Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-07
The CAPITOL Hill and East Washing.
ton Association.

WHAT THEY WANT IN THAT SECTION.
The Capitol Hill and East Washington Sc
citation me at McCauley's ha asst evening,
Mr.. s. A. II. Marks presiding and Mr.. E. C. K rk-
wood secretary. The designations Of vice presi-
dents Fl. F. French and Mckee Dunn were &C
cepted. and S. NJ. wilcox and Adam GaddiS
were elected In their places.
Mr. A Grant submitted the report of the COM
mittee on parks and reservations. The report
recommends park through the center of Mary
land avenue, from I'd street east TO Boundary
street; removal of the street railroad track from
the inside to the outside OF the parked Space oi
Pennsylvania avenue; parking OF virginia ave
nue., from South Capitol street TO lltn StreeG, In
the same manner as Maryland avenue; contlnu-
alton of the parking ON East CaptOl street 10
nth street: extension OF the present system OF
side parking on Massachusetts avenue 10 Lih-
coin square; side parks In North CarOliha ave
nue., from New Jersey avenue 10 Lincoln sludfe;
South Carolina avenue improved IN tne SANE
Way from Virginia avenue TO lltn street; "a
street similarly improved from Massacha i;
land to virginia avenues; also 18th street from
Maryland avenue to the AnacOStia bridge: the
parking on street north, from North capitol
to 4th street, completed; street Sc, from Con-
greSSional cemetery to North Carolina avenue,
10 have a 42-fOot carriageway and side parks;
Delaware avenue, from to G. streets ne, a 80
foot carriageway and side parks; North Capitol
street, from b to streets, a 51-fOot carriage
way, 15-fOOt sidewalks and 40-foOt parks and
South Capitol street. from street to Virginia
avenue. improved in like manner. The commit
tee recommend circular parks at the inter
sections Of Maryland and Massachusetts ave-
nues, South Carolina and Pennsylvania ave
DueS and Georgia and Virginia avenues
They recommend that the park east Of the Cap
1tOl be extended to I'd street east. This addition
to the Capitol grounds would give sufficient
space for the new Library building, and another
building OF like dimensions. 1t would add more
than 1,GGO.000 square feet to the park, az cost
OF less than 81 per square foot. The committee
say "that west OF the Capitol nearly ali the
streets and avenues have already been parked
terraces, walls and establishments built. aud
iron FENCES put up, at an enormous expense,
whereas in the eastern section OF the city no
parking OF any account has been done, the park
Ing commenced there having been abandoned
by the commissioners. In the belief of the
committee, the discrimination manifested
against East washington in the Improvements
OF parks and reservations, as well as in general
Improvements, has been for the want OF a rep
resentative on the board controlling the affairs
OF the District: and further, that when the at
tent1On OF members OF Congress is called to this
unjust discrimination a sense of justice will
compel them not only to give us representation
upon TIE board governing us. but they will also
give fair proportion Of the public moneys APP
proprlated for improvements TO the $4,000 people
east OF the Capitol"
Nj. III. Taylor objected to that part OF the re-
port relative TO the location Of the library, but
the report was adopted.
Rev. A. F. Steele, OF the sub committee to
wait on Gen. Casey, reported that they had had
an interview with the general, explained the
plans for the parking &c, and ne had approved
their plans He stated that it would take
up 10 the same condition as the other parks
and that he would do what he could to put them
In order; that he had divided his force among
The parks giving each its due proportion. and
by the lSt Of March they would be at WORK on
the eastern parks. The report was adopted
and on motion Of Mr.. KfrkWoOd the report of
the committee was referred to the committee on
legislation.
Mrs. Briggs reported that the chart lad been
laid before the District Commissioners and NJ
Dent heartily approved of the plans Capt
Moi mi,
ing expressed his approval OF the pan and re-
GREETED that he had not seen IL before he had
made up his estimates.
MI. 5. ii. Walker offered a resolution direct
Ing the committee on legislation to invite the
District commissioners, the District committees
OF The TWO houses, Gen. MeigS and Col Casey TO
ride over the ground which it Is proposed to
approve; adopted. resolution was presented
approving The course OF Hon. Montgomery Blair
and Architect Clark ION the post office Site in
opposing the location west OF 9TH street Mr.
Clark objected to the resolution, unless the
space In 'front.' OF the market house was eyceDt-
ed; he claiming that the purport OF the re,o-
luton was an endorsement OF that site Mr.
OTdWay denied that the Market company was
interested In the subject. Mr. p F. Little raised
lhe point that Mr.. Clark was not member he
not having paid dollar. Mr. Clark paid the
money, aud asked TO offer substitute. The
resolution was then adopted. Mr. Walker Of
Tered resolution, which was adopted directing
Tie committee on legislation to urge before the
District committees the passage of the bill pro-
Washington. MeSSrS. w. S. Fletcher, n. q ord
way and Duncan 5. Walker were appointed a
committee TO invite Gen. MeigS to address The
association In reference to the wafer SUNNY