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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1905
Page
21
January permits for building in the District of Columbia nearly doubled 1904 figures. Total permits reached 3496,465 with brick dwellings and apartment houses the largest gains. County permits more than tripled. northeast city improvements were well below last year.
Northeast Washington Citizens Association to hear a bill allowing transfer of street and alley rights near Union Station to a terminal company for express yards and other uses. District to receive a new sixty foot street through the property and release from future damages claims. Board session held yesterday by Commissioners. Theft charge at Navy Yard noted with preliminary hearing in progress.
District officials review transfer of Thompson bridge to Q Street site and extension, with Georgetown residents offering land for approach ramps. Public debate centers on culvert plan versus bridge relocation, cost estimates, and potential need for abutments and retaining walls.
Fire Chief Belt and Commissioner Macfarland approve lowering firefighter applicant age from 73 35 to 21 33. Belt notes many capable men were passed over who aged out, arguing that at 33 peak physical condition is reached and at 35 usefulness declines with aging.
Letters to Commissioner Macfarland discuss banking laws in the District of Columbia and seek Congress action to appoint a superintendent of banking. The Brown and Donald building and logn association are noted in connection with the investigation.
The board reports a bill to extend Wet street northwest through squares 1297 and 1298 of Beatty and Hawkins addition to Georgetown about 400 feet, with $5,500 land condemnation costs. It aims to connect Thirty-fifth Street with the car line on Thirty-second Street and to support future T Street east of Rock Creek. The measure notes grading costs around $200 and removal of three dilapidated houses, while damages and benefits would be assessed on adjacent property. A substitute for a Rittenhouse Street extension was presented, arguing the project benefits the area and should align with street extension acts. Fire Captain Martin transferred from No. 9 engine to Truck Company on New Hampshire Avenue.
In a Northwest avenue gathering near M Street a retiring captain was saluted by No 9 Company members who presented him a handsome umbrella and two boxes of cigars as he served at times as acting assistant gifef.
Inspector Ashford cited injustice in current building rules after Rev. David Barr reported a church chimney removal at Trinity Church Takoma Park. He warned of fire risk from wooden ceiling joists and noted the builder’s address is unknown, leaving church members to bear remedy costs under existing practice.
City bulletin notes a London physician advertising a temper powder to cure quarrelsome men. It mentions M A Flanigan at 1316 Pa Ave NW sending Democratic leaders' addresses to the doctor, with Flanigan's secretary accepting names. Also promoting Havenner's Cream Biscuits and local goods and prizes won by Arthur T. Goldsborough at the St. Louis Exposition. A separate item reports Hazel Lee, 27, jailed on embezzlement charges tied to a delivery at 208 Cincinnati Street, with $1.05 allegedly misappropriated.
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