Want to Gut Stone Would Bring Money to City
A district hearing by Commissioners considered requests from Journeymen Stonecutters Association for local stone cutting of the new municipal building and from south side P Street produce dealers for sidewalk space parity with market vendors. Attendees named Dan A. Connor James F. McHugh Thomas A. Campbell and L P Loring. The commission will decide in coming days.
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Journeymen Stonecutters’ Association
P Street
Journeymen Stonecutters’ Association of North America
Riggs Market
Stonecutters’ Association
Dan A. Connor
James F. McHugh
Thomas A. Campbell
Washington
Connor
Association
McHugh
Granite Cutters' Union
Macfarland
Congress
L. P. Loring
Auditor seeks five thousand five hundred twenty dollar clerks raise
Auditor Garrison asks for a 5520 increase for additional clerks in the auditor's office for next year. He proposes 1800 for a chief audit clerk and regular salaries for three per diem clerks, plus two more clerks to handle coupon verification and accounting duties. The push follows higher district expenditures and broader audit tasks.
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Garrison
Fertilizer Company Told to Improve City Garbage Service
Commissioner West blasted the Washington Fertilizer Company for failing to curb garbage removal delays. More than one hundred complaints were filed yesterday, with seventy eight the day prior, and fines of one dollar per well founded complaint added, totaling 586 dollars in July. The firm, contracted to haul city waste, had previously been urged to boost performance by adding wagons, but improvements faded shortly after.
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West
Washington Fertilizer Company
Wrest
District Commissioners Approve Various City Improvements
City actions include macadamizing Sixteenth Street northeast from Galea to Benning, water mains on Thirty-seventh Street NW and K Street SE, and a sidewalk decision on Bla densburg Road. Ed ward Archambault’s $5 assault fine stands after defense efforts. Rezoning and leasing moves involve wharf sublease to Tangier Land Company, District building lease to Hollis for a restaurant, and street posts and railroad siding permits. Authority approves sang delivery contract to Gilmore Gle Holmes amid protests.
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Sixteenth Street
Galea Street
Benning Road
Thirty-seventh Street
Wisconsin Avenue
K Street
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Police Trial Board
Edward Archambault
Fred A. Maltby
Douglas & Douglas
Bladensburg Road
Levis
Thomas J. Watson
WM I Street
D Street
Tenth
Eleventh
Congress
B. F. Leighton
Fifth Street
Square 270
Tangier Land Company
D. C. Brown
W. C. Haskell
Francis A. Hollis
Eletrical
Alfen
Fifteenth Street
Columbia Road
Sixteenth
Park Streets
Howard Avenue
Piney Branch Road
I Streets
Capitol Street
Jackson Place
Fernald
Balmore and Ohio Railroad Company
Massachusetts
Delaware Avenues
E Street
First Street
Kenyon Street
Thirteenth Streets
Twelfth Street
Sang
Gilmore Gle. Holmes
Representa
Stutler Ready to Proceed in City Hearing
Supt Warner Brutler of the street cleaning department told Commissioners that he found papers linking charges against him and that Assistant Supt Twohey’s testimony is not needed. The hearing, delayed by Twohey’s absence, is set for 10:30 and expected to finish today.
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Warner Brutler
Royal Robinson
Twohey
Stutler
Rusk
Adirondacks
Building activity in district up in July over last year
Building Inspector Ashford reported July operations to acting Commissioner Harding. 163 brick structures and 15 frame buildings were erected at a cost of 625 605, with repairs totaling 116 991. Earlier year figures were 562 500 for new buildings and 120 208 in repairs. Permits issued covered brick and frame repairs, brick and frame dwellings, apartments, stores, warehouses, boilers, heating, offices, stables, sheds, and elevators totaling 366 742 in brick and 595?
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Ashford
Harding
Washington Asylum seeks new detention hospital
Supt Zinkhan of the Washington Asylum formally asked the Commissioners to erect a detention hospital for mental suspects. Disturbances in the two strong rooms prompted the need for a properly arranged building. Building Inspector Ashford estimated a small structure at 95,000 dollars, and the Commissioner asked Zinkhan to tour the grounds with Ashford to explore alternatives.
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Wasington
Mr. Zinkhan
Ashford
No Star Chamber Trials Mark Police Court Policy Shift
Acting Prosecuting Attorney A Leftwich Sinclair declares intent to try cases in Police Court rather than using collateral forfeiture in offices. He sits in for Prosecutor Pugh, opposing in-office prosecutions and supporting trials by the court to avoid embezzling fines through collateral. Salaries at Freedmen's Hospital delayed as payroll is held up awaiting Comptroller opinion.
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Leftwich Sinclair
Sinclair
Pugh
Paice
Po- Mee
Macfarland
Harding
West
Comptroller of the Treasury
Freedmen’s Hospital
Trousers Priced Across Range in Ad Insert
An advertisement lists trousers at four prices: four dollars five dollars six and a half dollars and seven fifty. The entry presents a simple catalog style pricing without added product details.
