Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-19
STABLE SITE CHOSEN
Commissioners Settle Question
by Unanimous Vote.
LOCATED IN BLOOMINGDALE
IN Rear of the Bryant Street Pumping
Station.
REGARDED AS UNCOMFORTABLE
Reasons Assigned for Declining to
Consider Protests Filed Against
the Selection.
LOCATED IN BLOOMINGDALE
REGARDED AS UNCOMFORTABLE

The Commissioners today, by unanimous
opinion. decided to erect the stables of the
Districts water department on lot imme-
dately in the rear of the handsome new
pumping station on Bryant street north
west, thereby settling question which has
called for much comment and protest
among the residents and property owners
In that section of the city. In locating the
stables in the section named which is
known as Bloomingdale. the Commission
ers have done so in the face of vigorous
and persistent opposition.
The whole Of Bloomingdaie has been
aroused over the proposed location of the
stables. and when Commissioner Morrow
recommended at first that the stables be
located on a lot between Bryant and Ad
ans and I'd and Sd streets northwest they
made such a fight and offered such reason
able and practical arguments against the
proposition that Commissioners mcfarland
and West disapproved the recommended
lions. This resulted in Commissioner Nor
row recommending the site in the rear of
the pumping station, which was decided
upon today.
Protests were also numerous in the case
of this second site. but were not as per-
sistent as in the case of the first one, and
Commissioners mcfarland and West in ap-
proving il said: Careful examination as
to the protests against the new site seems
to show that it is quite different from the
protest against the site first proposed. In
that 1t is not nearly so strong or so gen
eral and that il lacks the pactical una
nimity of the first protest.
When asked why he approved the second
site Commissioner mcfarland stated that
no convincing reasons such were sug-
gested to his mind by the arguments used
in the first protest We're offered, therefore.
he felt that what protests were offered
l1I af no 90 OF
that the interests of the District of Column
bia in general seem to require that the
stable should be on the site now proposed.
Commissioner Vests reasons were SINH
lar. He stated that the water department
must have a stable and that the stable
must be within close proximity to the
pumping station, and as the reasonable ar
guments against locating the stable on the
second site he saw no reason why the
table should not be located there.
Preferred the First Site.
Commissioner Morrow made a strong
argument to have the stable located on the
site first proposed He said the land has
belonged to the District water department
for some time and the spot is an Ideal one
for the purpose In commenting upon the
argument offered by the citizens of Bloom
ingdaie to the effect that the character OF
improvements and the general appearance
be harmed he said the neighborhood Is
about as squalid anywhere In the city,
and that while the stable will not only De
unobjectionable. it's appearance will be
much better than any residence that Is
likely to be constructed on the south side
of Bryant street west OF the proposed site
or on the north side OF w street just 10
the east of the proposed site. He stated
that the possible depreciation OF real estate
on account of the presence of the stable
was very much overdrawn, as there Is, IN
his opinion, very little possibility LOT SUCH
q condition.
Commissioners mcfarland ant West
thought differently. and his motion was de-
feated. With the same persistency ne Sc
lected the second site which has row been
adopted, and several days ego. when talk
ing upon this question with a Star report
er, he expressed much disgust at the OPP
position he had met in connection with
these stables and issued a defy in which
he said If he was defeated in the :econd
site he would turn the work of hauling for
the water department over to private
contractor and the latter would most
likely locate his stable in Bloomingdale in
order TO be near the pumping station.
In recommending this second site to the
Commissioners. Commissioner Morrow said:
1T is now proposed to erect a stable i'm
mediately in the rear of the Bryant street
pumping station. on ground now owned by
the water department and used by that de-
partment a store yard. The size of the
available land being considerably smaller
1t IL probable that the maximum capacity
In the way of stalls for my stable that
can be designed at this point will be for
thirty-ive horses.
Meets All Objections.
1t is believed that this site meets all of
the objections brought against the ioca-
ton of the stable at the first and better
site. excepting the objection to the pos
sibility of contamination of the citys water
supply. which is not worthy of considera-
ton for the reasons outlined in the third
Endorsement hereon.
There can be no possibility of contami-
nation of the water supply from any such
source. IL is proposed to SO locate the stable
that It's eastern end will be west of the
eastern end of the pumping station and its
western end we'll east of the western end of
the station. thus entirely hiding il from
-eM from the front. The Eark Of ha