Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-23
THE BELT'LINE HORSES
Once More the 1 dithlssns Are Complaining
About the Nuisance.
This Time tire. Residents of Ninth
=, en5
Ing n Protest.

Those Belt Line horses are source OF
continual protestaffon on the part Of the
citizens who live in and around the route
from the stables Of that road to the make
shift quarters at the corner OF 1th and
streets. First, the road tried to occupy the
open street at the corner OF 18th ana y
streets, and a great row resulted. Inc res
idents objected to the Commissioners and
made such a strong case that the company
voluntarily agreed to rent quarters In
the stables of the Thyson House, at + and
It'll streets. The horses were taken, -FOUR at
a time, from the stables on 18th street. by
way of Florida avenue as far as 9TH street.
and thence to the Thyson House by way OF
Sth, Q and 7th streets. But occupants OF
Florida avenue in turn objected to the cat
ter and dust occasioned by the constant
passing and repassing OF the groves OF
horses. and an order was recently issued py
the Commissioners abating the nuisance OF
such a use Of an unpaved street. Then the
Belt company changed the route for Its
horses, and they have been travefng Dy
various paths but usually centering on 9TH
street above p.
Ninth Street Folks Protesting.
Now the residents Of 9th street are OBJ
jecting, and SO forcibly that the company
may again be compelled to change It's plans
A petition is today being circulated among
the property owners and tenants along 9th
street from street to Florida avenue re-
questing the Commissioners to abate the
nuisance occaSiored by the olatter OF the
horses hcofs and the filth that the street
receives from this use. The petition Is IN
charge of Mr. Ernest Smith. who lives on
9th between P and Q streets. and Is headed
by Mr.. H. B. Moulton. 1t Is receiving the
signatures Of all the residents to whom II
Is presented, 1t Is said. and 1t Is expected
that in two or three days it will be so com
plete that 1t will be in shape for presenta.
ton to the Commissioners. There are two
or three hundred residents on this stretch
Of thoroughfare, some Of them influential
men in the community.
Mr.. MOulton Cleans to Fight.
Said Mr.. H B. Moulton today to Star
reporter: 1.-THE nuisance caused by this un-
warranted use of the streets Is unbearable.
| 1t certainly shows that there is gross In
competence of management somewhere
| that this awkward and complicated plan OF
| charging horses is permitted to be used
| The horses make an almost constant noise
| in the streets, and this Is very distressing
especially 10 the sick. There Is an old lady
| living next to me. who is in dying state
whose poor rest mas been broken py this
clatter so that her slight strength Is going
| fast. Then the frequent passage OF these
| droves of horses through this important
| thoroughfare Is dangerous to the pedes
TRANS. There is no let-up on the Sabbath
| but the horses are charged through the
| street at full gait to the great danger o.
| the lives and limbs of the hundreds of littl,
| ones who attend the Sunday school at the
| corner Of 9th and p streets. do rot thhl
| this company should be allowed to breal
the peace and quiet OF the Sabbath in TIL!
| way. especially "a 1t IS Yery questionable
If there Is any right for 1t to use the streets
| for the changing Of horses. We propose L
| fight this matter to the end