculptors, This was the final payment and by the terms of the contract could not be made until the statue was erected and accepted: Not un- maturally the sculptors were aunoyed because of the delay caused by the opposition to the site selected, so the commission solaced them by persuading the first comptroller to pass a voucher for half the amount—11,50, ‘Lhis sum was paid some time ago. -—————— Serious Charge Against a Doctor. Dr. Leonard & Nicholson, who gives mag- netic treatment at his office on H street Le- tween 13th and Lith streets northwest, wus ar- rested this afternoon by Detective Raff ons warrant issued from the Police Court today on the oath of Mra. Miles, charging the doctor an assaultou ber seven-year-uld daughter, Miles, doctor denjes the charges, mm Burkart, 531 10th northweat, Applications for wholesale liquor licenses | have been approved in the northwest section as follows: Jacob 3. Reaman, 222 Yth: John | Lynch, 408 9th; Robert Li. Cropley and Ed- ward I’. Gwynn, 436 9th; Herman Benzier, 927 1 James F. Rue-| sell, m. HH. Dunn, man- | ay of V. B. Dann, 221 10th; | Siegmun Ke %th; Robert White, jr., 900 9th: Hugh J.Pegan, 320 Sth; Charles C. Bryan, Y413 New York avenue; Joseph New- mann, 317 9th. REMFATING LICENSE CASER. ‘The Commissioners have amended the section | of the liquor license reyulations referring to rehvarings so as to read as follows: “When an application for a jiqnor license bas beeu rejected by the Commissioners the same will not be reconsidered upon the same showing nor upou purely camalative evidence. ‘To obt suck recousideration a written motion must be filed money aud much more could be expended in this way. I regard this as one of the most ini- portant funds given to the CommissiéHees for expenditure, Not only does ituffect thee pathdge health in the care of ‘alleys, but it pepuite;a better class of sidewalks and new sidewalks to be laid where without such a fund the Commis- sioners would be powerless to require new side- walks to be put down, With reference to the advantage of this fund I feel that Lean say no more than was said b: my predecessor in the last annual report, which I quote as follows: “This is the only fund by which the improve- ment of alleys can be accomplished, and by it the Commissioners are enabled to produce ex- cellent results from a@ sanitary pomt of view. There is a large part of the population of Wash- ington living In alleys, somo of which are im- proved, but many ‘are deficient in the im- provements. which tend to cleanliness and health, Many alleys are without sewerage or paving and filthy slops aro thrown out to soak into the ground and drain off as best they may. These festering nuisances are not visible to the public in driving about the city, but they are visible to the inspectors of | this department and of the health department, and are the constant subject of report and ec aint, ‘The good health and good name of the city demands that the alleys should be kept in as good sanitary condition as the streets, and the | only way to accomplish this is to provide these alleys with the necessary modern adjuncts to civilization—water supply. sewers and pave- ments, If over a,fatal epidemic atartes in. the city it will be fostered and multiplied in conse- uence of these hidden, loathsome alleyr, 'o guard against anything of the kind I would reapectfully and earnestly recommend that very liberal appropriations be made for their improvement. It is from this fund also that improved sidewalks are provided. The need of these is too well known, and has been too frequently discussed to require any further argument in favor of liberal appropriations therefor.” During the present fiscal year a now appro- priation has been made for “permit work to be used on roadways and for curbing of the same of $50,000, As the appropriation is coupled with a provision requiring the amount to be done in any case to be uot less than one square and to the full width of the roadway, it will be seen that this is only applicable to places where the property is in the hands of large owners. Should this appropriation be made in such a way as to permit the Commissioners to expend "the money by doing all work where necessary and taxing the abutting property for the amount, I be- lieve that the same could be advantageously increased and wisely expended. Of course the objection would arise to this method that where amoun' the year do not ask for this much money, as on —. relgnignd risery ye ‘was not con- « en to warrant it. List of steels which should be resurfaced during the enguing fiscal year: 3d 4.e., from N.J. ave. to 2d st. 1st, B north to A south. F n.w., let to 2d west. 8,359.00 ith, G to Ind. ai 5,954.41 Sth, Mass. ave. to N.Y. av. 4,598.00 Sd to Sth 8,126.00 Mass, ave., N.J. ave. to 3d. 8,078.78 Mass. ave.. south side, 4th to 7th. 4.996. L, N.J. ave. to 4th... 3,021.00 F, south side, 7th to 9th. 3,162.00 E, 5th to 11th 13,683.65, G, 11 to 14th 7,547.00 12th n.w.. G to Mass, ave 9,739.80 ith, east side, N. Y. Boundary,around Thomascircle.. 