National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-05-11
SANITARY STRATEGY.
How the Health OGicer Proposes To Get |
Rid OF Nufsanees on the Point

How the Health Officer Proposes 10 Get
Rid OF Nufsances on the "POInt.o
| With the springtime come fresh COM
| plants about the nuiSanceS at the mouth OF the
| James Creek Canal, which during the winter were
rendered endurable by natures disinfectants.
Yesterday the Health Officer received letter from
General Ayres, commanding the United States Bar
racks nee Arsenal. complaining of offensive doors
arising from the limpid waters of the James Creek
Canal owing to the garbage transported thereon
reinforced by the perfumes from guiana factory IN
| the same vicinity. The General suggests that the
channel of the canal should be confined to narrow
limits by building bulkhead, or that the entire
| canal should be covered. A paper was also hled,
/ signed by W. E. Thomas and sixteen others living
in the vicinity of the building lately erected by
Mr.. H. Clay Jones, and now used by him for the
manufacture of Zones Prolific Guano," which,
from the accounts given by the neighbors, seems
to be
VERY PROLIFIC IN oDoRs.
The sgners call attention to the intOlerable nul-
sance which they say makes this place have the
odor of charnel house" The region referred to
is the scene of the recent struggle between H. Clay
Jones, the exga-bege contractor, and the District
authorities for the possession of the buildings
formerly used in the garbage service In addition
to the public offal depot and the prolific guano
factory mentioned several parties have made use
of the vacant ground the banks of the canal for
piling up manure and other offensive material. The
health officers have looked over the ground and
discovered that the parties complained of are &C.
cupying public property. As it was necessary TO
resort to
OFFICIAL STRATEGY,
the Health Officer yesterday wrote to the District
Commissioners requesting d survey of Second and
Water streets eastofsquares SIC and 547 on the
bank of the James Creek Canal; E" that all persons
who may be using any portion of said Second and
Canal Streets between and p or any of that pOr-
ton of the public ground lying between the James
Greek Canal and squares $40 and 547 for
any private purposes whatever be notified TO vacate
at once and 10 remove all buildings and property
of every kind therefrom without delay. This point
is the ground designated depot for receipt and
shipment of offals and the proper performance OF
that service is seriously interfered with by reason
of the fact that unwarranted possession of the
ground has been taken by several parties who are
using it for the purpose of storing and depositing
stable manure refuse of various kinds and other
offensive matter. NuiSanceS are created and main
tanned, and
THE oFFAL SERVICE
is given the credit. In fact the place has become
a general dumping ground for foul matter Of all
kinds and is justly complained of by residents in
that section. propose ordering the removal of all
Accommodations of manure, &c. and would ask the
assistance of the Commissioners in having this
portion Of the public ground cleared, that it may
be used only for the service referred 10, and that
service facilitated thereby These surrounding !
what has brought the offal depot or
shipping point into bad Odor, and when their re- |
moval is effected we viii demonstrate that OfIalS 1
can be received and shipped from this point with
out the least cause of complaint" The letter was |
referred to the surveyor and probably before long
the ofal depot viii be allowed 10 waste its sweets
on the desert air of Buzzards Point without any