Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-06-30
LOCAL NEWS.

No Police Station nm Sauare 1a6.
THE PRESIDENT ISTERPosEs IN TIE MATTER.
The Edition TO the President, signed by sew
era ex-tTustees OF public schools. against the
erection Ct police station and market house
iquars 446, Corcoran square, was received
Con missioners, With an Endorsement by the
President that marke.-house or police sta
ton be lot erected so close to public school
luiiding as Is proposed"
REPLY OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
The Commissioners at once returned reply
In which they state that they have never Coz
templated the erection OF market house on
said square, but on the contrary have more
than once. IN their annual reports recon-
meIded to Congress the use OF this property
for the public schools instead of its use for
public market, as originally intended. and last
session of Congress they aided In procuring the
passage OF an act for the removal of the Old
market sheds, which, for several years, have
been Upon this site. AS TO the erection of
gresS last winter provided for the erection of
two station houses, but failed to give authority
In the act TO the commissioners to purchase
sites Tor the same; that the Controller Of the
United States ruled that they could not pur.
chase sites under the law; that the attention
was presented of delaying the erection OF these
very much needed station houses until further
legislation be obtained from Congress, or OF
using such sites as the District already owned;
that the site on square AS owned By the District
was suited as TO locality. and they had constd
OF the ex-trusteeS was received. They had
already referred a similar petition OF the ex-
trustees 10 the board OF trustees OF public
schools and Were awaiting their action when
this protest With the Presidents endorsement
was II ceiyed- They state that the request OF
the President VIII be complied With and Ia con-
clusion they deny emphatically the graruitols
charge made against them by the ex- trustees OF
hostility 10 the public schools OF this District
as uDfouIded and unjust. They also deny the
statement made by the eX-truStees that the
part or square 446 on which it was c0ntem.
plated to erect station house was ever intend
ed TO be used as a playground for the Scnools.
ON the contrary, they have personal knowledge
that the Ith street front of said square being
valuable business property, was Specially re.
served by Congress 70 be sold for the erection
OF other school houses.
Mr.. JOSEPH LATHRoP, Wilmington, Del, was
cured OF severe rheumatism by st. jacobs Out
SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION. The sixth reg
lar meeting OF the District of Columbia Social
ScieIc &c Association was held In the residence OF
Prof. and Mrs. Il. c. Spencer Saturday evening,
June Is, at S o'clock. Permanent officers were
elected, as follows: President. Mrs Sara a.
Spencer; Vice Presidents, Hon. John Eaton,
Mrs. Maria I. Walling. Hon. John Hitz; Secre.
taIy, DR.. Vim. Ttndali Treasurer Rev. A Fiori-
dus Steele. General John Eaton was elected
delegate TO the general meeting OF the AmerI-
September s. 1881, and Hon. John Ht.z was
elected alternate. Mrs. Spencer, who, at the
May meeting was elected delegate to the con-
yention OF the Associated Charities Department
OF American Social Science Association at Bos-
ton, July %, requested that an alternate be
elected. Mrs Walllng was elected alternate
Instructions were then given as to the subjects
The District association desired their delegate to
represent at this Boston conference. It was
especially urged that the duty the whole coun-
Try owes 10 the charities and other interests of
this national capital be clearly stated. The
resident me mbers OF the Am 9rican Social science
ASS ociation Ia Washington are President Gar
fel0, Gen. Francis A Walker, Hon. John Eaton
PIE sident Yelling, OF Columbia College; Pfesi-
dent u sllaudet, OF the Deaf Mute Asylum; Chas
Nordhof. OF the HerGid, and lex otfict1) the
president, secretary and treasurer OF the, Dis
Jrict OF Colum ola Association.