46,511.42 lath, west side, N.Y. avenue to H street.... 1,084.00 I, 13th to 14th. 5,461.00 9th n.w., Nto P. 4,381.00 O st., 4th to 8th 8,580.00 Qu.w., ldth to 15th. 3,075.00 Sn.w., 12th to 15th.. 8 323.00 Vermont ave, Thomas Circle Towa Circle....... 7.705.716 15th, K, 1. ave. to Q at. 5,730.00 M st., 16th to Conn, ave . 7,528.00 ith, K to Mass, ave. 9,179.54 . 16th to 17th. : 5,202.87 N, Conn. ave. to 2ist.. 5,216.00 20th, N. H. ave. to Conn. a 6,346.51 20th, Mto N 3,568.00 20th, K to L. 1,942.81 19th, R to T. 5,074.00 G, 19th to 21st we 4,849.44 22d, G to Pa. ave..... 1... + 6,152.00 Pa, ave., north side Washington circle to 26th..... . . 5,257.42 K, Conn. ave. to 18th. 4,372.00 K, 9th to Vt ave...... 19,142.00 L, 14th to 16th. 5,720.00 llth n.w., Pa. ave, to E 4,562.00 3th nw., BtoC...... 8,048.00 9th, west side, D to E. 1,302.00 $272,478.93 Of thi speceesation of $135,525 for the con- atraction of county roads and suburban stroets $181,586.99 was expended. Of tho $50,000 for Thea of county roads #49,997.87 was expended. current appropriation ix £60,000, and the ‘patpate for '91-'92 260,000. The expenditures A #ho different sections were as follows: East- ef section, $8,249.13; central section, €30,- 861.10; western section, $10,887.64. Thero are many miles of new streets, avenues and ruads being laid off in the District outside the city imi and tho travel 1s increasing, and a heavy additional cost is entailed to keep all 1n order and repair. It is hoped that for this purpose tho full amount of the estimate ($60,000) will be obtained, GRADING STREETS, AVENUES AND ALLEYS. Appropriation 1889-90, . $15,000 Expended 1889-90... 13,086 Appropriation 1890-91. + 20,000 Estimate 1891-92... “s + 20,000 This appropriation limits the price to be paid for grading a public highway to 10 cents perecubic yard. ‘this is much less than the cost, ordinarily, of the work. This appropria- tion is a valuable one, especially for the grad- ing of streets laid out in the new subdivisions, ad could weil be incrensed beyond the amount heretofore appropriated or the amount asked for, the amount asked for having been cut down to the figure it is on account of the small amount available for street work. CONDEMNATION OF STRELTS, AVENURS AND ALLEYS, Appropriation 1889-90. Appropriation 1890-91. Estimate 1891-92... The appropriation for this purpose is only 25,000 and ie cuftcient only to paien through smull places where the greater amount of land is given by the land holders, ‘There are some streets and avenues the right of way of which should be obtained at once and cannot be with- out a large expenditure of money. One of the most pressing examples of these is the case of Potomac street in Georgetown. The prelim- inary steps for condemnation were made many Years ago and there has never at any time been sufficient money on hand to obtain the right of way. which is considered important on account of public schools now built along the line of Potomac street between O and P. SIDEWALKS ABOUT PARKS, PUBLIC RESERVATIONS AND BUILDINGS, I desire to invite the attention of the Engi- neer Commissioner particularly to this matter. Under the present laws there seems to be no way to lay the more modern style of sidewalks in such places and it should be done. One of the best examples of this neglect nm Penn- syivauia avenue in front of the Executive Mansion. This applies with more or less force to the different perks and reservations and fronts of many of the publi: buildings belonging to the streets are specially provided for the property owner is put to no expense, and where general government, and I would earnestly re- it is done under this system be is required | quest that Congress be asked to appropriate money for putting in the best of the more } might be used. By fuliowing some such scheme to pay one-half. In every case, tien, | the parties required to pay one-half would feel | aggrieved and that they had just cause for complaint. To avoid this as far ‘as possible it might be well to provide that such work should | only be done on a written application signed | by the owners of a majority of the property affected. ‘This