The evening times., 1896-04-24
HEALTH officers ORDER
New Phase Of the Dispute Over
Garbage Crematsry Ashes.
REPORT ADVERSE ACTION
Com missIOners Are Opposed to the
House Bill for the Extension Of the
Present Plan of the City-Presi-
dent Phillips Given a Private Hear
ing-Minor District Matters.

| The issce ret ween t..s Owner OF the gar
bage cremaJory and, the garbage coutrac-
tor, Messrs. Brown and warfield. as to the
ownership OF tlie ashes has never b,ea sub
mitted to the Commissioners nor the health
office for decision, put the fact that each
party claimed The product waa discussed
in presence of the board.
The ashes are understood to be valuable
as fertilizer, ana when a small quantity
had accumulated eacn OF the parties claim
ing it notirieI tie other that he should not
dispose OF it.
Mr.. Brown cohnten5e that 1t was his fuel
and his plant from which the product WAS
produced; that lie was running The plant at
his own risk nd expense, and that until he
received his pay for the crematory he had
all the rights In the premises
Thus the matter rested until as much as
| one hundred tons or more had accumulated.
| Here is where the health office came in
| with u suggestion that precipiiated the
| filing OF charges against the contractor,
| as heretofore noted in The Times.
THE ORDER FOR REMOVAL.
| Mr. Brown was notified that the ashes
must he removed, too much having al
ready accumulated, and promise was made
that it should be removed. Mr.. Brown
| had a purchaser, but with the contention
| in the way, was unable TO deliver the fer
| tiliZer.
TWAS understood yesterday = that the mat
ter mad been arranged between the two,
but this morning this was disputed. 1t
seems. however, that Mr. Brown has re-
| solved to dispose of the ashes. and it is
certain that unless this is done 10y one or
the other party soon, the health office
| viii require the refuse removed anyhow.
DR.. Woodward Is absent from the city,
and it is believed that garbage disposal
is his subject OF inquiry abroad 1t is
believed that he has gone to Atlantic
City and elsewhere TO again inspect the
workings OF the crematories. with the
view of using the information in solving
the future of washington's problem.
The Commissioners have notified Sen
ator Mcmillan, chairman of the Senate
District Commit of their approval
of the amendment proposed by Senator
Perkins to Senate bill $40. which will
provide for paving Sixteenth street eI-
tended, TO Improve Connecticut avenue,
and continue the macadamizing OF the road
extending from Broad Branch road 10
Chevy Chase circle. The condition is made,
however, that this work shall succeed that
which We. included In the Commissioners
original estimates.
OPPOSED TO THE BILL.
Adverse action is recommended by the
District Commissioners On House bill 6569.
providing for the extension Of the present
plan of the City of Washington, stating
as among their other reasons that the
requirement obligating the district to grade.
gravel aud gutter streets as dedicated
would i'll many instances Call for improve
ments in advance of the public needs, and
at the same time FENDER the District
liable for injuries sustained through the
absence of improvements. The require
Dent in the bill that tie streets shah
conform TO the city plan, the Comissioners
say, Is already provided for.
The Commissioners gave a private hear
Ing this morning TO President Phillips of
the Metropolitan Railway and his attor-
neys to receive his objections to the George
town and Tenleytown Compa ny's PROPOSE
ton for the introduction OF 4 reciprocal
system of through travel between that
line and the Metropolitan. as outlined in
The Times.
Nothing was learned from the confer
ence, except that there was an exchange of
views. Messrs. Wilson and worthington
were the attorneys present.
In the opinion of the Commissioners the
privilege to lay pipe lines in the District
for commercial purposes should be limited
TO pipes for the transportation of petro-
leum and its products, and that reasona bic
compensation should be made for the use
of the streets. They accordingly suggest
certain amendments to that and in Senate
bill 2ITS, and forward same to Congress.
Adverse recommendation was made to-
day by the Commissioners upon the bill.
numbered 2s42, TO Incorporate the Colum-
bia subway Company. In their opinion the
granting the franchise of building and
the highest responsible bidder, upon the
terms embodied in the bill submitted by
them February g, 1886.
SENT TO CONGRESS-
The CoInmiss iouers today forwarded
to Congress the copy of a bin prepared
by Attorney Thomas, to amend the act
now in force restricting the ownership
of lands in the Territories to American
citizens, the amendment being intended to
except the District from its PROVISIONS
This is in accordance with the attor-
ney's suggestion made some time ago as
a means to avoid the Introduction of nu-
merous private bills. The causes that pro-
duced such legislation, the attorney says,
do not exist in Washington.
The sum of 5000 is asked for by the
Board of Children's Guardians, and in
dorsed by the Commissioners. to cover a
deficiency in the administration fund of
that institution.