Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-12
THE GARBAGE PLANT
South Washington's Protest Again Before
the Commissioners.
Hearing Given Today to a Citizens
Committee in Regard to the Site
of the Cremntory.

The citizens and property owners Of South
Capitol street in the nefghborhood of the
old site of the reduction plant are not
leaving stone unturned in their fight
against the re-establishment of a garbage
plant at that place. Several days ago Mr.
Thomas Martin of 1904 South Capitol street
wrote a letter to the Commissioners object
ing to the location of the plant, and cited
section 16 of the building regulations as
opposed to the location OF a crematory
there.
The Commissioners considered the matter
and replied as follows:
I'm response to your communication Of
the 9Th instant protesting against the Com
missioners' approval of the erection Of a
garbage plant at the foot of South Capitol
street, am directed to inform you that, as
the proposed plant cannot, under the terms
of the contract, be one whereby offensive
cdors are generated to the de:riment or in
jury of the neighborhood,' the section Of
the building regulations to which you refer
would not seem to apply thereto"
The section referred 20 reads as follows:
No person or persons shall establish,
erect, construct, or lay off within the build
ing limits any brick yard, brick kiln, or
pottery furnace, or any slaughter house.
soap or candle mandatory, bone-boiling
or other establishment whereby offensive
odcrs are generate 10 the detriment or in
jury Of the neighborhood, npon any site not
used as aforesaid during twelve months i'm
mediately preceding, shall any such
establishment now existing he extended to
within one hundred and fifty yards of any
dwelling house occupied or used, unless the
person or persons desiring to conduct or ex-
tend any OF the above-enumerate ted estab-
lishments shall first file with the inspector
of buildings the written consent of all prop
erty owners and occupants within two hun
dred and fifty yards of such establishment.
Such establishments may be located outside
of the fire limits provided the kilns or the
houses to be used as slaughter house. SOAP
candle. bone-boiling or other Establishments
whereby offensive odors are generated shall
not be located within two hundred feet of
dwelling. Permits for such establish
ments shall not be issued until approved by
the Commissioners.
Hearing This Morning.
This morning Messrs. W. A. Richards and
w. c. Prentiss, committee from the South
Washington Citizens Association, had a
hearing before the Commissioners upon
this matter They commended that the
above regulation was sufficient to prevent
the location of a garbage plant at the site
named Mr.. Richards rehearsed the objec-
TONS heretofore made to the plant, ana
said the citizens down that way had had
enough garbage stenches to last them a
lifetime.
The Commissioners replied that the par
agraph of the building regulations cited
old not apply to the case.
We'll. if that is So" said Mr.. Richards
why not erect the crematory in the CEN
trail portion of the city? will give you a
lot for the purpose. 1t would be more CEN
trail for the garbage contractor"
The Commissioners replied that the con-
tractor was bound by his contract to erect
crematory that would be perfectly sani-
tary. If the Commissioners should antici-
pate this matter and refuse a permit to
construct the crematorY at the South Cap
itol street site, what could they say to the
protestants when another site was decided
upon? They would be entitled to protest
and the Commissioners could give no re.t-
son for refusing to comply with their re-
quest They stated that no application had
yet been made to the Commissioners for
permission to erect crematory at the foot
Of South Capitol street
President Richards asked if the Commits
sioners would give a committee from the
South Washington Citizens Association an
opportunity to be present with counsel
when the application was filed, and the
Commissioners promised to consider the re-
quest