Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-23
AFTER PUSHCART MEN
Health Officer Orders Inspec-
ton of Storero0ms.
KEEPING FRUIT AT NIGHT
Visits Last Evening Disclose Salts
factory Conditions.
WRONG ADDRESSES GIVEN
DR.. Woodward Says He Means to
Correct Existing Evil-Barber
Shops Visited.

| In furtherance of the effort to make the
| National capital spotless town, an in
| spection of the StoreroOms of the push
! cart fruit dealers was begun last night by
| Inspector w. w. Ayres of the health Of
| flee.
AS much fruit Is sold from pushcarts
| and is eaten without cooking The Stal
| suggested the Importance of such an in
vestigation, and the health officer detailed
| an inspector to the work. He was ac-
| companieG by a Star reporter last night.
| The visits demonstrated that the ad-
dresses given by pushcart proprietors
when they applied for permits and badges
| were in many instances wrong. Therefore
the health office inspectors experience diff
fculty in tracing them and learning in
| what way they care for their supply.
With the aid OF Policemen Mccarthy
| and Kelly of the sixth precinct the in
spector last evening succeeded in locating
about a dozen pushcarr men, and investi-
gated the conditions under which the fruit
is kept overnight. Inspector Ayres found
the conditions generally satisfactory.
Conditions Satisfactory.
In his report to the District health Off
Ger today Inspector Ayres declares the
condition of the storerooms he inspected
to be satisfactory. but. calls attention to
the inaecuracy of the addresses given by
the fruit vendors and the consequent i'm
possibility of tracing many of them and
finding out how they keep the fruit they
offer for sale.
The inspection began last evening after
the push cart men had put their fruit
and wagons in night quarters. The first
visit was made to I'D st street northwest.
dealer giving the name of Veto Tusella
had given that address at the District
building. The number was found to be
that of store and no one by the name
mentioned was known in the vicinity. The
next place visited was 61S D street, which
Nathan Dobkin" had given as his ad-
dress. The. proprietor of the grocery
there stated that he knows no one by
that name. Another address given by a
fruit vender was 425 ~ street northwest
Policemen of the sixth precinct say that
there is no such number.
The residences of many pushcart men
were located in Jackson Hall alley. be-
tween Sd and ~ streets, Pennsylvania
avenue and c street. At the first house
visited there five pushcarts were found In
the basement the floor of which Is on a
level with the street. The leftover stock
was still on the carts. covered first with
newspaper and then with oilcloth, and the
room was clean. At the other houses in
the alley the fruit was found protected in
a similar way.
Must Give Correct Address.
Dr. Woodward said today he intends to
recommend that an effort be made to
have all fruit and other vendors. licensed
| by the District assessor. report at the
District building and furnish correct adj
dresses. He said he was surprised to
learn that such merchants had given
fictitious addresses.
In connection with his crusade for clean
illness DR.. Woodward is now paying at
tention to barber shops. Yesterday and
today several of his inspectors visited
rants fill be asked for at the Police Court
tomorrow. The chief complaint in con-
nection with the barber shops inspected
Is filthy combs and brushes.
DR.. Woodward announces that tomor-
row he will ask for warrant for the
arrest of the proprietor of a large bakery.
| The inspectors report they found uhclean
| floors and ceilings, soiled bread trays and
| tables, and that the place is in filthy con-
dition and. not properly screened.
Keeping Of Fowls.
In connection with the general policy
| Of abating nuisances alleged to exist,
Health Officer Woodward today recon-
mepded to the Commissioners the promul-
CATION of an order drafted by him by
which it is proposed that no person be
permitted to keep chickens. pigeons or
| other similar fowls within 100 feet of any
private dwelling or apartment house, or
any place of human habitation, unless
written permission is furnished by per-
sons living within the prescribed 100 feet
! The proposed regulation is in view Of the
| recent decision of the Court of Appea Is
| declaring void the police regulation pro-
mulgated two years ago pertaining to the
| subject and because of the request by
| the Washington Board of Trade that the
| Commissioners put into effect regulation
| restricting the keeping of fowls in the
/ city.
| Dr. Woodward's proposed regulation
| has been approved by Commissioners
| Mcfarland. but before being promul-
| gated it will be referred to the corpora
| ton counsel for consideration and re-
port as to it's legal form and status If
promulgated.
The regulation provides a penalty Of
$25 for each day the offense continues
after the conviction.