Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-19
ALE KINDS OF DOORS.
What Was Said to the Commissioners BY
South Washington Oitisens
TAey Think They should Not Have to
Bear All the DisaEreeable Things
-Determined to Go to Court.

e The use OF ones property in an unusual
manner to the injury of ones neighbor.
either IN his person. his property or his
personal or property rights, creates a null
sance.
That nuisance may be either public or
private. public II 1t affects the whole COM
munity and private where II Is confined to
one or more individuals and does not affect
the whole community
Public nuisances should be abated by
the pubfc-that Is, at the instance of the
sovereign power"
This was the platform OF the South WASH
ington Citizens Association as announced
by ffs legal representative, Mr.. W. W.
tiemmfng, at the hearing before the Com
missionsrs yesterday On the abatement Of
the aneged nuisances existing at the foot
Of south Capitol street. A brief account of
the hearing was given in yesterdays Star
MT. flemmfng after referring to the petit
ton OF the residents In that section against
the continuance of the nuisance there ia
copy Of which has already been printed in
The STAR said that last Sunday 800 hides
belonging te the National Sanitary Com
pany were spread on the wharf at the foot
Of South Capitol street to dry and the
stencil from them was unbearable. Next
door. at Mann's place. a number of dead
--@~-~-~~%1
hours. and the odor from them was a men,
ace to health.
The people he represented are injured he
said. In their health by reason of these
noxious doors, injured in their property by
me location or these plants and injured in
their personal rights In that they are denied
the privilege Of breathing pure air 1t reply
to a question from Commissioner Ross who
asked MI. Flemming to give the Commits
s s suggestion as to the proper loca-
t1dO~tR9C Ex0 Inc
Mr.. Fiemming said he would put 1t in some
remote locality. There Is a place down the
nver some ten or twelve miles where the
refuse was deposited some time ago; no
complaint ever came from there. and IL
would seem that this was the proper place
70 utilize at the present time But 1t was
not for the south Washington Citizens
ASSOCIATION TO find place: that was the
duty Of the sxcavating contrary
Referring to the National Sanitary Com
pany's works, he told the Commissioners
tnat II was impossible to get a fair idea Of
the condition of affairs in one or two in
spections- When such inspections were or
oered additional care was taken, more dis
miectants used and the result was that
wnen the inspectors inspected the place
they found nothing out of the way He
maintained that the object of the associa-
ton was to be in harmony with the Com
miSsioaers, and he wanted them to under
stand that they would work with them
and do verything they could consistently.
MI Ross than asked IL Mr.. Mann were to
snip his dead horses at once would there
be any cause for complaint on that score
Mr. Flemming said that perhaps IL would
not be 50 great. neither could ne suggest
any other means for getting rid of the
horses than by shipping them. He said the
association admitted that the Sanitary Com
pany Is doing everything in it's power to
prevent the escape of noxious doors but the
very fact that they have resorted to disin-
Eases did exist.
Commissioner Ross asked If he understood
that the committee would prefer the re-
turn to the old method of shipping garbage
by scows from that point. Mr.. Flemming
stated. however, that the association had
not considered such a thing. The impress
sion was. however. II transported quickly
IT would be far more preferable. Commits
sioner Ross asked IL the association was
aware of the fact that in the winter time,
when the river was frozen over, II was i'm
possible to transport the garbage. and 1t
lay there for weeks at time.
With that condition Of affairs Mr.. Flem-
ming suggested that the flats could be util-
tied either TO place the deposits on or a
Commissioner Powell however suggest
ed that as that was United States prop
erty the Commissioners could not consider
any such scheme Commissioner Ross
stated that what the board Of Commission
ers wanted was to have the association
TO place itself In the Commissioners posi-
ton and by their suggestions help them
out
Mr.. Flemming said that he did not be-
heve that the people In the southwest should
be made to bear the burden of all the dis
agreeable things.
Mr.. Ross said that 1t was not. nor had 1t
ever been the Intention of the Commission
ers to saddle upon the southwest any dis
agreeable things. When the great cry went
UP from the residents along G. street that
the wharf at the foot of that street. which
was being utilized in the transportation Of
garbage. was a serious nuisance. the Com
missioners looked around for a better loca-
md doud fhA foot Of S0,rt =,
Capitol street.
Mr.. Richards Remarks.
Mr.. W. A Richards. chairman Of the as
ISOLATION. addressed the Commissioners. He
said the association had no feeling against
the Commissioners, and believed that they
were honest and competent. but there was a
grievance In their section of the city that
the Commissioners should recognize His
father had been i'll for three months. and
during that time. when he should have been
breathing the pure air. he had been obliged
70 keep the windows closed on account of
the dfsagreeable odors While these nui-
sances are bound to exist, he did not believe
that one section of the city should be made
TO bear them all Each section he thought
should care for its own nuisance. and In the
division of these nuisances there would be
proper division Of the noxious odors.
Glue Wns Easy.
Mr.. Thomas Martin of 1904 South Capitol
street next spoke. He had lived in that To-
eality for forty years. When the old glue
factory was in operation down there the
sr1eli they got was as balm of silead' to
the odors they had to endure at certain
times There was great trouble in getting
tnat away. and 1t was not until James
Gordon Benefits yacht, with President
Arthur aboard. went aground opposite the
factory that anything could be done.
The next day the factory was re-
moved. He had talked with the
health ofHcer before the Sanitary
Company had erected its plant, and had
oeen informed that IL would not be a nui-
sdhce and the odors arising from it would
Smell IKE sugar factory. 1t was a hard
matter for him to understand how an old
giandered horse in the last stage of decom-
position being skinned or boiled could
smell IKE sugar factory. He had also had
conversation with DIR. Haumett relative
70 It's location The doctor said the CITY
had no money to pay. for the transportatio
OF carnage outside of the city hut he did
not believe that. The CITY had money
enough to pay for big tunnel and a narE
ana he was sure that there was NOT q w.
woman or Child In the entire District wbo
would not consent to being taxed r.,hau
snIn De subjected all their lives to disagree
MI Il H. Howson was the nex, sra,,
ne eonnned his remarks exclusively IN The
Odorless Excavating Company. He said ,ho
OdOrless E.xcayafiDo sA4S