Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-04
EAST wAsHINGTON,s NEEDS.
Committees Appointed at the Meeting
of the Citixens' Association.

Committees Appointed at the Meeting
of the Citixens' Association.
The regular monthly meeting Of the East
Washington Citizens Association was held
last evening. Heretofore the meeting night
of the association has been the first Thurs
day night of each month. and the change
to the first Tuesday in the month was not
apparently understood. for scarcely a
quorum of members responded to the call
last night.
In the absence of the regular secretary
Mr.. W. A. Croffut was selected to fill the
position. The principal business Of the as
committees.
The New Committees.
President Babson. from the executive
committee. reported the following new COM
mittees:
Executive-J w. Babson, chairman; Gen.
s. S. Yoder, A. F. Sperry, NJ. 1. Weller,
Tracy L. Jeffords.
Railroads.. d. Croissant. chairman; j..
W. Parrish. Albert G. Drane. Charles w.
Darr. Jacob Spliedt
Streets, avenues and alleys+Thomas W.
Smith, chairman; W. Mosby Williams. B.
w. Clark, George F. Harbin A. Girouard
Water. light and sewers-O. b. Hallam,
chairman w. C. Dodge. Charles A. Shields.
j. NJ Shomo, w. P. Lockwood.
Assessments and apportionment OF appro-
priations-M I. Weller chairman; Gen.
VIM. Birney, Aaron Bradshaw, Gen. Dun
can S. Walker, c. NJ. Potter.
Public parks and spaces.W. A. Crohut,
chairman: w. w. Cheshire. E. G. Niles, DR..
A. Potter. George B. Pfeifer.
Schools-Robert F. HILL chairman; A. T.
Stuart, Prof. Thomas N. Conrad, DR.. L. j.
Battles, Mrs. Emily E. Briggs.
To draft proposed legislation-Henry P.
Blair, chairman: c. F. Benjamin, w. c..
Dodge, s. II. Walker. Appleton P. Clark.
Health police and charities-Gen. s. s.
Yoder. chairman; DIR. w. E. Parson. Prof.
j. ID. Hird, Dr. w. B. French, DIR. N. p.
Barnes.
On the reclamation of the flats and i'm
provement of the channel of the Anacostia
rver-Tracy L. Jeffords, chairman; A. F.
sperry. J. r. Nottingham. Jas. A. b. Rich
ards, Thomas w. Smith, Hugh T. Taggart,
Evan II. Tucker.
On property rights and tities-BenJ. F.
leighton, chairman: DIR. W. w. Hubbell,
Albert Carry, Eugene Peters, Arthur Cope
land.
The last years work Of the several COM
mittees having been completed, President
Babson did not call for reports from COM
mittees on this account,
The Eastern Branch Flats.
Mr.. T. w. Smith said each member of
the association had read in The Star of
Monday the elaborate report of DR.. Kober.
the typhoid fever expert. on the health Of
the District. His reference to the eastern
section of the city and the disease-breed-
ing flats of the Eastern branch were
doubtless correct. At any rate 1t must be
SO accepted. The report on the reclamation
of these fats was Of the utmost Importance
at this time. and he hoped that Mr.. JEFF
fords, the chairman of the committee in
trusted with the preparation of the report,
would submit the same promptly. He I'M
derstooi the report was almost ready, and
was an elaborate and Instructive docu-
ment. This report, he thought, should be
submitted to the association as soon as
possible in order that 1t might be pre-
sented with the printed copies of DR.. 10
bers report, so as to carry more weight
with Congress. Mr.. Smith added that he
Hill was unhealthy; on the contrary he
of the city. The bad showing, he thought,
due to the suburbs where there were no
sewers. In this connection President Bah
son said the question of sewers was a
most important one to the health of the
city. Every one agreed that something
should be done, and in selecting Judge o.
q. Hallam as the chairman of the COM
mittee on sewers he felt certain that the
best interests of the city would be care
fully g iarded. Mr.. W. w. Cheshire COM
planned of the scheme of special assess
ment. He called attention to the fact that
n number of people had paid water assess
ments. while others, with the aid of law
yers. succeeded in getting off. He was OPP
posed to the whole scheme. 1t was I'M
just. The city. he thought, should pay for
all improvements.