Evening star., 1897-04-06
ANACOSTIA.

While there still doub..rs that any
portinn OF the Capital Railway Company's line
from Congress Heights 20 Washington will be In
operari'n Dy the dat. originally fixed in The ,h4r-
ter, Nay -. there strong evidences that the
great majority Of the citizens on the south side
OF the Ansicastia river. we'll rs MANY others
now residing In Washington. but who desire to re-
move to q sdbITb, couiiden' that such will be
TIE case. and are preparing themselves accordingly
Mr. jams l. Johnson Of the bureau of engraving
and printing who Is inter .stcd In Anacosia prop
erty, told Star reporter that there was ror a
day that he did not receive inquiries from parties
Who want to move to Ant;ostla HilIsdale as
SOL as the electric Uad Is in operation. Mr.
johnson, who was during the existence Of the
Hhis'ial" 'iTizens Association vice president of
tie :rginiz4ti'.n and a most efficient worker for
tnt welfare Of The citizens generally, has already
st1Fttd 4 movement lor the reorganization Of he
association. aid L. has been promised th.. CO.
o. I'ltion Of various n'ilen'ilI iarries.
II speaking of the mater to The Star reporter
MT johnson sail that the fJ-.r association even
d-Firs the comparatively brief period OF its ex-
Is ~nee was The % securing. from The Dis
tTict Commissioners nearly al The public inltyuy.-
nefts tsked for by them. among those granted
were additiCHai street lamps and IN. grading az
sztetH streefs' The Later having been out Of
repair for long time
II Is hoi-d by many p-.-s.,ns vino are anxious TO
washington reap as many advantages as Ip,ssibIe
from the general government mai line ,neeiIne of
The Anacustia Citiz ms Association will soOn be
resumed, bat whether this L- -, or not IL is the
intenIion of these who srr intrr,,stin. ;b.,.,S S
IN revival the liiIIs.iale ASs@iatio5 10 aSk ,or
various Improvements that wiIl II granted bcuedt
.he sLur' community The questions Of the ex-
tension Of the free Eail delivery service 10 Hills
Sale and Anactstia and the reclamation Of th,.
Anaeosila fats will De taken W Al as carly a d1te
u possible 1t j. realized That much urita ion
VIII De required 10 secure thu latter but th. for
ni'F, II Is believed. can De realized in n corara-
lively short time, though effort " i'll be mad.
TO disturb the present postmaster until the ex-
plFat"n Of four years from The date OF his ap-
polatllent.
The small safe in the Office OF Night Watcbmau
joseph HI Newton Of the AnacOstia and Potomac
ktilF"1f Company Was robbed few evenings ago
OF a quantity Of tickets AMI about $40 in money
II Is not Gust Dlary for the company to Keep any
money In this safe except what NAV he needed
during the night FOR Mr.. Newton to make change
Tor the drivers, which fortunate for the CON.
pafy on this occasion Luckily the loss OF the
I-'fley ard tickets discovered by Mr.
Newton. and he AT about 10 arrest the
, PrfetrItor OF The deed His suspicion fell ON an
e&-eIaPloye, who disappeared from AnacostIa soon
aftcT the robbery ascerfained Early the fol.
]. Ing morning the suspected party returned and
Nj Newton. VIII" was watching for this event
confronted and charged him with the crime He A,
trst denied ali knowledge Of the transaction bu,
sOJA admitted that he had taken the property and
returned the tickets and all except abcs,t 50 20
the latter having been spent by him during tbe
evening President Grtswold declined TO prtysecut.
The young man and no arrest made