The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-29
THEIR CHARTER In The WAY
Prospect Hill Cemetery Directors
Troubled About a Water Main.
Would Permit 1t TO RHB Through
Would Not lie JeOpardized.

The Prospect Hill Cemetery people need
water badly. but they do not want streets
cut through their property, and they do
not wish 70 JeOpaTdize their charter rights.
The board OF directors of the corporation
had a meeting last night over the question
OF how % obtain water IN the cemetery in
the easiest manner and yet not Eurt the
charter or start any long and expensive
litigation with tie auLbOIities- The meet
Ing ensJed a a miId form Gf protest, though
the cemetery people aIeOn thefrlendliest Of
terms with the Commissioners anG feel
confident that ttsis matter can be sdJusted
without friction
Tie neslFesz water ma ms to the Cene-
terry are those which touch LReoln aEenue
and street, about 1890 feet away,
stud FiTS aEC ~, near tie tnt1aECe TO lie
SOLDIERS H0Hle, only two blocks away.
For some TIME he matter Of ObtsE ming Water
in the cemetery has agltsted the Ialnds %
the b9aId Of directors. Recently they talked
Wih the COELzEni ssiOneTs about the problem,
aRd the Commissioners suggested that The
main which runs to First and " streets
would he tlle most feasible plan bEt also
made tke E-essnt that EekiRgtOR and Brook
land are new very inSGffICienuy supplied
VIII water through very small nam
They suggested that 4 The Prospect Hnl
people wG1Id allow d CohReCt en- with the
large ulaEa which runs 10 First and W
streets, 4 might ran thteUgh the cemetery
- EckiegtOH and BrOt,klaRd. thus Bot only
supplying the Ce.lteTy with . COptSUs sup
ply Of water, bEt aIs0 helpiRg eat the
citizens OF EckiRgtOn and BIOUkIaRd. who
suffer at 6 n the morning and s a night,
while Washington is sprinkling its streets
The cemetery people we're al first en-
tireIy pleased with this plan. bat a section
in the charter Of the corporation obtruded
itself most sugCestively 10 some Of the
board, who are sticklers for their rights
The paragraph OF the charter referred to
reads as follows:
.'Sertfon g. Be il further enacted that
no streets. lanes, alleys, roads OF canals Of
any sort shall be opened through the prop
erty OF said corporation. exclusively used
and appropriated To the purpose OT Gene
terry; provided, that nothing herein contained
shall authorize sad corporation % OBJ
strict any pubic road or STREET or lane OF
aIley nov actually opened and used as
such -
II occurred to Csrtafn members ~ the
board that il the Commissioners were al
lowed to run water main through ttecem-
etery without any opposition at any time
there might he the plea made that the char
ter had been violated once in the LAYING
Of the water main. il it should Re ,h.sirahIs
TO open an streets through tlse cemetery
A committee has been Considering this
matter Of obtaining water supply. and
hast night this committee was instruct I'd by
the board of directors. n the IiEt-t OF tins
complication which has arisen IN the minds
Of the board.
The final decision reached was that the
committee should cUBfer with the District
commissioners as TO tire best way TO OBJ
tain cor sent from Congress 70 have the
water main run through the property
witbout violating their charter.
The plan for running the main through
the property has lsezn arranged - that fs
will not be detrimental to eny los The
main viii run through one of the interior
streets OF the cemetery.