Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-25
Why the Northeast Citizens Welcome
the Electric Lights.
ACTION OF THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO CO.
Various Matters Considered by the
Citizens Association Last Evening.
NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS


| sey avenue station to Trinidad, the com
pany's yard and round house. the result Of
the efforts of the Northeast Washington
| Citizens Association, and the announce
ment Of this fact in yesterdays Star. had
| the effect Of bringing out a large number
| OF persons to attend last nights meeting
| OF the association. Not only was there a
large attendance Of the older members. but
a number Of new members, persons who
realized that the association was doing
good, were admitted So large was the at
tendance when the meeting opened that IL
was found necessary TO send out for ad-
ditional seats.
cluded the readings of the minutes of the
last meeting President Frizzell called the
attention of the association to the fact that
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
mad erected electric lights along its tracks.
This" the president said, was the re-
suit of holly contested fight between the
association, aided by the District Commits
sioners, and the railroad company. The
railroad company put up the lights and the
citizens are getting the benefit of them"
Following this President Frizzell told
the association that there had been but
one fatal accident in the city since the last
meeting, and that was on the Baltimore and
Potomac road. The victim, he said, was a
colored man, and very little attention was
paid to it, although the colored mans life
was as sweet to him as is the life of any
other person.
But" he added. these things may be
expected as long as we have grade cross
ings"
President Frizzell then told Of the narrow
escape Of q car load of persons on their
way home from the theater one night last
week. The gong at the IL street crossing
was ringing, but the track was clear. The
conductor get out and gave the usual sig
nal and then the driver started his horses.
About the time the car got on the track
an engine going at rapid rate Of speed
d.. utnks ~.
rear of the car succeeded I'm getting il back
far enough to prevent an accident and save
the lives of the passengers. Then a watch
man came out rubbing his eyes.
President FriZzell said he spoke to a Bal
| t:more and Ohio railroad official about the
| matter yesterday. and the latter told him
that the railroad company had a plan on
foot whereby the grade crossings will be
| abolished and he said that this will be done
| by December 1.
Water, Light and Sewers.
There was a short discussion concerning
the question CT street Improvement, and
| then the report of the committee on wate.,
| lights and sewers was submitted, as fol-
lows: Your committee on water, lights and
sewers has the honor to report that on the
I'D instant its members visited the Office of
| the Commissioners for the District of Co
lumbia in behalf of electric lights for II
street northeast, and were informed that
| nothing could be done in that direction this
year, owing to the small amount of appro-
| priattons made by Cor gress. Your COM
mittee was assured, however. that as soon
| as an appropriation should be made sufii-
| Gent to justify the expenditure the lights
VIII be erected. Your committee takes
pleasure in reporting that the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad has placed electric lights at
all the crossings of the road within the
| city limits"
Another report was submitted, showiffy
that on account Of the small amount
or the present Appropriation nothing
Will be done this year concerning the
work of connecting the Trinidad main
sewer with the sewer at the Deaf
Mute College The report says that the
place where the sewer is wanted is now a
nuisance. but the authorities cannot abate
1T.
The committee then submitted it's report
on the electric light question as follows:
pursuant to action taken at your last
meeting, your committee on water lights
and sewers has had under consideration the
with electric lights.
We find that conduits for wires were laid
unoer the roadway about two years ago at a
very large expense, and that, MISUNDERSTANDING
the TACT that the honorable Commissioners
nave several times recommended TO Con-
eress an appropriation for Increasing the
number OF electric lights throughout the
city, such recomnenda tions ba We haa, 6is
regarded.
InGsmuch as the Columbia Railway
company is about TO excayate III street So
as 10 put in cable, We think that IL Is
|
are not now on the street SO that WORK
on the railway could go on at night as well
as In daytime; but we are more strongly
OF opinion that after the cable gets run
nlhg on this narrow street more light will
be absolutely necessary for safety The
gas lights feebly struggling for existence
along this busy thoroughfare are far more
than insufficient. and as they are as a ruls
rot lighted until half hour after aarl,
the street is in darkness during the busiest
part Of the evening
Committee Of Ten.
For these and many other well known
reasons. We recommend the adoption of the
following:
Resolved. That n committee of tensbe an
pointed by the president to prepare a me-
mortal and circulate the same for sigma
lures, requesting the Commissioners to re-
new their recommendations and estimates
Ior addiuonai electric lights, SO that the
whole line OF IL street northeast may be
amply lighted, and that said Commissioners
be requested 10 forward said memorial TO
the proper congressional committees at the
next session of Congress.
Resolved, That said Commissioners no
also requested to require the gas lamns
TO be lighted at nightfall on such nights
as tne moon Is supposed not TO shine under
the present schedule.
Resolved, That the thanks of this as
ISOLATION are due, and are hereby rendered
TO the Commissioners of the District of
Columbia and to the Baltimore and Ohio
| maintenance of electric lights along the
railroad track from the Gepo; TO Tr;ni-
dad"
The several provisions of the report were
discussed and adopted. The COMMITTEES
will be appointed later.
There being no other reports the chair
called for unfinished business, and the res
olution providing for committee on police
and fire matters was adopted.
The proposed amendment changing the
meeting night of the association went over
until next month.
Under the head of new business Mr. A
Donaldson offered the following:
That for the purpose of giving The ci;.
Gems OF Northeast Washin gton residing
north OF the tracks OF the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad tracks better accommoda-
tons Tor pubic conveyance this associa-
ton, through it's committee on this sub
tect, recommend and petition the heIiic
company to establish a route on NJ street
starting from the Deaf Mute College and
running west to Sd street northwest: thence
south on Sd street to II street"
Mr.. Donaldson explained the needs OF the
cltizens living north of the tracks AT
present, he said, the people have to walk
icur or live squares to get to IL street, and
IN order TO get down town 1t is necessary
TO go over three grade crossings, while the
route selected would reduce the number of