The Washington times., 1894-08-05
PROTECTION OR NO SERVICE
National Sanitary Garbage Company's
Sc0WS Burned.
COMPLAINT TO COMMISSIONERS
Devising Means to Send the Roslyn Common
wealers to Their Homes-Mooted Change
in Building Regulations Looking to Fire
proof Warehouses Other District Matters.

Iue NdtlOndl SANITARY SOupduy ID III" Sos
ting it from all sides. 1t has even caused
Alexandrians to raise their voices and pro-
claim against 1t.
Mayor Strauss, of that city, has written to
the Commissioners telling them that his con-
stituents will not endure any longer the
dumping Of garbage from scows into the
river and that something must be done at
once to stop the nuisance thus created. This
matter could be readily corrected, but the
Alexandrians have gone step further and
set fire to one OF the scows used in the trans
portation of the garbage down the river. This
latter fact was communicated to the Commis
sioners yesterday by General Manager S. P.
Bayly, of the National Sanitary Company.
He says:
"Please find herewith inclosed communi-
cation from Capt. Frank Taylor, from whom
we hire scows to transport the garbage col
lected in this city beyond the limits of the Dis
trict, as required by the terms of our contract.
We have made every effort to secure points for
the delivery Of this material on the Maryland
and Virginia shores, but the State officials
have been protesting vigorously against it for
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destruction OF our scows 10 accomplish their
object In view of this condition of affairs
we must appeal TO the honorable Board OF
Commissioners to know what disposition Is to
be made OF the garbage and dead animals col
lected in this city. amounting at the present
time to from so 20 100 tons daily"
Capt. Frank Taylor's letter. addressed to
and mentioned by Manager Bayly, is as fol-
lows:
Il have to bring TO your attention the fact
that one Of my scows. by your direction, was
anchored in Hunting Greek. on the Virginia
side Of the Potomac. and that the health officer
OF Alexandria caused said scow TO be set on fire,
using coaloil for the purpose, and having
failed in his efforts TO burn my property, he
ordered said scow sunk, which was done.
Your company hires my scow5 for transpor-
tatioE of garbage from this city and | must
look TO you to protect them when they are
anchored either on the Virginia or MARYLAND
shore am threatened with arrest and my
property is Deing destroyed by State officials
and must have some assurance of protection
from your company or from the District Com
fnisSiOners, or Will be compelled TO give up
the work.
Manager Bayiy also wrote the Commis-
sIoHers that be mad been instructed by the
receivers OF his company TO say that the COM
pany will furnish sunday garbage service.
but that they do so under protest and do not
wish to be thereby understood waving
any rights they may have TO compensation
for the extra work and increased cost thus
imposed upon the company by reason of said
increased garbage service which il Is con-
tended. is not contemplated by. nor embraced
in the contract OF January Il, 1892. II is
stated that the extra service OF removing gar
bage from hotels, flats, boarding houses. etc,
will entail an additional cost to the company
of go per Sunday, as the same is now esti-
mated.
ANXIOUS TO SEND ISDUsTR1ALs AWAY.
The Commissioners are really anxious to
help the citizens to send the industrial army
home. but they are at loss how to proceed
about doing it, 1t has been suggested that
they use part Of the emergency fund. This
NAV be done. but there is no certainty OF It
lust yet, The Commissioners realize that
when cold weather comes. and II the common
wealers are allowed TO stay here, many of
them will become charge upon the District.
Ii is probable that next week a way may be
found TO solve the problem. The Commis-
sioners have been in correspondence with the
railroad officials with a view to securing
transportation of the army from the city. but
is vet they say nothing has been determined
upon.
Adit. Gen. Theodore Mosher has reported
to the Commissioners that the annual en-
campment of Company c. Engineer Corps,
will be at Ocean City. Md. The command
leaves here on the 10th instant and returns on
the 2lst.
Capt. William Z. Horton will superintend
the instruction OF the company.
Licuts. Frank W Holt and William E.
Harvey. Sergt. Major G. G. Dennison, and
Quartermaster Sergt. Louis G. Freeman are
detailed for duty with the soldiers.
George Simmons. secretary OF the Columbia
Heights Citizens Association. has called the
Commissioners attention to the lack OF sys-
TEN in naming suburban streets. especially in
the territory between Eleventh and Four
teenth streets north of Florida avenue. He
suggests that the streets be named after tho
States in the Union.
4 building permit was yesterday granted for
the erection of the Second Baptist Church.
colored on Third street, between II and I
streets northwest. The dimensions of the
new ediiice will be 5TxSS feet, two stories and
cellar IL will have an Ohio stone front, and
the roof will be tile and slate. Steam heating
is to be used, and the cost will be S2S,O00.
Building permits were issued yesterday as
follows: Herndon Morsell to erect No. 14l0
Fifteenth street northwest, 5000: A. p. AL
bert to erect No. 1910 Vermont avenue, %, 900;
Mrs. E. II. Magruder to erect dwelling on
Loughborough road. 500; II. L. Bsale to
wood avenue, Cleveland Park, $500: n.
Eckhardt to improve No. 1927 G street north
west, $500.
FIRE-PRooF WAREHOUSES;.
o. Won Herbulis has been designated by the
Commissioners to visit certain large cities
and look into the question of flre-proof ware
houses. The officials contemplate a change
in the building regulations by requiring that
all warehouses for the storage of private
goods ana property shall be fire proof. Sec
retary Gresham has also been requested to
afford Mr.. Won Herbulis all information rela-
tive to the building regulations of foreign
municipalities.
The Commissioners yesterday issued the
following orders:
That the public hydrants on Seventh street
near Pennsylvania avenue northwest and at
the corner of Sixth street and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest be removed. That the
sewer in the west side of Ninth street south
east, between East Capitol and A streets, be
replaced. That the wells corner OF Fifth
and L streets northeast and at First and G
streets northeast be abandoned.
Mrs E. K. Troder. of the mailing division
of the Pension Ofics while walking along