would enable the property owners to get such work done at an early date when they were willmg to pay the expense. For current repairs tu streets, aveuues and Hl alleys £40,000 was expended during the yeur; | 245,000 is appropriated for the current year and the same amount is estimated for the next fiscal year. SIDEWALKS, Under the regular appropriation for strect improvements the only sidewalks laid were of brick and tile. Of new brick sidewalks there were laid 72,582 square yards, Of old brick sidewalks relaid there were 39,534 square yards, | Of tile sidewalks there were 2,606. Other walks were laid out of the approprin- tion for “current repairs” as follows: Brick | sidewalks, 16,294 square yards; asphalt tile, 275 | square yards. Under the “regular permit aye tem:” Asphalt tile, 3,012 square yards; brick | sidewalks, 9,578square yards. Under the “com- | pulsory permit system:” Brick s:dewalks, 8,262 | squard yards; asphait tile. 8.520 square yards. | In county, from repairs to county roads: New brick sidewalk, 470 square yards. In count: from regular appropriations for street improve- ments, work done y's labor! Brick’ sitte- waiks, 11,590; new plank, 117 square co SIDEWALKS, ft The sidewnike of the city of Washinton con- trast so badly with the roadways a& to canse coustant remark from strangers and constant complaints from residents. Anything that can | be devised to better this, it seems to me, would | be a greet advantage to the District, and [| uid suggest thet the Commissioners pass regulations forbidding on ceriain atrects the laying of any kind of sidewalk except the most approved, which L believe to be the yranolithic or some similar pavement. This should be-r quired ou the business strects of the first cla of the city and t i residence stree On busin streets or residence streets where property isnot of such high value a grade of pavement a@ little below this might | be nid, such as the asphalt tile sidewalk, ‘This forms an excellent pavement Lut as less oxpen- | sive than granolithic, On the minor strects | and streets where the property is not improved | and is of no great value the brick sidewalks | as this I believe it would result in a gradual im- { provement of the sidewalks throughout the city and District, and would finally give the city what it so much needs,.a good class of side- | waiks to compare favorably with the roadwuys, | cunn, ‘The use of the biue-stone curb has been en- tirely discoutinued in the city except where the old curb has been taken from streots to be permauently improved and used on streets oniy partially improved, such us graded and reguinted streets and streets where sidewalks are nid under the permit system, A large out of curb has also been given to outlying subdivisions, where people are desirous of im- proving their property and the District has | taken “this ‘method of assisting them in the same. The curb used has been granite 6x20 and 8x3 on a coucrete base. TI 8x8 curb on concrete base is the handsomest and gives the most general satisfaction, but late in the season when the weather is too cold for laying the concrete satistactorily the 6x20 has been put in and isa handsome curb, and I be- lieve that iu the future both kinds of curb with the seeretary of the bourd of Commis- | should be used. The cont of the two. is about sioners, written five days after the rejection of | the same in position. application, clearly setting forth the ‘new and indopendent facts or reasons upon which n re- (with all the evidence in support requested a second time there view is asked thereof, and i | will be no further consideration of that appli- | Mate 1891-92, $135,000, { | cation during the then current license year. tier. Psion Range of the Thermometer Today. The following were the readings at the signal ofice today: § a.m., 53; 2 p.m., 66; maximum, 63; minimum, 50, BEPAIRS TO CONCRETE PAVEMENTS. Appropriation, 1339-90, $90,000; expended, £90,000; appropriation 1890-91, 120,000; esti- RESURFACING PAVEMENTS, One of the distinguishing marks of the city of Washington is its smooth pavements, Many of these which bave been laid for s number of y areand wore put down ata time when the duying of this pavement was not as well under- auder the | § modern sidewalks in these places, PARKING COMMINSIO: Appropriation 1889-'90.. Expended 1889-'90....... Appropriation 1890-'91,. $18,000 Extimate for 1891-"92.. . $30,000 | ‘the following is a statement of the work done, trees planted, &c., during the fiscal year: Trees in streets July 1, 1889.... ‘Trees planted during the year... Total... Treos removed, ++ - $18,500 $18,493.92 +++ +66,185 | + 2,372 | Total number June 30, 1890. Wooden boxes removed 1889 to 1890. New boxes made ‘Trees protected by wire netting. ‘Trees whitewashed. . ate - 4,178} I desire to invite special attention to the re- ports of the parking commission and the par intendent of the parking commission, which are appended. One of the chief attractions of the city is the beautiful trees now lining most of the streets, and as the streets extend far- ther and father into the District the expenses of the parking commission are largely in- creased, and although I have been compelled by reason of the financial condition of the | District to ask for uo more money than I do, yet more is needed, and I would suggest that’ the planting of trees outside of the city be done permit system, as in the case of Iay~ | ‘ing sidewalks, requiring the owners, however, ‘to pay all the cost of plunting, the District merely furnishing the trees and doing the work. BRIDGES. Ordinary care of bridges: Appropriation, 1889-90. + $3,400.00 | Expended, 1889-90 .. 3,117.51 | Appropriation, 1890-91. 5,000.00 Estimate, 1891-92... 5,000.00 | Construction and bridges: Appropriation, 1889-90 Expended, 1889-90... Appropriation, 1890-91 repair Estimate, 1891" > 15,000. Expendea for bridges from the Cmeigency fund, 1989-90......... 383.52 ‘there have been no extra expenditures on | bridges this year duc to uny floods or serious | damage of any kind, but many of them require painting. Floors have to be renewed periodi- cally aud the amount asked for is not more than is ueeded to keep up the bridges now in | existence and to build what new ones are absolutely required in the District crossing | the small streams, During the pust tiscal year | the amount of money was too sinall to do the | work absolutely needed, and in the case of the i P-street bridge across Kock creek, between | Washington aud Georgetown, in June the bridge became unsate and the Com- missioners were obliged to forbid travel | with heavy teams across the same and later on to repair the bridge out of the emer- feney iuud to prevent injury and loss of life. The bridges across the Chesapeake and Ohio canal in Georgetown need attention, and in the present condition of the corporation owning the canal it seems impossible to get anything done unless the District assumes the respousi- ility and pays for the sume. These aro of great importance to the citizens of George- town and should be kept up. I desire particularly to speak of the Anacostia bridge, which is an old structure and a most unsatisfactory one, very deficient in width for the large travel now using 18. The draw as now constructed and operated is wance to the ¥ out alks of 8 “eee is 1,256 feet long be. wi lee! G 5 = ‘tween end piers, the floor is 9 feet above | contingent expenses, the first year would be | | Add the item | beon brought to the attention of Congress for MONDAX, NOVEMBER 17. 1890—TEN PAGES, I believe myself that it would be better te | build an entirely new bridge. and that an ap- 150,000 should be made for the of the old bridge to be used to furnish another passage across the Eastern branch, The iron bridge over Rock creek at K street northwest should be raised. ‘The Chain bridge is in apparently fairly good condition, and the same may be said of the Aqueduct or Free bridge, NEW BRIDGES NEEDED. I would also suggest the propriety of build- ing a bridge across the Eastern branch at the extension of East Capitol street. Aniron bridge should also be provided for over Rock creek at Massachusetts avenue extended. STEAM RAILROADR, The steam railroad question has not yet reached a satisfactory solution. Soveral bills are pending in Congress on this matter and the Commissioners have made reports on the various schemes proposed for relieving the | city and the railroads themselves of the many inconveniences that both now suffer. Ido not feel that anything can be added to the reports already made by the Commissioners on this subject, but hope that the Engineer Commissioner will urgently ask that some solu- tion be devised and laws passed to carry out the same dusing the present session of Con- grees, STREET RAILWATS. Considerable progress has been made daring the past year in replacing the old T rails in the strect railways by tho approved grooved rail ‘The best form of motive power still remains an open question inside of the city limits, The cable system has been applied and is now in working condition on the 7th street line, and iv, I believe, giving satisfaction not only to the company but to the public. When it first