The Washington times., 1907-05-21
CLOSE UP WELLS!!
COMMISSIONERS
ISSUE THE ORDER
All Sixty-two in the Dis
trict Must Be Aban-
doned.
None Said to Be Above
Suspicion of Typhoid
Infection.

The closing of all public shallow wells
in the District, as recommended by the
Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service in its preliminary report, based
upon the investigation into the typhoid
fever situation last season, has been APP
proved by the Board of Commissioners
and orders were issued this morning for
the closing and abandonment Of all
these wells in every section of the city.
None Above Suspicion.
Careful meteorological and chemical
analysis OF the waters of these wells has
demonstrated that not one Of them is
above suspicion in causing typhoid. and,
Notwithstanding there has been more or
less protesting from all sections of the
city. the Commissioners are Of opinion
that public health demands that these
wells should be closed.
The Public Health and Marine Hos
pital Service said In it's report:
"On general sanitary principles alone.
shallow wells have been eliminated
from all large cities having an abundant
water supply and sewerage system. We
unhesltatingly subscribe to this view.
and believe that the shallow wells in
the District Of Columbia should be con-
demned, a conviction that is abundantly
confirmed by the results of our chemical
and meteorological examinations"
The number OF wells to be closed is
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in The nOrthwes;
section. eleven in the northeast, and
twenty-five i'm the southeast. There
are no shallow wells in the southwest
section.
Northwest Section.
Brightwood avenue, near District line;
Eighth street and Barry place; Massa-
chusetts avenue, between Sixth and
Seventh streets; Massachusetts, avenue
extended. near Wisconsin avenue: New
York avenue, between Fourth and Fifth
streets; New Jersey avenue, between NJ
and streets; North Capitol street and
Randolph place; Ninth and III streets:
Newton place, east of BrightwOod ave
nue.; Sixth street, between + and q
streets; Clark and Elliott streets: Sixth
street, between FairmOnt and Girard
streets; Sixteenth and CorcOran streets:
Seventeenth and X streets; T street.
between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets; TenleytOwn road: Third street
and Indiana avenue: Third and l.
streets; Tenth and X streets: Tenth
and y streets; Twelfth street and
Florida avenue; Twenty eighth and o
streets. + street and Wisconsin avenue;
Wisconsin avenue and q street; Thirty
Thirty-fourth street and Volta place;
Thirty-fOurth street and Wisconsin ave
nue.: Twenty-fifth street and Reservoir;
Ihirty-second street, north of Q street.
Northeast Section.
+ street, between Eighth and Ninth
streets; Eighth and A streets: Eleventh
and + streets; Fourth and Z streets;
North Capitol. between b and'C streets;
Quincy. between Thirteenth and Four
teenth streets (Brookland); South Da-
kota avenue and Vista street Wood
ridge; Second and G streets; Sixth
and & streets; Third and d streets:
Heating. between Lincoln and First
streets.
Southeast Section.
d and Eighth streets, South Carolina
avenue and Eleventh street. Jackson
and Fillmore. Anacostia: Fourth and
g streets, Fourth street and South
Carolina avenue, Fifth and G streets.
between Eleventh and Twelfth streets
Jefferson between Monroe and Fillmore
streets, l. between Thirteenth and Four
Jeenth streets. Ninth and + streets
Seventh and = streets. Seventh street
between North Carolina avenue and G
street. Seventeenth and Harrison
streets, AnacOstia; G and Third streets
Third street and Pennsylvania avenue
Thirteenth street between ID and =
streets, Hamilton road, AnacOstia. q
street between Half and First streets
stanton avenue and Pomcroy avenue
AnacOSua; II street hill HillSdaIe.
TWentieth and Joliet streets Garfield;
bennlng cross roads northeast