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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1906
Page
8
A district supreme court filing reports the Brown Street extension damages and benefits assessed by a jury. The land value is listed at six thousand with total damages and costs reaching 8,751.44 dollars, allocated among numerous Lot owners and parcels along Brown Street from Thirty-second to Wisconsin Avenue.
A District Supreme Court jury evaluating benefits to nearby property from Eleventh Street NW extension from Florida Avenue to Lydecker Avenue resumed hearing evidence. Real estate expert Felton R. Gordon testified on 15 years of local market experience. estimates suggested substantial value increases for properties fronting the new street, with the process continuing at City Hall after rain delays.
A letter from H Ritchie of Emporia Kansas asks if Sity can buy street railway properties and support municipal ownership. Captain Chester Harding replies the city does not operate public utilities beyond water, sees no agitation for street railways, and notes purchases would require bond issues making ownership impractical and inadvisable.
Privates Bermnarut and Denham of Truck Company F will be deprived of their days off for a period of sixty days after pleading guilty to an incident in the truck house. Fire Chief Belt approved the report, noting the demoralizing effect on others, while recommending the penalty. Maj. Liddle, the Engineer Commissioner, left for Georgia. Capt Harding acts in his place. Ernest L Greer resigns as watchman at the Smallpox Hospital.
Preparation for the Masonic May festival May 21 25 is progressing satisfactorily. The board of control has headquarters in the Evening Star building with Chairman T G Noves and Secretary J Frank Trazzare in charge. Subcommittees include a large ticket committee led by Trazzare and a finance committee headed by B F Swmith with several treasurers. Publicity is directed by Pa Darrell and a long list of names fills the committee rosters.
W Calvin Chase, a negro attorney, says no elaborate Emancipation Day celebration will be organized this April 16. He notes previous funds were misused, with most money not spent on the event. He recalls last year’s $390 subscription largely wasted on church rent and speeches, and says representative negroes will not solicit merchants again.
Receiver Stephens reports final receipts in the Watson case. He forwarded two checks totaling 1352.09 to District Commissioners, with 1427.54 from the sale of Watson's personal effects and 127.35 covering suit costs, which were paid and returned.
Capt Harry Randall, held last summer by a coroner jury over the drowning of William Crowley a colored deck hand on the Batelle Randall, was exonerated yesterday by the district supreme court grand jury. The jury found no evidence to support the charge against him. In other items city bulletins note business ads and notices of meetings including Noel House committee inviting observers to their annual meeting with James Reynolds of New York to address the gathering.
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