Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-12
MOUNT PLEASANT'S7 NEEDS
One Of Them is School Trustee From That
Section. 7os,e- .,.-y-.-s
The Citizens AssOciatfon Discusses
Sewerage and Needed"street go
improvements

tional Church of the village last evening
PRESIDENT J. w. Scmerville presiding, and
DR.. A. H. Baker acting as secretary, in the
absence CT Secretary T. NJ. Exley, the as
ISOLATION decided to ask that the section be
represented upon the beard of school trus-
tees by white trustee. Mr. w. L. Cole,
the chairman of the association committee
on schools. was ur animously nominated
and the executive committee of the asso-
citation was directed to call upon the Dis
trict Commissioners today and urge the
appointment of Mr.. Ccle. Mr.. Cole is a
brother of Judge C. C. Cole of the District
of the District bar
President Somerville called attention to
an fntfmGtfon n ade last week at a meeting
OF another citizens association. meaning
the Columbia Heights Association, that the
latter association had inaugurated and sue
cessfuly maraged the movement for the
establishment of fire alarm boxes in the
section north of Florida avenue, Mr., Som
ervflle declared that intimation to be IN
fair and misleading. as it was well known
that as early as last spring the Mount
Pleasant Association had demanded the
nexes, and had been assured that they
Bad Sewerage. y,,,,.,,,,
From the committee on sewers, Mr. f. W.
Woodruff called the associations attention
Grant and Pine streets. Because of a lack
OF prope sewers the drainage from Hoff-
mans bakery has caused a terrible state
of affairs, destroying the comfort of the
RESIDENTS on those streets and endangering
their lives. Mr.. Hoffman was ready TO
erect $4,000 house when a suitable sys-
tenn of sewers is established hut could GOT
no assurance of relief The COMMITTEES was
instructed to draw up strong protest and
present 1t at once to the District Commits
sfoners.
Improving Streets.
Chairman Campbell, from the committee
on streets and sidewalks, stated that the
res dents Of Ingleside had offered to do
late ground for the widening of Lowell
avenue pierce Mill road, for some fifteen
or twenty feet. and had requested the Dis
trict Commissioners to set aside $4,000 for
aiding the avenue. AS chairman of the
commit tee, he had Endorsed the plan and
he desired the associations approval
Upon motion, Chairman Campbelrs ac-
that although 1T had done so several times
Ee1ore, the committee again called atten-
ten to the inconvenient, and, in many in
stances. dangerous street pavements and
he said many of the sidewalks were under
water. The committee again recommend
ed that streets be graded and sidewalks
laid on Grant and School streets. tagging
crossings at 18th street and Howard ave
nue.. 14th and Park streets, Center street
and Howard avenue. Brown street and
Howard avenue. 10th street and Howard
avenue. and 18th street and Howard ave-
nue.. Chairman Campbell stated, also, that
the committee recommended that side
walks at 18th street and Howard avenue.
and on north side of Kenesaw avenue west
of 18th street be raised! - ..,s
The report was adopted, and the COM
m.ttee was directed to urge upon the Dis
trict authorities the performance, of the
work. and the grading of Park street be-
tween 18th and 18th had been included in
the report at the suggestion of Mr.. f. W.
Woodruff.
School Trustee:
Chairman Cole of the committee on
schools reported that a desired change in
the corps of teachers for the village school
had been secured, and he informed the as
ISOLATION that the board of school, trustees
would be reappointed in day or two, and
he suggested that the section be represent
ed on the board by white man. There
we're but two trustees for the county, said
Mr.. Cole. One lived in Anacostia, and the
other was colored man. Both were es-
Unable men, but he thought it was time
that that section of the county north of
Florida avenue should be represented by
white trustee, in view of the fact that the
white schools Of the section had not been
as well represented for several years as they
should have been. g.. :. a., -, ~ al ~ b T.,
Mr.. B. P. Davis agreed with Mr. Cole,
stating that no trustee had visited the Mt.
Pleasant school for ten years. At his re-
quest, the committee on schools retired to
romir ate a man for trustee and in few
minutes they reported that they had NOM
mated Mr.. w. L. Cole. The committees
selection was unanimously Endorsed, and it
was decided that the executive committee
should today present Mr.. Coles name to
the District Commissioners and urge his
appointment.
Chairman Chaplin Brown Of the commit
tee on railroads wrote that the Metropoli-
tan Railroad Company would extend its
lines to Mt. Pleasant as soon as its other
branches have been equipped with modern
n olive power.
Upon the motion of Mr.. Donald McPher-
son, the District Commissioners were re-
quested to ask for $1,000 for the grading
and regulating of 1872 street, from Kene-