Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-22

AZ grade with the surrounding streets and r-e-
vent any promiscuous grab-hac business among
The daily visitors 20 their stamping grounds.
They rarely have much trouble in that direc-
ton. however. for there is unwritten Law o.
non-interfcrence among these digeers after
wealth and fame. and. g. there l. usually
plentiful supply Of loads 90 be picked over. the
inspectors official datios cause no bad feelings
in the mixed community.
AyIsIr TO rHE DrMp IN TIVE NORTHWEST.
The dump at 25th and streets is the lsre-
est in Washington and fairly covered With
pickers when THr STAR man visited il the
other morning. r. y. Burt. one Of the old
timers in the service. is in charge and he re-
counted some Of the curious things which
have occurred on the dump during his incum-
bency. Here and there team unloading
its freight in cloud Il dust from the ashes,
which were mixed up IN every conceivable COR
ner with shayings. waste eaPcr and rage. An
entire colorcd family Of nine. with the smallest
youngster barely able TO toddle. busily
pushing the contents of one wagon about a.
they fell 10 the ground and one Of the urchins
gave yell Of ecstacy a. lac picked up stud %
yellow metal from the dirty pile. "Brung dat
button yeah. boy" shouted the master Of this
particular party OF pickcrs. but the stud proved
10 be merely brass fixture. which the head *
the house, however, conhscsted. Mesnwhiis
the whole crowd was busy sorting old news
papers. bones. scraps OF iron and anything
which promised 20 bring penny or two FROM
the junk dealer, and everything else OF CON-
busilbe nature was carried 20 OF the fires
constantly burning on the dump 20 destroy
waste.
FAMILIES ny THE DOZEN.
} That's the way youn find them dav IN and
day out said Inspector Burt as be picked IN
penny which his pracuced eve noticed on IA,
dump near Al hand. They re here IN all .ort.
OF weather. and wager dozen famihe-
mo FlE eFtlaV IN So
livelihood out Of this DUMP They s..r,h "a,
tently. and sometimes find something OF con-
siderable value. Beside. quarter and hay
dollars are common thing to find here in the
refuse; but trust one OF these Tickcrs To- sav a
word about It. They re Rs close mou he'd a. a
political prisoner. although every one of tL,n
viii boast of what he l. earning Iuuk
dealers make regular trips 20 the hoascs about
here ard have their regular customers. who
frequent the dump and keep the iunk market
supplied. / am pretty certain some Of th,n
make anywhere from $50 TO So a dav from
their pickngs. although the majority make
much less than 81 even. But, excuse me that
fire over there seems 20 have a peculiar olsr
which have learned 20 be burning fosh IN
zee what 1t means
WHEN FUMIGATIoN Is NEEDED
The inspector FASTENED to the place. but tho
scent proved false. small piece Of rubber
happened to be the unpleasant factor this time.
was asked whether any human remains ever
reached the refuse ground. "only once" re-
piled Mr.. Burt, land that was the BODY Of an
infant, so thoroughly wrapped In rag. as 10 a.
most escape notice among the other contents %
the wagon. | discovered il in time though and
notified the police, who had the body removed.
else II might have reached one of the fires acct
dentally. although il wouldn't have been NV
fault Sometimes dead cats and dogs escape
the garbage mans dead animal wagon and find
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the fire, and you can imagine that q sanitary
fumigation would be highly desirable about
then. Still many OF these things are as rare as
big finds. and altogether there are worse occu-
pations than being the inspector Of big dump
like this.
BANK NOTES BURNED TO ASHES
This 25th street repository also contains the
chsrred remains Of several hundred dollar,
which were accidentally destroyed there about
five weeks ago. Great loads Of waste paper
from stores and printing Offices are brought
there daily, and the match is applied before
the pickers have arrived In one OF these loads
was a tin dispatch box, as was afterwa-d
found, but before il was discovered the con-
tents had been turned TO ashes Mr. Burt's at
tention was first called to the pile when q we'll
dressed gentleman came to the dump and
inquired whether load of waste paper had
arrived that morning. He had lost a valuable
tin box, he said. and thought IL might have
been dropped among the waste accidentally
before Its removal from his place of business
Among the burning mass the receptacle was
found, but the owner left the dump a sad man
Only small corner OF two three bills Was
left TO show that considerable cash had been in
the pile.
One of these days the Commissioners will
have TO find a new dump around 25th street,
Tor In year or two more the filing will be a-
near Rock creek as IL may be placed without
damming the stream. Meanwhile, the dunn
picker and his confrere, the junk man. will
hnd many dollars worth Of value in the re-
fuse which finds its way TO the capitals
scrap piles.