Cleaning City Costs Near Half Million This Year
District officials urge an $462,60 request for street clearing for the next fiscal year. Snow removal costs total about $750 for an increase, with $300 added for two assistants. Twohey defends raising Mercer’s salary to restore a cut, while overall department payroll would rise to about $45,429, with Congress repeatedly funding limited snow and ice work.
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Iwf
J W Twoter
Swohey
S Holland
G W. i Mercer
Twohey
Mercer
Congress
Twohes
Amriut
My Twohcy
District death rate grows in week ending last Saturday
The District reported 139 total deaths for the week, up 22 from the prior week and 5 above the 1905 level. White deaths numbered 76 and colored 63, yielding 221 deaths per 1000 inhabitants. Main causes were Summer diseases 18, consumption 15, heart disease 9, kidney disease 10, malignant growths 6, pneumonia 6, typhoid fever 5, and apoplexy 5. Births were 12 white, 17 colored. typhoid reports 78, discharges 26 with 5 by death. diphtheria unchanged at four cases. scarlet fever reduced to two new reports and four discharges leaving 11 cases in quarantine.
Commissioners Fill Vacancy In Field Inspector Post
Dow appoints Julian O Hargrove as inspector of asphalts and cements for the District to fill Allen Wade Dow's vacancy after resignation. Hargrove, long time assistant in spector, will earn 32400 dollars yearly. Building permits issued for various projects on Massachusetts avenue and G street. sewer contract awarded to E H G Gummell for Water street scope at 1175 dollars. Fire losses and July activity show district firefighting inactivity with fifty nine alarms and total loss 5791 dollars. Contractor time extended for John A Mead Company on coal-discharging equipment for sewage pumping station via three-month extension. Ice cream note.
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Julian O Hargrove
Allen Wade Dow
Heo
Mr Hargrove
Ashford
Hennen Jennings
Massachusetts Avenue
George O Totten
C A Lang- Tey
Warder
Archhitect JR Bowen
G W Forsberg
George W Monague
Drich
B Street
B Huck
E Buck
Water Street
E H G Gummell
D E McComb
James A Coyle
Chuef Bell
John A Mead Company
New York
Commissioners Western
Turmoil Among Journeymen Plumbers Over Secrecy and Meetings
The published statement by Master Plumbers president Robert B Caverly about events leading to a lock is challenged by journeyman plumbers. Local No 5 denies knowledge of the inquiry committee and cites a secret meeting. a July 4 communication from secretary Mr Shook mentions a motion to unite the Master Plumbers' Association with Local No 6 to settle grievances.
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Robert B Caverly
Whou
Shook
Martin
Master Plumbers’ Association
No 6
Tar to Stop Dust Clouds Patterson Street Gets Tar Coat
The Commissioners issued an order to tar Patterson Street northeast between North Capitol and First streets to reduce dust and mud. The test starts Saturday under the acting inspector of cements and asphalts and the streets superintendent with twenty gallons of tar at 50 cents a gallon. The next surface will be Monroe Street in Anacostia.
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Patterson Street
Canitol
First Streets
Monroe Street
Anacostia
Department of Agriculture
Washington Monument
Agricultural Department
Newark Street
Keno Road
Cleveland Park
FC Wight
Suday
Nurse Seeks Limited Divorce From Deserting Husband
Margaret M Bond a nurse at St Elizabeths Asylum filed in District Supreme Court for a limited divorce against Joseph L Bond on desertion. She says since May 4 1900 he has not supported or lived with her and that he sent money for her to visit County Clare Ireland. She returned to America in 1903 and after his meetings sought an absolute divorce but now requests legal separation with alimony as he is able to support her.
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Margaret M Bond
St Elizabeth's Asylum
District Supreme Court
Joseph L Bond
County Clare
Ireland
America
Ten
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Missing boy alert halves city notices from 1903 akin
City bulletins report a police effort to locate Robert Lightcap thirteen years old missing from 88 C street northeast since last Sunday. Warnings accompany local ads for foods and products, with agents listed and shop addresses in the district.
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Robert Lightcap
C Street
Busy Furntebinga Department Workload Report
In Furntebinga Department officials describe high activity levels and busy operations. The notice notes steady work and no slow periods, reflecting a bustling local administrative period.
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