The times., 1901-06-22

Report of the Inspector of Electric
Lighting - Changes i'm Ordinances
of the Health OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
to Keep Cellar Openings Closed.
Benjamin Blethyn. of 1893 Oregon Ave
nue. northwest has called the attention
Of the Commissioners te the erroneous
street designations on lamp posts on ore
gon Avenue The complaint was referred
TO Thomas J. Fisher, Inspector Of Flee
tric Lighting. who has reported TO the
Commissioners as follows:
THE portion OF the street in alignment
with Cedar Place between New Hamp-
shire Avenue and Eighteenth Street is Of
fcially called oregon Avenue, and the des-
fgnations in the gas lamps at the several
corners of these two streets read as fol-
lows: Southwest corner of New Hamp-
shire Avenue, Oregon Avenue south
eslst corner of Eighteenth Street. Oregon
Avenue;' northwest corner of Eighteenth
Street Cedar Place; northeast corner
of Nineteenth Street Cedar Place
This department has had previous re-
quests for the change of the street signs
on Cedar Place to Oregon Avenue. but it
has and viii be impossible to comply with
them until the Commission ers are au-
thorized by an act of Congress to change
the names of streets within the city lin
its.
4 would respectfully call your atten-
tion to Senate document 2940, which COW
ers the necessary points relative to Com
missioners authority to change the
names Of streets, but which failed of leg
isIation. and / urge that the Commis-
sioners' attention be called again to the
needs and necessities of proper legisla-
ton on this most important question of
nomenclature in the city Of Washington.
Il therefore respectfully recommend
that the writer be advised that the street,
as now designated is according 70 the
official records of the Surveyors Office,
and that the Commissioners are unable
10 change the name of the street without
legislation by Congress
The Commissioners yesterday authorized
the issue of orders for public work as
follows. through the Engineer Depart
ment:
To construct sewers in the north side
of jackson Street, between Pierce and
Adams Streets, Anacostia, D. C, at an es-
timated cost Of $500, abutting all lots
fronting upon the north side of Jackson
Street, between Pierce and Adams Streets,
subdivision of Anacostia, otherwise
known as Uniontown. d. c.
In the south side Of Jackson Street,
Anacostia, d. C, between Pierce and
Adams Streets. estimated cost $7So, abut-
ting lots S51. S52. 95S, s5i, 555. $50, S57. S5S,
SO, &c. SCI, 3G2, 363. se4, 265, and S66, sub
division Of Anacostia, otherwise known
as UniontOwn, D. c.
In the south side Of Massachusetts Ave
nue.. between Tenth and Eleventh Streets,
abutting lots a, B. c, and D, square 3f2,
estimated cost $40.
In Princeton Street, between Seventh
Street (Brightwo0d Avenue} ard Sherman
Avenue. estimated cost $500, abutting al
lots fronting on each side Of said Prince
ton Street. between Seventh Street
(Erightwocd Avenue) and Sherman Ave
nue., Todd ct al subdivision OF parts
Of Pleasant Plains and Mount Pleasant,
d c.
Also in Harvard Street, between Sew
enth Street tBrightwOod Avenue) and
sherman avenue, estimated cost Sl,9ls,
abUtting all lots fronting on each side
of said Harvard Street between Seventh
Street (I3Tightw0od Avenue and Sherman
Avenue, Todd ct al. subdivision Of parts
.. c. -
That flushing tanks be constructed at
the intersection of Morris and Fifteenth
Streets northwest and at the corner OF
Chestnut and Magnolia Avenues, Takonaa
Park. D. c, at an estimated cost of $50
chargeable to the current appropriation
That Ie9 feet OF 6-inch water main be
laid in the west side of Twenty-ninth
Street between . and L Streets, at an
estimated cost of SIPS.
That 210 feet Of 6-inch water main be
laid in Hearst Place, westward from Ell
liott Place, at an estimated cost of SIS9,
and that one fire hydrant be erected there
on at an estimated cost of So.
DR.. William c. Woodward, the District
Health officer, has asked the Commis-
sioners TO make certain changes in the
ordinances relative to what shall be
deemed nuisances injurious TO health, and
TO the removal thereof These ordinances
DR. woodward explains were promulgat-
ed by the late Board of Health Novem-
Der 1e, 1879, and were duly legalized by
Congress, and DR.. Woodward recon-
Inends that they be amended by insert
ing the following section, to be numbered
g:
That no person owning or having pos
session or control Of any land in the Dis
trict Of Columbia shall allow water TO
stand thereon in any manner whatsoever,
so as to endanger the health Of persons
living in the vicinity OF such land Any /
person who shall violate the provisions |
of this section shall upon conviction /
thereof, be punished by a fine not ex-
ceeding $50
This recommendation is made in view /
Of the relation between standing water 4
and III health, while the law now in force, |
SO far as it requires the removal OF such I
water. seems 10 be predicated rather /
upon considerations Of personal comfort, |
rs 1t requires the removal of foul water |
pDiy.'
Some time ago Clarence A Miller. OF 1876 /
Third Street northwest, addressed the !
Commissioners in reference 10 the bene- |