The evening times., 1896-02-06
EENleED By / STREET.
Residents Of B, Northeast. Com
plain Of ofnegligence.
BREEDER OF MANY DISEASES
Letter to the Com missioners Pro-
testing Against Their InsctiOn.
Proof of the Absurdity of Street
Extension Talk-Too Many City
ThorOughfares Going TO Decay.

Another effort on behalf OF long neglect
ed b street northeast is made in the follow
ing letter received today by the Commits
sioners:
"Gentlenen: Permit me To call your at
tention to the disgustingiy filthy cnndi-
tionof B Bstreet northeast, from Eighth street
eastward. 1t is no wonder that we have
diphtheria, typhoid fever. etc, when We
are literally buried in a mass of semi-liQuid
mud, horse druppings, etc, from two to
six inches or more in depth.
Even the crossings are buried and in
visible. Our children have to wade through
this filth and track it into the school 'the
Miury), where it is turned 10 dust and
Causes an irritating cough among the schOl-
ars. This street has become notorious, and
one of our papers, The Times, devoted a
whole column to the matter not long since.
The worst and filtbiest paris are be-
tween Eighth and Ninth, north side, where
even the sidewalk and parking at one
point are as bad as the street. Then from
Eleventh street east toward the Maury
School matters grow worse and worse.
Talk about making streets outside OF the
city wheR this condition exists within a
square OF one OF the most beautiful parks
OF the city, Lincoln; within r. square of East
Capitol street and Massachusetts avenue;
directly between twocar lines, and the main
artery of a public school having four or
five hundred scholars.
I'VE have petitioned, begged and done
everything we could to have your lonors
and your predecessors give us some re-
some relief, but without avail. Send an
inspector up there today and get his re-
port. and ] venture 10 say that. unless he
is as blind as a health inspector. he will
give you a worse account than have.
HAVE 1T SCRAPED.
..Iknow you cannot send out tomorro W and
pave this street-you could have put it on the
list. however-but you can have the street
scraped and cleaned from curb TO curb,
and where the pa rking is used for a roadway
have it and the side walk properly paved so
that we can pass by without wading. Soon
all this liquid filth Will he given US in the
form OF a powder, So fine that it will sift
through any cIacE. into our beds, victuals.
etc.
Il am in favor OF the present form Of
city government. in favor of every form of
legitinate extension and Improvement, but
il il Ills kind OF neglect-crinIinal neglect.
fact-on the part OF our officials that makes
many persons desirous OF overthrowing the
whole system. and it may be, fly to one they
know not Of.
Il don't believe that you can find as
dirty and disgusting a street In the city
limits. and yet it is well built UP and has
been for years. The property is not owned
by a real estate syndicate. but for the most
rar' by the residents themselves. This
should not be a bar to our getting our
nights. but should rather favor the same.
we see streets cut through commons and
goose levels, and not a EabItation thereon,
and wonder why.
..Gen,Icmen. 1t is time this state Of affairs
was brought TO a close. and that at once.
Won't you act? Respectfully,
GEORGE II. EVANS,
Corner Twelfth and y streets. northeast.
"P. S.-The cross :reets. from Tenth street
eastward. fall within the above description,
especially Twelfth street. which Is q sea of
mud"
THE ANACOSTIA LICENSE.
Col. W. p. Wood. as counsel. appeared to-
day before the excise board. and made an
elaborate argument in behalf of the applica-
ton OF William r. Campbell for barroom
license at No. 2 Harrison street Anacos-
tia.
Col. Wood, in his brief, asserts that in
the notice OF rejection OF the application. no
specific reasons are assigned. and he is,
therefore. obliged to resort to inferential
deductions as to the cause.
He asserts that his client has record evil
dence Of having complied with all require
ments OF law; that the police certified 10
the geDunencss of the signatures to his
petition. ard that he is entitled TO all the
equity and privilege accorded to others.
The majority OF those who oppose the
license, be says. are not residents of Ana
costa. and there are four preachers on
the list no conduct their business i'll prep
erty that pays no tax, but who would med
die with man whose business would add
considerably to the revenues of the Dis
trict.
He refers to the favorable action on the
application of Leonard & BeaD. and con-
trasts it with the decision against Camp
bell. referring to il as an injustice. The
objections of the Y. NJ. C. A. he illustrates,
by referring to the Association Temple.
on the corner of Ninth and D streets
northwest located near corner barroom.
with place nearby for money changing
which the early Christians condemned,
and with the rest Of the building devoted
to theatricals.
He asks for reconsideration of the case,
when he will, in the presence of all object
ors make good the claim OF his client.
The Commissioners today adopted an