Evening star., 1897-02-23
CITIZENS ASSOCIATION
lexington Wants Street Swept at Least
Annually.
Business Transacted At the Meetin,
Last NiEht-F0r a Library
Opening.

| The North Capitol and lexington Citi,
zens' Association met at 1:30 o'clock las,
| evening at the corner of Lincoln avenue
and r street, VIM. g. Henderson, president
! in the chair S. NJ. Leitzell acting as secre-
tary.
From the committee on fire and police
protection s. NJ. Leitzell reported that as
the appropriation for the expenses of the
District of Columbia for the next fiscal
year will not be available before June 81
the force to run the new fire engine house
that has just been completed at the cor
ner of North Capitol and Quincy streets
cannot be provided until the beginning OF
the fiscal year. 1t was not found possible
by the fire department to man the engine
house from the forces of other engine
houses, because all the fire companies were
said to be short of men.
Irwin Is. Linton, from the committee on
schools and school houses. said that while
the vicinity of lexington had not been
provided with a new school house in the
District of Columbia appropriation bill, as
reported to the Senate, members of his
committee had been promised by influential
senators that something might yet be
done to provide the necessary school build
ing before the bill becomes law.
W. II. King reported that the committee
on parks and parking had made an effort
to secure the imprC vement of the circular
park at the intersection of North Capitol
and Quincy streets and Florida avenue,
and the matter was being considered by
the parking commission.
Thomas A. Mayes reported that the East
Washington Citizens Association had ap-
proved a petition to Congress asking that
the Congressional Library be kept open un-
ill 10 o clock at night. He offered similar
petition, which was unanimously adopted.
A. o. Tingley asked that the committee
on streets, sidewalks and lights make an
effort to have Quincy street swept at least
once during the year 1897. He stated that
last fall the association had petitioned the
Commissioners for sweeping of Quincy
street, which was done in September. but
since that time the dirt had been allowed
TO accumulate on the street.
Bernard Waters spoke of the filthy condi-
ton in which Quincy street had been al
lowed 10 remain for long time. He said
the street was paved with asphalt and
was thickly built upon both sides. and he
saw no reason why II should be neglected.
Mr.. Waters said the street should be swept
every two weeks at least once month.
W. H. King also requested the committee
on streets to see If the Commissioners
could not be induced to have the streets
in the neighborhood of lexington marked
to indicate their names.
There an extensive discussion on
the subject of the formation of joint or
central citizens association, to be COM
posed of delegates from each of the sew
enteen citizens associations in the District
of Columbia, for the purpose of allowing
the associations to take concerted action
on many questions of interest to them
ali. 1t was argued that in the case Of
street and other improvements the asso-
Citations might each arrange schedules of
work they desired to have done and the
central association might agree i'm
provements to be urged on the Commits
sioners and Congress by the associations
acting in concert rather than separately,
as has been the custom in the past. The
executive committee Of the association was
authorized to communicate this plan to
each of the seventeen citizens associations
in the District of Columbia and ascertain
whether they would approve the plan and
appoint delegates to a central association.