Evening star., 1898-05-24
CITIZENS FILE A PROTEST
Objections Made to Construction of an
Apartment House.

A number of prominent residents in the
| with the District Commissioners a protest
| against the issuance of a permit for the
erection of the proposed apartment house
| at that corner. a description of which was
| published in The Star of Friday last. The
protest is based on the alleged ground that
| the building regulations do not permit Of
| the erection of a building of the height
| proposed
Mr. Nathaniel Wilson. representing these
protesting against the erection of the build
| ing, called upon the District Commission
| ers today in the matter, and was assured
that the permit will not be issued IL at
all, until after there shall have been an
| opportunity for both sides to be hearI in
the matter. The date of this hearing Will
be announced by the Commissioners later.
The paper filed with the Commissioners
was as follows:
The undersigned, property owners and
| residents in the immediate neighborhood
of the northwest corner of l and 18th
streets northwest, have this morning heard
for the first time that the Commissioners
In March last decided that under existing
building regulations an apartment house or
hotel may be erected at the corner named
40 feet high.
This action of The Commissioners was
taken without our knowledge and without
any notice to us that any application for
! such a structure was being considered.
What the application was we Lave not
yet been. able to ascertain. 1t certainly
could not have been made by the present
| owners, who have acquired title within n
few days.
We now, on the first opportunity afforded
us, respectfully and earnestly protest
against any permit being issued allowing
the erection of 4 building ut the place
above mentioned of the height of 110 feet
or of a height exec eding 80 feet.
invnC hat CT r-r~fy
would be an irreparable injury, danger
to and Disagreement of the neighbor-
hood and that a permit to build It would
be in palpable violation of tine existing
building regulations. which n terms pro-
hibit the erection on residen. street of
building of more than 30 feet high. or
building exceeding in height the width of
the street in front, which is 30 feet.
We also request that vour decision or
order of the 31st of March may be re-
considered and set aside, and any permit
issued may be rescinded.
1t was signed by the following we'll
known citizens: Charles c. Mott, Julia C.
Lindsly. Enoch Tottsn. Richard :. Dean,
c. p. Russell. James H. Watmaugh, Aug.
G. Tyler. Walter S. Cox Anthony Pollok.
Nath'l Wilson. Mrs. Stanley Matthews,
]. NJ. Wilson. Francina NJ. Maxwell Cal
deron Carlisle, Ralph C. johnson. Arnold
Hague, Mary G. Niles. Katharine Davis
Brown, NJ. Ashford, Swami NJ. Burnett.
Jos. Redfern. F. A. NJ. Hopkins Harriet
Lane Johnston.
Views of Judge Cox.
Mr.. Justice Cox, who was one Of the sign
ers of the paper addressed to the Commis-
sioners, said today that the object Of the
petition was to protest against the erection
of building at a greater height than
either the width of 1 street or 18th street.
He said that Farragut Square was not a
part of 17th street. The proposed building
is to be. he said, 10 feet high, while the
width of the streets named is not more than
so feet.
Judge Cox also said that there was a
building regulation which prohibited the
erection of a building in a resident section
of the city higher than 90 feet, and he
thought the proposed site was plainly in a
resident section.