The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-28


| if you will look into this matter, because
l know 1t is in your hands Please an
swer and explain what 1 can do. The
neighbors all know 1 try to do the best
| / can for my mother and / don't think /
will have any trouble to get signers. l
am worried almost to death about this
matter
The renewed application will probably
be referred to the Police Department for
| reconsideration.
| Lieut. John c. Daley, in command OF
! the Ninth precinct police station, yesterday
| submitted a report of the conditions al
and near Chesapeake Junction and Dean
| wood Park. The report is made In re-
Spouse to an order from Major Sylvester,
Superintendent Of Police.
Lieutenant Daley charges that half OF
the arrests made in his precinct are made
in the vicinity OF Chesapeake Junction.
Iawlessness of the worst character, he
declares. exists at that point, and he
charges that the worst element Of the
city's population frequent the resort His
report follows:
"Deanwood Park has been in existence
for about two years. and with the excep-
ton of the quarrel which ended in the
murder of Albert Hawkins, on August l6,
1901, there has been no trouble there.
The management of the park has a spe-
cial policeman, George w. Norris. en-
ployed there to keep out Objectionable
characters, and keep order.
1.-The vacant ground between Deanwood
Park and Chesapeake Junction is meet
ing place for the worst characters from
the CITY, who engage in crap games and
are otherwise disorderly. The grounds
,..T
many arrests having been made and in
nearly all cases heavy fines have been
imposed. The element which gives the
police of this precinct the most trouble is
the young white men, ranging from fif
teen TO twenty-one years, and young
women, who are well-known characters,
coming In on the Columbia line street
cars from Chesapeake Junction in
drunken and disorderly manner.
Liquors are sold at some of the resorts
at Chesapeake Junction TO persons regard
less of age, sex. or drunken condition.
The arrests of persons violating the law
in the vicinity of Chesapeake junction
furnish record of nearly one-half the ar
rests Of this precinct. The disorderly con-
duct of persons coming in on the cars
from Chesapeake junction requires po-
liceman or sometimes two policeman to
accompany the cars from Chesapeake
Junction to the city TO keep order. etc.
force of at least six policemen constantly
on duty in the vicinity of Chesapeake
Junction"
Major Sylvester refers the report to the
District Commissioners with the recon-
incubation that the Maryland authorities
be informed as to the conditions existing
at Chesapeake Junction.
Warner Stutler, Superintendent of
Street Cleaning, has made a report in re-
gard to the complaints concerning the col
lection of garbage from 1868 Prospect Ave
nue., made by the owner b. +. Waddy.
The superintendent states that in response
to several complaints made by Mr.. Wad-
dy Inspector Given investigated the
premises in question for the purpose of
ascertaining the location of the recepta-
cles, and informed Mrs. Waddy that he
did not consider them as being accessible,
the collector having to ascend two flights
of steps to the terrace ard thence around
to the rear of the house.
Mrs Waddy stated says the report,
that she would be willing to place re-
ceptacles around in front by the steps of
the house If the collector would make
regular collections Inspector Given in
formed her that the garbage would be
collected daily If receptacles were made
accessible. but up to date this has not
heen done. and / have notified Mr.. Waddy
that he must comply with the regulations
requiring receptacles to be placed in such
position as to be easily accessible to the
collector in order that this department
may enforce the collection schedule as
provided for In the contract
Mr.. Waddy, in his complaint, says that
he wishes a construction OF the law regu-
lating the collection of garbage. His
house, he states, is built on terrace. and
after repeated complaints to the Health
and Street Cleaning Departments he is
Informed that they are not compelled to ,
collect garbage from houses that are not |
the street level. He asks to be per
mitted If such is the case, to have his |
garbage collected by private parties.
w. j. Frizzell. who is the author of a |
complail 1t recently filed with the Acting |
Engineer Commissioner, Capt. Henry c. |
Newcomer, in regard to the alleged dis |
comfort caused to street car passengers |
by the condition of the roadway at the |
intersection of North Capitol and V |
Streets northwest. has been notified that |
nothing can be done in the matter at |
present Mr.. Frizzell called attention to |
the Inconvenience ana discomfort expert |
enced In boarding and leaving the street |
cars at that point, and requested that the
streets be improved so that III wet as well |
as dry weather better accommodations |
could be afforded. He suggested that this |
object could be attained by continuing the |
macadamizing of Street as far as the /
east line of North Capitol Street. which |
he considered would efectually prevent |
the mud on the little piece of V Street |
from washing onto the macadam now be-
ing laid.
The question was referred to the Super
intendent of Roads. Morris Hacker. who
reported that the expense necessary to |
macadamize V Street, suggested, was 1
not justifiable on the plea of convenience
to passengers. and he IL of the opinion
that the plan proposed would not ACCOM-