The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-26
AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT.
Improvements Urged at the Local
Bathing Beach.

The Attorney Renders IN Important
Decision In I'm Alley Case-To Test
Fire Department AppIiances-EIe-
vRtor RepaIrs-Otber Local Matters
The Superintendent Of the Bathing
Beach. W. X Stevens. conferred with the
Commissioners and. Or. TindaH, Secre-
tary to the Board, this morning. relative
to the condition Of affairs at the Bathing
Beach. MT. Stevens made verbal re
port, and a recommendation, which will
not, however, be acted upon until next
year.
The facilities at the bathing beach, Mr.
Stevens states. are very poor at the pres
ent time Many Of the houses are unfit
for Use. he says, and the boys who pa
tronize the beach during this hot wealth
ct are crowded like sheep in the small
boxiike pens used as dressing ro,.Tns- The
houses, ne declares, are comfortable Tor
one or two bathers. but when four strug-
Cling, impetuous boys are crowded into
each one. ne says the conditions are ag-
gravated. and the bathing beach author
tiles have their hands full attending to
the requirements Of the youngsters.
out Of the 200 bathing houses at the
beach. sixty are unfit for use. and We
are that number short. said Mr. Stevens
lIslS morning. DEfltElE We put BLt one
boy, or at most two, in each bath house
The boys, however, are impetuOUs. They
leave the water in = chilly condition. and
often upon trying the locks of the doors.
they find that they do not open easily
Instead Of calling our attention to the
matter. or being patient. The boys many
times wrench the doors open BY main
force IN this way the locks on sixty
doors have been broken, and we cannot
therefore use these houses
AT present We are putting from four to
IL L. IL. T.. L. =
I shall, therefore. recommend TO the
Commissioners that. beginning next year,
one entire tier of houses be thrown into
one large apartment. This viii be for the
sole use of boys under sixteen. The room,
according 10 the plans which I have pre-
pared, VIII be provided with rows Of lock-
ers along the four sides. ana each boy
viii be allotted TO one locker. He VIII be
expected to keep his clothes in them Up
on leaving the beach a turn wheel VIII DC
| built. through which the boys must pass,
and mona viii be allowed to leave the
| beach without SUrTend eriug the key 10 his
locker In this way ! believe that much
| of the confusion now resulting from the
many hundreds Of boys who use the
beach each day VIII be overcome
Mr.. Stevens Is row at work on his an
nual report, which Will be submitted to
the District Commissioners in n short
| time In his annual report he will show
/ that the present season has been one OF
the most successful in the history Of the
/ Beach
/ \ b. DuvaH. Attorney for the District,
! today rendered an opinion 10 the Commits
( sicners, relative TO recent communica-
/ ton from Henry KraemeT. in regard 10 q
/ public alley between suEIot . and subiOt
/ 80, square 81. He says:
Il have duly considered the communi-
cation of Henry kraeueT, owner of sub
! lot ,. and part Of subIDt 90 square 81,
/ suggesting lhat while the public alley be-
/ tween subIot y ana subiot 20 IS not APP
/ sublot 30 now owned by him seems TO have
/ been paved rs a public alley. etc. which.
! with reports by the Surveyor you refer
/ red to me for opinion.
( After giving the history OF the case Mr..
/ Duval says.
From the data before me I am Of the
/ opinion that the alley on subIOt 80 IS not
! a public alley. and that alley A. indicated
/ on the above mentioned subdivision, is
| a public alley, and that the occupation OF
! said alley A has been ana IS an Illegal
| occupation OF public alley
The report OF the Inspector OF Lumber
Of the District OF Columbia has been hand
ed TO the Commissioners He reports that
| for the year ending June 30. 1901 he in
| spected and measured 1882 feet o.
lumber At p cents per thousand. amount
ing 10 Sl1lZL The expenses were SI28- j.
| leaving balance of SIsz.I5
An important test Of new appliances for
L--t = II e ADt--5s-LL E+-eLLL WsiA tie mace or
! Saturday afternoon at > o'clock at the
/ corner of Fifteenth and 3 Streets Con
/ siderable interest has been excited in the
( department on this account test will
De made OF the Eastman nozzle and del
/ sEe outfits
It is claimed that the Eastman nozzI,
| system wonderfully increases the eff
cheney of all steam fire engines and
/ pumps and mikes ire hyCrant or plus
I in many eases the equal Of three steam
/ fire engines 1t Is said q child can handle
and direct it. whereas II takes three and
four men To handle ana direct an ordinary
nozzle, and that il prevents q waste o.
water. It's Use reduces the risk OF large
| fires more than oDe-haIf and saves 4 YES
! amount or wear and tear on the FIR
[ hose The uozzies are said 10 be in ust
! in the fire departments. OF al the iare,
/ cities in the North and South with the
[ exception of Washington
| Cyrus r Robinson, of Concord, y H
! inventor and Proprietor Of the appliances
! arrived IN Washington yesterday and con
: feTTed with the Commissioners in reEar II
{ 70 the adoption oy this city of his APP
! paratUs- He conferred with Robert "
I DuttOu. Chief Engineer OF the Fire De
1 paTtmeut. who requested the inventor &c
/ give pubic exhibition of his appliance
( Among those who have been invited L
! witness the operation Of the new iaveu
I ton are the District Commissioners. tn
| Superintendent of Public buildings anC
/ Grounds the Board Of Fire Underwriters