Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-03
splendid material
For a Comic Opera of the MikadO
Kind,
WITH THE INSPECTOR, BRADY
And Tho Building and Plumbing and Health De-
parimontS for tho Scenes and Characters
Experiences Of Builder Sanford in TRYING
Like The Man and His ASS 10 pIeaso-Tho
Officials ShcuIdbe Removed or Work SlOpped

The determined efforts and purpose
Of the Building Inspectors Department
OF our municipal olegarchy to beautify
Washington, or rather to insist on the
erection of buildings which will be a
credit and in harmony with the hand
some government structures and the
palatial residences and mammoth busi-
ness blocks is worthy of all commen-
dation. The fight being continually
waged by Mr.. Brady and his assistants
against landlords who have no sense
Of the beautiful, no conceRtion Of the
artistic, and no pride or ambition in
the character of the eGifces they dis.
figure our beautiful city with, entities
Inspector Brady and stan to a memoir
ial arch or bridge on their demise,
official or natural Let us illustrate
the stupendous task Of Inspector
Brady i'm carrying out his life work
for the benefit and enjoyment of a cal
lous and ungrateful or unappreciative
mass, but which is fully understood
and encouraged by the faithful few
whose lives are a dream Of delight and
to those asthetic feelings, tastes and
aspirations the century is indebted for
golf and other recreations Of the gods.
Take this man Sandford, who owns
many buildings in various parts Of
Washington as a type Of his class.
With him and "aithers Of his ilk,"
Inspector Brady & Co. are at continual
war Sandford insists in owning and
renting two and three story residences
Of brick and some Of them even of
wood. He even repairs and keeps these
houses in habitable condition, and
charges rental to those who occupy
them. Times without number he has
been arrested on warrants issued at
the instance Of the Board Of Health or
OF the inspectors Office. and it is on
/ record Tin the Police Court that in
| every instance he has beaten both De.
partments in show down of facts.
! But to the specific case which in
/ spires this article. Mr.. Sanford owns.
II appears, against the peace and dig
nifty Of Inspector Bradys department.
the property on Il street near Ninth.
From the building on the corner OF
these two streets and because Of a
broken sewer the sewerage Of DR..
POrter's corner property deposits itself
In the cellar of Mr., Sandford's prop
erty. Mr.. Sandford tried all last sum-
mer to have this and other nuisances
abated, but, from one cause or an
other, failed. The city was i'm the
meantime declared TO be the unhealth-
lest in the country in an official de-
claimant emanating from the Health
Department. No wonder Sewerage
deposits i'm the Gear of residences and
stores were daily reported by Mr..
Sandford and others to the Health De
partment, and in not a single instance
were the nuisances abated.
The Globe finally orened some six
Founders on the Health Department
which resulted in the construction of
a sewer in front of the property on 70
near Ninth street. But. inasmuch as
Lr. Porter was not compelled to con-
struct or connect a sewer from his
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the street sewer in relieving the prop
erty of Sandford of DR.. Porters sewer.
age can be easily comprehended. II
still flows and seeps md rests quietly
in Sandford's cellars to the depth
sometimes Of two feet, plumb-line meas
urement.
And now returning to the efficient
Inspector Brady. His artistic eye was
offended by these Sandford buildings
He arrested the proprietor and charged
him with owning and renting unsani.
tary property. His able co-adiutator
4. Tie plumbing inspector who never
; wiped a joint and doesn't knoW
what the expression means joined
Brady in a determined war on Sand.
D. ford. Finally the old man got tired
from trotting to the Health Office and
Police Court. where he invariably
zones off victorious, and he notified
the Building INSPECTOR that he would
z remodel the buildings, inviting their
advice. Both came in large chunks
' The remodeling started last spring
and is still in its preliminary stages
D No fault of Mr.. Sandford's, however
, The plan he commenced with and
a WultA the lu6pttlol AuNAAhdAtu Wdi
D satisfactory was changed by order OF
p Mr.. Brady before he would issue per
{ nit. Tae suggestions Of the Building
J. Inspectors, head and tails. were incor
r porated IN the next plan and sub
mtted This was also rejected. Fin
ally, after several more reflections. Mr.
Sandford WIS instructed to reconstruct
or remodel the buildings with iron
y trusses. SUPPORTS, beams and all the
I other iron appliances in such cases
/. made and provided for. He submitted
/. 4 plan in accordance with this order
e but several more bolts. nuts and screws
were ordered Inserted in the plan
4 This was doneA and architects, con
!. tractors and builders awaited with
r. breathless anxiety the mandate Of the
8 Inspectors Department to go ahead
B. Wednesday last thenew plan was sub
Z mitted to Mr. SumnerWlle, one Of the
; Inspectors, and he approved 1t. II
!. was then taken to Inspector Ashford
and he thought It was all right. Mr.
l. Sandford began to rub his hands In
Il glee at the prospect pf finally com
d Dleting the remodelingbe started last
spring to please the BUlding Inspec