Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-14
MORT HEAE3 CITIZENS
Schools, Reservatinp and Railroads Dis
eusDed.
The Associate nf Has Somethine Fur.
Their to Say AbAut Grade Cross
-1nGs-Ransasax the Flag.

Last nights u1ketinR Of the Northeast
Washington Citatrtss Association was not
largely attended. s1ut those present exhtb-
tied considerable interest in affairs. es-
pecially matters pertaining to the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad. Chairman Frtzzell
OF the railroad committee said he had not
formal report to make. but he desired to
say that the committee is making prog
ress In the matter Of getting law for the
protection OF street crossings.
/ Il am happy to say" said President
Tucker that since the agitation of the
street crossings along the line of the rail-
road the Baltimore and Ohio Company has
put on night watchmen at Massachusetts,
! avenue, u and E streets, and I hope that
/ within the next two months there will be
Watchmen at all the crossings
II was explained that the Commissioners
nave no authority under existing law to
dagmen at these crossings. but it was stat
ed that law giving this power may soon
be enacted.
Chairman Martin of the street committee
sain ne mad no formal report to make this
month, but as he will make a report on the
proposed schedule for next year about Sep
tember he hoped the citizens Of Northeast
washington will send him lists Of streets
they want improved
Any report from the committee on
schools?' asked President Tucker
II judge not" replied Mr.. Martini "for
the chairman (Mr. Dalrymple) Is not pres
ent tonight. saw him yesterday, and he
SAID ne expected to be present tonight
He told me. however, that it was because
OF his efforts that the flage were hoIsted
on the school buildings on the Fourth Of
July"
Reservation and Schools.
And" added Mr.. Agate. mot a flag
foated on school house,
There was a brief discussion about reser-
walton 2O1, at Delaware avenue and H
street. the triangular space occupied by
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. President
Tucker said that the notice served on the
railroad company to vacate the reservation
had expired several months ago, but the
reservation has not yet been vacated. He
expects to get an audience with Secretary
Smith tomorrow, when the matter will be
discussed. and he hoped some action would
follow.
President Tucker called the attention of
the association to the appropriations made
by Congress for work this year, and point
ed out the probable benefits the northeast
section will derive from them. He said
he could make better report Of what
Congress had failed to do than what 1t
had done.
Mr.. Rose moved that the association
recommend to the Commissioners that they
accept site on l. street northeast between
Sd and 4th streets. In this connection 1t
endeavoring to get the school over near
licking t on Thisa is the. school for4 which
the association has been struggling for a
long time When a school girl was killed
on the railroad tracks the association de-
termined to makenan effort to get a school
north of the tracks, and nov that the APP
preparation has been made for the building
1t IS not its desire1 to be cheated out of
the building. Several members of the asso-
citation participated in the discussion, and
the association finally decided to insist that
the building SITE be selected within the
advertised limits. -,fr.s So. = -
-a.04a<v Crossings.
Mr.. sowerbuits7 raid he thought that the
authorities should take some action to-
ward preventing repetition of the dis
tressEg accident, which occurred on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad only a few
Gays ago, when two small boys were killed.
He thought there should be regulation to
prevent trespessing on the railroad prop
erty. In his native country (Scotland), he
said, there are grade crossings in the
large cities, while the grade roads and
crossings in the country are well protect
ed. -,-- ..
The matter was referred to the railroad
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