The morning times., 1896-05-16
BOND BILL Is | RELIEF
Commissioners Cite 1t as a
Means of Abaling a Nuisance.
JAMES CREEK CANAL ODORS
Reply of the Board to Complaint
of the Foul Sewnge-Officer Pear
sons Dismissal Believed to Have
Been ed-Trial Board
Findings Under Consideration.

The Commissioners have Officially recog-
nlZed the james Creek canal as a nuisance
ana at uhe same time say that there is no
adequate means of affording present relief
out they add that the CommIss lonerS' bond
Dii, now before the Senate committee.
names $500, 600 for sc wage disposal works
Which, II furnished, would naturally be ap-
l'itcd 10 the New Jersey avenue interceptor
ana thus afford material improvement.
The communication in which the matter
vas thus discussed was addressed 10 Mir.
lanes Lescallett, at No. 932 ID street
southwest, who had complained of the
Iithy condition OF the canal.
mere is only one complete remedy for
Ie nuisance" the board says, ''and that
TO keep the sewage out OF the canal.
this mears the construction of large inter-
tepllng sttJers of system adopted six
Years ago.
The works OF the system are being
executed at very slow rate and by
means or appropriations from current
revenues. Such progress is and will con-
tlnue to be unsatisfactory, even if 1t does
tot result in the failure of the system.
Estimates have been submitted' they
ddd, and urgently recommended by the
Commissioners, for funds for commencing.
with authority for completing. the New
Jersey avenue interceptor, which is TO
divert sewage from the head and
Of the canal.''
BOND BILL PROVISIONS.
Inc bond btilnamcdby the Commissioners
is the one introduced May 2 by Senator
Proctor, authorizing the Treasurer OF the
United states, as eX-officio sinking fund
commissioner of the District, 10 cause Dis
trict bonds in the sum OF $500, 900 TO be
issued, TO provide, among other things for
continuing the system of trunk sewers. for
completing the system OF sewage disposal
ana protection against floods.
Ihe Dlll also provides for the payment
OF final decrcCs OF the supreme court of the
District i'll the matter OF dana yes incurred
under the operations or the highway ex.
tension act
Sergeant Pearson, Of the Ninth precinct
is evidently in hard luck, and If all reuorts
are correct, he is likely to lose his official
head, the trial board proceedings in hi.
most recent hearing for alleged conduct IN
oecoAling an officer, resulting. according
10 rehable reports, in a recomme ndat ion
Tor his dismissal.
But even If this shall prove to be in-
correct and the verdict of the trial board
found To be different, the chances would
seem TO be against the sergeant. Il he ht.s
Deeh twice before the board since the
first verdict was rendered
The flrst trial, resulting in the sergeant's s
acquittal, was upon an accusation made by
PrlVdte II. +. Sedg wick, who was himself
before the trialboard Contributorya agent
for the general upheaval that for a time
seemed Imminent in the Ninth precinct.
HAPPENED AT A FIRE.
PEARSON was alleged to have ordered his
men on certain occasion into saloon
where some of them INDUCED in intoxicants
presumably with the sergeant's consent
The facts were shown to be- however that
a
works of the Capital City Brick COMPANY.
After the fire was subdued President Hal
brook, OF the brick company. directed q -
sergeant to send his men to q neiehborng
restaurant for some coffee aud sand witches
They went, and without Pearsun's knowl-
edge or consent, some of the men were
served with beer
Private Sedg wick got allthe Censure there
was IN this case, as well as III his own.
He was admonished, as a penalty for his
own offense, not to assist in circulating
reports calculated TO bring the police force
into dSrepute, aud not to talk about his
superior officers.
In Sergeant Pearson'S case a part of The
penalty inflicted was that Officer Sedg-
wick he reprimanded and admonshed tbat a
repetition OF his conduct will be deemed
sufficient reason for his removal from the
force
Lieut.. Hcffner is responsible for the
more recent charges against the sergeant
The lieutenant alleged that Pearson and
Private Archamboult were guilty of drink
ing intoXiCants While on duty Pearson
is said to ha,e entered the shop Of George
Cook, a shoemaker, at No. $50 { street
northwest March "a last, and, ordering
beer he and ArChamboult drank it there.
Another offcnse charged was that Pear
son had visited Officer Gee while the
latter was at home sick, and that he drank
liquor in Gees house.
The Commissioners have not yet passed
upon the papers, and there is bare
possibility that the trial board may be
reversed and if not this, then that he
NAV be reduced to the ranks. If the
verdict he approved. however, tee ser
oeant.s connection vita the force viii