Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1898, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1898. tions of othe jes ith y rded them in con- | into, or If it had been made continuous so | {mn accepting such appointments who could | and scarlet fever may now be practically | nature thai the water does not remain ime tion of this system has been so fully told in Fashington should wave. | nection withi thartiext annual -spgrorete® | ae 00 be -aealiable eras tiatclone iptathe, | abislin e-cece ion eine once e Cee Re ee mediately under the sidewalk, and spells uf | iormer reports that It le believed umeecen as these accommodations { tion. fiseal year, it would have been possible to | While the new system has not been in| no place where they could be treated ex-| low temperature are not prolonged. or sary to repeat here the statements there ern st what Was! equa vet along pretty wel Th sick and disabled horses of | do the work during vacation months when | operation long enough to speak positively | cept in the remodeled stable of Providence | vere. Only one instance te knows withia | mace. Gy ite Sh gg hoes] Wesannuent nas Dean [ac inattercat ‘erent’ | the talldivigs are unoecaplet an advantage | 2s to Its merits, so far as agconclusion can | Hospital. the past two years of a waik being thrown | The question of doing away with the Mutely Insecure ‘concern, and had not the District veteri- | upon which it ts needless to enlarge. be drawn from’the past month it has been tee’ Fiseke Nelcaiac: by frost, and that one wa provided with a | James Creek canal has been ugitated by ef brick with old-fashione narian placed at the disposal of the Com- very satisfactory to all concerned. SS frost base, local conditions occurring under | the citizens of Southeast Washington. This r ners his private hospital facilities the Public Vehicles. Dinlutcctine Stallion: Attention is invited to the extensive con- | the walk, favoring the collection a pes is a measure which should be carried out unsightly and artment would have been totally unpre- | |The Pennsylvania Reiiroad Company has} 1. aicintects icles as could | £¥™Ption of soft coal, which has so rapidly | causing the damage. ! at the earliest possible moment. The only at earliest possi- | pared for emergencies of this kind. ‘The | inaugurated a local cab system in connec- pre eS increased that it promises at no distant | Several instances have octurred where ‘economical way of doing it, however. is -rn sieel cell. Corr: 4_with the manufa 2 - = be moved to the municipal disinfecting sta- vaiks have been broken by ©: i dur- | believed to be in the prompt execution of wrses are freqrently injured or burned, | tion with its passenger service, greatly to date to very seriously mar the beauty of | Walks ho en by expansion Y and at such times hospitai treatment is ab- P Bt ae tion and disinfected by steam has been done, y iy y ; ing the hot weather of the present season | the sewage disposal works. Any other and Mt is believed th's | Solutely essential. “Tt is proposed to erect |the benefit of the traveling public. The | as heretofore, under the direction of the | the city and destroy the pleasures whtch | Df, the hot weather of heat appears to | metnod of attempted relief would be only a few thousand dol- | stable on ground owned by the District, | Vehicles used are of the latest and fives, | Health department, but the disinfection of | enhance its value as a place of residence. | cause greater damane to the cement waike j temporary and would be unnecessary if the » made at the comings where all the horses of the District govern: | @PProved type, provided with rubber tires, | the premises themselves has necessarily | A bill providing the necessary re ief has than the cold. A new cement sidewalk | Sewage disposal system is to be completed, secure this improve- nt may be properly cared for in case of | 47d in every way a credit to the company. | been intrusted to the householders because | passed the House and is now pending in around the Congressional Library building | An estimate has been made of the cost of ity, and an appropriation is requested | It 1s hoped that a similar innovation will be | of the absence of any appropriation to ena- | the Senate. Its enactment would result In | was subjected to such compression by ex- | Constructing so mu@h of the sewage dis- pees Ee Taate nt the other railroad station and that | ble the health office to do the work. The | the abatement of this terrible nuisance, of | pansiou nets coup’e of blocks were thrown | Posal system as will permit of the abolish= During the year the attention of the Com- | the. movement. will result in the general disadvantages of such a system have been | which just complaint is so frequently made into the air to a height of several! feet, with | ™Ment of this canal, which estimate is ap- missioners was called to the large number | provement of the cab and hack service of | pointed out in previous reports. It 18 hoped | by Gur eitis nat @ nelse ike the report of a un, which | pended hereto. L by Ce ye os y pl ii vehicle: at si ; fe reer is » gress. Five the was reque of alarms incorrectly struck on the engine the is Ae ureent poe 2p ee Ncee! ic bes that ometinouieion can be a poeneee, The Removal of runes brought peopie from the Hbrary anit stores} The recommendation is again made t : @ last | ous cones, often causing serious delay in |@re In such 2 dilapidated condition as future for the establishment of a genera fi mil Girectons ta the This is the | 2Uthority be secured, if possible. in ca : E Arce. “Investigation showed the | Provoke deserved criticism. disinfecting service. ‘i The removal of garbage has been attended | Griy cass wnown of exotnd a | where work Is a vatiane bee - stem of receiving and transmit- Excise Board. oe res ee en time | with comparatively little complaint, under | Expansion, but as abowe e | contract system, to accept a bond from the 5 vlarms to be, with very slight change, | During the year the excise board has pur- Seen ae eee aera ttt eas fon | 8M arrangement by which the contractor | stances cre known of the sr fl centeter: aoe ee caprod hape ens r vas "of ce . be =: > ol are a 7 e wutinbie » of k from is ca 2. ee ‘ately, inst of a bond equal vo the ee introduced in ‘Gy was |2ued the polley of reducing as far as pos- | merly supposed to nave under the act to | has dally conveyed the same in rultable | un ake Pedi Shi cause 26st WERE | ure ine the contract. be- = addition of a story to No. | sible the number of bar room licenses and | Prevent the spread of scarlet fever and | covered scows to a point below the District | Method fs wat adapted for protection | “tocated on Sth street be- | preventing the establishment of too many | @Phtheria. Its work, therefore, !s now al- | ine, where it has been utilized « n property | termined. - cost ch more tha located s E ;, | Most entirely educational in character and | purchased by him for its reception, 2 sete sees | d E streets northwest, for the | par rooms in any one locality. The total cpnducive sare 7 EoncneSediab ¢ a! ippear to yetain es of permanent fire alarm 2 S not cynducive to the best results. Unless } crematory at the foot of South Capitol d that ¢ rable saving to the Dise would result if this were done etors will thus not be comsell a heavy bond for seve azecommodat ves yas | BUMber of bar room licenses is now 582 and | amendments to the existing law are secured | street has been reserved. for uid " k walk is more ex- | Ohiy small opriati phon es was e a i et has se ¢ pull] Sec seat nhes only small appropriations k isos Diet, EE ee Gee CE Gee | the number of wholesale licenses 124. EX- | or a new law passed. no action can be taken | navigation be closed during the winter { pensive, reetly upon sand, and | 221e pears work. ‘The wiete: sya provided for prs ec tl OB Sea isting legislation regarding the sale of | looking toward ihe limitation of the spread | "he Commissioners are of the opinion | When Peace at AS ADE £0 4090 ais to hay the cost. of carom v modern eaulpment known to the serv ube isyentGreed Abeta swela wa GiGeverd | ofsiutccea cen Seon ion | its smoc during periods « : rying t The? ing is about completed. The cabi- | !uor is enforced, but new laws a a se diseases, that the disposal of garbage should be un- | it" Shi pluie anid GHAAiiye Perdhserm j Pineckinn x net work and furniture, which have been | Much needed: especially one which will Contagious Diseases See ene eg cues aubiclpadty, jana bt by | wears rapidly uniess a class. of satie manner in whlch the ‘rock nr thin 4 t h eafberal d, will soon be in place, ohibit the sale er on Sundays by daa Ren See lace in | COMtract, it being a part of the genera Gacy ice a een gaee at ne Manne hich the work of this de= ' pee that the Mret of the yeas | Breweries. A bill is pending, which, if en-| The delay which necessarily took place in | Contact It belt : and that in connection Heth Rs he Fa ne that of | partment is appreciated by the public is res andvit is believed that th = TE acted into law, would remedy this difficulty, | constructing buildings for the treatment of will see the new system successfully in- ir uldire is Jer tiee ment of | therewith provision should also be made = ms as well as othe in this connection, and minor contagious diseases, as provided for ‘or the disposition of all items of waste, augurated. With this improvement the D : : mnect id Y iste, ice Station. trict will, so far as mechanical appliances | !# hoped that Its passage may be secured. | by the act of March 9, 1907, though it was | such as ashes, ‘tin cans, paper, rags, bot: a usher gedlense se cha by far would | are concerned, a fire alarm equipment Harbor Master. at the time a matter of regret and disap- | tes ete. pauses Drees cal demonstration of | ing the coming year is 08 cents per equa 3 to none in the country, and there | ne work of the harbor master, with the | pointment, has restiited to the best inter- spe A e at - yard without fros hereafter, no occasi in- vely proven that it is not without | ¥@" - uar- | Reed be, thereafter, no eccasion for the In” | patrol boat, has progressed satisfactorily, | est. of the eommunity. Instead of the Intrinsic value and may be converted into eye een | oeese ee See eae iee Hinar gabeticuc | excellent results having ean accomplisied: ba DR eae Cea for ‘he | 2 source of revenue which will materially has | tion of new fire alarm boxes for all old | He has labored under the difficulty of hav- sundry civil act of July 1, 1808, of $32,000 | fray the expense incident to its disposal Bich haa to pre- | ing old and entirely inadequate machinery i Congress will, accordingly, be petitioned fo the | ones. Every box now has a device = for the construction of such buildings on | (4) \f, Ps athe vent its burning out by electrical disturb: | in a new boat, whose average speed is but | the grounds of Providence Hospital, and a a eee ae ine ances. The number of signal circuits has | six or seven miies an hour under the most | 3.000 for those to be ponnected with Gar | tact i jon, pendent » — nsib heen increased from seven to twelve, and | favorable conditions. ‘The Commissioners | P44 yon those to be connected with Gar- | contract syste. : preduced a general improvement in the | strong safeguard for the protection of oc- the number of alarm circuits from four to | earnestly recommend favorable action on | Seite satisfactorily a matter which’ has ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. r upon which they were employed. The | Cupants of dwellings throughout the city, six. Should two or more boxes be pulled at | the estimate for new machincry and the | been the source of much embarrassment to District suffers greatly from the lack of Asphalt and Cements. . | the same time the alarms will pe secure) ely complete equipment of this bie Be coe the Commissioners and a hindrance to the | The engineer department of the Distriet | 00d materia! for a wearing surface for! ‘The details of the work done in this de> furnace. It would be better if a | received. recorded and transmits carne | soe eet tne many duties, devolving | work of the health department, of Columbia was under the charge of Mal.) mececamecd J0mme. Zhe ‘gravel obtained | partment are set forth tn the capert ‘ef BR cern be" erecterk wile would Bef ei Gi siarcia. tierce ore (cacti pollees|{ltn aucontaat lenses iececea ooaitaoraaieen tal te re ree on, Caprovidence Hdspl: (William BC Black, Corps of Engineers, | fom," eiveh sad CeeSICHE Rein tae a whiont | AWW. DOW. Meephche bi Saas alae be le to the cite, Tt should be located | man has been provided with a key and du- | property demands protection, the Wash- | grounds for one of the buildings provided | 8: 4-, from July 1, 1807, until May, 1808. | while. but the material le not sufficiently | Ments, to which attention ts invited. irst precinct, which contains most | Plicate keys were placed with ane ce ington and Georgetown channels must be | for in the appropriation first mentioned | He had ds assistants Capt. Edward Burr, | hard to have good wearing qualities, and Property. principal business houses, hotels, | Pants of stores and houses meat tig boxes) po ace coe enies arnaeedt fo. ines ee deserves recognition. So, also, does the | Ccrps of Engineers, U. S. A., and Capt. | it is necessary to renew the surface very | as, office was under the charge of Mr, It should contain all the usual ; Under this system there ee ee noeiaiioe ene seek iawayent orc pind Security af" | tact that this institution has voluntarily re- | Lansing H. Beach, Corps of Engineers, U. | frequently If the road is kept in proper con- | "7 Bolsanr ‘Kisas ube Geglahiag