The morning times., 1896-09-15
CITIZENS AGAIN At WORK
Northeast Association Holds lis
First Autumn Meeting. i
OLD QUESTIONS REVIVED
Railroad Crossings and Street Paw
ings Came Up-Committee Reports
Submitted-H Street TO Have Elec-
trio Lights All the Way Out-LeEis-
lative Council Soon to Meet.


ISOLATION, after a holiday which includcds
the month of August, held a meeting last
night at its hall at the corner OF Eleventh.
ana Ii streets northeast. After the usual
Introductory exercises IL took up and dis
cussed a r. port submitted by the committee
on streets, avenues, and alleys, which WAS
the principal papcr presented during the
evening.
The report reasserted with good deaIs-
of emphasis the statement which has here
tofore been made ana Repeated, Ia the effect
that, in the opinion of the committee, the
northeast section OF the city has net le-
Cieveu its Just dues In the apportionment.
of past appropriations for stIect improve
ments, and that III the distribution OF the.
current appropriation Tor that purpose the
same inequality exists. .
In support Oh TINS declaration, the coui-
mittee called attention to the aIportiCE--
ment just made, with facts and figures :.
The report Was signed by Ii. Ii. Martin,
W. c. Carver, j. Frech, horing Chappell.. .
Il. u. Rose, j Is. Agate and S. Sowerbutts.
At Was adopted, and the committee dis
rectcd to deliver Il copy OF II To the Dis
trict Commissioners.
RAILROAD CROSSINGS. :
In opening the exercises OF the evening,
President Evan ii. Tucker called attention.
to the several accidents that had occurred
on the tracks o. the steam railroads since
the last meeting OF the ASSOCIATION. TWO
men, lie said, mad lost their lives while
walking along the tracks q? the Pennsyl-.
vania railroad The company was not re-
sponsible for these casualties, he added -
but the occurrence emphasized the ne
cessity FOR the aboi. Gao of the surface tracks!
lie Thought they shoJld be depressed or.
elevated III ali cases
He referred, also, to the accident on the !
u. & o. road in which Mrs. Neil and her
..,sic boy were SO badly Injured recently
ana sad there should d. law compelling
all r;tiirCa 1 tompanIe To maintain safety
gates at crossings.
Succeeding his remarks and after the
reading or The minutes, Chairman FrizzcA-4
OF the committee On street railroads read
a communication from the District Come-
miSsioDers, hitherto printed in The Times,
relative to an amendment OF the police
regulations, in which the association was
Informed that the railroads would be here
after obi ged to guard all intersections With
safety gates.
THIS Mr. FriZZcll declared to be Il CoB-
glomerate statement, and upon his motion
The matter was again referred To the Com
missiuncrs, with the request that The COM
panics be required TO keep watchincn at
al! crossings and at all times during Ties
passing OF trains.
LIGHTS FOR II STREET.
twas announced 10y Mr. Frlzzell also tiakpl
ii street northeast is to lie lighted Its
full length by electricity by the tentifS
day OF October next THIS information, lie
sand, was not obtained at the District.
building, but from President Thomas of
the United States Electric Lighting Com
pany. He could not learn anything CON
corning it, lie declared. from the Commits
siopers
AT this point Mr.. Frizzell remarked, iir-
,ilentally, that the United States Company
is to do the lighting mentioned, notwith-
standing the strenuous efforts OF Commas
sioner Truesdell to secure the franchise FORE
the Potomac Electric Power Company.
A copy OF the order OF the Secretary
of the Interior directing the receivers oI
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany to yaCate reservation 2ol bounded
by Il and II streets, Delaware avenue and
First street northeast, was read by the
secretary This order has been heretofore
printed in The Times.
1t was stated that the company sought
to evade the order by pleading its inten--
ton To elevate its tracks at an early
date, and on that account delay waS-
asked 1t was not believed, however, that
the Interior Department would consent
to any delay
NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
President Tucker announced an early
meeting of the legislative council, to he
composed OF five representatives OF each
citizens association. the board of trade,
and each labor organization i'll the District,
which will he held a Typographical Tens.
pie. The object of this council is to CO.
operate in securing legislation in the in-s
terest of the District.
1t was ordered that the Commissioners
be requested to have Florida avenue.
sprinkled between Ninth and Fifteenth
streets, and also that the board be asked
to have the Northeast section provided
with a fair proportion OF the artcsian
wells for which Congress made an appro-
priation.
Resolutions OF respect to the memory Of
the late A J. Donaldson, a member of the
association, were introduced and unani
mously adopted by a rising vote.
1t was announced that the annual cleo
ton of officers will take place at the next
regular meeting Of the association, and
that the rule prohibiting delinquent mem
bers from voting will be enforced.