Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-31
Dl STR CT AFFAIRS .
More About the Grade Crossings in the
Northwest
a Report of the Attorney Criticized
The Health omcer's Report IN p...
INJECTING AIleys-other Matters.

w. j. Frizzel and Evan H. Tucker Of the
Northeast Washington Citizens Association
write to the Commissioners today as fol-
lows:
In the newspaper reports of the hearing
given the officials OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company on the 18th inst. fs
a statement credited to the attorney ~ said
company, relative to closing the tracks as
follows: That is an old matter that has been
rehashed and recounted for years. The rail-
DAD company has put up a fence a one TOR
ton of the road, but citizens had obuaiLed
injunction The first sentence Of the
quotation is an admission that the railroad
Company has dallied with the matter Tor
years. notwithstanding the law as quoted by
the honorable Engineer Commissioner.
The remark about intuition ctc A
mere subterfuge holding about foundation
of tracks. The only Injunction case OF any
relative nature being one now pending
against barr1cade on and along eth street
northeast in front Of the residence and run
ming at right angles with The railroad
tracks length at more than 100 feet, cut
ting on ingress and ezress Of those build
ings, and winch never were intended to in
close the tracks or any portion of them,
and IL is TO be regretted that the attorney
has not better Informed himself by viewing
the premises.
THE statement that the Anti-srade Cross
ing Association appeared before the Com
missioners ard urged the establishment Of
a number of grade crossings upon reference
TO your records will be found wholly in
correct"
They then refer to the fact that a COM
mittee from Northeast Washington Associ-
att appeared before the board OF Com
missioners and some of the railroad officials
on November %. 1883. ard submitted
quests for alterations of grade. fencing and
othoA safeguards which have not yet re-
ceived definite action.
They then add: Changes in the personnel
of your honorable board. ana other unavOid-
able causes. have exerted timely attention
and consideration Of the proposition that
but now, inasmuch as your legal advisor
some time since passed upon your authority
In TO- premises. IL is TO be hoped that no
further delay will occur. and that truth will
prevail and the laws be enforced.
Referring 10 the statements of the rail-
road superintendent relative TO the crossing
at 9Th street, il is respectfully submitted
that in contemplation of the erection Of a
market house contiguous to this point
a proper crossing should be main
tained. with all the necessary safeg Iards.
ana any like treatment by the Il. and %.
officials is in keeping with their anci mt
methods. and the suggestions that people
should walk to 5th or 9Th street is in line
with the conduct of the Il. and O. Com
pany when IL was more in favor with the
municipal authorities than " is at present
Protection and convenience at this point
has been for years urgea by citizens and
the records of the Northeast Washington
Association relative thereto show, undoubt-
ed persistency and must be fresh in your
memory. especially I'm view OF the fact that
hundreds of small children attend the pub
lie schools nearby, and adults without
number pass this point to and from the III
street cars.
Disinfecting the Alleys.
Health Officer Hammett has Informed the
Commissioners that all of the improved
alleys OF the District have been disinfected
with patent preparation. and that 152
unimproved alleys have been disinfected
with slaked lime. leaving 2s2 unimproved al
leys yet to be similarly treated. AS many
of the alleys are in bad condition and need
disinfection, as the use of lime cures the
bad odors arising from them. and the
process OF diSinfectlon has a good moral
as well as physical effect upon the COM
munity, IL Is important that the work
I well begun and so nearly finished be COM
| pleted He estimates that sos will cover
the expense of completing the work and re-
quests the Commissioners to make such an
allotment.