Evening star., 1937-08-07
PROPERTY Owners
SUPPORT BAN UPON.
NUISANCE PLANTS
Proposed Slaughter House
Attacked Particularly
by Petitioners.
HOUSE D. c. COMMITTEE
WAS GIVEN PROTESTS
Gobel Attorney Denies knowledge
of When Building Operations
Will Resume.

More than so owners of property
located In or adjacent TO Benning
and Kenilworth have petitioned the
House District Committee, it was
learned today, in favor of legisla-
ton banning nuisance" industries
from the National Capital.
They had particular reference to
the proposed Adolf Gobel slaughter
house in Benning, most Of the petit
tioners being near the Gobel site.
Their petition was filed with the
District Committee by Corporation
Counsel Elwood Seal.
Records of the recent public hear
ing before the District Committee
on the anti-nuisance bills, which soon
are to be printed, furnished the
names and addresses OF the property
owners signing the petition.
GobeI Builds at Own Risk"
Meanwhile D. Edward Clarke, at
torney for the Gobel firm, said yes
terday he does not know when build
ing operations will be resumed on
the controversial Benning site. Dis
trict officials served warning on the
build at its own risk and addi-
tional legislation now is pending to
enable the District to force pay
ment from the Slaughter house for
excessive sewage.
Opponents of the Inflated King
Norton bills had contended through
out the hearings that the only op-
position to slaughter house in
Benning came from the Government
and from sources far removed, notably
in the Northwest section. Besides
the Southeast Business Mems Asso-
citation and the Southeast Council Of
Citizens Association, comprising some
eight or nine civic groups, the Fedora
ton OF Citizens Associations also op-
posed slaughter house operations in
Washington A number of residents
in the vicinity of the Gobel site.
as we'll as a New York firm that
has commenced building resi-
dental subdivision at Benning road
and Forty-fourth street, also pro-
tested at the hearing
Names of Petitioners.
The names and addresses given by
the slgners of the petition were as
follows:
Kenneth c. Baker, 1913 Kenilworth
avenue northeast; L. Helen Fowler. the
Water Lily Gardens; Jennie r. Orig
gers and Agnes NJ Driggers. 1880
Olive street northeast; Susie A. Jen-
nings and Randolph Jennings, 1909
Olive street: Ada B. Robertson, 1919
Olive street, Olea l. Gibbs, 1912 Olive
street, Mrs. Esther Cutter. l537-l54l
Kenilworth avenue: Mabel M. Hubbel,
1906 Quarles street northeast: Mamie
A. Snouffer, 1902 Quarles street: D.
G. Alwine, 1881 Kenilworth avenue;
Harry K. Kent, 4400 Ord street north
east; Mr.. and Mrs. James Leon Daw-
son, l408 Forty-fourth street north
east; G. A. Lingebach, 1922 Forty
fourth street; G. c. Robertson, 1901
kenilworth avenue; Charles A. Apple
by, 1901 Minnesota avenue northeast.
John Petrie, 1929 Kenilworth avenue:
Mrs. John Petrie, 1927 Kenilworth
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles M. Shaw.
1906 kenilworth avenue; Willard A..
Driggers. 1880 Olive street; John j.
Fitzgerald and Dolly Fitzgerald, 44O5
Ord street; Jesse Day. 44O7 Ord street;
Nellie J. Dunkley, 4430 Ord street; M.
Ffnnie, AIT Ord street; Elizabeth
Brown, 1913 Olive street: Mary B.
Nayler, 1912 Kenilworth avenue; c.
W. Sheriff, Benning, D. c.; g. W.
Barnes. Benning, D. c.; c. E. Barnes.
Benning, D. c.. Robert J. Hickman,
Kenilworth avenue; Minnie K. Barnes.
Benning, D. c.: Lottie Hancock. 58l
Minnesota avenue; w. M. Sparo, $50
Minnesota avenue; Mrs. Charles w.
Hayes, 44l9 Ord street; Mrs. Ger
trude Flynn, 4426 Ord street; Mrs.
Ella Devers. 700 Minnesota avenue:
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Devers, 7O6 Mime
sofa avenue; Mrs. Emma Lyles. 1921
Minnesota avenue; G. w. Barnes. 1909
Minnesota avenue; John w. Hinkel,
1902 Minnesota avenue; George w.
Farr, 36o9 Benning road; Charles e.
Farr. 346l Benning road; Mrs. Charles
N. Farr, 1901 Benning road; Ernest
R. Beale, 233 Minnesota avenue; John
F.. Wright, 1872 Quarles street, and
Hilda Juenemann, 1900 Webster street
northeast.