Statue of Shepherd figure to stand at new municipal building
Ulric Stonewall Jackson Dunbar of Washington has been chosen to sculpt the bronze statue of the late Gov. Alexander R. Shepherd. The eight foot figure will sit on a Rhode Island granite pedestal at the entrance to the new municipal building. The pedestal uses Westerly granite and bears fasces. Dunbar will sculpt the figure in clay from a small model and the bronze will be cast from it.
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Ulric Stonewall Jackson Dunbar
Washington
Alexander R. Shepherd
van Amringe Granite Company
Boston
Dunbar
Gov. Shepherd
Rhode Island
Westerly
Rock Creek Cemetery
London
Ontario
F. A. T. Dunbar
Detroit
Society of Washington Artists
Wade Hampton
W.W. Corcoran
Corcoran Art Gallery
Hendricks and van Buren
Senate
William Ordway Partridge
Gen
Albert Pike
Chicago
Crosby
St. Paul
Alexander Graham Bell
Mrs. Bell
Gardiner G. Hubbard
United States Supreme Court
Hanna
National Museum
Statue of Liberty
Capitol
Sun Building Deed Records Show Two Transfers in DC
Deeds for the Sun Building between Thir teenth and Fourteenth streets northwest were recorded yesterday. One deed dated August 1 from Richard M. Venable W Cabell Bruce and Charles McH Howard of Baltimore to H Rozier Dulany lists 210 000. The other dated August 2 from Dulany and wife to Robert N Harper and R Henry Lynn cites 214 900. A trust deed for 150 000 to Mercantile Trust and Deposit Co of Baltimore is also recorded, payable in six months.
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Sun Building
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
Richard M. Venable
W. Cabell Bruce
Charles McH. Howard
Baltimore
H. Rozier Dulany
Mr. Dulany
Robert N. Harper
R. Henry
Two Negros Convicted In Police Court Row Assault
Clifford Holmes and Thomas Cleveland, both Negroes, were arraigned in Police Court on assault charges after a Tuesday night fight at Holmes house at 1408 Church Street Northwest. Cleveland was stabbed in the shoulder and Holmes had a tooth knocked out. Holmes fined 5 dollars, Cleveland 10. Each may serve jail time if fines are unpaid.
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Clifford Holmes
Thomas Cleveland
Second Precinct
Holmes
Church Street
Cleveland
Kimball
Cost of Street Extension Judgment Reported
A jury appointed about four months ago to appraise damages and benefits for extending Budd Place to Erie Street filed its report in the District Supreme Court. Damages totaled 14608.38 with benefits set at 7400. The panel included John A. Hamilton William O. H. Church John Mitchell George W. Moss James B. Ratcliffe Clement W. Howard and Charles A. Baker. The Euclid Place extension affects University Park subdivision lot A and Meridian Hills Hall and Elvan subdivision lots 14 and 16. Justice Barnard directed entry of the condemnation order. The second jury includes George W. Moss Nip T. Larner James B. McLaughlin Louis Behrens Percy B. Foster Frank B. Metzerott and Nicholas H. Shea replacing Albert F. Marsh. The jurors viewed the property and will hear testimony at the courthouse next Tuesday.
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Budd Place
Erie Street
District Supreme Court
John A. Hamilton
Wiliam O. H. Church
John Mitchell
George W. Moss
James B. Ratcliffe
Clement W. Howard
Charles A. Baker
Euclid Place
University Park
Hall and Elvan
Meridian Hill
Justice Barnard
United States Marshal
Twenty-third Street
Street
California Avenue
Theorg
Nip
T. Larner
James B. McLaughlin
Louis Behrens
Percy 8. Foster
Frank B. Metzerott
Nicholas H. Shea
Albert F. Marsh
Hold-up Man Fined for Stealing a Chinese Letter
John Selwyn, 24, faced theft charges in Police Court after attempting a hold-up at Lee Sing’s laundry on Third Street near Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. Sing testified Selwyn flashed a rusty pistol and demanded $20, but fled after the shopkeeper cried for help. A letter written in Chinese was taken. Sing valued the loss at one cent. Judge Kimball fined Selwyn $10 and ordered a month in jail in default of payment.
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John Selwyn
Lee Sing
Third Street
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Selwyn
Sing Sang
Sing
Kimball
Absent Parsons Cause Trouble in City Clerks Crisis
City bulletin notes clerks of the district Supreme Court annoyed by frequent name changes for ministers receiving marriage licenses. The issue stems from ministers failing to notify clerks of their absence from the city. Also includes brief items on local ads, a fall injury at the union station site, a divorce filing, and various classifieds and business notices.
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Parsons
Imstrict Supreme Court
Harry Singleton
Union Station
Casualty Hospital
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