The Washington herald., 1921-10-30

spaces and public squares were
used ~ dumping grounds or stor-
age places, principally the spaces
between Maryland avenue. c. Sew
enth and Ninth streets. and they
were emphatic in their protest
AGAINST any more buildings being
put up in the Smithsonian and Ag-
ricultural grounda They strongly
recommend the, Improvement Of the
section lying between Tenth and
Fifteenth streets, Pennsylvania av-
enue and b street and as far back
az 1856 stated In their report that
the general government had need
Of q hall Of records for the preser-
walton of It's valuable papers: a
suitable building for the use Of the
Supreme Court Of the United
states; o larger space for the
Smithsonian Institution; an exposi-
ton building for the Agricultural
Department, q new city Postonice
and a building for its local gov
eminent
Recennendafisns Carried Out.
The committee voted that the
property in squares lying between
Pennsylvania avenue and the Mall
De purchased py NhG ShANCe S~@N~'
government for these purposes and
estimated the cost to be t1,72o,7Ss.
II these purchases had been made
al that time the government would
have saved several millions Of DOL
lars. Since then the recommenda-
lions of that committee have come
to pass. A new City Postonice has
been built, the Hall Of Records is
~ the
United States has q suitable home
tural Departments both have their
needed allotment of ground
A special report was submitted
by the railroad committee and
some prosecution was instituted for
violation Of law by the railroads.
For many years the steam railroad
had doomed that part OF the city
and it was not without untring
energy and constant prodding by
the association that the Southwest
was finally rid. 20 some extent OF
this nuisance
Long ago South Washington was
supplied with pure drinking water
from wells So the Commission
ers conceived the idea that IL
would be just the thing TO all up
those wells that had supplied the
grandparents Of the present gem
GRAFTON and provide in lieu thereof
certain deep wells which. some
body said. would contain pure
water"
In . recent report on these new
wells from the sanitary committee
Of the association occurs this
statement: IF the Commissioners
will taste the water from these al
legged Ponce de Leon wells they
viii either dig them deeper 70 ind
good water or close them up.
water taken from the well at
Four-and-a-half and @ streets
tastes as II IL had been soaked In
iron, and IL the Commissioners or
anyone from the Water Depart
.ment will take a bucket and let IL
stand over night they will find a
greasy scum on the top.
'NOn this corner was q well that
was not excelled for excellence In
me country. and while IL might
have occurred to somebody to re-
move Il. yet whoever was respon-
sible for It's removal could have
given Us something as good or bet
ter"
A further example OF what the
association has done for the south
west IL contained in the episode OF
the James Creek Canal.
Many Drowned I'm csnh
The association brought the at.
tention Of the Commissioners to the
fact that about eighty people had
been drowned in the James Greek
Canal and had been found standing
for the most part, in an upright po'
sition, just as they had stepped into
the water and had been held by the
quagmire. showing that they hat
been drowned by reason OF the fac
that they were unable TO extricat'
themselves
Representatives of the associa'
ton appeared before the Commits
sioners and petitioned them tC
fence In the canal and also appear
ed before the coroner's jury IN TIT