Gt cab s, sleeping acc delay in getting the be hes moe caer ee es anaes ee ing interests | ceived and treated during the year four SINAN) Cape Burn warclicvei eee hare dition. Negotiations are now under way nals i" ‘ —— 1 for the police | Provided with a little glass door, covering | along the entire river front. cases of xcarlet fever and thirty-five cases | © A+ _B Ss d from duty | to secure a proper quality of trap rock, and | fiscal year until June 16, 1898, when he left the key hole. in which the key is perma HEALTH DEPARTMENT. of diphtheria, without any prospect of com- | With the District of Columbia April 28, | it is hoped that if this material can be se- | to enter the army for service at the front nently located. To turn in an alarm it is ment. The price of brick walk is from te 8) cents per square yard, depending | Shown tn the hich the bricks hav for the acreased demand by citizens ervices of the office. Tr is ise shown in the report of the inspec of plumbing, to which and $1.18 per square | ‘The act recently passed by Congress e8- tablishing a plumbing board and making it un.awful for any person not a licensed plumber 4 ngage in the piumting busi- : ness will do much toward preventing im- rs during the year, and their use | proper and careless work being done by Ire has given much satisfaction, as well aS | responsible parties and will operate as @ attention Is invit » station. conclu: ict purchased a couple of steam for use by e, which tow- y darken erection ers so far above the buildin is always fewage is the floor, the water h as io put out rising so rooms for ¢ medtions for t I purpose n n ms and cell rooms for the proper de- tention of young girls, women and the bet- | — pensation therefor, and for which substan- | 1898, on account of the press of duties in-| cured the work done upon the county | as an officer of the ist District of Colume= ter class of prisoners. ‘There should only necessary tojbreaicithe slam Oven ue)! (ihe work) of! thisudepartmentanas rpro-|| (tally) wojtothen of capita tea cenararacticna | cider Grconoe oe Spain, and shortly | roads will be more durable, and that con-| bia V Since that date it has be 2 swimming pool for the use of the men, | }00r th’ Puision of a number of false |gressed satisfactorily, and through the | Could have been secured. In no instance | afterward was ordered to the front. Maj. | siderable saving in cost of maintenance | been in charge of Mr. C. T. Shoemaker. pistol practice galleries, appurtenances for Y ch ale pee ahi ; of whom have been severel 3 TS | heavy fines or jail sentences), f their due | tre novel: has worn off anc 2 b o aaeenitew vs (all . 3 sfc! ae has there been any spread of diseases from | Black was also detailed to duty at the | Will result. : w D : ms, turned in by mischievous Eevee peomipe action aud iemclency ar the Nealtiilt tay ont neseledcenva ttematieysecrescanie fonts aie 4, 1808, to the con on | "The mpnehpration for the: coming wecel ater Department iP is believed | CMcer the city has been saved epidemics of | ted to the hospital, demonstrating the prac. | the fiscal year the department has been in | Year has been increased by Congress from | The condition of the water department, ‘that this de- | *Pallpox and other contagious diseases. A | tical absence of danger from institutions | charge of the present Engineer Commi $40,000 to $50,000, but even this larger sum | as will be he sus een from the report of Dv JES a On ent | Case of yellow fever recently made its ap- | for the treatment of such maladies. sioner, Capt. Lansing H. Beach. is inadequate to secure results which should | perintendent, Mr. W. A. McFarland, is ies Won not provided tor tu the | TCS WEP mecicniaity Benen the department | Tecrece Here Gal wos ne Sms done be obtained. There are 207 miles of subur- SENG ws ates abauitied by the Conuniasioners | and the citizens. Se Re OEE CO ca GY Detention Building. Street and Alley Pavements. ban streets and county roads to be cared | much the same as it was during the pre= 1 ne exact cost could | Seater of Weights and Measures. | though the case was fully reported through | ‘The need for a building separate from the | Sheet asphal- and asphalt block were the | for from thie agmondanee leaving the | ceding year. The supply system still suf- but ¢ ring the com-) 4 very noticeable Improvement is observ | the press, nothing whatever being with- | Smallpox hospital, in which cases suspected | only driveway pavements used upon the | Amount only $241.54 per mile of road. fers greatly from waste, and attention is : M1 - z goo by ds—ith street, | Invited to the report of Mr. McFariand and TRE DAMS ANE? | ed in the office of the sealer of weights and | held, the public did not appear in the least | of being smallpox can be held pending | city streets during the year. Vittinng block Henne Waa Bieta ene cae Lah riot Mr cnocerarng tis Oe y for alley paving, | avenue, and, to a large extent, with a f cost will be submitted Nichols | the report of Mr. Green concerning t asked. It is believe nal road | tection of this waste by means of a 1 —have ‘such’a large traffic over them that | Meter, and the amount of water was macadam seems to be irsufficient to stand | the few instances mentioned. The and sey-|the wear io which the road is subjected, | not be better stated than has already been tem of book- | #larmed, which is the highest testimonial | diagnosis, which was so urgently demon- measur Om that can be paid to the efficiency of the uke such an appropria- | Keeping has been inaugurated by which a | i Caith office. t station in this precinet | careful record is kept of the work of the| “There occurred during the year Sd ‘mount suflicient to | office. The examination of scales and meas- | deaths, being #22 less than were reeisteccd was used almost entire! ated during the last outbreak, was pre-|a few alleys being paved sented to Congress several years ago, but : the proposition to erect such a building | Fift five thou: i a ‘ ‘0 unfavorably received that it not | enty-two sq Co It is recommended that the policy be in- | done by Captain Burr in his report ¢ » new appropriation ures has been faithfully and economically | in 1896-97. Of the decedents oe scuuntay bls . £ 3 square of onerete ee re gee ‘ oe < year, and by Mr. McFariand in his re ore. pursued, with results gratifying to pur- | white and 2.442 colored. The death rates | been again submitted. It may, possibly, be | pavement were laid, and 22.683 augurated by Congrest of taking aranite | Year. and by disastrous | were therefore as follows: For the whites, | Tcelved better at some future time. The thousand inhabitanter fo. eee: | recently erected hospital for smallpox. has 5 S: proven of great value, but attention is again r. Attention nd the st chasers, but in many instances » deal resp sphalt block pavement, and