Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-09
NORTHEAST CITIZENS
The Association Discusses Railroads,
Lights and Schools.
GETTING READY FOR CONGRESS
The Use of Easements for Schools
Denounced.
A P A RK W A Ed
ING READY FOR CONGRESS
P A r K W A n T E D

There was a hot-weather meeting of the
Northeast Washington Citizens Associa-
ton held last night at the hall 18th and H
streets. The meeting of the association
will be held throughout the summer, as 1t
Is the desire of the officers to keep the
members together so that when Congress
meets in December there will be large
membership, and believing as they do that
"in union there is strength" it is thought
that great amount of good will be ac-
complished
New members of the association are being
admitted at almost every meeting. and it
Is thought that by the time Congress meets
the membership will be so large that new
quarters will have to be obtained
Committee Reports.
Reports of committees were received last
night. The chairmen of several Of the
committees had no reports to make. Chair
man Sowerbutts reported that his COM
mittee, on water. lights and sewers, had
not had q meeting. He called attention,
however, to the fact that although there
are underground electric wires on II street
northeast there are no lights, and the ex-
cuse given is that there is no money to
pay for feeding them.
This may be true" he said, "but while
the lights on this line are cut off, the lights
on some of the Illegal overhead lines are
not cut off,
Chairman Dalrymple of the school COM
mittee spoke of the necessity for more
schools in the northeast section. He said
that basement rooms in the Madison, Blair.
Taylor and Pierce buildings have been fit
ted up, and about forty children will have
to attend school in these rooms.
This was done, he thought, for the pur-
pose of making places for the Normal
School graduates People, he said, often
talk aboIt the gas syndicate, but there
is just much syndicate in teachers
as there is in the gas business. The COM
mittee chairman dwelt at some length on
the question of teaching and, charged that
the minds of the children are terribly over
crowded
rs it the teachers that are responsible
for this condition of affairs?' asked a
I'll leave that to you," the chairman
responded.
He said that the school books are chang
ed from one year to another, and he
thought there was the appearance of a
Cincinnati syndicate. He also said that
there Is such 4 difference between the
teaching from year to year that it is hard
to tell Just what is wrong and what is
ment about the basement rooms. and said
he thought it was about time that the
school officials were studying hygiene.
M Willard said he thought that base
ment rooms should not be used in this way,
and he felt certain that the Commissioners
had not sanctioned this move.
Mr. Cnappell also spoke against the oc-
cupation of these rooms, and Maj. Burke
moved that the association enter its SOL
emn protest against the occupation of the
rooms for such purposes.
The motion was carried.
Following the passage of this resolution
there was a lengthy discussion on the
question of a new building wanted between
the two lines of the railroad, so that chill
dren attending school shall not be required
to cross the dangerous roads IN going to
and coming from school.
Railroad Matters.
Chairman Miller of the railroad commit
tee presented the committees report There
is one recommendation that the railroad
company be required to have a competent
tee also recommended that the regulation
requiring lights on the end of moving
trains or engines be enforced.
Mr. FrizZeu told the members of the asso-
ciat.on that since It's last meeting three
engineers had been fined, and he said that
MIR. Pugh, the prosecuting attorney, had
conducted the successful prosecution.
Since these engineers were fined, said
several members, there has been a great
change in the rate of speed over the roads.
President Tucker said that a source of
mucn annoyance to the people of Northeast
Washington is the delay caused at the
crossings. The conductors on the electric
road. ne said, have to report all delays
caused by the stopping of trains.
Street improvements.
Chairman Johnston of the street COM
mittee presented the following report:
THE question of street improvements is
one that concerns every citizen of this Dis
trict, and especially those of Northeast
Washington, with it's large area of unim-
proved streets. 1t is painfully apparent to
ali observant men that the appropriations
for street improvements in this section are
- y Ia ha of "a
and it's growth is thereby greatly retarded.
We believe that the residents of this sec
ton are best qualified to designate to the
honorable Commissioners those streets that
stand most in need of improvement. and
we think that our recommendations as
such should have the weight and effect to
which we believe from location they are
entitled to, as the only representative body
of the northeast section.
Bearing in mind our former declarations
as to the wisdom of grading and regulating
unopened streets in preference to the paw
ting of few at great expense and TO for
many, ard, at the same time, realizing the
difficulty in getting the Commissioners to
consent to any radical change of the sched-
ule as adopted by them, we have concluded
to adopt the present schedule as framed by
the Commissioners as the same stands to-
day, and would at the same time respect
fully call their attention to the contemplat-
ed improvement of 18th street from East
CAPITOL to Emerson street, which now
stands at the head Of Their list to be graded
and regulated, and would show to them
that said street Is populated with only a
few houses and little in need of the con-
templa ted improvement at the estimated
cost of $4,000 (as per schedule), while there
are other streets in this section largely
populated and in constant use. and badly
in need of grading and regulating and we
would therefore respectfully request that
the said item of improvement be stricken
out and placed at the foot of the list and
the amount estimated therefor be used in
the improvement of some other street or
streets more needful of said improvement
and which would better serve the welfare
of this whole section Having adopted the
present schedule of the Commissioners,
with the exception of the contemplated i'm
provement of 18th street from East Capitol
to Emerson street as hereinbefore set out,
we would respectfully present to the hon
orable Comm iss:oners the urgent necessity
for the improvement of the following
streets in the order as named, suggesting
that they be added to the foot Of the pres
ent schedule and that they be graded and
macao amized instead Of graded and reGu-
lated The list is as follows:
Tenth street, from 1 to Florida avenue;
grade and macadam:ze.
Fifth street, from F to H; grade and
macs damze.
Fourth street, from F to G; grade and
macadamze.
Sixth street, from H to K; grade and