The Washington times., 1905-07-07
POLICE COURTS
DELAY MOVING
Temporary Quarters Are Not
Yet Habitable.
DAMPNEsS MENAcEs HEALTH
Cellar Full of Water and Rain Cutters
Are All Destroyed-Repairs
to Be Made.

ASKED Wnon Inc FOtlCe SOu1i WOuia
be moved from the present building at
Sixth and D streets northwest, to the
temporary quarters near Fifteenth and
D streets northwest, which viii be used
while the new building Is being con-
structed. Judge Kimball, senior Justice
of the Police Court, replied:
That's a conundrum. Ask ME some
thing easy
Judge Kimball has no definite idea as
to when the District and United States
cases will be heard In any other build
ing than the dingy old gray one now oc-
cupied by himself and Judge Charles F.
Scott.
Temporary Quarters Unhealthy.
1t was originally intended that the
change should be made on June 10.
so as to have everything out of the
building to allow workmen to begin
July / to raze the historic old structure,
which was formerly used as a church
This plan was abandoned, it is said.
because of the unhealthful condition OF
the building which has been selected for
temporary quarters.
The structure is located on Fifteenth
street next to the Emergency Hospital
Nurses Home. Judge Kimball thinks ii
is an ideal place for a police court.
A few days prior TO June 15 an inspec-
ton was made at the building. 1t was
then discovered that all the gutter and
spout1ng on the building had either been
torn off. or had rusted Off
Every time hard rain comes the Wa
ter goes into the cellar. On several oc-
casions when persons visited the build
ing. it is said, three or four inches OF
water was found in the cellar.
f,f fa ha r-aiT +
last two or three days there Is about
two feet of water IN the cellar today
1t is gradually being absorbed by the
ground, however. and the floor can be
seen within the next week or ten days
but the place will still be damp Owing
to the existing state OF affairs mold
! collects in large spots on the woodwork
and the walls are always damp.
Condition Complained of.
The Commissioners have recently re.
ceived two letters of complaint about
the condition of the building. 1t is SAID
! Judge kimbali has been twice informed
| by the Commissioners that the neces
sary work would be done on the build
| ing at an early date because the longer
this is put off the longer it will be
before the new building at Sixth and I
streets is completed
The Webster law building. adjoirin,
| the Police Court on the east side, ant
| which will be torn down to make tn
new building larger than the one nov
used, was vacated several weeks ago b,
the lawyers and bondsmen who hai
offices there.
Recently the Commissioners informe'
Judge Kimbali that Building Ispecto
Snowden Ashford. after a visit 10 III
building, had estimated the cost OF tn
work which must be done before III
place is habitable. 1t is understood tha
r-lT. - Ia.- It,
get to work within the next few days
Until the cellar is pumped out tn
building thoroughly aired and made a
dry as prohibition town Judge KIN
baii VIII Sit where he was today. II
will run no chance Of running his ow
hea.h as well as that of his associate
, and the clerks and bailiffs. who spen
on an average of five or six hours In III
never get out into the open air durin
! working hours.