The morning times., 1895-08-04
Highway Commission Approves
the Street Extension.
SOME CHANGES WE'RE MADE
Health Officer wards Futile
Effort TO Convince Private Gar
bage Collector That He Violates
Law-Contract For the Fort Reno
Reservation Awarded.

= The highway commission met yesterday
morning in the office of the Secretary of
War and approved the first section of the
Commissioners plan of street extension.
The plans originally proposed by the
Commissioners were approved with but
Few exceptions. Crescent and Prospect
streets, Meridian Hill, will retain their
present lines, except that they will he
widened. The Spring street boulevard was
made one hundred and sixty feet in width
instead Of two hundred as proposed The
commission thought that the law
under which they were acting did not
authorize them to approve any streets
over a hundred aud sixty feet in width.
Legislation by Congress will be sought
to sanction the widening Of the boulevard
to two hundred feet
The commission reported favorably on
the proposed extension of Connecticut ave-
euue, but decided they were not empowered
to change the Connecticut Heights sub
divisions which had been approved by the
Commissioners and which were made under
the acts of 1887 and 1888.
All OF the changes made will be iucor-
porated in the maps and the latter sent
TO the Commissioners to be filed with
the District surveyor. Condemnation pro-
ceedings, so far as may be necessary, Will
then be begun.
Mr.. PETERS AND THE GARBAGE.
The garbage question, the District of
ficials have come to think, like the poor,
they will always haze with them.
The momentous debate as To the best
system OF destroying or removing the
refuse animal and vegetable matter of the
city and vicinity has been given a breathing
or rather an airing and disinfccting spell
for a few days, and the Commissioners
and the Health Officer congratulated them
selves on being well on the road to happy
solution of the problem OF the century.
But when Health Officer Woodward sat
al his desk yesterday morning attending
to his duties, a bFoad-shOuldered, CoatlesS
and hatless man entered and announced
that he was william Peters.
The garbage question came again to the
front Mr.. Peters explained that he had
the finest place in the country for raising
swine, and 10 il there was none other TO
compare. He had for some years held a
permit for collecting garbage and Stops
from certain places to feed to his pigs.
The boys who drove his wagons had been
stopped by the police while going their
rounds, and rs the permit had been lost
he wanted another.
INDEP ENDE ENT Mr.. PETERS. n
IN enumerating the places from which
he collected the slops Mr.. Peters got him
self in trouble. for the health officer by
referring to his book found that his per
nit did not specify half Of these houses.
Mr. Peters was not a bit disconnected at
this, however, but said in a lofty manner
that he had always collected just when
aud where he wanted; others did it, and
he would 10 the future continue to do Just
this very same thing. He says that
there are plenty Of farmers over in Mary
laud who get permits when they want
them aud the Commissioners have on sew
eral occasions tried to freeze him out, but
they have never been unable to do SO
aud VIII not in this instance.
In vain the health officer tried TO ex-
plain that no more permits would be is
sued, and that as fast as possible this
private collection OF garbage would be
doue away with. Mr.. Peters, however,
refused TO be- dictated 70 by any one be he
health officer or Commissioner. He left
yowiug that he would collect as long as he
wanted Health Officer Wood ward in
structed his chief clerk to find out where
Peters collected aud If he persists to have
him arrested, but it could not be discovered
just in what section he was now operating.
Dr. Woodward says that it has been
found that the private collectors Interfere
with the working OF the regular system.
When a private collector is seen daily
at a certain place the contractors en-
ployes cease to stop there.
NO MORE PRIVATE COLLECTORS.
OF course If the former should suddenly
cease and the latter not know about it,
the garbage would accumulate and com
plants be made. Many complaints have
nd "A
as the cause, so that it has been deemed
advisable to do away with the private
collectors.
Mr.. Peters says that he is being wrorged,
and VIII go to law about the matter In
regard to this Dr.. Wood ward replied
that Peters would certainly go to law in
the police court the first time he was
caught collecting garbage.
1t was stated the other day that Inventor
Anderson would come to represent the
claims made for his system of disposing
of garbage DR. Woodward received a
telegram yesterday from Mr. Anderson
saying that tomorrow, and at any ra1e
within the reXt week, he would appear
before the Commissioners. The contract
undertaken by Mr.. Warfield TO dispose
of the garbage VIII have TO be carried out
to the letter. Mr.. Warfield was recently
fined Sc in the police court for removing the
material in leaky carts. The agreement
entered into allows the District officials
to impose fine for violation of the stipu
lations. Last month he was fined on one
occasion So, on another So, and on another
SO, making in all SO.
This will teach him to be more careful
an dWashington will enjoy good garbage
service.
PHYSICIANS TO THE POOR.
The health officer has divided the city
into districts. which will be put under the
supervision OF the physicians to the poor
There has beenagreat inconvenience felt
because of the indefinite boundaries set for
the various sections, and this has to some
extent interfered with the work Another
physician has been appointed in the south,
east. The districts are as follows:
First division-Bounded on the east and
north by the Boundary, north by Thirtieth,
on the cast and south by the Potomac
Second division-East by Twenty-third
street, north by the Boundary, west by
Thirtieth, and south by the Potomac
Third division-North and west by
| Florida avenue, east by Fourteenth, south
by N, and west by Twenty y-third street.
Fourth division-North by N street, east
by Seventeenth, south by the Potomac, and
west by Twenty-third street.
Fifth division-North by Florida avenue
east by Sixth, south by N, and west by
! Fourteenth street.
Sixth division, north by N east by
Sixth, south by B northwest, and west by
Seventeenth.
Seventh division, north by Florida ave.
nue., east by First street northeast, south
by X and west by Sixth northwest.
Eighth division, north by K, east by
First northwest south by East Capitol
and west by Sixth northwest.
Ninth division. north by B southwest,
east by South Capitol, south by H south
west and the Potomac, and west by the