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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1907
Page
16
Health Officer Woodward told commissioners that food inspectors cannot frequent markets and stores daily due to vast areas and many sites. He detailed routes, duty loads, and the need for systemic inspection reforms, noting current weekly visits and the division of districts among inspectors.
Public hearing scheduled at the District building to evaluate a broad-tire measure affecting nearly all fire department vehicles over 4 000 pounds. Chief Belt to compile a department vehicle list as Commissioner Macfarland requested. Carriage and Wagon Builders Association opposes the bill, criticizing it as unfair and unnecessary. The group, comprising fifteen major Washington builders, voted against the act.
The superintendent John T. Twohey announced twenty-two additional workers will operate across crossings from the Peace Monument to Seventeenth Street NW along Pennsylvania Avenue. The full street-cleaning force will be assigned citywide today to this work, as the anti tipping bill faces a public hearing Saturday at 11 a.m. Notices were sent to hotel managers and others likely to be affected by the proposed legislation, with Commissioners urging attendance.
The Woman's Sixteenth Street Improvement Association discusses renaming Sixteenth Street to reference the White House or the President. Proposed options include White House avenue Lincoln avenue Presidents' avenue Executive avenue Avenue of the Presidents Presidential avenue United States avenue Washington avenue and more. Officers include Mrs. John B. Henderson president and Mrs. Truman H. Newberry secretary with numerous vice presidents.
A police trial board recommended dismissal for J B Lipscomb who wounded Daniel Boyle aged sixteen in July 1906. Boyle alleges deliberate shooting during an attempted arrest while Lipscomb claims an accident. Lipscomb seeks a hearing before the Board of Commissioners as a court proceeding continues.
City readers see a collage of ads and notices for plumbing heating coal watches bread and valentines. Local firms like Muddiman Kidd Voigt Brooks Donnelly Shaffer Grace advertise goods and services with contact details across 12th to 7th streets and cites.
Appleton P. Clark Jr plans a fireproof rebuild of the Academy of Music to open mid August. The new playhouse will feature cantilever balconies, no audience columns, elimination of the orchestra circle, and seating focused on comfort. Interior design will reflect Louis XVI French Renaissance.
Real estate listings advertise multiple houses for sale and rent across the city. Notable options include a six room brick near 11th and Ese renting at 18.30 and selling at 2400, a six room two story central northwest at 4500, a seven room northwest corner house at 4500, a Bloomingdale two story seven room house for 4300, a nine room Capitol area house at 4500, a twenty room corner on 16th street at 13500, and other multiroom homes with furnaces and baths priced up to 6800 and 5800 near Mount Pleasant Lincoln Park and Harvard Street.
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