Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-03-01
Government Honda.
Quotations reported by Corson & Macart-
ney, bankers.
A BLOCkADED STREET.
Complaint Made Against nm Innugura-
lion stand.

The erection of a couple of stands in
front of the new city post office building
has been subjected to a great deal OF I'M
favorable criticism during the past few
days, owing to the fact that they haze been
so planned and built as to entirely block
all travel on the south side of the avenue
On inauguration day. A number of COM
plants have been made about the matter.
but the workmen have gone ahead undls-
turbed, so that now the stances pra.
tically completed.
The two stands in question are built di-
recty along the fence which incloses the
north side of the post office. The stand to-
ward 1lth street starts Immediately at the
fence. so that il is impossible for any one
10 get behind IL. The front Of the stands
is on line with the curbing OF the south
side of the avenue, and when the cable
rope is put up to keep the crowd back OF
The line of march IL will come directly 70
the front of the stands so that no one will
be able TO pass in front Of them. When the
matter was called TO the attention Of Lieu
tenant Amiss Of the first precinct by Star
reporter this afternoon he said:
Yes, | the trouble that would
suit soon the contractor began work
en- the first stand. but he showed me a
properly authenticated permit that covered
both structures and there was nothing
more could do in the matter. The permit
called for the erection of stands from the
east end of the fence to the curb line of
IL
deal Of trouble. I know. for when the
ropes up PEOPLE who are on the south
SIDE of the avenue and desire to go either
east or west will be unable to pass the
post office at all. but will have to go
tirely around the building through & street
The stand at the west end is far enough
out from the fence &c allow people TO go he
hind il. bat the other stand completely
blocks tn. way. Ii Is going to interfere
greatly when il comes to handling the
crowd at that point. but l do not SEE that
there is anything TO be done about it,
Investigation at the Commissioners Of
flee today disclosed the fact that the stand
was erected upon special permit issued by
the Commissioners. and reads follows:
That a permit he issued to Charles .
Forbes to erect a reviewing stand on the
Irregular space on the south side OF Penn
sy!varia avenue between llth and 18th
streets northwest. the northern line of
which shall be parallel with the curb from
t.:e east point of ;2e fence in front of tn"
new post office building to 18th street. FOR
use during the inaugural ceremonies.
der such conditions to appearance and
construction and time for erection and re-
moval the inspector OF buildings shall
prescribe"
1t was stated today by a clerk in the
building inspectors office that his under
standing that Mr. Forbes had received
the permit for the stand with the express
understanding that ii was to be used for
the accommodation of a state delegation.
In the absence of Chairman Henry A.
W uidru VI tHe colllfIittse On pdfhs anu
reservations, a member OF the committee
stated to a Star reporter that the question
Of the erection of the stand was not under
his committee and that permit for iheiI
erection had been granted by the Commits
sioners of the District. Ii had been erected
he said, for the use of visiting Nermoniers
one portion of it to he used by others
MIR. NJ. NJ. Parker stated that he had con-
ferred with the Commissioners. and es-
pecially with Commissioner Powell. the
subject before the building of the stand
was begun and that the Commissioners
had concluded that as the stand did not
come any further out than the fence which
will inclose the post Office building they
would grant the permit. The stand. he
said, was a line with the corner of the
fence now inclosing the building and went
no further into the street than the new
fence which is to be built.