Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-03

| ihaih. ne meant nothlng personal BY this. but
believed that If an indictment were found and
the matter brought to the attention of Com
! gTess In this manner they would quickly give
attention TO the district described.
| Maj l.. L. Williams of the Brightwood as
| soclatlon stated that his organization could be
| made effective In cooperation with the league
As general thing, he said the condition of
| things along the 9TH street road was good but
there were bad places TO the right and left of it.
DIR. stone. the chairman of their sanitary COM
mittee. had reported that considerable atteu-
| ton should be given to prevent the contamiua-
ton of the water supply of that district About
| Howard University Maj. Williams said there
were several places needing attention. But the
| section south of Whitney avenue was as a rule
not in bad condition. and with a sewer counec-
| ton, which could be easily made with the
Boundary sewer, this section might be eff
ciently drained.
Mr.. Buckley of the Anacostia association
stated that they would like to become members
OF the league. He spoke of the flats and low
lands around Anacostia. and expressed the
opinion that the Commissioners, in completing
! the Harrison street sewer. should extend it
| through the flats to the channel. If the sewage
were allowed to accumulate on the flats he be-
| lleved the health of the whole city would be In
danger.
IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON.
MIR. Ii. +. Leighton, chairman of the ninth
district, reported the results of an inspection
made by himself and several of his associates in
his district. The general sanitary condition Of
| the district. he thought, was very good. The
whole section had been gone over. square by
| square, the alleys had all been inspected and a
detailed report would be prepared and filed
with the secretary. One thing he called es-
! peclal attention to was the existence of an old
sewer on East Capitol street running parallel
with new one, and with which there were
many houses still connected. This old sewer
broken md oil, h,-r nS
He knew of several cases of typhoid fever along
that street and had no doubt that they
originated from this sewer. He did not know
whether there was law for it, but he believed
there should be some way to compel people to
disconnect their houses from the old sewer,
THE WORK TO BE DONE.
A general discussion followed as to the best
ways of bringing about changes and improve
ments indicated as needed by the reports sub
mitted. DR.. Billings stated that he did not
think the Commissioners could do much in the
way Of laying out sewers beyond the work
already planned by the engineers, the money
was not available. Where any definite remedy
could be applied such as laying out a short
sewer connection, this might be accomplished.
But as to providing for the sewerage of a large
! district they would have to go to Congress- and
this was work which the league had before it.
The great danger, he said. in the districts re-
ferred to in the reports made lay in the
wells. The mortality from typhoid fever
in the District OF Columbia had
been, he said, increasing for six
years, and it was that increase that had turned
the scale against Washington when compared
with Baltimore as to the rate of mortality. The
typhoid fever. he said due largely to the
condition of the wells. The water flowed in
gravclly stratum resting on clay. which in some
cases formed pits or pockets. Some of these
wells, he believed. could be demonstrated to be
SO polluted that the authorities would close
them at once. Then the question arose what
would the people do for their water supply?
They would simply have to boil their water
That would put an end to the specific danger.
Speaking of the work of the league Dr. Billings
said that what was wanted now to get at
more detailed work in the inspection. He sug-
gested that they should secure from the health
office the numbers of the squares that had been
inspected by the official inspectors. Then he
said, these squares might be looked over again
to see If any nuisances were left.
WITHOUT SEWER CONNECTION
Mr.. Edison in the course of the discussion
said that there we're a great many houses In the
heart of the city not connected with sewers.
He instanced the alley between 9th and 10th
and VI and streets northwest. in which he
said there were at least twenty houses that had
no sewer connections at all.
Judge Miller. speaking of the complaints
made and the way to remedy them remarked
that he believed a great deal could be ac-
complished without prosecution. 1t was he
thought. pity TO impose fines upon these
people instead of educating them.
DIR. Billings. chairman of the sanitary COM
mlttee: Mr.. Is. II. Warner, chairman of the
committee on cooperation and Mr.. Il. F.
Leighton were constituted special committee
TO consider and report at the next meeting of
| the council some definite line of action to be
taken i'll the case of complaints made to the
league. A letter was received from Health
II l.
count sickness to avail himself OF an invitation
to be present at the meeting and expressing
himself in full sympathy with the purposes of
the league
On motion Of Mr.. Moves the committee on
promotions was instructed TO prepare and the
secretary to have printed 5000 circulars con-
tanning statement of the purposes of the
league, the constitution and bylaws of the or
ganizatlon, the lists of officers. committees, &c.
The secretary was also directed to address a
letter to Dr. William H. WEIGH expressing the
thanks of the council for DR. Walch's recent
lecture in the Columbian University Hall The
treasurer reported that he had received Sl26
and Judge Miller, from the special finance COM
mittee. made a report showing that the COM
mittee had raised more than $780, making to-
gether with the sum in the hands of the treas
urer, fund OF 1850 now available for the
purposes of relief. The appointment OF
committee on dairies and food supply was an
nounced
The members OF the committee are: Prof
Chas. E. Munroe. chairman: Henry L. Pellew.
Thomas Taylor. W. b. King. Henry Sherwood,
Abraham Depue, l. q. kimball. W. H. Manogue,
Chas. Newbold and ii. q. Hall.
The subcommittee to secure the cooperation
of the clergy has been appointed. as follows
Henry +. Peliew. chairman; Bishop Hurst Rev.
DIR. Teunis 5. Hamlin, Rev. Dr. Mackay- Smith,
Rev. DR.. Rush II. shipper. Rev. DIR. Chas A.
Stakely, Rev. Dr. VIM. E. Panson. Rev. Father
j. A. Walter. Rev. DIR. F. J. Grimke.
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED.
The following named were elected to men,
bership in the league at the meeting last night
G. E. Adams, George NJ. Arnold. Guy Anthony,
William NJ. Beaman, j. c. Bird. Charles NJ
Brown. Aida J. Brooks, John +. Bowie,
Richard b. Buckley. DIR. Frank T. Burck. Am
non Behrend. Mrs. Carl Barns. T. J. Burke. Z.
W. Brown. William S. Babbitt. DIR. Caroline A.
Burghardt. H. G.. Brurer, George Bancroft.
Carl T. W. Bergman. c. W. Berry. Dr. L. b.
Babbitt. DR.. S. y. Baker, A. W. Cornwell Myer
Cohen. Frederick w. CARLYLE, Thomas j. Call
oway, c. NJ. Carter. Charles W. Cunningham.
A I. Coumbe, J. W. Chickering. DIR. Joseph
J. Clark. E. W. Doran, DR.. H. N.
Decide. P. B. Dickerson, DIR. H. A. Dob
son. Louis II. Dietz. r. c. Dubois,
William NJ. Dougal. William II. Dali. Thomas
=. Diggins. Dean Emerodina, DIR. Wilson b.
Evans, Jacob Eisemann. Oscar Foote, Francis
Ficke. DIR. George W. II. Fitch, Ros A. Fish,
Nathaniel Freeman. J. L. French. Dr. James
A. Freer, G.. w. Francis. jr., Lillian p. Graves,
A. \. Gray, DIR. j. Is. Griffith Robert D. Good