Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-13


ing the citizens for over fifteen years Mr.
| Warner stated that it would not, that the
| proposition contained In the report is but
general one. with no plans suggested,
| and thereupon that recommendation. too.
| was adopted.
Inadequate Freight Facilities.
The committee on transportation submit
ted an interesting report through its chair
man, Mr. w. A. Wimsatt, by the voice Of
| Mr.. Warner, who read the report In the
absence Of the chairman. The report fol-
| lows:
1.-THE Transportation and the terminal
| facilities of the two trunk lines which seem
| to control the city's destinies in this re-
| spect remain in statu quo, and II only
needs a moderate revival Of traffic and
return to the volume Of business OF 1881 and
| 1892 to jam the little freight yards and de-
| pots beyond their capacity. and relegate
| the merchants goods to the yards and sid
| ings outside of the city, while the owners
must await their turn, like Elen in a barber
shop, without the poor alternative of being
| able to go elsewhere. The Pennsylvania
road has purchased property between Ia
and I'd streets, Virginia avenue and Il street
southwest, and prepared it for prompt occu-
patton If necessary. They could possibly.
under pressure. lay tracks and put IL in
condition for handling bulky freight out
Of doors in thirty or sixty days, but ware
house facilities, of course, could not be pro-
vided in such time
Their passenger depot is centrally locat-
ed and convenient to the public, but II
bisects and distigures the beautiful Mall.
occupying and monopolzing 9TH street
| from Virginia avenue to b street north. II
this depot were removed to their own
ground on Virginia avenue il would be
nearly or quite as well located as regards
the travelling public and would restore the
continuity Of the Mall from the Capitol to
the river. 1t would abolish a number Of
very dangerous grade crossings and confine
the road to one direct line through the city
from the Long bridge to the tunnel, thus
eliminating several features that have been
most objectionable to the citizens of that
section Of the city for years, namely, the
tracks ON Maryland avenue between 9Th
and 1th and consequent grade crossings,
and the making up of passenger trains on
| the formed on Maryland and Virginia
avenues and 9Th street.
The Baltimore and Ohio road has. ap.
parenty done nothing anticipatory of an
Increased volume of business during the
next year. Their passenger depot Is a dis.
grace to the city and should be a reproact
TO their own self-respect. Their freight
house is little better. They are probably
waiting till justly wrathAui Cong Is, M
patient OF persistent procrastination and
habitual dereliction, shall compel them TO
spend In the national capital for the abo-
lition OF the murderous grade crossings a
1.-THE OF the money that is so layishly ex-
pended In Baltimore in digging a tunnel
under the city to avoid the use of the pub
lie thoroughfares. Other railroads are ask
Ing for admission and should be supported
In their effort to secure terminal facilities
IN the District as It is evident that the
existence Of three or four Independent trunk
lines cannot fail to be Of immense advan.
tage to the growing community and man.
ufacturing interests Of the city,"
More Sewers Needed.
Mr.. Thomas p. Woodward. chairman OF
the committee on public health, presented
the following report:
The efforts of the board Of trade in bc-
half Of the bill before Congress authorizing
bond issue for the purpose of raising
money TO establish a sewer system through
out the District of Columbia, for the i'm
provement of streets and roads. &C., should
in no measure be relaxed. The sewer Qucs-
ton is one Of prime importance to every
inhabitant. With few exceptions, i'm
mediately adjacent to the original city
limits, the entire so-called suburban por-
ton Of the District is dependent on surface
drainage, with all attendant evils, and as
the greater portion of the District is now
residence property, with the present In
creasing tendency of people to live beyond
the confines OF the city proper. a problem
is presented that must be solved immedi-
ately.
THE attention of the board is respect
fully called to the necessity of a revision Of
the law relating to the practice of medi-
cine. The present law Is wholly made
quate, and under 1t 'Quacks' flourish. and
the public, especially the uneducated class
trums and INSCRIPTIONS persons who prey
on the infirmities and Incredibly of their
victims. In another aspect, IL is necessary
for the protection of the public that every
physician should be skilled in his profess
sion. BY mistaking a contagious disease
for one not contagious, isolation of the pa
tient may be prevented and an epidemic
preciptated on the community. An APP
propriate law has been prepared FOR pres
entation to Congress, and the aid of the
board of trade is urged to further its pass
age.
Milk and Dairy Inspection.
1.-The matter of milk and dairy inspection
has also been considered by your COM
mittee. and 1T is worthy Of the attention
of the board. Other communities have taxi
en- steps in the light of recent scientific
discoveries, looking to supply OF pure
milk from a source free from infection.
and we should not be behind the times In
so important a matter.
1.-The garbage problem Is still before us.
and apparently as far from a satisfactory
solution as ever. No question is OF great
er importance than this. From a sanitary
standpoint filth Is the root of all evil, and
to be healthy a city must be clean. In
the judgment of your committee the mat
ter Is simply one of dollars ana cents
With Sufficient appropriation there Is ho
reason why a satisfactory disposition may
not be made of the matter.
Events of the past few weeks have In
very emphatic manner called the attention
OF the puDllc W the neSeSSitS ~, - - -
facilities for handling an epidemic. This
District needs two properly equipped con-
tagious disease hospitals-one for the treat
ment and care of sick minor contagious
diseases, as scarlet fever and diphtheria,
and one to be used for the isolation and
care on the more virulent types Of conta-
gion, as Asiatic cholera, typhus fever, small
pox and yellow fever. The first has been
partially provided for, and Its erection II
only delayed by the fact that the Commits
sioners of the District are embarrassed and
hampered in their efforts to obtain a suit
able site by the protests and objections or
the owners of adjacent land.
mo provision has been made or proposed.
so far as your committee Is aware for the
second hospital suggested. The need for 1t
is urgent, and no effort should be spared to
obtain an appropriation from Congress for
the erection and maintenance of such an in
stitution The present so-called smallpox
hospital is old frame structure, lacking
In almost everything necessary to make II