The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-20

mont Avcnue-SviIeHing C Street.
| Mrs. Annie a. Cole, of 1880 Massaehu-
| sets Avenue northwest, recently sent a
/ communication to the Commissioners max
| ing formal complaint of nuisance exist
| ing at 1873 Massachusetts, Avenue. She
| claims that the building standing at that
number is q dilapidated frame structure IN
| which is kept store for the sale OF
'snowtalls' &c. to the children of the
neighborhood.
Mrs. Ccle also states that the house has
70 sewer connections and that its ccpdl-
ton. and the stuffs sold to the children.
are a menace to the neighborhood.
The compla 1t was in the first Instance
referred 10 the Health Department for an
Investigation. las to the merits of the same,
| and DR.. c. Il. Welch. sanitary inspector,
reported to the Health officer that tie
premises at the number named could noe
be served with notice to conform with tina
| drainage act for the reason that the owner
is a nonresident and hence beyond tire
jurisdiction of a summons. He further
states thatzthe necessary informa ton has
been furnished for the purpose OF having
the work OF connecting the premises with
the sewer advertised
In transmitting these facts to the Com
missioners the Health Officer says that
the building referred to is a dilapidated
| two-story frame structure the assessed
value of which is -S2G0. In view of the
fact" he says. that there are buildings of
a more permanent character of greater as
sessed value, without sewer and water
connections and owned by non-residents,
; it is not deemed best 10 recommend the
premises referred to in this complaint for
improvement BY the Commissioners and
the assessment of the cost against the
property.
The condition of he premises does not
| appear TO such as 10 affect the quality of
the materials sold in them. Such mate
rails viii be kept under observation and
ksuch action taken from time to time
may be necessary
| The Commissioners decided today that
! the complainant should lie advised in ac-
cordance with the report OF the Health Of
ficer
DR.. Robert W Brown. of 1877 Eleventh
Street northwest, recently called the at
, tention of the Commissioners TO the con-
clifton Of Vermoat Avenue. between r and
s streets northwest due 10 being unpayed
and not snrinkIed
While other streets intersecting are
paved he wrises t"this avenue is not
That part of the avenue between r and S
streets IS directly in front Of my residence,
and l have the Unpleasant opportunity TO
notice the unwholesome condition of the
thO-ouShfa-e. While there is more travel
over the avenue than upon any streets in
the vicinity. il is net cleaned oftener than
once week. leaving the filth 10 be ground
TO dust. and during such dry weather TO be
| blown through the houses. menacing the
| health OF the whole community
Please inform me why this part of Yer
mont Avenue IS not paved and if there y
reason for It's not being paved why is it
not sprinkled? think am correct in
! saving that the portion of Vermont Ave>
! hue referred to has nos been sprinkled this
/ summer, except perhaps. when it is clean
( ed once a week, while stree and roads
| even in the suburbs where there are
scarcely any houses are spTiGkleI several
times a day During this hot and dry
weather the dust i blown from the street
ana forms nuisance
The complaint OF Dr. Brown having been
referred TO the Engineer Department for
the consideration OF the question raised re-
gtTdIng the paving OF the avenue Captain
Newcomer, Few days ago reported and
recommended that The complainant be in
formed that Vermont Avenue between the
?
pIoTement by paving and should be reach
ed in the course Of two years. Captain
Newcomer also recommended that the mat
! ter be referred TO the Superintendent Of
Street Cleaning for consideration of that
| part OF the complaint relating to the
| spTinkling of the avenue.
| Upon this point Warner Stutler. the Su-
| peIinteldeptEt says: The fund for this
| class Of work is limited and We are only
sprinkliHg -Stqsgts over which there IS
! heavy traffic. At 5he present time We
have six spTinklers employed which is all
| the appropriation will stand and they ara
taxed TO their utmost capacity in sprink-
ling streets over which traffic IS very
heavy. 7 regret that we cannot comply
with the request"
J. ". Dare, Acting Computing Ecginee~,
has recommended the widening Of G Street
between Fifth and Sixth Streets northwest,
at an estimated cost OF s.. coo, clargeab'e TO
the Appropriation for Repairs of Streets
for 1901. In his letter TO the Commission
ers. he SAYS:
This roadway is row but thirty-ffye feet
wide double-tTaCk railway occupying fif-
teen feet. leaving but ten feet bztween the
curbs and rails on each side Of the street.
and Of this width the OyerhanglHg cars
take l50 feet leaving an actual clearance
| o fonly $50 feet. Even this is considered bly,
reduced near the vest line OF FIFTH Street
by the greater oyerharg OF the cars as they
enter upon the curves. The present pave
ment was laid in 1872. and is in poor con-
diuon. much OUT OF shape and difficult to
maintain"
The recommendation has been approved
by the acting Engineer Commissioner, and
1t is understood that the other Inemb 5 OF
the Board viii concur in the motion.
L. NJ Saunders, President of the Wash
ington Savings Bank has written 10 the
Commissioners requesting the removal of
| three telephone wire coils from in front of
the premises OF the bank. He states that
they have hssn there for some time and
that they ohstfuet the approach to the
lower bank or basement rooms, and as
complaint has been made about them he
desires that they be removed at once
In reporting upon the request this morn
ing Walter c. Allen the Electrical Engin-
eer, states that he has been informed that
the three reels of cable are on the north
side Of C Street al the curb line and about
100 feet west of the curb of Twelfth
Street. and that they do not appear to ob-
struct the entrance 10 the bank premises
He also states that the Telephone Comps,
ny intends 10 draw the cable on these
reels into The conduit within the next
two or three days and the reels will be re-
moved at that time
1t is understood that Mr. Saunders will
be informed in accordance with the report
of the Electrical Engineer.
A. l.. Thomas, Inspector of the Engineer
department has submitted TO the Engineer
Commissioner a report upon the examina-
ton of land lying south of square 233
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth Streets
southwest. With reference TO the location