Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-07
THEY ARE SATISFIED.
Mt. Pleasant Does Not want a Change
of Name.I


of Nnme.I
At a well-attended meeting last evening
the Mount Pleasant Citizens Association
decided that, while # was and is willing
to extend its boundaries, It will not re-
hnquish the name of Mount Pleasant
President J. W. SonAerville presided. and
in the absence Of Secretary Exley Mr. l..
P. Lipscomb acted as such. The first mat
ter discussed was that offs street railroad
connection with the city proper. The vari-
Gus propositions of tie different railroads
were disc ussed, and the matter was dis
missed with q declaration that the associa-
tion was decidedly In favor of a line down
18th street. Attention was called to the
proposed switch-back railroad from 14th
street to the Zoo, and the president OF the
association promised to watch the matter
Chairman ]. B. Sleman of the committee
on charities reported that the net receipts
from the village concert amounted to $131.
Some fifty or sixty families In want had
been relieved and about s35 still remained
in the treasury. The report was very graf
flying, and vote of thanks was extended
the committee.
Chairman Emil Berliner of the special
committee appointed to suggest general
name for the section west of Sherman
avenue, north of Florida avenue, east of
the Zoo and south of Piney branch and
Spring road, submitted report suggesting
the name of Columbia Heights for the
section and that the citizens of the terri
tory secure unification of interest by join
ing in one association.
The suggestions were embodied in reso-
luton, when Mr.. Chaplin Brown opposed
It,. Mt Pleasant was, he said, an histori-
cal name, and the section had been known
as such for thirty-five years. Indeed, he
remarked. the whole section west of It'll
street, north of Florida avenue and east
OF ROCK creek was generally or Familiarity
known and referred to as Mt. Pleasant.
and he believed 1T would be unwise to drop
the name of Mt. Pleasant for any other.
Mr.: Berliner explained that the new map
OF the section, when placed on record,
would obliterate the name of Mt. Pleasant
and all others, and he believed that the
boundaries of the association should at
least be enlarged.
Mr.. sleman favored extending the
boundaries, but opposed the dropping of
the name of Mt. Pleasant
Mr.. Ricketts, so believed and he called at
tention to the fact that the Mt. Pleasant
Association initiated the movement against
the locating of the contagious hospital on
Columbia Heights and won the fight, al
though the site was within the jurSdic-
ton of the Columbia Heights Association.
President Somerville stated that the Mt.
Pleasant Association had made name
for itself and had the reputation of getting
all 1t asked. 1t was unfortunate that SO
many names prevailed in the section men,
toned but the name of Mt. Pleasant
should be retained. Mr. Somerville denied
that the association wished to compel other
associations to join it, and explained that
the committee had been appointed merely
to select general name for the section.
After one or two more members had
discussed the matter, the resolution was
laid over until the next regular meeting,
MT. Sieman giving notice of a motion to
amend the constitution by charging the
boundaries of the association
A resolution introduced at the last meet
ing or the association in reference to a
movement having for its object an increase
or the number of District Commissioners
to eight, was referred to special COM
mlttee. consisting of President Somerville
ana Messrs. Chatfield and Ricketts,. The
committee. 1t was stated, would confer
with similar committees from the other