came into use numerous accidents occurred, but by great care these have now be- ptional, and I think this system come very exce will grow in favor. Outside of the city limits the system of over+ head electric wires 1s now in use on the Eck- ington and Soldiers’ Home and the George- town and Tenleytown railways, ands, I believe, giving good results, Experiments have been made by the Metro- politan road with the storage battery, but so far they have not decided to adopt that system. The pheumatic method as ap under the Judson patent has been laid down on the Brightwood Avenue road, lending out 7th strect beyond the Boundary, and promises well, al- though up to the present time it has not come into working use, Considerable extensions to the charters of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Howe, the George- town and Tenleytown, the Anacostia and Potomac and the Rock Creek railroads have | been granted, and applications for charters bave been made for roads cutting up the Di trict so that should they all pass I believe the District would have sufficient accommodations to last for a great many years. HERDIC LINES. The herdic lines of the city continue to oc- cupy the strects and in many ways have been useful to the citizens. They are competitors for business with the street car lines, parallel- | ing the same in many cases, and have caused | improvements in the car service. Tue ac-| tion of these heavy vehicles in running con-| inne usly. over the asphalt streets along given | ines 1s very hard on the pavements, and as they are at no expense at present, except the paying of a small hcense fee, the damage that they do to the city streets is in no way compen- sated for. I would suggest that this license for public vehicles used in this way be made propor- tonal to the nunsber of passengers the said | vehicles curry, the amounts to increase in | geometrical proportion. Should this be done | and the proceeds by law applicd to improving | all the stre over which the herdics run 1) think a satisfactory solution of the trouble | would be obtained. | IME DISTRICT VETERINARIAN. Although not an official of the engineer de- partment the District veterinarian is required | to look atter all the horses in this department as well in others. During the past year he has given faithful. service and I believe that his compensation should be increased if possible. | PROPERTY DIVISION. The same method of caring for property that i was in use during the year 1888-39 has been followed and has given satis{actory results. The amount of property toe looked afters | continually increasing and-it is only by the | most faithful diccharge of che duties of the i ee of property in the engineer department that heavy losses are prevented. PROPERTY YARDS. | | | |) | The property yards are under the chargo of | this gentleman, and in them new materials, | such as curb, granit» blocks, asphait blocks and tiles, sewer pipe, water pipe, cement, sand, broken stone, &c., ave to be received, inspected, stored’ and cared for | until used. Old material taken from one | street hus to be stored and worked over to fit it for use in some other localities. I believe it | will soon be necessary for more property yards to be provided for in the District so as to leave this property in more convenient situations for use in all parts of the city. CHANOE, OF FISCAT. YEAR, Inthe last adiual report made by my pre- decessor he suggested the propriety of chang- ing the fiscal year from July 1 to July 1 to Jan- uary 1 to January 1, thus allowing more work | to be done under the appropriations, All this | could be avoided it Congress would grant the right to begin work under the appropriations | as soon as they are made, especially if the bilis should be passed eariy in’ the season, At the short session of Congress the appro- riation bill passing on or before the 4th of March, if the money were made available at | once advantage could be taken of three good working months, April May and June, which at present aro Lo RVEYOR'S OFFICE. The surveyor’s office being a feed office the work tobe done by the office for the District has to be paid for the same as though it were done by private individuals. I believe it would | be more satisfactory, the records become more quickly available and the work of the District would — become advan tageous could this oflice be made a sala- ried office, and I would suggest ti following } estimate of cost to properly equip and ran‘ it on asalary basis, it bemg the same as that | suggested by my predecessor, Salaries: One | surveyor, $3,600; ] assistant