Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-13
CAPT. MORROW EXPLAINS
ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING
DISTRICT STABLE SITE.
Location Regarded as Very Rest That
Can Be Made-Not in Defiant
Mood.

Capt Morrow today made the following
statement in regard to an article published
in last evenings Star in regard to the loca-
ton OF the Bloomingdale stable site:
Il am greatly surprised to find myself
placed in the position Of having issued def
to the board of Commissioners or to the Cit
liens of Bloomingdale, as nothing could
have been further from my mind, and l
want to make it clear at the outset that
while have not been advised as to the &C
ton the board may take upon my motion to
locate me stable In the second selected site
In the rear of the pumping station, 1t Is my
belief this selection is the best that can
possibly be made in the interest Of the cit
liens of Bloomngdale, and that 1 believe
that, should the other Commissioners deter
mine against this selection it will be
much less friendly act toward the citizens
of Bloomingdale than affirmative action on
their part in the matter would be, and this
for the following reasons:
Will Not Contaminate Water.
THE location selected is absolutely with
out possibility or suspicion Of danger to
the water supply. 1t Is almost absolutely
invisible from any point Of view and 1t s
removed to a great distance from any pres
ent residences in the Boomingdale section,
so that it cannot be offensive in any sense.
~ 10 IeCosNlZeu ny everybody Cnat q Stanlo
IS an appurtenant structure to a huge pump
Ing station establishment and storage yard.
The pumping station cannot be moved.
The location of the filter beds and the
pumping plant in this vicinity has undoubt-
edly had a great deal to do with the ap-
probation of property values in this sec
ton, and 1t seems a little unreasonable on
the part of the residents that they may
cept the benefits that go with the estab-
lishment of this plant in this locality and
have the power to veto a vital and neces-
sary part of the organization for the work.
ing of the plant with proper efficiency
Incorrectly Quoted.
'The statement in the interview Of yester-
day that it was my intention to hire con-
tract for the hauling and have a private
stable built in this locality is incorrect. The
statement that 1 made was that the next
step, should this proposed site be abandoned.
would be to abandon all idea the water de-
partment has of controlling it's own trans
portation, and that the hauling would have
to be contracted for. Obviously, if this is
done, the contractor will endeavor to place
stable some site in this vicinity, as it
will be greatly to his own interest to do so,
and, in my opinion, the Commissioners will
be without power to prevent him, as will
also the citizens of Bloomingdale, and the
logical march of events, should this present
location be vetoed, will probably force
stable this locality, despite the most
earnest efforts of the citizens of Blooming
District which will be intensely more dis
agreeable to the entire locality than the
District stable, located as it is now proposed
to locate it.
Citizens Favor Site.
Moreover, the Commissioners have been
assured by several citizens in this very
section that no reasonable objections exist
to the location now proposed for the stable,
the only objection being the official protest
citation and two or three from individuals
who reside in that neighborhood. 1t is,
therefore, my opinion that my proposal to
locate the stable at this second selected
site Is a far more friendly act toward even
those professionals than would be the act
Of the sother two Commissioners should
they decide to vote against my second mo-
ton, which. of course, 1t would be pre-
sumption on my part to assume
II regret that 1t has become necessary for
me to make such statement as this, but
In view Of the publicity which has been
given the matter In yesterdays paper
which was by no means correct outline of
my postion-1 feel that such a statement is
necessary, as well in Justice to my col
leagues on the board as to myself"
Mr.. Gilmer's Views.
T. w. Gilmer Of the Treasury has ad-
dressed the District Commissioners a COM
munication relative to the stable at the
new pumping station. He says:
The new site selected for the pumping
station stable is entirely unobjectionable. l
know the section as well as any one. The
first site was bad, but whoever selected the
second site might be considered as gifted
with second sight
THE new site Is out Of sight and sight
better than any other site. No citizen
could cite better site because there is
none in sight,
Seriously, the stable must be near the
station, and the protesting citizens are
trifing with your good nature when they
oppose the new site."