Stidham Proposes Tough Sweep for City Streets
Warrison Stidham new superintendent of Lie street cleaning district urges bigger funding and a territory test to show efficiency. He blames small hand machines for dust along asphalt and orders heavier brushes and closer work by drivers. Uniformed inspectors would supervise trash and ashes collection under District authority.
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Warrison Stidham
Lie
Commissioner West
Stidham
Congress
Heo
Ide
Plans for Public Playgrounds and Funeral of William Sachs
A public playgrounds committee meeting at 811 G Street NW laid plans to recruit 200 volunteers this winter to supervise summer playgrounds and to train them in using equipment. Thomas Lurkhalter was approved to lead all playgrounds with possible one or two paid assistants. Tickets for the upcoming meeting with former Boston Mayor Quincy as the principal speaker have reached about 1,000 reservations. The funeral for William Sachs was held at St Paul’s Catholic Church with Requiem High Mass led by Rev. James E. Krug. pallbearers included John Hyrne, Charles Anthony, Ernest Shreve, William Doyle, J. Cudup, and Wiliam A. Hickey, burial at St. Mary’s German Catholic Cemetery. Sachs served in the Spanish War with Company A, First District of Columbia Volunteers. Frederick W. Meyers, a navy-yard foreman shot in an incident involving former employee William Henry Carrall, appeared in Police Court with bandaged head and shoulder. Meyers described being shot while walking home. Carrall was arrested by Policeman Stahl and held on $1,600 bond for grand jury testimony.
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G Street
Thomas Lurkhalter
Quincy
Boston
William Sachs
Wiliam Sachs
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Fifteenth
V Streets
Hequiem
James E. Krug
John Hyrne
Charles Anthony
Ernest Shreve
William Doyle
J. Cudup
Wiliam A. Hickey
St. Mary's
District of Columbia
Cuba
Foreman Meyers
Frederick W. Meyers
Navy-Yard
William Henry Carrall
Carroll
Kimball
Mirrers
Stahl
Opposed Drive for Master Builder Licensing Board
A lengthy hearing before county commissioners debated creating an examining board to license master builders. Opponents argued current regulations suffice and licensing would restrict construction. A substitute bill for registration and bonding drew mixed support, while master builders and lumber dealers weighed in on open buildings and enforcement. Commissioners will study the case further.
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Master Bricklayers’ Association
Congress
Macfarland
Bil
Master Builders’ Associations
Building license bill sparks heated district hearing
A district hearing on a proposed building license bill drew clashes among builders contractors and officials. Advocates say licenses ensure safety exams while opponents argue the measure unfairly burdens the poor and small builders. Discussion covered licensing scope inspections costs and who should bear responsibility for defective work. The session ended with plans to seek further input and a vote by the Commissioners.
Adjudged of Unsound Mind and Local Notices
A marshal's jury led by Deputy U S Marshal Edgar L Turner found several individuals John Fisk Homer Campbell Melvina Funk William Ki Meyers Patrick Donohus Charlotte Barnes Annie Randolph and Alexander Young to be of unsound mind. New proprietor Henry Wassman bought 737 Seventh Street Northwest after leaving Stoner’s shop. Joyce charged with housebreaking faced 1000 bond for grand jury. Several local ads note groceries meats beer stoves and auctions plus highway bridge work slowed by winter conditions.
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United States
Edgar L. Turner
Stephen M. Fisk
Homer Campbell
Melvina Funk
Wiliam Ki. Meyers
Patrick Donohus
Charlotte Barnes
Annie Randolph
Alexander Young
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Saks & Company
Seventh Street
Eton
Mayer & G
Seeses
Duffy
LA Niltabl
Roches
Selinger
Driftwood
John H. Magruder
Cor. Conn. Ave
K St
Tolman Laundry Cor
Sts
A. Kahn
F Street
RuppSale Bond
Eleventh St. N. W
R. P, Andrews Paper Co
B. H. Warner
Rergues
Reg Little
Joseph Will
J. W. Brashears
A. P. Fardon
Louis I. Rand
Thomas Hughes
Warner
Cul
Janes
Tait
Tie
Col. Tait
Adie
D. J. Kaufman
Pa. Ave
Elmira Woolen Mills
Mien
Princa Albert
Madras
Friedlander Clothing GO
Ninth and
E Streets
Maryland
Congr
H. Langtey
Master Builders’ Association
Michael J. Weller
Ashford
Samuel J. Presentt
Incorporated Master Builders' Association
TH. N. Sunderland
West
W. McK. Clinton
Brightwood Park
Nian
J. L. Parsons
Cnlls
Flo
E. H. Daniel
Ests
Uum
Joseph Richardson
Richardson & Burgess
Bhl
A. P. Pardon
Milford Spohn
Pricklayers’ Union
John Moore
Col. Biddle
Northeast Suburban Citizens’ Association
J. Brannan
Business Men's Association
Cal._Taft
Bricklayers' Union
W. T. Galliher
Lumber Exchange
City Bulletin
Henry Wassman
Seventhtrees Northwest
Stoner
Wassman
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Mecca
A. Eberly
Joyce
Frederick Joyce
Hearo
J. E. Dennison
E. J
T. D. Pyres
Potts
New York Avenue
McNamee and Flather
Margaret Able
Ling
Mary Hoffman
E Street
Capitans
T. T. Keane
Southdown
Deerfoot Farm
Nat
Cap, Brewing Co
Munich
Leading Phi
Pythian Temple
Luther Warren
Eberly Sons
7Th St
Née, Axmin
E. Sale
Wilson & Mayers
Col. Leach
Potomac River
Mackenzie
Potomac
Beavers & Backes
Muddiman & Co
Verona
Jackson Bros
Great Cash Furniture House
Gen. Elliott
G. F. Elliott
Marine Barracks
Fire Department
Johnson Cates
New York
B. F. Hiss
Reisinger
Mary A. Crown
Eite
McQuade
Fort Gillian
Oronoco
Edward J. Quinn
Milleris
C. A. Muddiman & Co
Gem Dairy
E. Powell
Welsbach
Lindsay Air Lights
12Th St. C
Williams’ Drug Store
Hera
Che
Ceres
Andoline
Atam Drug Stores
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