The Washington times., 1912-05-21
WHAT WAS SAID
AS TO CONDITIONS
AROUND SALOONS
The Seventh Street Dis
!, trict" Described as Par
Lx ticularly Bad.
Continued from First Page.)


than by going up and down Seventh
street as have. I know that the con-
ditions there at night on Seventh street
became so terrible on account of the
large number of saloons that special
policemen were put there for the pur-
pose of breaking up the gatherings.
They gathered around there, drunken
men and women, and 1t was almost inn
possible, so they told melt came to me
the Police Court-that 1t was almost
impossible for a decent man after
O'clock at night to go up and down
drunken eroWds That TN SsT %ers in front % % of
those saloons from N street north to
p street and in that neighborhood. L
have had hundreds brought in for OBJ
structing the streets there
Harry Robinson, motorman on one
Of the Seventh street lines, testified:
Il have been a motorman on the street
studied these conditions on Seventh
: street. because 1 live on the corner of
Seventh and T streets, and, like the
in we9 resa&P sPote to Rsrs he
stood on tine cars many times and
thought pityinslv Of the children who
fo Psss pss sSeE sHSeE to t%a 1SaoS and
say. live at seventh and T streets.
! / observed the conditions, and they
were such before we had the mile-iimit
o.,t after lark around the locality
known as Seventh and T streets or be-
yond Florida avenue.
Il do not tell you this as being biased
against the liquor traffic. l have made
observations in my work and the acci-
dents that have happened in nv tirue
as a motorman, eight out of everv ten
have been caused by drunken men rum
ming after the cars and getting hurt in
that way.
I have counted the saloons there, and
af MI te H. Av,eF
These good gentlemen on the other side
give you all these facts on the day
, light side of It.. Gentlemen, I see these
things from 8 o'clock in the morning
until o'clock In the afternoon in one
month, and from O'Clock in the after
noon to o'clock the next morning.
see the conditions as they are.
Nighttime Conditions.
Senator works-Can you tell us about
the nighttime?
Mr.. Robinson-1n the night, especially
on Saturday night, on Seventh street
you can see the bad conditions there
They are not by any means what they
ought to be a Christian community in
a civilized country.
The Chairman-Tell us what the con-
ditions are. That is what we want to
get at.
Mr.. Robinson-Drunken men coming
out, not only coming out, but being
thrown out, kicked out, thousands OF
them: There is bad language used.
can hear the language as 1 go by OIL
my car. 1t Is not language At fo
women to hear, and not women only
The chairman-That occurs frs
Mr.. Robinson-Yes; night after nigh,
street running from the river to Seventl
and Rhode Island avenue.
Senator Works-What is the condition
on your car lines? Do those men in,
condition Of drunkenness get on tn
Mr.. Robinson-They do, 1t seems I
me that the first place man heads 10
when he gets full of whisky Is a stree
car. II he does not do It himself III
police officers bring them out and tr
to put them on. I had occasion to- ha\
q policeman tell me that he would -
me" because l would not let him pu
drunken man on the car. 1t Is diree
against the rules of the company
allow a man on the car who Is not NJ !
Senator works-Is that a matter c
frequent occurrence. getting on the car
Mr. Robinson"It is a matter of dali
occurrence, not only once but doze
times a day.
Senator works-1,Have any dist,t distHrt !
aness assts resulted in the cars as "a result
Mr.. Robinson-Yes. sir. There is hard
lv a week that there are not TWO
pening on the Seventh. street. line,
say nothing of other lines. am oni
speaking for the Aine where
"No Worse Than Georgetown"
Mr.. Harvey-Mr. Robinson, do yc
know anything about any other part
the city except Seventh street?
Mr.. Robinson-Yes, sir.
Mr.. Harvey-Is Seventh street wori
than the other part of the city, to yo'
knowledge?
Mr. Robinson-Seventh street Is 7
worse than the conditions on M sire
IN Georgetown. where the saloons ar
Mrs. H. C. Rugg, formerly OF the A
ISOLATED Charities, said in part:
I'm my capacity as a worker / wi
obliged to sign certificates for II
medical treatment at the Eastern ID
pensary I always looked on Mondi
for a crop of people that would con
out suffering from stab WOUNDS; Gu
go into their persons and injure the
severely. And there were contusio
from hrickbats and blackened eyes a,
fres,fOroal ghts They They ca9s Si6 mot out
frequently that knew, although I
fights did not take place in the salool
because Captain Days men keep 20
order there, that they were the resi-
OF liquor drinking there, and l ha
also seen liquor saloons put right at
mouth of the alleys. There Is one
II street, between Sixth and Sevenl
at the opening of a large crowded all
called brewers Court and the wol
of 1t is that right In that section live
very low order of colored people, who
> great Temptation is liquor, and on &
count of their race and their ignoraT
the Hquor affects them, as they are
tropical people, and much more eas
excited. The conditions there are vt
bad"
The Rev Harrison d. Boyer, now