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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1907
Page
19
The assessor's report shows district real estate and personal property values increasing sharply from last year. Proposed tax changes include raising street railway gross receipts tax to 8 percent and reducing bank tax to 5 percent, with lands and buildings also taxed.
The report discusses tax reforms for national banks and trust companies and compares rates with other jurisdictions. It notes utilities in the District paid various levies, outlines proposed amendments to tax sales and licenses for cigar dealers, and summarizes real estate valuations and the personal tax levy for the current fiscal year.
A district wharf committee submits a report to the Commissioners urging government control of all wharf property, seeking Congressional permission to pursue legal action against Anacostia River claimants, and proposing to equalize frontage treatment with the Washington channel. The plan outlines widening Water Street, extending piers, and adding municipal piers and a tall way, with $450 in last year’s dock system appropriations. The committee, led by Harbor Master Sutton, includes W J Douglas and D B Garges.
Mia Triaae L. Rice of New York, founder of the Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noises, tells Commissioner West that Washington should set an example by celebrating Independence Day quietly and with dignity. She cites a European approach to holidays and warns that the United States has seen over 5000 dead and injured on the Fourth due to noise and chaos.
Workers completed cutting a 48 inch conduit and inserted a tee and valve to connect with a massive vertical crank and flywheel pump. The 30 million gallon daily capacity unit, built by the Ajla-Chotmera Company of Milwaukee, is nearing delivery for the high service area from Capitol Hill to Shiteenth Street and surrounding Georgetown. Walter A McFarland and J. S. Garland oversaw the overnight work, with J T Fick directing pumping station operations.
A letter to the District Commissioners from Le J Weenz of 21 Eighth Street defends school buildings. After eleven years of observation he asserts district schools are in excellent condition under Building Inspector Ashford 29 Henry Story and says supervision is properly held by the Commissioners. Local notices include brick dwellings sold at 1718 Rigga Street Northwest and 1111 New Hampshire Avenue, plus various ads and a personal injury suit against the District for 1,000 damages after a July 4 incident on Seventh Street.
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