Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-17
LIKE AN IRISH EVICTION.
Tearing Down the Lochiel House With
the Tenants Inside ft.

Where the back building Of that old sths
sfreet boarding establishment-the Lochiel
nouse-stood yesterday morning there ID moth.
ing now but chaos, from which Q numerous and
acuve mob OF colored women and children 10
extracting all that can be used as fuel A
score OF busy destroyers are doing their utmost
70 make confusion worse confounded BY tear
ing away OF the main building and thus
adding 70 the mountains Of dislocated
bricks, fractured plaster, splintered laths and
nail studded scsntling and joists which are
RAPIDLY being piled up in what was once the
yard OF this well known place Of sccommoda-
ton fSr man and woman. Inside Of the main
building the scene Is one of desolation and de-
sruction. Fine furniture 10 covered With that
penetrating dust which results fr ON mashed.
up plaster and the general appearance Of the
rooms would bring forcibly 10 the remem-
brance OF a wartime Georgian some of the
homes through which General Sherman's active
"oummers" had joyously paraded
IT'S vExEp QUESTION
as TO who is responsible for the wreck, but the
facts In the case seem 10 be that some months
ago Mr.. John Paul Jones Of this city bought
It stands. Then an intention was developed to
tear down the old building and 10 put in its
place handsome fre-proof Office building, 10
b. known as the "Inter-Ocean." OF this the ten
snts-Mrs. Louisa Smith and Mrs. Elizabeth CAM
non-were not officially informed until August 3,
when Mr.. Jones called on them and talked the
situation over. They had been in the place
twelve years and had established a lucrative
business, SO they naturally felt disinclined TO
move out. Finally, however, they agreed, 90
Mr.. Jones told STAR reporter, TO move out by
September Is. The ladies insist that they
were told they could remain until the
end OF this month IL they were unable sooner
TO ind place TO which they could transfer
hor~ h.4a. A.. n
Grafton Of the damages sustained by moving
Mr.. Jones agreed to remit the rent from the
LIST OF August-Sl25 per month-and be thought
everything had been satisfactorily settled
Then, says Mr.. Jones' the tenants said they
WOULD GET OUT WHEN THEY PLEASED.
This was so annoying tibet he threatened 10
have the premises condemned. Inspector Emit
whsle called, at his request, and the result was
a communication on the 9th instant from that
oftcial to the ladies and prefaced ''madams," in
which they were informed that the back
wall OF the north back building was dangerous
and so also was the wooden porch in the rear
Both had therefore been condemned and the
owner had been notified TO tear them down
within ten days. The tenants were ordered 20
vacate within FIVE days. This was q staggerer
and beat any notice TO quit that ever was
heard of.
THE WORK OF DEMOLITION.
Yesterday morning q gang Of laborers took
possession and commenced the work Of demo-
htion- The rooms, numbering nearly forty,
were all occupied, and only in a few instances
was it possible TO get the furniture and bric-a-
brac out before the walls came tumbling in In
addition to this the roof was torn off the main
building, which had not been condemned, and
it is Of this proceeding that the ladies complain
most bitterly. Mr.. Jones himself thinks the
men were overzealous SO far as the roof Was
concerned.
The tenants say, and Mr.. Jones SAYS il ID
true, that they have had house-No. 42l 9Th
street-rented for more than a month past but
they cannot get possession. proposition was
made to MIR. Jones which would have resulted
In speedy evacuation Of the Lochiel house,
but as II involved the tightening of his pocket
book TO the tune of 81 500 Mr.. Jones was not
prepared to compromise.
STILL HOLDING THE FORT" WITH THE ROOF OFF,
This afternoon the tenants were still in pos
session, although the roof was of the house
and the showers Of rain were soaking the upper
floors
The new building when erected will be used
by the census bureau, ii having been leased for
that purpose by the Secretary Of the Interior.