blocks from the streets within the city end tfully in- quare yards of old pavement were re- | Placing them upon the county roads. The | Vited to them, t ein year the depart- A little reflection will demon- | 15.42 ps Jeath, of W! stra importance of the faithful ad- 51- for the total population, 19.3: in | surfaced, either by adding a coat of binder | roadway of these highways need not be | ate fully approved by the Commissioners, Paoee stl bak Ee CEALIOI OEP LES DENG ERE Tena is the case in most variations in mor- | ™Vited to the fact that, except when it is | and surface material to the old maten over 30 feet wide, and if the granite block Street Lighting. anomie eleven yea i sow much depends upon proper | tality, it Is improbable: that thie ireo sees | occupted by patients, it is without any one | removing the old material and were used to pave the two outside thirds | The details of street lighting stated % uF H and measure, especially with the | ment has heen due entirely to any single | Maye ne qeon, ie, extensive steam-heating | new surface with concrete base. BEES SOA OS a eae in the mpanying report of Mr. W ‘< sice oy i seal Goamuics te can lee statement that is borne out by the | Plant and the steam disinfecting machinery | ‘The old tar pavements which were laid a | each side—it is believed that this | a i 7 ‘the Gabnd de rekucitg 1 that in order to protect | fact that a diminishing death rate seems to | Commected with it. The absence of an en-| few years ago quite libe lly throughout | the road would. be practically remeved fr Allen, inspector of electric light ng double th 1 ¢ first med com. [them ri and constant super-| be the rule at present in most of our | £2eer will some day he the cause of dan- | the city are beginning ty faltwern pidly, | the cost of maintenance. “A 10-foot str The streets of Washington are extremely - Nefabie unk courteous un his seen L¥ision eascniak citi while the sanitary improvements Beroug delay in reHoving # patient to the | and their general replacement cannot be | of asphalt or asphalt block laid down the | difficult’ to Nght satisfactorily dur ng x indie eee mipn= | pa Teview Of the work of the office shows | which are soing on in each areas varied as|Tc,otte at Nas already proven expensive||{longer postponed. ‘This pavement Auewers | mlddiel third of the coal would give | @onme when tenure ee in ke wg Mae | the receipts for 1 year to be § 30, are their needs. But. if we may judas | CCOROmY by reason of injury to the Water | the purpose well during hot weather, but ; Smooth driveway, and the cost of main- | count of the dense foliage, which P . be ; ore © for the present year ending Novem: | from the experience of other mazetlé ower: es and to the heating ap-|as soon as the temperature becomes low ning this third would be no greacer per | the light being thrown to any cons : aa y ISS, they were $4 ), a net gain | most potent facto paratus by freezing. The recommendation | encugh to caus of mi in the present ins the tar to become ae rittte | Sauare yard than the intaining | distance. The electric lights ar nee | for an appropriation for the services of Lp [ hin se re the abolitio a large er of bo: é it gues to pieces with bu > more co-| the same amount aJam roadway. | vided with long arms reaching out into * eecancy ie and his assistant. Mr. John D. | wells, an improved milk eupuie ona’ for several past, is respectfully re-| stone. It will probably be nece ary for |of this nature is estimated to 5 per | even this is not satisfactory. The ing | are of a thousand candicpower, whici an im- | newed. ; provement in the drainage and water sur they have made. pl are enitled to much credit for the Con, S within the next two : three | linear foot, and th . K of 1 of numerous dwellings. which Iding. years to make a special appropriation fer | Would also be save , Take the Bladens- | a strong illumination, so strong in tac Secemaw nin pckintendent of Charitics. accomplished by the introduction of With the return of prosperity and with a | 7ePaving these streets, or Washington will road, for example: The cost of re- | it is t of constant compiint < ped Commissioners have incl:ded in their | #4 Water service, in connection w full treasury, it is hoped that tl oce | many tener the disgrace of having a zocd cae Skiing 3 peed: ie eagce aerrsing yohaoatedinptina tse lane te Ba Ran (tues a z ee it their | abolition of priv sury, it is hoped that the objec- | many disreputably streets withia its | and the sprinkling venis. p al points between lamps the at is t : so z Me eae connection with char- | ‘The attention of those who are interested | 1088 Heretofore made to granting an ap-| limits. No resurfacing wae done nie | square y the roadway were cor Wuently so intercepted by the foliage as : et hes h ch Jmboria st jin the statistics regarding diseases is in- | Propriation for a municipal building have | the year over any other than tar pave. | Stfucted in the manner descrily cost | to render the lighting of the encir t ® het sary detai of the vexed ques. Ito the report of the health officer, nl- | at last been overcome and that at the of repairs would be nothing for five years, | very unsatisfactory. While the . x ¥ and cou itals, and fy Published, which gives in minute de- | coming. session of Congress the pending found upon further investigation | after which it wou'd be about nin f lamps of a thousand cand \ ett ' of patients tall all the particulars regarding the same. | yin. or ifica : ‘ Satement in the last annual’ re- |/*duare yard per year, or, reducimg it to a re been insisted on in - : ofa i he number of marriages from whisk no , OF a modification of ft, will receive t engineer department -hat os. 1 for the road, the cost of repairs may } believed that lights of 4 with t 4 thus | returns were received, as determined t favorable action anda start made in secur- | Phalt laid over granite block had not given | be estimated to amount to ~) ber | power placed closer together w ; : ds Sa | +b. | difference between the number of | j ing a structure worthy of the nation’s cap- | *#Usfaction in this city is an erroneous | Year sprinkling, | $008. per total. | much more satisfactory service t . t ‘ ! issued by the court and the reports receiv- al. ‘The highway extension . railroad he annexed table shows the work S) per year; while the main- | cost of each individual light wou x r 8 recomm i tutic f so much per annum | €d at the health department, was 1,040, or | grade crossings, the reclamation of the has been done in paving over concrete under the construction proposed n that of those now maintain d t ~ dent thai for ¢ will enable the Com- j “PProximately 40 per cent of the ent Eastern branch flats a stre-t railroads | block, cobbte and other pavcmeats, and the techn ccaite be Cheat Shniee | Coan Dnt Be axcater 'comt © - cata alae pcan ' von proper provision | Humber. The only remedy for such neglect | have engaged the attention of the Com- | festlts cbtained. The one pavement over |eXPired would probably be about $4812 would ensue e - se eneliae ad ce will re their re- | W&S pointed out in the last report of this | Missioners, the citizens and Congress dur. | 8tanite block which has becn uneatice pet ee . : nt | init Present law does not re the k s ter ’ 1 tals. It has some iracs | department and depends on congrcesia ing the past few years to the exclusion of Se an, Cxperimenial nature, Tm) OF GOVETTGTeDE of Khe, District of Go: | Lee eee eee ann Sosty-tive smmutes : 4 past thar PaUeNie Hace | action: ath aniimpoctari considerations GAnlininee: ler being used, and the wearing suria, form of government of the Disirict of Co- | after sunset. This is believed to be. too ihau owns nen, from Gne hospit Valuabic Records. however, have been settled or are in a yan extra amount of sand, beir ummtia pares that all work costing over | great an interval. Electric lights have been, ease slice wheal int ureere cco cae is Wists; avmatles Gteee oe samy ate € of adjudication, so that rectly upon the blocks, 1 or $1,000 shall be done by contr: Unul recently, used almost enurely upon t tive i. in ord tt been refused that tha valuable 166 sight all interested may be cenvered on the hes thick. This has worn badly, and a Se Pat onc aaietoe 4 the business streets, and the lights from : e: See tees alua ecords of the health de- | accompitshment of this worthy object with truction of this kind will not’ be re- | that the macadamizing of streets Stores have provided sume iiluminat sp ee ie ration for the treat- | P@rurent, which could not be replaced, | ev urance of success. peated. reads, if the cost of doing the work « Ul the sireet lamps were lighted. W © anne of disease with | Should be subject to possthle 1c i tables show the cost of re- | ¢@ that amount, must be done by contract | increase in the number of elecurie lehts s by firs, Free Pub ie Library. FIRE DEVART MENT. Their importa 2 a pairs per square rd for shect-asphalt | !7Stead of by hired labor. The result has | and their establishment upon resid. eer fe teat anee ter fantly demonstrat- | ‘rhe Commissioners call espacial attention | pavements upon Ginch ond 1c t Phat | heen far from satisfactory. “None of the | streets provided with heavy shade trees. It = erintendent of | Scripts from them have been fegey yea, | to the public library of the D . which, | No expense for repairs has been incurred | Contractors who have done work for the | has been f service is snurdly nent Eee mest tes Ries vend presetva- | the past year. This is another sages | in pursuance of legislation and zppropria- | ft Streets paved with asphalt block, al. | Distriet in recent years upon. the eon ciuate come incenven= r f preventing serious ug the charites | for the erection of a new fee nga een | aes in operation, This | {Ugh some will have to be repaired dur. | Fads has possessed a road roller. so ‘hat | iently dark long b ty-live minutes ; ee : Sy a Ecunes ia che Diewice | eat vulaine. a reproof munici- | tion by Congress, is now’in operation. ‘This ing the present season. the roads as constructed by + have | afte Set, and upen cloudy evenings . és Mee ante pan eee Cie 2 ReGHR Ankaeaeu acl Te pumice of -uemets institution has heen established “as a sup- | The present s en lacked a proper decree of compaciicn for | many of them well provided with siade : ‘ : torles remains the samecnc®, 20d crema- | plement of the educational system” of the | hot hout best construction. Farthermore, work don trees become almost dangerous from ci 1 regarding the | tie bast ceoert amie as at the closevot lmiatrict, and! it isadevelonine rapidly on | such as gene under contract requires under the law a] dense darkness onhnas causing the . seh oi os to the necessity for the eos teain invited | tines which will make it of al value | at this latitude [five-year guarantee from ih lights to be s at fifteen minutes afte Fs < a. ve] public cremato, dispage ruction ef @ | to the school child and workingmen of sheet asphalt has y {it being impossible during the {sunset could is believed, be pted s ex At of indigents who are now buried (ett c!#88 | the. community, in addition +o tts general ed softened, period for the District to spend any money | without increased expense and to che preat fe n eng | ter's field. i in the ulness as a popular cirewlaiing Hbrary, vortunity for weeks at a time of for repairs. The proper aintenance Cf @ | zdvantage of the public ly tr ety As it is to the Fee 3 ch the capital has long greatly needed. | ing. Another in in the road is a matter cf cor 4 ngress has made an appropriation for i bt m area of | Sin anion y commu- GhORIETING Raa taceeuarained pavement is accentuated Ghe and repair is it has by expermmental lighting, and experiments in “ | Aniaaw tific medi- | here merely puts Washington on an equal | ment becomes soft, and a result le to obtate: from the ¢ this line will be conducted during the com As j t 0 as to farnish all material meet at: | footing in this respect with the progressive [extreme heat of the. pr é the yal thatthe roads | ing year to see whether it will be yx 1 t nvited to | of study of anatomy if Hed for | municipalities of the United Siates, includ- | pavements of the city getan De ee oe to provide a light between the gas lamp jopeniee sno cluded 4 vut injury to the public. 4 ee ing scores of Hitle N and towns, {to a degree, it is believe a re a Mel crbn nes p ropes } and the intensity of decirie lij a | Sion OF thé © of other places, and the exporiemee ne | The Commissioners 1 pprove the | occurred befc 1 5 will do away with many of ing public estimates for the maintenance and rge- | In the report of. last to secure the results desired, the amount ement res now existir g. h reference to the pr : : t | was made tt etained under the contract being inswfti pria from any indif OASIS ment of the work of the librar ight | Was made that asphalt dur : 4 5 tie .