Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-04
NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINT
Additional Protest Against Belt Line Com
pany Practices.
Residents of a Populous Neighbour
hood VIII Petition the Com
missioners for Relief.

The residents and property owners on v
between 9th and 10th streets northwest
are up In arms over the practices of the
employees of the Belt Line Railway Com
pany in taking the horses from the stables
at 18th and W streets to the changing
place. at Tth and streets petition adj
dressed to the District Commissioners is
being circulated and receiving signatures
of persons in the neighborhood. 1t recites
that the residents on street between 9th
and 10th are suffering from terrible annoy
ance and nuisance caused by the way the
BELT line horses are driven.
These horses are driven four and eight
hitched together, at a very rapid rate of
speed. through v street between 9th and
Iotn, at intervals of from three TO five
minutes, says the document, from early
morning until after midnight every day and
night, endangering life and limb The
block in question is one largely Inhabited
by small children who attend the Garnet
ana patterson public schools, by which
these horses are driven.
THE children are often compelled tn he IN
ana crossing the street in going to ard
from the above-named schools at the time
.nese horses are galloping by -four abreasO,
TO manage them with sufficient promptness
TO prevent accident should any of these
chlidren be unfortunate enough to be in
u {nelr way: furthermore. that portion of
street between 9th and 10th streets ia
an unpaved street. and the Inhabitants are
compelled to breathe, nineteen hours daily
Inc dense fog of dirt and dust that arises
horses"
The petitioners declare they cannot open
door or window without their houses be-
this unhealthy atmosphere and it is SO
bad that they consider 1t detrimental to
their health. An immediate investigation
rs requested and action taken to r"''eve
a YiSon and
One Resfdents Testimony.
In this connection a resident of the VI
cinity writes to The Evening Star a very
plain and matter-of-fact letter:
I'm regard to an article in The Star from
one of my neighbors on Florida avenue
ard 9th street about the Belt line car
horses would like to add my complaint"
she says. ITO begin with, why are we
left In such a dust hole while all the streets
around us are paved? And why are all
the disagreeable nusances showed off on
us? We certainly, as taxpayers, should be
allowed few of the conveniences that
other neighborhoods enjoy, but it seems as
II we are not worth considering.
1T is now only am, and within the
past hour and a half 1 have counted no
less than sixty-four car horses pass my
house at their naddening gait. What are
we to do as the summer progresses? We
are obliged to open windows for air. al
health is destroyed by the clouds CT dust
that are always blowing. Now We have
the addition OF manure which is being
constantly dropped by the passing horses.
We not only have to see our never-too-
clean street turned into a manure pile but
have to breathe it into our lungs. Why is
this company, above all the others, privi-
lodged in being allowed the use of horse
power? Why can't the company rebuild
the stables on street and so stop all this
nuisance and save the roor, detected,
scrawny horses this extra long walk, or
rather run, and frequently beatings that
they are now subjected to by the heartless
men and boys that drive them?"
The New York Avenue Junction.
The obstruction offered to pedestrians at
9Th street and New York avenue by the
lexington Company, whose management
is identical with that of the Belt line con-
tinues to call forth emphatic objections
from sufferers from the evil. One letter
received by The Star is from business
man, who desires to protest against the
nuisance at the corner mentioned.
1T is an eyesore" he says, ito every citi-
zen who passes this way, and should be
remedied by these horse cars standing
ter has so long slept. A meeting should be
called, demanding that this nuisance be
abated."
w. w. c. writes upon the same subject:
Visitors who may happen to be in the
city," he remarks, who wish to see the
wonders of the world should not fail to
stroll up New York avenue and take a
has never been seen before, and probably
never will be again after the people have
regained their rights and street cars cease
to block sidewalks"