Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-09
COLUMBIA HEIGHTs.
Meeting of the Citixens' Association
and Business Transacted.

mGGtfnR OF the C1t1ESm0' A090C1atlOn
and Business Transacted.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Columbia Heights Citizens Association was
held at Union Mission Hall, 14th street and
Florida avenue, last evening. Owing to the
disagreeabIe weather the attendance was
small. In the absence of the president and
vice president, Secretary Simmons presided.
Mr.. Simmons stated that letters had been
addressed by the committee appointed at
the preceding meeting TO urge the passage
OF the bill appropriating 81, 500 900 for i'm
pr0vements to the different citizens asso-
Citations, and that letters had been received
In reply from the Mt. Pleasant East WASH
ington, Anacostia and Brightwood' Asso-
Citations. He thought that all the associa-
lions would cooperate In the effort to Sc
cure the passage of the bill.
Mr.. Jefrries. called attention to the fact
that the estimates of the District Commits
sioners in the matter of the Improvements
of the sewerage system had been greatly
reduced by the House appropriations COM
mittee, and on the motion of Capt. O'Fer-
rail- the committee having that matter in
charge was instructed to urge upon the
Senate much more liberal appropriations
for such purposes.
Presidents House.
On motion of Capt. O'Ferran a motion
was adopted indorsing the bills now before
Congress making an appropriation Of
$1.OOO,OOO for the purchase of square %,
Columbia Heights. surrounding the Barber
house. 14th street and Florida avenue, on
which to erect a private home for the
President OF the United States. 1t was
pointed out in q short discussion that the
site was one OF the most convenient and
pleasant that could be found. Many of the
states, 1t was said, provided private resi-
dences for their chief executives, and it
was shame that this country compelled
its chief executive to reside and perform
MS offlcial duties in the same building.
telegraph Poles.
'On the motion OF Mr.. Lybrook a commit
tee OF three was appointed to request the
Western Union Telegraph Company to re-
move its poles from Sherman avenue, 1t
was stated that the company had erected
poles on both Sherman and Brightwood
avenues, and 1T was stated that the COM
pany would probably remove the poles
from sherman avenue on the request of the
association. Messrs. j. b. Lybrook, w. NJ
Mcfarland and ). e. Lovetoy were ap-
pointed as the committee.
Other Business.
On the motion of Mr. Lovejoy a commit
tee OF three was appointed to confer with
the telegraph and express companies of the
city for the purpose Of inducing them to
remove the extra charges which are i'm
posed on the people residing north of
Florida avenue for the delivery of tele-
grams and packages. Capt. Patrick O'Fer-
rail-. q. NJ. Hustled and H. A. Pfxton were
appointed as the committee
AFTER the association, the motion of
Mr.. Simmons, had elected President J. w
Somerville Of the Mt. Pleasant Citizens
Association an honorary member of the
association in recognition OF his untirinr
services in opposition to the location of the
contagious hospital in Columbia Heights.
the association adjourned