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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1905
Page
23
Saks announces its made to measure garments for men with new fabrics ready for inspection. The selection blends foreign and domestic looms, offering a wide range of patterns from extreme to conservative. Customers are urged to register measurements and have fabric reserved for their spring suit.
A $200 check from the Metropolitan Club board of managers, sent via M. D. Knight, was given to Fire Chief Belt for the Firemen's Relief Association. The fund is depleted due to recent losses, prompting a special assessment of $2.50 plus standard dues. The association supports widows and orphans, with $1,000 paid to widows or children on a member's death. Chief Belt expressed appreciation in a letter to the club.
The Washington Conservatory of Music directed by Miss Hattie A. Gibbs will present a programme by pupils and instructors at Ninth and T streets NW. The building suits the purpose and serves over 160 pupils, aiding colored residents. Gibbs is an Oberlin graduate and public schools music assistant director. Annie Johnson, a Black woman, was fined 200 dollars for larceny of a cut glass water bottle from Mrs. Kate H. Andrews at 1312 Connecticut Ave NW. Police found the bottle after a search of Johnson’s home at 58 Pierce Street NW.
Street department head urges merchants and residents to curb litter on Seventh Street and other busy corridors. He backs strengthening enforcement, assigns more workers if needed, and calls for co operation from Hahn & Co and other businesses to prevent curbside trash, handbills, and waste.
Washington Phi Delta Theta Alumni Club plans its founders day banquet at the University Club with William P. Compton as toastmaster and Walter H. Palmer expected to delivery the principal address.
The lowest bidder was chosen for the sewage disposal system but must prove responsibility and experience before the contract is awarded. Total cost listed at 41,598 dollars, with 1,979 dollars for riverbed excavation. The only other bid noted was 45,260 dollars by J. H. Louchheim.
Harbor master John R. Sutton discharges the fleet of tugs after ten days of ice clearing on the Potomac. Commodore Sutton praises the crews for zeal and service while Commissioner Macfarland credits Congress and officials for timely action preventing flooding and property damage.
District government engineer staff will bore under the First street tunnel site to check soil settlement that could threaten traffic. Col Biddle says a disturbance appeared last week over about thirty feet, potentially triggering repairs by the Pennsylvania Railroad and delaying work if minor.
A large mass meeting at True Reformers Hall in Washington urged Negro residents to patronize grocery stores owned by Black merchants. The Colored Grocerymen's Union outlined plans to organize Negro traders, stressing collective purchasing to secure lower prices and commercial advancement for the race. Speakers included Rev W Taylor Col Perry Carson and George W Kinley, with union officers named.
The city report notes W A Engle owner of the Engle Hotel was arraigned in Police Court over selling drinks on a Sunday, with a jury trial demanded. It also covers United Cigar Stores plans to insure employees, naming premiums paid by the company, and policies from $1000 to $2500 with endowment terms and options for reinsurance.
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