Evening star., 1895-04-13
BRIGHTWOOD ASSOCIATION
New Officers Elected and Important Mat
ters Considered.
Transfers From BrightwOOd Road to
w. and G. Line-Dr. Stone FavOrs
the Bond Dill,

The regular monthly meeting of the
Brightwood Avenue Citizens Association
was held last evening in the Bright~ood
Hotel. with President William A. Galley
in the chair, Mr.. Claude F. King officiat-
Ing as secretary. and the following men,
bers present: DR.. H. Darling, DR.. c. G.
Stone, w. V. Cox. H. NJ. Gilman, Thos.
O'Brien, Z. T. Bates, F. A. Heitmuller, ].
H. Stone, Robert E. l.. White, George W.
White. w. A. Knowles, George G. McEl-
wee. T. H. Felter, NJ. E. Robinson, John
l.. Norris. James r. Sands, William Thom-
as, A. M. Harrison, L. William Burket, ].
A. Thomas. Theodore Thomas and DR.. J.
A. Lavender.
Mr.. w. V. Cox, from the committee on
postal facilities, reported that Brightwood
Is now In receipt of three mails daily, ar
irving at I am, pm. and pm There
are also three outgoing mails the hours
for departure being $40 am. ITO pm.
and $40 pm. Mr.. Cox explained that by
this schedule the residents of Brightwood
now receive their mail one hour earlier
than heretofore, and the evening papers
as early as the delivery in some portions
of Washington. In regard to changing the
Brightwood post office from the fourth
class to substation of the Washington
office, nothing definite has been done, SO,
said Mr.. Cox, that the Washington post
master had stated that in his opinion
Briehtwood will eventually be a substation
CT the Washington office with one and
perhaps two carriers.
Mr.. King announced that the well oppo-
site the hotel is dry, and he moved that the
Commissioners be requested to dig the same
least twelve families depend upon the well
for their water supply, and hot weather is
approaching. The motion was adopted.
After considerable discussion regarding
transfers at Florida avenue from the
Brightwood railroad to the Metropolitan
and the Washington and Georgetown roads,
on motion of Mr.. John l.. Norris a COM
mittee OF three was appointed to call on the
officials of the Washington and Georgetown
road and request them to accept the trans
fer coupon, sold at the rate of four for %
cents, issued by the Brightwood company
and now accepted by the Metropolitan
road. The chair named as the committee
Messrs. j. l.. Norris. c. G.. Stone and F. a.
Heitmuller, and instructed them to look in
to the law on the subject and decide wheth-
er or not they are acting properly before
proceeding.
An amendment to the constitution was
offered by Mr.. NJ. E. Robinson, providing
for the semi-annual election of officers
instead of annually. The motion was de-
feated, while one providing that the as
sociation shall hold regular meetings on the
second Thursday evening of each alternate
month, beginning with the month of April,
until the month of October. and Of each
month thereafter until the month of April
was adopted.
The annual election of officers was then
proceeded with, after President Galley had
briefly thanked the association for courte-
sizes extended to him during his term Mr.
W. V. Cox, the chief clerk of the National
Museum, who is resident of Brightwood
and Mr.. NJ. E. Robinson were nominal ted
for president, the election resulting in ia
vor of Mr.. Cox, who made few remarks
reviewing the history of the association
and pointing out the good it has accom-
plished. Mr. NJ. E. Robinson, Mr.. Claude
f. King and Mr.. A. G. Osborn were unani-
mously elected vice president secretary
and treasurer, respectively. DIR. C. G..
Stone and DR.. H. Darling were chosen as
members of the executive committee
In his speech of acceptance DIR. Stone elo-
quently urged the association to act unan-
imously ana harmoniously in support of
the passage of the bond bill, declaring that
Brishtwood will not have proper sewer and
water facilities until the bill mentioned be-
comes law.
Messrs. Stone. Darling and O'Brien were
appointed committee to bring to the at
tention of the Commissioners the amount
of damage being caused to property bor-
dering Brightwood avenue opposite Pet
worth, by reason of absence of cutters
and consequent lack of drainage, and after
the matter of permanent meeting place
and the compensation therefor had been
referred to the executive committee the
association adjourned.