Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-23
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
numerous Complaints OF the Poor
Garbage Collection Service.


Garbage Collection Service.
A fraii little woman, with hunger lines
displayed prominently all over her face. and
bearing in her arms q half-clothed, sickiy
baby, was found last night at the corner
OF $3.50 ana N streets The woman could
scarcely stand from weakness. The child
nursed from q bottle, whose contents had
been turned sour and thick by the hot sun.
The police summoned the patrol and had the
two taken to the station, where they rested
All night in the lodgers' room. The bottle
OF the little one was first filled with fresh
milk. The woman gave her name as Annie
ROBERTSON OF virginia, and stated she was
without home or friends. Her child was sir
months old. This morning the mother was
EVEN q breakfast by sergt Robey. AS she
passed through the front room OF the sta
tion mouse this morning. with her child
clfng1ng to her shoulder, there was a picture
OF such abject poverty presented that the
omcers present. as much as they have
mingled with the miserable OF the town,
could not suppress EXPLANATIONS OF genuine
pity. by the time the street was reached
the great big heart of bluff Oficer Brown
had swelled to such proportions that his
himself. and. running after the poverty
stricken creature. pressed some money In
her hand. The woman went on aimlessly
Two Ink Spots.
Two young Ink spots who have blotted
Georgetown's page Of morality about ten
years and who are distinguished from the
other spots through the names Ohio VIII
liams and Philip Brooks were temporarily
obliterated yesterday by being incarcerated
for theft. They have of late stolen, II has
been learned. numerous articles from sta
blss, curry combs brides, &c. The boys
would enter by crawling through holes
barely large enough to admit q chicken.
Btrkfgt and Passan made the arrests
the The boys rs being en-. located in Congress street
patrol they kept up q grin
The Garbage Man.
There are people In town raging about
the neglect Of the garbage man. At many
hcrses he never calls. None OF the resi-
dences are visited with regularity. Mr.
Cunningham Of pa Potomac street states
that he has not been called upon for one
whole year. Mrs.. speakes Of 1s2s $50 re-
ports that often her garbage remains for
twenty days In her yard. Mr. E. p. Berry
Of BOSS q. through q police report, yes
terday succeeded In getting the cart to
call at his residence after an absence Of
three weeks. lao 30th street has been
neglected for twenty-five days. lbs Saith
Is called upon on an average OF once a
month. 16vz 31st, the home of Mr.. George
w. King, 10 visited very irregularly-some-
times onces q week, at other times once q
month. The cart seems always filled when
II reaches that neighborhood and the driver
goes on without stopping. Mr. George w.
Allen of 3l47 Dumbarton avenue is never
called upon. Mr.. Offutt of 32l2 p, very
seldom. 3O19 N il visited occasionally.
There il not Q neighborhood in town that
complaints similar to these do not emanate
from. Almost every citizen speaks OF the
neglect Of the department
Up to within three days ago the town
was visited by but one cart The 1900 In
habitants now have two. II Is understood.
to attend to their wants. So long Is the
garbage allowed to accumulate. though.
that often q dozen calls will MI cart
There Is another matter in town that the
citizens are DESTROYS Of having the health
department Investigate. In the most thick
ly populated sections exist scores Of prfvy
boxes. Many are within twenty feet Of the
residents doors. In the square bounded by
SD. 3lst, Dumbarton and . there are re-
back door. They are being strongly COM
planned against On hygienic grounds. doors
in the vicinity are always noticeable.
Real Estate.
Joseph A. Simmons yesterday sold to
Andrew J. Miller lot 4s. in Ashford's sub
Of Cooke Park; Charles T. Johnson sold to
c. c. Ubhoff part OF lot 30 and part of
lot known a. Church Of England lot, in
Beatty and Hawkins addition. fronting on
street between SD and saith streets. north
side and Charles r. Newman transferred
to c. c. Glover lots and z. In Marbury