The evening times., 1895-12-23
PROTESTS FROM SCORES
Many Prominent Citizens at the
District Building.
GARBAGE CREMATORY SITE
Property Owners, Business Men, La W.
yers and Ladies' Object 10 the LOca-
tiOn on Twenty y fourth Street-Argu-
mcntS by DIR. Pardon, X. Ross Perry,
Senator Stewart and Others.

Nearly 100 OF the best kno wn citizens of
Washington gathered In the board room at
the District Building at IL O'Clock this
morning as delegation 10 protest against
the location OF the site for the Smith gar
bage crcinatory. on Twenty-Iourth street.
just north OF N. nfaT Rock Greek. The Com
missioners soon aiterward came In and the
discussion opened. AS II proceeded other
prominent citizeus came in.
Among tuOSe WHO rIrst came in We're
eight or ten ladies'. Before the hearing
closed every avaiiab.e seat was Iiled anu u
score were .,l.all standing Among those present
Ross Perry. William l.. BranHaii. Jonn Il.
Wight. Wuiiain +, l.. King. r. L. B. Sands.
Thomas HYDE. Cazenoye IL Lee. William C.
j. S. stoddard, D, Ii. kenl. AIRS. Washing
ton Matthew's. C.;UTich henneuy, james
E. Fitch. Mai. Goodloe and Enoch Totten.
Narfi'iu. heath uTII,cr Woodward came
In while the hearing proceeded.
Also nearly ali the following sIgners OF the
petition: busiIrod Robinson, &C. Glover.
John ": Thompson, William A. Maury. X.
w. McPherson, George W. Linkins Cnrcu-
ran morn, Aunirai Hreer, Junge r. ORD.
poDe, Wcathe rburrdu, Z. A. brandenburg.
l.. S. Chapman. J. A. wnberger. Commo-
Maxwell, William +. Hiier. c. b. Gallo
way, L. s. N. George W. McLanahan.
William N. Waterbury, u. s. A: William
II. McDODdlu, Ciafh ldsiOf, l.. -. Mtiilt.
Albert b. RuIf, w. II. Acker and ID. l.! Rust.
OPENING THE ARGUMENT.
Dr. Pardon opened the case for the pro-
testing citizens by saying he was not
ready TO believe when he first read that
the Commissioners had approved the To-
cation of the CremaiOry at Twenty-fourth
anu y streets. He thought The Dewspa-
pers had been dsctiyei. When it became
KNOWN that the information was correct
there was a auDiversalobjection.
This place was IN the nIds, OF one of the
Immediately between Washington and
Georgetown, which ~ is the Drt sent policy
to bring together. 1t would nave long ago
been built UP but Tor Rock Greek, which
is soon to he improved.
He called atttntion 10 the high standing
oi the rersoiis eun.pii lining and referred
particularly 10 Mrs. Grant widow OF the
national nero. uen-- u Is. Grant. She has
recently bought a 100000 home In the
disirict affected BY the location OF the
cTcmatOry. He also pointed out the gro
test OF the Weather Bureau and others
ana tnen c;,iied y On secretary william
l.. Brainhall. OF ihc West-Eud League. TO
read the petition, already published.
formulated by that organization. Mr..
HirmiiiIlI said most oil the signers of the
paper were prcsent.
olowiDg lie IIadlng Mr.. +. p b. Sands
addressed the beard for his DeIghbors and
friends. He especially urged the point
that tile place would TIE "a LuIsance. When
lie said the Commissioners had arranged
10 bring under their very noses The dis
agfeeabie collections which they had paid
10 nave ;aEen away there WIS a round OF
applause.
lie said light and pure air were due TO al,
by lDaiienaDic right, 6isG cit.d authorities
TO show what is nuisance
DISCOMFORT AND DISEASE.
He did not believe any creInatOry could
De odorless. He knew the passage OF the
carts would bring discomfort ana disease.
Alter picturing The disa agreeable features
OF garbage collection in vivid terms. he said
II was DOT possible the Commissioners should
sthink they had done we'll
He did not think-reierring evidently to
Secretary Herbert's protest-that a high
government official or surgeon general of
the poor-, or Una The citizens no W preseiiT
MI Ross Perry said he recognized the
difficult posi,ion.os+ Commlssioners but
IN this case hey had no legal right To do
the hing they Proposed. Ii plain English
terms were used irisiead OF ruphonious
Latin syuonyms II f,wpnid a toncc be apparent
that the Commissioners by their own or
dinanCes forbid ~ private citizens the
Thing they PROPOSE 10 do. Such a plant as
was To BE- erec ed he claimed is by It's very
nature necessarily a nuisance. He was
surprised that the Commissioners should
undertake 10 cslafGish Igst such nuisance
as he had as a lawter under their regula-
lions prevented others 10 establish.
He described the improvements proposed
by the Corcpran estate. involving the COW
cring of Rock Greek. extending some OF the
principal streets. and building there one OF
the finest portiuus of the city Urging
tae consideration that ought to be shown
property interests. he vet more strongly
pleaded for the pOori VINO must remain at
their homes through the warm weather.
when the place was at its worst Not
only this, but Patsy Mann's place at
Gc..sboro. the gasometers and the asphalt
plants ought TO be moved from the city To
the relief OF the humble dwellers about
them.
He called attention to the winds, and
how they would spread the odors and in
fe ,tion over the best part or the CITY,, where
many have come TO live because ii is a Sa-
lubrious winter home.
Senator Stewart was introduced by Dr.
Pardon as man who for twenty wears
had done much for Washington. He said
the prevailing winds We're from the west.
so that peope were constantly moving IN
the west to escape the bad air from the city.
1t was the uDiyersil instinct OF mankind
to get to the west IL get fresh air.
Commissioner Truesdeii "a d. when the
delegation had withdra wD. that there was
always another side. Whatever objections
were made To the Smith system as DrCduc-
ing a nuisance We're the result Of false I'M
prcssions. The report Of the board or
health of Atlantic City gave valuable in
formation. They had gone to many cities
and examined garba ge plants in operation.
7 They found reduction systems with removal
from the city too expensive.
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