surveyor, 21,800; 1 draughtsman and computer, 31,500; 1 clerk, ¥1,400; 1 messenger, #600; 4 rodmen at #730, ¥3,120; 2 axmen at $720, $1,440. Total. $13,460. large to provide horses, wagons and harness, the | keeping of the same, new instruments, repairs to instruments, stationery, priuting. &c. . Pelee mentioned for copy- ing old records. mounting maps. books and plating and. provaling: Proper storage, $5,000. total, $20, Fees at present paid by property owners for work done should be collected and paid to the collector of taxes, the same as other fees now charged in the District, aud go into the gen- eral fund, IMPROVEMENT OF ROCK CREEK. The project for the improvement of that portion of Rock creek within the city limits has many years, Itseomstome to be # matter that should ‘receive attention at once, and I believe the reclamation of land which will be made by this improvement will pay the ex- penses of the same, EXTENSION OF THE CITY. The great activity during the past year in making subdivisions of land aud putting the same on the market, not only within the District, but im the — adjoining states near by, ‘has *brought into = inence the iact that the subdivisions lying immediately outside of the city proper are so far from being what they should be as to have had a very deleterious effect upon the advancement of these properties, ‘They have been held back, and the outlying subdivisions have been sold at high pipe ab the expense of those nearer by. The now before Congress, providing for changing such ing the whole District so of land can be subdivisions and that at any time any out in strocts, f i i : ‘water or 5 feet above high water. Ithasa draw span of 30 fect on the Bascule principle rated by man power. estimated 4 ist? = & i £ | series B, Us, 11s: | ay asked. much = more | {f Highest of all in Leavening Power—U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 188 Rove LLL Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY Branch road,and beyond there the right of way can be obtained when the land is subdivided, The bill now pending in Congress for the ex- tension of the city streets is, | believe. wisely drawn, and should it be passed would meet the requirements of the city. ROCK CREEK NATIONAL PARK. The Rock Creek National Park has since the writing of the last annual report become a fixed fact, and I think the Distri¢t is to be congratu- lated on securing this needed improvement. In closing my report I wish to mention two other matter, the appropriations for which should, I think, be more properly charged to the general government than to the District, yet they affect the District. First. An exhibit of the District should be made at the exposition to be held at Chicago. ‘This should be made so full that our citizens may ull bave a good opporcunity to become ac- quainted witn erty capital: I mentioned this in my report on the estimates for the coming ~~ and since that time it has been taken up yy the board of trade. I sincerely hope that the exhibit may be made and in such o way as to bea great success, Second. The reciamation of the flats along the Eastern branch. Everyone knows t! portance of this and I need but to meution Very respectfully four obedient servant, Wat. T. Rosset, eg in Corps of Engineers. Lient Col Hexay M. Rosenr. Engmecr Com- missioner, District of Columbia, cerns ccc FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, ‘a PE York Stock Market. kts followin are the opening and closing prices of York Suck Market, as reported Mire to Corson snd Macartues, Lil F stroot im- i Ss Me — Washington stock Sales—Kegular Call—12 o'clock m.: National Bauk, Traders’ 10 at 123. Columbia Fire Jnsur- Wat 16 People’s Fire Insurance 100 ai 74; 100 at’. : ‘Trust Company, 25 at 644: 5 at 64: Ghiy: WO ut CDi. Government Bonds—U. 8. 4%, 1891 103 U.S. 498, 1BBI. coupe UL. 8. 48, registered, 1907, asked. U.S 4s, coupon, 1907 od. at . registered, 104 Di bia, Lily bid, 2: ush District of Columbia Bonds—Por imp. 6a, 1801. gold, 101% bid. Por 1891," cur- ency, LOLS, bik 7s. 1882, currency, 10:3}, bid. 20-year fund, Gs, 18U2, gold, 103 bid. 20-year fund, 5s, 1sw, goid, 108 bid. Water stock, 7s, 1901, currency, 131 bid, 135 Asked. 