Favor Fire Escape Law Exempts Fireproof Buildings
District Commissioners prepare a favorable report to Congress on the Allen bill amending fire escape rules. The measure, drafted by the Board of Trade and Washington Business Men's Association and introduced by Mr. Allen of Maine, would exempt fireproof buildings and air office structures from the fire escape law and place building owners responsible for erecting fire escapes rather than occupants.
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Allen
Maine
Board of ‘Trade
Washington Business Men's Association
House of Representatives
Aleo Air Office
Anacostia Street Improvements Awarded to Matthew Myers
Efforts by property owners and citizens to grade streets in Anacostia led to a contract award for Washington street from Taylor to Fendall, Bendall from Washington to Harrison, Jackson from Taylor to Avalon, and Avalon from Jackson to Harrison. The project includes graveling, cobble guttering, and grading at a cost of 2479 dollars, with work starting early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anacostia
Mysra
Langdon Petition Seeks Immediate Everts Street Grade Change
Residents and property owners on Langdon signed a petition asking the commissioners to uniform the grade on Everts Street between Twenty second and Twenty fourth streets at once. They cite forthcoming sidewalk construction by the engineer department and urge a hearing if council cannot act immediately. Engineer Hunt advised delaying the grade change when the issue was referred to him by highway officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langdon
Everts Strees
Engineer Department of
Engineer Hunt
Highway Department of the District
Vesper services announced by Mrs Gilbert at W C A Home
City notices list Mrs James E Gilbert sending the W C A vesper service to be held tomorrow and every Sunday at 4 90 pm at the W C A Home 119 Thirteenth Street NW with rooms change from Colonial hinted, plus auction and sale notices for household items, furniture and safes at the Colonial Hotel 15th and H Streets NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E Gilbert
Woman's Christian Association
Thirteenth Street Northwest
Disputed $8 Bedding Damage Claim Linked to Scarlet Fever
Mrs Frances Mc Carthy seeks $8 for damaged bedding disinfected after a scarlet fever case. Health Officer Woodward favors payment, while the District auditor demands more definite information and notes funds are exhausted, suggesting allocation from contagious disease prevention funds. The case involves the March 1 admission of Mrs Mc Carthy’s daughter to Garfield Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances McCarthy
Woodward
Health Department
Stable to Be Built on Seventeenth Street
Protests to the Commissioners over a permit for a livery stable at Seventeenth Street between U and V NW were set aside. The board granted a hearing, and after confirming the project complies with the law and is not a nuisance, announced no objection to its erection.
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Seventeenth Street
V Streets
Aary
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Saks
Saks & Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventh Street
Crossett
Sea Island
Nsworth
Fine Sox
Friedlander Bros
Old Colony Coo
H Street
Europe
OLD Colony CO
Rouses Herrmann Cor
Congress
ORDER
Colonial
Roxbury Distilling Co
Balti- Toore, Md
Albert T Scanland
Eleventh
Western High School
Dex
Comley Bros
Wis
Center Market
James A Robinson
Atlas Austin
David A Reed
Charles Walton
Mattie Harris
Schmelcher
Navy Yard
Velati
Kimmel
Chicago
Muddiman & Co
Sampie
Colonial Hotel
Sth
Colt
Suimmer
Wm, Hahn & CO
Stsictoschemi
Penn. Ave
Washington Highlands
D. C
District of Columbia
Congress Heights
Washington Highlands Co
F Street
N. W
Druggiata
A. Eherly
Washington
M.S. MA
M.S. M
D. J. Kaufman
Pa. Ave
Hecht
P. K
Marseilles
Manaachusetts Avenue
Wapenheimer & Co
I. Grosner
Ave. N.W
Sam
H Sts. N. E
7Th St. S. W
Horn
Selinger
Gov
Belmont Dairy CO
Honen
Bt. NM. W
Shedd & Bro. CO
Ninth Street
N-W
Fed
Hiermias
Arlington
R. P. Andrews Paper Co. Too
Louisiana Avenue
D Street
the Standard Dairy & Ice Co
Fourteenth St. N. W
Sheboygan
Phone West
JE. Dyer
A& P
Thea- Nectar
Aneat
Atlantic &Pacific Taco
7Th
E. Branchea
Warner
Rochester
N.Y
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