Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-06-25
DISTANCE TQ LANGDON
One of the Matters Considered at Last
Nights Nesting.
Northeastern Suburban Citizens As
sOciatiOn Transacts business
Parks for the, Section.


bas' Mission in Langdon Hall was well
filed at o'clock last evening, when Mr..
John w. Watson, president, called the
Northeastern Suburban Citizens Associa-
ton to order. Reports were due from sew
eral committees. among them the commit
tee having in charge the proposed prosecu-
ton of the B. and o. Railroad Company
before the interstate commerce commission,
and delegations were present from the sta
tons between Langdon and Washington,
all OF which claim to have been discrimi-
mated against in the matter of distances
and Communication rates. On a large black
board in the rear Of the hall some artist
in chalk had drawn a picture Of sub
urban train of cars, labeled the cars with
the name of the citizens association, and
under 1t was written the present war cry
OF the organization: Communication rate
from Washington to Ivy City, Winthrop
Heights or Langdon, Sc per quarter"
After disposing of the minutes Ct the pre-
ceding meeting, Secretary Henry S. Sutton
read report from Dr. l.. c. LOOMS, chair
man OF the committee appointed to confer
with the District Commissioners relative
to the public reservations in the northeast
ern section, under the proposed extension
or streets. The report reviewed the situa-
ton eXhaustively, calling attention to the
reasons why the northeast should receive
greater consideration than other sections
places. The claim was made by DR.. Loomis
that other sections already had access to
the larger reservations already established,
while this neighborhod alone was without
play grounds of any kind. The Commits
sloners, SO said the report, received the
suggestions of the committee courteousy
and practically approved the selection of
number of natural groves of large trees
for public reservations. The Commission
erS requested the suburban association to
INDICATE at an early day their wishes re-
garding the whole street and park plan for
that section of the District represented by
them The report of the committee was re-
ceiVed and adopted, and President Watson
appointed DR.. l.. c. LOOMS, A M. Dewey,
Ira J. Baker, A. f. M. Lawson and A. Z.
Berry committee to locate suitable groves
of trees for recommendation TO he Com
missioners.
The Railroad Question.
A. NJ. Dewey, from the committee on
transportation, reported, presenting COM
municaton from the interstate commerce
comnission,in which the commission stated
that the complaint of the association had
been considered, and the railway company
had been asked for statement of their
side of the controversy. This letter from
the commission had been received several
days ago, but nothing further had been
heard from the railway authorities. The
statement was made by the committee,
ject, that the engineer department of the
railroad had during the past week sur
veyed the line from Baltimore to Wash
ington. and one of the surveyors had stated
to a citizen of Langdon that the mileage
as shown by the company's schedules was
just one mile out of the way, which would
bring Langdon just 81 miles from WASH
ington instead of Al, as shown by the dis
lance schedule in use, and on which the
present Communication rate of $50 per quar-
ter is based.
Committees Announced.
The following standing committees were
announced by the president:
Legislation before Congress-Dr. L. c..
Loomis. A. NJ Dewey, DIR. w. ]. Frisbee,
C. e. Miller and H. 8. Sutton.
Street improvemehts-J. w. Watson, A.
NJ. Dewey, l.. C. LOOMS. A. E. NJ Lawson,
Fred c. Reeves and Wiltsn Harvey.
Gas and water-T. F. Collins, A. H. AL
derman, J. G. Durfey, B. F. Edwards and
A. H. Mcknight.
Education-F. w. .Brandish, T. L. Sher-
wood, Taylor Grimes, G. w. Sexton and
c. E. Clark.
Transportation-A. M. Dewey, 1. ]. Baker,
J. l.. Feeney, E. 2. Sherman and A. E.