0-year fund, Gs, gold, 1¥0z, 117 bid. Water stock, 7s. currency, 1003, 135 bid, 1404 asked. J-t5s, 1824, fund, currency, Iu, bid, 22% asked. AMiscellaueous Bonds—U. 8, Electric Lightbonds, 2d Gs 140 did. Washingt 1024 bid, 106 asked. Washington atailroad Convertible bonds, 7 . ed. Washington Market Com- any 1st mortgage, 6s, 108 vid. Wasuington Warkes Cowpeny bonds, imp. Gs, 117 asked. Washington Light Infantry Gret mortgage, ts, 1904, U6 bid. Wasbingwn Light lufentry bonds, 2d 7s, 1994, YG bid, 105 asked. vs a Gas Lignt Company’ bonds, series A, Ge, 121 asked. Wasbington Gas 6 = vonas, y bid. usked, lygienic ive Company, Ist mortgage, 63, 100 asked. Nevonsi bank Stucks—ank of Washi: 1. Bunk of Republic, 205 bid, 300 asked. Cepiral, Farmers’ 40 bid. Citizens’ 170 bia, 189 ed. Coluns! 175 asked. Capital, 120 bid, 1 ty asked. W End. WY bid, lu asked, Traders, 123 bid, 125 asked. Lincoln, 112 bid, 125 asked. Xalroud Stucks— Washington aud Georgetorn, 0 bid, 260 asked. Metropulitan, asked. Columbia, 70 bid, 7333 North O Street, — bid, 60 a Soldiers’ Home, 55 bid, U2 asked. town and Tenieytown, 50 bid. Sb asked. Insurance Stocks—tiremen s, 45 bid, 50 asked. Franklin, 51 bis. Metropolitan, 80 National Union, 18 bid. bid, 190 asked. Corcorsi 15° bid. 164 asked. German. bid. Potomac, SU bid, 100 asked. 8 asked. People’s, 5 bid 54 bid. Commercial, “rine 1 by 23, Railroad, 10-40, and Mechanics’, x * 1 aske: bid. ote eal Estate Title, 125 bia Title, 6%, bid, 63 asked. cas —Wasliington Gas, 48° bid, TECIOWD Gas, bid, 160 asked. ‘elephoue Sto 1, peake and Potomac, 72 asked. Ami phone, 11 bid, 1:7 asked. Miscellaneous Stocks— Washington Market Com- eat Falls Iee Company, 210 Compa asked. National Safe Deposit Company asked, Washington Safe Deposit Company, 125 bid. Washington Loan and ‘Trust Company. 44; bid, American Security aud ‘rust Com- can Grapho- 20 asked. pany, 63 bid, 64% asked, Lincoln Hall, 60 bid, Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Nov. 17.— Cotton weak —mid " fat — Howard dung, 9%. Flour and Western super, 3 4.00; do. do. tamily, 4. brands, extra. 5.00, 5.3585.60; spring d straight, $005.50; Wheast—south street 0; do. do. extra, ; Winter Wheat px t, 0. do., 5.6505.00; do. do. extra, 4.400405. do. do. western quiet: ; year, S64 Did: , 8 bid. “ Oats slow and declined—ungraded southern and Pennsylvania, 48a51; do. western white, 4! do. do. mixed, 49450; graded No. 2, white, Ws. Kye quict and firm—prime to choice, f00d to fair, 7la74. Hay plentiful and 'slow—prime to choice timothy, 10.00a11. Provisions firm, — Butter stendy. Eggs frm—25. Coffee nominal—Rio car- goes inir, 19%; No, 7, 173. Sugar qviet—eranu- iy. Whisky Srm. 8 steady. Ke- eat. nee Sum 3,000 bushels; Shipments—dour, 12,000 barrels: busuels. Si ‘Wheat, 435,000 yasbels, BALTIMOK Stock, 95a90;, Cincinnati, ‘W. ; consolidated gas bonds, 115 asked; do, 44 jgad5. 5 Chicago Markets. Nov. 17.—Baltimore and Ohio orthern Central stock, 68 asked; Nearing His End. ‘This afternoon word was sent to the district was as- saulted with an ax, knife and gun By Thomas Heath, as stated elsewhere in today’s Sran. At3 o'clock the sisters at the hog and Georgetown | Pneumatic sun Carriage, % bid, 7, asked. | ‘ashington and Baltimore firsts, 9 | LAUNCHING OF THE MAINE. A Distinguished Party Going to Brooke lyn From This City. The special train that is to take the guests from Washington to the launching of the Maino in Brooklyn tomorrow will leave the 6th street station at midnight tonight, reaching Jersey City at about 7 in the morning. Miss Wilmerding, the granddaughter of the Secretary, will christen the shi In the {christening party will be Miss Tinine, Miss | Pauline Bancroft, Miss Una Soley, Miss Mary | Raymond, Miss Georgie Wilmerding. Wil They Sell the Church Property? A notice was read from the pulpit of the First Congregational Churen yesterday morn- ing of a mecting of the society of the church for the purpose of considering the sale of their church property | at the corner of 10th and G streets. No offer has yet been made for the property, but the trustees and others have been asked what the property could be bought for, and £0 it was decided to call a mecting to be held on the evening of November 25 for the urpose of determining whether the property is for sale, Progressi: | From the St. Paul Pionecr Pros. “Please, sir.” said a young man to the fore- man of a paving gang in Relby avenue, “will you give me one of those round cedat blocks!” “Those block belong to the city, my boy. If | Yon area taxpayer they are as much yours as mine, but you don’t look like a taxpayer. How- ever, I'll give you one if you will tell me what you want it for.” “I want to cover it with carpet and make iL 8800 “What do you want of a hassock? Yon ain't & married man.” “Oh, no, sir; but I ean trade the hassock for a bird-cage to Mrs. Brown, Her bird is dead.” ~But what do you want of a bird cage with- out a bir “Oh, I don't want the cage; but I found ont that I could trade the cage for an oxidized picture frame.” “There it is again, What good isa picture frame without any picture?” “But Mr. Oliver bas got a picture of Gen. Sheridan, aud he said be wou'd trade mee hanging lamp for a good oxidwed frame for i ¢ lamp you want?” fot no particular nese for a lamp, trade a good hanging lamp for a Per- | sian rug, and I can trade the rug for a Mexican parrot. and Tom Higbie will trade me his banjo lor the parrot, See? It’s the banjo I'm after.’ — so Who Else Could Seem Sceptical? | | | 00 | From the Lewiston Journal. A story about W. H. McLellan, better knowa | as Bill McLellan, Belfast's famous rosy-faced | apostle of license. is attributed to Attorney General Littlefield. The story goes that Mc- Lellan reccatly took the boat for Portland, | where the law court was in sossiou, and the | boat had left Rockland but short distance when a well-dressed man came into the saloon where the lawyers were congregated and be- gan haranguing on the liquor aspects in Maine, stating, with many hiceoughs, that it was nis first visit to the prohibition state, but he was confident, for all the prohibition, that he could purchase all the liquor he wanted. old on there, my friend.” aid McLellan, “You must not look upon the Maine prohibitory law with such contempt. How do you know that you can buy any liquor in this state?” The man gave McLellan one look of disdain, then walked across 10 @ friend who was with him and cx- claimed loud enough for all to hear: “That's amother one of them blanked prohibitionists.” | soe A Bad Man From Bal Prom the New York Sun. Iwas approaching Washington in the night from Philadelphia and should have been en- tirely alone in the smoking car but for a man who got on at Baltimore. He had a bundle as baggage, and he sat down three seats ahead of | me aud smoked away without a word for twenty Then be turned and ask, er do any detective work ts very romantic and exciting. Let me introduce myself us Detective Wadsworth of the Baltimore police.” We shook hands. I gave him my namo, and after some general talk he said: “I hope to catch acrook at the depot in Washington who knows me well by sight. I have jrot to disguise myseif to nab him.” ‘He undid the package and took from it © wig. a necktie and a coat and vest, pocket he drew a pair of biue » made the change in three or tour 1 had to compliment him on the. transforma- Isbould never have known him to be me man, 4 part of our profession, you know,” he explained. “I want you to render me a service when we enter the depot. Go to the back end of the train and work forward, If you mect a fat man wearing check suit and a stovepipe hat tle Ko, aud I will be there im three see- onds. Lasreed to follow his instructions, and I kept my promise. I saw no fat mau, however. either did again see my Baltimore detec- tive. Iwent to « hotel and went to bed, but | was aroused from sleep an hour later by Washington detective, who compared my face With a photograph, and growled: “-D—n it, you ain't the man, after all!” “Who are yon looking for?” “A bad man from itumore who gave us the shp at the depot.” ‘Describe him.” When he had done so I replied: “Why, that man rode with me in the smoker and he was a detective, He disguised himself to catch some one here at the depot.” ‘the ——~ he did! And he got you out of the sray like the idiot you are! Hang it, man, you had better go and soak your head! Here—I put you under arrest, Come along to the sta- tion, But they didn't keep me long, and a month later when I ran across the bad man from Balti- more in the city hall at Philadelphia I just ex- hanged winks with him and passed on. oo Who the Happy Man Was, From the Evening Sun. Until recently the bouschold of Judge Mar- tine has rejoiced in the possession of a partieu- larlp efficient and valued cook, However, s few weeks ago the cook came to her mistress and asked to be allowed to go to the wake of a very dear friend, She went and returned the next day, looking sad but resigned, and as if life might stili be not altogether without com- neations, Prive weeks later she came into the dining | room one after breakfast and an- nounced: “In a week I'll be lavin’ ye for once an’ all, Missis Martine.” you been well treated?” asked her mistress, “Ob, yi, mum,” quoth Mery; “it's not that, rm to be marred, mum.’ “ — Why, where did you meet the a “Diye mind the wake I was to not long age, mum? I met him thear,” answered Mary, “And who is the gentleman, Mary?" “He's the corpse's husband, mum.” ——— e+ ____ Man and Monkey, From the New York Sun. Stanley told a friend the other day s story rd