Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-08
DISTRICT AFFAIRS.
Superintendent Stevens Makes His
Monthly Bathing Beach Report.
GARBAGE OPINION WANTED.
Lots OF Bathers ut the Free Beach-LiquOr
Licenses Issued and Refused Tho
Garbage Man Wants to Collect All Of the
Refuse.

In accordance with your order Of March 81,
1888, hereby make my first monthly report OF
the bathing beach to July l. The concert
given for the benefit Of tho beach was in all
respects creditable to the performers and to
the management, but from unknown
causes 1t was financially failure,
leaving me Ga out Of pocket.
Then, by about two weeks Of hard work
Policeman Cotter collected 5000 donations.
Others assisted in collecting, and few dollars
were handed to me personally. besides which
"a has been received for rent Of the cake stand,
making the full amount received a26l.60. The
amount Of expenditures, e22467. Balance on
hand July 1, 1893. s36.93.
The houses have been repaired. A neat fence
has been made inclosing six houses for the use
Of ladies. One-half of the south wharf and
the whole Of the north wharf have been
rebuilt. This was not my first intention.
One morning I pointed out to Q carpenter
certain broken boards that should be removed.
and had bought new ones to replace them.
On returning from my Office at night I found
one wharf stripped Of boards and the other
half stripped In explanation the carpenter
said he found the boards rotten, but after
two days trial he seemed to be managing for q
long Job for himself so let him look elsewhere
for 1t. report this in some detail be-
cause II made the wharf repairs cost
twice as much as my estimate. A neat and con-
venient Office has been made, though 1t is
small and crowded. A part Of it, used as cake
stand, rents for IS q month. The boundary
fences and the floating fence are in place as
recommended. The old diving stand was too
far gone to be rebuilt and Q new and
better one twice as large has been made.
Last week was cold and did not pay expenses.
More and more OF the bathers are providing
themselves with suits, SO that nineteen-twen-
tieths Of those who use the beach pay nothing.
and though tho balance Of the donation fund
will soon be exhausted, vet I do not
solicit further donations, feeling sure that as
the weather becomes warmer the receipts OF
Thursdays will increase and balance up the de-
ficits Of cold days. Many used the beach while
repairs were in progress, but the book was not
open until June 4, and in the remain
der Of that month 6,076 bathers registered.
On some hot evenings many were turned away
for want Of more rooms, though three or four
were put in each room. Afew have been helped
by the lifebost, but I have no Casualties to the
beach to report. On Sunday, June II, 1
went with my large boat by solicitation Of two
policemen from the fourth precinct across to
the south side Of the tidal reservoir near Long
bridge, and after half hours search recovered
old 1t was taken charge Of by the police.
The water bordering on all the reclaimed
fats is deep close up to shore and very danger
Gus to bathers, and recommend that bathing
In all that region be prohibited. An officer at
Long bridge and one at the 18th street sand
fats to give warning and one or two raids I
think would stopit Three boys were drowned
in the tidal reservoir last year.
My boat is frequently needed for such pur-
poses aud moor 1t in front Of the beach. Over
q month ago my buoy was taken from its an
chorago by the tugboat Jas. Jackson, jr.,
belonging to ]. B. Lord. sand dealer.
have demanded its return. but no notice is
taken Of my letter. The little basin and its
mouth at the big basin Of the tidal reservoir
are constantly cluttered with wreckage Of sand
boats, and the premises are disgrace to gov
eminent property. Is there no means to
and out of waters set aside by the government
for special purposes? Police Officer Cotter is
in charge Of the beach and is always reliable
Police Officer Stamler is in charge at night.
He says that the first few nights 1t became evil
dent to trespassers that he was there to stay
and he has had no more occasion to warn them
away.
Ladies'. some Of them married, some mothers
some young girls, have bathed at the beach on
about ten different days. Everything moves
smoothly at the beach, and all who call seem
pleased with it.
LlQCCh LlCENSES
There was q meeting Of the excise board yes
terday afternoon, at which the following appli-
cations for liquor licenses we're acted upon:
Retail approved-James A. Ballinger, 1909
11th street southeast; Daniel Hennessey. 935 I'd
street southwest: Cosmos Club, corner 1875 and
H streets northwest; Metropolitan Club, corner
18th and H streets northwest; Mysterious Club,
1006 street northwest
Retail rejected-Wm. ]. Kerr, col New Hamp-
shire avenue northwest; VIM NJ. Drury, 100
Goth street northwest; Maurice Rooney, l12SL
f street northeast, and Bridget NJ. Sweeney,
iii LIST street northwest.
Wholesale approyed-Harry Dawes, SO Fem
ton street northeast; Chas. G. McChesney.
1886 9th street northwest
GARBAGE OPINION WANTED
"Are the Commissioners required under the
contract for the removal Of garbage and dead
animals to secure to the contractor the exclu-
sive right to collect all garbage and remove all
dead animals?"
This is the question submitted to the attor-
ney for the District today.
Several days ago Mr.. s. P. Bailey, who is
| president Of the National Sanitary Company.
called the attention of the Commissioners
to the fact that the company he represented
was not collecting all Of the garbage of the
city, nor transporting the dead animals, as
required by the contract between his company
| and the District. The reason, he maintained.
was that at present there were number Of
people from the country and surrounding sub
urbs who collected the garbage and fed it to
cows and hogs This was, in his opinion,
not only o violation Of the contract, but I'M
lawful, as the law was very distinct in its terms
that no garbage should be fed to cows or
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