Evening star., 1895-01-15
NORTHEAST CITIZENS
The Association and the Questions
Considered Last Night.
GRADE CROSSINGS AND ACCIDENTS
Contagious HospitaISite Draws Out
Some Vigorous Talk.
MIR. DOVES APPOINTMENT

"Since our last monthly meeting" said
President Tucker OF the Northeast Wash
ington Citizens Association in opening last
nights meeting, "onIy two grade crossing
accidents have been recorded. In one
10y in South Washington lost an arm,
and in another a wagon was demolished at
the Z street crossing of the Baltimore and
Ohio.
But" he added, I'VE are used to hearing
of these casualties, which are of so frequent
occurrence that we hardly pay any atten-
ton to them. There is another serious
question concerning the grade crossings,
and that is the loss OF time sustained by
pedestrians and drivers because the trains
occupy the crossings until the engineers
see fit to move them. This thing
has been going on long enough, and it is
time that something was done in the mat
ter. Only a few days ago when I at
tempted to go west of the tracks 1 found
the crossing obstructed, and a driver who
was there told me he had been there
twenty minutes. While We were talking
doctor drove up and said he had lost ten
minutes at another crossing, and he had
come to the Massachusetts avenue cross
ing, but L told him that his patients would
all be gone by the time he got over the
tracks,
The minutes OF the last meeting were
read by Secretary Flanagan, showing
that the association had indorsed the Ju-
dietary Square site as a suitable place for
a new municipal building. The secretary
also read the minutes of the joint meeting
of the two associations to protest against
the selection of the East Washington site
for the contagious hospital.
About tIe Post Office.
When the reading of the minutes was
finished Mr.. Chappell made some remarks
concerning lost copy of a resolution he
offered at the last meeting opposing the ap-
pointment of the new East Washington
postmaster for the reason that he was i'm
ported from another section. He wanted
the remarks of the president opposing his
motion to go on record.
Mr.. killeen, rising in the rear end of the
hall, said: Mr. President. 1 think this as
sociation is too previous in the post office
matter. We have a postmaster who is a
resident of this city and who was not i'm
ported from the east or west. / think We
ought to be satisfied without wasting time
about the East Washington Office"
President Tucker, speaking of his oppo-
sition to Mr.. Chappelps motion, said he op-
posed it because 1t was of a political ma
ture. which Mr.. Chappell denied, saying he
did not even know the politics of the man
who was appointed.
The minutes were finally settled and
President Tucker spoke of the Contagious
Hospital question: saying that the present
status of the affair Is that the site selected
at the head of 9th street stands as the site.
Contagious Hospital.
Mr.. FriZzell and Maj. Burke discussed the
proposed East Washington sites. Maj.
Burke said that the ground between the
Jail and the north boundary of the District
property Is filled with dead bodies, and I'M
less the building Is erected over them there
Is not room for such building Mr.. Friz-
zeIl spoke of the land east of the female
work house; but IL 1T Is to be erected there,