| #uitding and Buildin, ' r wn as | or on the part of those | might easily be accommhnen (hat thls | increase in the library force and an’oppro- | hot weather gave better resths thence ee os one | Daas at eh ee . ‘ res} cir management, bu! frm As promised in the priation for hooks are asked. Tae laid during cold weather, as the bluck, ted is a notab of this. ais Of the work: done in ~ W nator s bee f their knowing the ‘otal | this department. ip ah pecue pepont of | volumes now in the library are all i tewhat softened, the edges would | Owine te these circan ances the policy | the inspector of buildings wi t t of the W eauy h partment, proved methods have | Gonations anc rp vill Becothec AddonE GHaeers enlaie sold. weather, | h&S been inaugurated by the office durin | ihe report o . Sol a ‘i F “ F © th tret and of | been adopted in keeping the record of the Metions anus cued i be other additions whereas, when laid In cold weather, he report of Mr. John B. Brady. In this But in order that t hei und tically develop- | liable to break « of the greatest | ¢ for the p. the edees are | the past year of doing the grading come rounded, and thus | Purchasing the material under cont nt. ‘The | the stone being laid by District emp'oy : and compacted by the District road role ng brittle, t ause a somewhat noisier paver - | manufacturer of the blocks admits that this {from similar so the library may be s ed in such mannex usefulness, an own | work done fn connection with the medica re- | relief of the poor As, however, they cou'd be adopted until Jan’ 1, 1898, the pion it should be stated that a marked improvement in the appears District buildings has been ob.a past the . he ‘Com- | private charitte Lei : COMBA ENE TUPSe TER eo ty lichassy or hooks lay esaential inne ailltatiaal| (ace ireeav atti (a aibianeeras teenenermens Ree ee SaaS i ane ETRE oe Leconte Oh ee ee a : = vernment | pr are , and the g During period 4,607 persons rece Tap S SEC DUN eet a nou tiatee tn: | eicniint es tone abe claimants tay) therieey| (ote atte at ee eee eee ee having them drawn in. the office of the s an In -la apprepriated for their support, | medical relief at the hands of the phy library estimates submitted are in all re- | of granite or trap rock that breaking of SSN sts Sta) ah ars 7 hearers + al inapector of Realbatnee. "Th an OF Ms 7 eo ' Usnal pabart- | have romained practically stationary, while | clans to the poor; of this number Oi were | sPects modest and reasonable, and the‘ the corners and edges is not so apt te oc. | the larger works, it is believe eee aad sera hat oficial and r Ag al Museum, | the nt arr Z ee BE De Ovs-O) pereubenldes: eres Goniminei believe that in the inter: cu here has not been sufficient time to [#8 fully carried out. This feature is iS assistants have been and are so over- he number of public agencies for the ac- | white and “k0S1 colored. woe aut Commissioners believe that in the inter ur. There not been sufficient time to | # = cenit re agentes “ : s for a and 3,651 colored. ‘These figures rep- se y these appropriations > 5 AlnOUEHWeCDETEnG ferred to in the report of Mr. C. B. Hunt, a with work that it is absolutely im- companies, | complishment of similar | w nd_the | resent actual persons, there being no pose {Of the community these appropriations | prove these claims, although experience to oo te aa te et rfoagtintiedgsh tara i if ue be- | gross amount appropriated for their sup- | b lity of dupli atients have | Should be made. date seems.to indicate that it is correct. aes ee miiutiog 5 hee > ne ssary tween @ s northeast, the | port have increased given different names at different timea a , The prices for asphalt and asphalt biock Bridges. detail plans to secure the best architectural “6 tees pecesen Be aed) The eighth anvual report of the suverin- | source of error that practically can be dis, | BUsiness Management Improvement. | during the pa sears $ The appropriation for the ordinary con- | featur : : : cots « area thus em- | tendent of char is included hercwith. | regarded. To express the same data in a] During the year the Commissioners, de- oe ee ee struction and repairs of bridges has been | The Commissioners would renew t Pidaie : » mile The tabulated statistics which it contains | different way, during the six months cnd- | siring to ascertain whether the business of | 1-77 Per SUUALE Veta Worle Coming for the past year and fs for the coming |Tecommendation that appropriations . s. ine sive a clear idea of the wotk of the various | ing June 30, 1898, out of every 1,000 persons A the pri will be: Sheet asphalt, $1. 2 pest . {made defini > & t pr 4.141 400 = = aaa i June 30, 1598, out every ty persons | the office was being conducted on the best | coug ard; asphalt block. par $15,0W, which is too small to serve the |™de for a definite number of school houses, nstitutions which receive assistance from | residing in this District 16.44 received medi- Square yard, asphale block) si: hee Dele Bo: Zz engine houses, or other ripal buildin ae 1 t and expressa Congress, as well as the proportion of | cal treatment through the phys to | 4nd _most modern principles, appointed a | yard. x P __ | purposes for which it is intended. in Hingerectic Gan eeasee atte bs Shoe : income from public and private | the paor at the expense of the public; out | committee, consisting of the auditor of the || Much complaint ip made in the city The Navy Yard bridge is entirely inade-| pe allotted for each site and building to es iekrees and thelr annual expenditure per | of every 1,000 whites, 4.94, and out of every | District, the secretary of the board of Com- ageinsts (ie er US pice raven eae and quate to properly serve the travel which is | the discretion of the Commissioners. It is < 3 tre Hier Beleueae th aot EROS, Geatileg se oa lute ZeULe— | anteaionere/and)thelneadiof onelon thelaivia|Mauey ay sees year, this pavement is coc | Teauired to pass over it. It should be re-| polieved that in this way more fevorsbre $ ‘ t is believed that the direstion of the | sented families, of which 718 vere | sions of the engincer department. ‘This | eport of last year, this pa mea ee placed at an early date au snoderm | reenttn enh Be eerarea : Papiaien ie eee ne Distriet into and 2,229 colored. It is probable that | committee was further augmented by the | Ccedinsly slippery ry weather, and at | structure. Estimates for this work have and | th : all tim all of the territory | with the public has made considerable s excessively noisy. figures are smaller than the e for There is no | heen ddition of M Bushnell, who super- submitted to Cong for several Surveyor. beni ip abba tins sh | of yyy corresponding periods in previous years, as | Vises the examination of District accounts | Westoning the fact that property interests | years, but So far NO results have. been The work of this office is detailed in the t : protected by only | progress. the actual number of visits during the past | \t the United States treasury. ere uoulouslys erected (by i this! cligs iol | tained: pended report of Mr. W. P. Richards, rapid PUBLIC SCHOCLS. yegr, 21,159 and the number of office ccn- |" yy order that a wide scope of inquiry | PAvement. A residence facing a street of SES Hee surveyor. The office was until May 1%, y deve portion of HIG LS. wes BLOGS. te. Go rsder ties bee aks naulty | this character cannot be rented for an} ay p07 erground electric system | SUEVEYor- The office was w jay 1K, Dis eaewin care cain of similar statistics previously: cemoned ™ | might be afforded, this committee was au- | Me ct aaual to thet freels ton deren | ‘The Brown underground electric system SHOR