The evening times., 1895-10-01

There was a warm colloquy to-day be-
tween the Commissioners and Mr.. W c.
Dodge over a qualifications made in morn
ing paper in connection with the South
Capital street site for garbage crenia-
tory, i'll which the latter was quoted as
having reflected upon the integrity OF
the board.
Mr. Dodge was present with de!ega-
ton of G street citizens, who called to
discuss matters i'll connection with the
widening OF that thoroughfare.
AT the close OF the conference copy OF
the publication was placed in the hands
OF President Ross, by Whom IL was read,
and MIR. Dodge VAS asked as TO the corr
rectness of the quotation, which was as
follows:
HE tMr Dodge said he appeared before
the Commissioners when they were consid
ing the question OF garbage disposal, ana
advocated a plant which would condense
the garbage and not burn it, but The Com
missioners told him they would have to
accept the plant of the Baltimore .rfn,
because the firm had large influence in
Congress"
That is not exactly correct" said Mr..
Dodge. when the reading was concluded.
II quoted you" addressing Col Trues-
dell, ''as saying you were Handicapped IN
the matter by the influence the Baltimore
people had in Congress"
Mr.. TRUEsDELLs SIDE.
Col. Truesdell here disputed the cor
rectness of the version OF the conversation
given by MT. Dodge, stating that the pub
lication read was an unqualified mis-
statement.
What might have been said" added
Col Truesdell. Twas with reference to
Kidding the District of the old contract in
order that a new system might be in
troduced"
mo, sir" returned Mr.. Dodge. Il do
not remember it as that; understood it
20 apply to the introduction of new
process What / understood You 10 say
was that you were handicapped in the ef-
fort to establish a garbage service by the
influence these Baltimore men have in
Congress"
"The publica tion," replied Commits
sioner TrueSdell, lis unqualifiedly Mis-
statement; il is not true. What you now
say by way of correction doesn't help ii.
1t is an utter perversion of the facts"
Nevertheless that is what / remember
you to have said. at the close of the cpnVersa-
ton that had reference to the plan Pro-
posed and other plans for the destruction
of garbage. 1t is difference in recol-
lection simply"
President Ross, being appealed to, said
he was present at the time referred to by
Mr.. Dodge and had no recollection Of
the language having been used.
Mai. Powell said he was not at the con-
ference, but he was satisfied Mr.. Dodge's
version of the interview was not correct,
because 1t was SO inconsistent with the
facts.
NO ONE CONVINCED.
The contention closed without any
great display of pyrotechnics, the Commits
sioners maintaining that any language
employed upon the occasion mentioned,
without admitting the selection of the
words, had references to the disposal OF
the then existing contract, which had over
two years to run, and not to ga S,age dis.
posal, while Mr.. Dodge remained in an un-
convinced frame of mind.
A little while after the hearing closed,
and as he passed out of the building. Mr..
Dodge gave to a small collection OF lis
teners, including the reporters, a detailed
statement of what had led to his interview
upon which the recent incident was based.
He gave minute particulars OF what
transpired at the conference, and reit-
Grated the statement as to the use of the re-
mark over the application OF which there
was dispute; again quoting the language.
Previous to the episode above referred
to, Messrs. Dodge, A. NJ. Clapp, H. NJ
BallirGer, f. W. Dom. H. H. COpp, and
Rev. John Chester, the latter as trustee for
DIR. Sheldon Jackson, conferred with the
board with reference to the proposed widen
1g of G street northwest.
As spokesman for the delegation, Mr..
Dodge called attention to the portion of
street between Seventh and Ninth streets,
which, he said, is seventeen feet narrower
than street. and when the two tracks of
the proposed electric line are placed there
the junction at Seventh street with the
cable line will be exceedingly dangerous.
WISH IT DONE SOON
The delegation wanted the Commissioners
20 take such steps as will secure the widen
ing of the street before the new electric
system is introduced. The curb corners
were referred to: it was suggested that
they be rounded, and that the wide pave
meIt in front of the Patent Office be mar
rowed by Congressional enactment, the
Commissioners to indorse it.
1t appears that G street north of the
Patent Office is but forty feet in width,
and the request is that as much as twenty
feet be added by reducing the parking.
Another suggestion made by the COM
mittee was that One-half the cost of the
Improvement should be borne by the rail-
road company and the citizens be released
from any obligation in the matter
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