Sod ss eeice GE EAL Rs Bac =f a fb has been: Hiaced The schools of the city tinue to sus- | Similar statistics previously compiled. thorized to proceed to other cities and there | ae Daa Seen aie Sagara aes 2 way Company's line theast is still in similar house upon a more smoothly paved | Upon the Capital R: street. The same can be said with regard | on 1th and M streets sou The average cost of treating each patient | investigate the methods in vogue. Ass pf | during the past six months has been ap- | result of this investigation impor: who r tin their high reputat signed his position to enter the n for exce 7 : te ‘ , ant infer- s x commancing a company in the Ist coud So stim jut the District | “OTK Performed and discipline maintained | proximately for services of physician to | ation has been acculred In connection fo tones, with the additional fact that {an experimental’ stage, the company t of Columbia Voluntcers. y ina te to meet its needs, | 2MOng the scholars. the poor, G1 cents; for medicines and sun- | with the systems of tax collection and other such a strect. ‘The recneare fay cure, (OM | ing changed the details of the contact Paris dsmnkacke . A ra Pan iy During the year new cight-room school | Stes. 17 certs; total, 78 cents The av- | municipal transactions. Of especial value | SUCh a street. a rly owners through, | boxes. but the last form adopted has been b STR: : Be castise be : : proximate average cost per visit (including | were their observations in the auditing de- | Storekeepers and property owners through- | UO ™Cc.nuy introduced that ite permancees | The work done by the parking commis- » his of six engines | buildings were erected on Marshall street | Pocas danaultadiens) coring (ho wu year nts of some of the largest railroad | QUt the city is general, and it is believed |i) not assured. sion is shown in the report, appended here- ; Ks amissioners, fear- | between 7th street and Sherman avenu s been for service of physician, 34 cents: es in the east. that it is time action Should be taken in | DOU 28° uthorized the reorganiza-| to, of Mr. Trueman Lanham, superintend- = tha smut ot be allowed, at the corner of and F streets north- | tor medicines 2g sundries total, ort of this committee is expected | the matter. One great objection which has | yon of the Evkinston and Soldiers’ Hage | °2 © parking, eu ive companies, every one of upon wren , and © [44 cents. ‘The amount received by each phy: | shortly and marked improvements are an- | ¢xisted before to changing the character of | Raltway Company: and certain of it aan | ent of parking. : : | Streets northeast and in Eckington. sician to the poor for each visit or office | ticipated. It is believed that by the appli- | these pavements has been that no use was | necring lines, with the proviso that the por- | Th propriations for several school building was also erected on Connec- | consultation was, therefore, on an average, | cation of more approved methods better re. | provided In the plan for the blocks re- tion in the shall be converted into an] have been insufficient to keep in pre will attend the work of the =lerical | moved, and in this manner a large ex-| underground system similar to that in use | condition the trees in the various sect The Charities. force. Toes eo) bee ncunta and the sees of lon the Metropolitan railroad. It is hoped | of the city, and which form one of the pi : rt y y ; ay. Where | that this work will be promptly commenced, | cipal beauties of the national capital. ‘The : 2c dations made by this depari- ing W S ihe blocks practically thrown aw: ere | that w promp' mmenced, | cipal bea The Commissioners are of the opinion that | Recommend Sees as Lae e sit BATU T ACETAL there were #0 many streets In the city {as the section of the city which depends | use of shade trees to the extent developed larger tracts of ground should be secured | ment on June 1 aint welect commin | rererence was made in the last report to | clamoring for pavement this argument had | uson this line for transit’ facilities te wr | even an he judicious care and control in the future than have been in the past | from the congressional joint select commit- | (ne appropriation of $30,000 for the erection | much force. It is now proposed, however, | sufiering greatly for proper means of con- | over “them, is believed not to be equa for school sites, so as to provide sufficient j tee to investigate the charities and reform- | of two jsolating buildings, to be constructed | to Utilize the granite blocks in diminishing | veyance to and from the center of the city. | any other city of the country, and th playgrounds for the pupils, and thus avoul j atory institutions in the District of Co-| tn ine qiseretion of the Commissioners on | te, Cost of maintaining the county rpads f ‘The power shouse which operated the ca-| sults are most gratifying. Many of the he. An | the congregating of children in the stress, | jumbla, having recelved the Indorsement of i = in’ the manner described’ under ‘that head) pie of the Pennsylvania avenue and 14th | places of the 1,400 ‘trees destroyed im the i immediately west | to the annoyance of the publtc and danger | Umbla. having received the indorsement of | the grounds of two hospitals. Provision | in this report. street lines of the Capital Traction Com- | storm of September 29, 18M, still. remain between Penn- | of accident to themselves. At present many | feet since June 1. Under the system adopt- | Was made for one of these walls at the It is earnestly recommended that the pol- pany was destroyed by fire September 29,] vacant, leaving ugly gaps in the row — bic hee of the school buildings have no more ground | ed all calls for the service of physician to | Providence Hospital. When preparations | icy be inaugurated ae Siero on an ise, and advantage Was taken of this mis- | which should be filled at as early a date as tises have heen {#reund them than that occupied by their | the poor are left at police station houses, in | wore completed and work about to begin, | 2mOURt ot See Pope frends peta ily se Se ee ee possible in order to secure good results, It uses have been | ¢ neces. This condition of ‘affairs, ne sided :fo1 Be a ie ee ; 2 e streets , SS may | sio! inderground electric, | jg stly hoped tha creased appro- asant: and | coiecn ce swale Sreatinioe sone red ail Geran ee phat purnose -ele the | the Commissioners were enjoined in the | Consider the revenues’ will warrant, the | similar to. the system in use on the Metro- Sather ine gedntecnig are Sousoes ok la fire | to the advantage of the general public aud | person ‘bringing the call” to the stating | courts from proceeding further in the con- | street from which the blocks are removed politan railroad. Horses were used to draw tieut avenue extended near the District | 34 cents. sult line. and the large building for the Wes! ern High School was completed. town territory west should rs the next session of Congress. ladders: | sectacdiy to the savantenen SE Lar dirented. ton thie. OinGen atzite - | struction of this building. ‘This injunction, | to be provided with a sheet-asphalt cr | the cars during the period of changing the . Phe nearest tr rE te a eI a | ae AIT ee ee a Es Ser eee eet ee tee “new system. Highway Extension Plans. M ctrevt pegy | abd supplied with the latest and most im- call upon visting the. station, which he | Court of Appeals. a great improvement could be made In city | After this work was done the 7th street ca-| The work done in this department is i F : Congress had made a| streets and county roads, and at a very | ble line, which was operated from another | | yroved methods of heating and ventilation— | does once or twice a day. By this method | In the meantime 1g streets . t ] y stated in detail in the appended report of | Ccnditions which it hea been impossible to | patients are not. confused by changes in| new sppropriation wie peed ee ee eres= | alight ooet- over the (price of (a new gave powers pooeahigiped yaiamenr oon mice Mr. W. P. Richards, engineer in change. ena at apesaeriatines etatice {bol tes stri tenes vatats tion of an isolating Ww: on the grounds of | ment. TO el : eae, yf = ince. Ta: GlIGEE! eereene Tee eee Lee eae ea eet DS F GcenaluataayitaleraCarinecee te aoe Sidewalks. with the operation of the cars, no tempore | The highway act of 183 has recently been te It cessity tht: ade. A slight increase ii he re - | to the poor, nor by e ee r J s, tem y j seta ona woul acct plane ticeereen ee aeaninine poor themselves. They always | Similar structure to be erected on the! 4 greater amount of cement sidewalks ary tracks whatever being used whic the | amended by Congress so as 5 Aprggenentied ae ; sults are assured that the calls left by them are |8rounds of Providence Hospital. While was laid during the past year than ever be- | “B&9S¢ was being made. change in the plan Of streets in the section poe soa Gf the: eng s The plumbing in many of the schools was | Properly recorded and are delivered to the | there had been previoodly some opposition - Sewers. between Rock Creek and the Soldiers’ Those which Nave been re- | ¢ The plumbing in many of the schools was | Properly, reed In ofse, of complaints of | on the part of the oficidis of Garfield Hos- | fore in the history of the elty. the number} | 4.1. oe ect done by the sewer ae. {fiome and removing most of the fcatures cently bullt ‘are’ mode melt Rib aes | peemen tee eer eet RECESS installing | the failure of any physician to respond | pital to that part of the legislation affect- | of square yards being 62,796. ‘The low price W the sewer dc- | Stns etigion! act which wate tbe camee c not so extravagantly constru cases unsa : 3 modern fixtures in the buildings, of the | Promptly Jo a c: the time of the receipt | ing their institution, they gracefully yielded partment are shown in the report of the most approved types, under the appropria- | Of such call at the station house is a mat- [thelr consent. This whllding has been begun superintendent of sewer: lar types of architecture in s. ities, they contain every convenience —89 cents per square yard—was taken ad- cf complaint of 50 many citizens of the Mr. D. E. Mce-/ pistrict. It is believed that street exten- * f <5 vantage of by many citizens, and as the | *¥ e ats t f b » recently made by | teF of record, as well as the time of its de- | and will soon be completed. The building | ¥ : Comb. sions under the amended act will be gener- satisfactory. A few of ton’ for that purpose recently made by | 1 toc ine: physician, so that such com- | 8t the Providence Hosvital will very soon | Cost but little exceeded that of brick, a very | ~ GTO), Srogidee bas Ssehcoedivon thi Tyneel ale peter rhecexmaryt aces Coser eek 3 Ureereaning | aaciaseeroriiy:: and i stofore, impossible | be commenced and pushed to completion as | Small amount of the latter pavement was 2 plaints are not, as her of either substantiation or disproval, but can | rapidly as possible. be very readily verified or otherwise. Phy-| Provision was alsa made for the equip- | Cement sidewalks have been laid in the sicians to the poor are themselves relieved | ment and maintenance of these two build- | city five inches thick and without frost of the presence of untidy, and in many | ings, and a clause im the appropriation bill | base. On account of the proximity of trees cases unclean, official patients about their | specifies that they shalloreccive such cases | to the sidewalk, it is believed to be inad- fa t improvement is apparent In those 3 with modern | buildings where the work has been com- would afford comfort to | pleted. Owing to the late date at which ‘ssary facilities for a | the appropriatio Was made, and the fact se to alarms. that it will expire at the end of the fiseul rs urge an increase in | year, it has been necessary to do this work creek and New Jersey avenue intercepting | In conclusion, it is deemed only fitting to laid. sewer, and appropriations have been made | acknowledge the good work of the assist- by Congress which fully enable the Com- | ants and of the clerical foree of the various missioners to make contract for building | departments of the office, who have not this sewer to the point where it will inter- | spared themselves in carrying out their cept the present Tiber creek sewer. Ap- | duties to tre best of their ability. ald b whic d the resp Commission 1 offices. The presence of such patients there | of minor contagiousi diseases as may be | visable to permit the use of cinders, and ropriation has also n made for rr Very respectfully, the salaries paid in this department, in |in many cases while the schools ‘were in| has always been a serious drawback to | sent them by the Commissioners. A condi- | other material for forming a frost base be- Pe aaaneee the pamela station, atk JOHN B, WIGHT, order that the firemen may comnen- | session. If the appropriation could have | physicians to the poor, interfering, as it | tion is thus met whieh hid become a source | comes expensive. Experience has not shown hoped that rapid progress can hencefor- JOHN W. ROSS, sated in a m@ssure commensurate with their | been made immediately available, 30 that j did, with private practice. The change is | of considerable -anxfety to those charged | that a frost base is necessary at this !o-| ward be made on the sewage-disposal sys- LANSING H. BEACH, hazardous duties, It is hoped that this | contracts could have been promptly entered ! a relief to them and will justify physicians ! with the public health. Cases of diphtheria cality, as the ground generally is of such tem. Tho necessity for the early comple- ! Commissioners of the District of Columbia,