The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-12-08
A NEW WHITE HOUSE SITE
Citizens Who Think the President
Needs a New Home.
Railway and Street Extension Also
Warmly Advocated by COLUMBIA
Heights Property Owners.

~ !oNcuieHt Wdb set On lOoe ioSe si6ho
lo"kinp to the erection of a new Executive
Mansiun Oil a new site. The proposition
was {. part OF the proceedings ofthe Column
bia Heights Citizens Association held In
st. Stephens Parish Hall, Mount Pleasant.
The new movement was begun by Mr..
j. ODonoghue by tue intrcdu.tiOn Of the
following resolution:
Resolved, That Committee be ap-
pointed to consult with tue District .om-
misstoners and the Appropriations Commit
tees Of Congress, with the view OF the
appropriation of the tract OF land IN
Columbia Heights, between Eleventh and
Fcui tcenth streets and Florida avenue
and Clifton street, known as part III
Belmont. for Presidential residence"
Tie motion was carried unanimously,
and g. committeeof seven appoint ed " take
further steps.
Judge McCalmont said that he had :Or a
long time thought that the Barbour place,
at the head of Fourteenth street. was n
ideal site foT the erection OF d new man
sion for the President, and lie WAS there
fore heartily in favor OF the resolution.
Capt. Cotton thought that the idea wasa
good one, and that the tract ought to be
larger.
Mr. Myron NJ. Parker spoke in favor OF
tn esolutiou.
Capt. Patrick o'Farreli said that he was
ready TO lend his support to almost any
thing that would provide the President
Wit. q better home.
The resolution Of Mr.. o 'Donoghue, though
wa My received, did not throw the reports
of the special committees on railway and
street extension plans I'm the shade. Mr..
BaIlinger, chairman Of the special COM
mite, on the extension o the Metropolitan
railroad, made written report, signed by
himself and the other members of the COIN
mitiee.
The committee had had a conference
with the officers OF the railroad ca npany
requesting them to extend their line out
Sherman avenue, and thence westv ard
into Mount Pleasant over aprescribed: Jue.
The RAILROAD company replied emphi!ically
that they could not operate their line On
Sherman avenue for sever al reasons. They
preferred building the line out Eleventh
street wheE that thoroughfare sho lld lie
opened.
The committee recommended the asso-
citation to pledge itself To the support Of a
bill in Congress authorizing an eN.ension
Of the Metropolitan Railroad, requiring
them to build Il line north on Tenth street
to Florida and Grant avenues, along Ro-
anoke street to Thirteenth, and thence to
Lydecker and Thirteenth streets. Said
extension to be completed within a year
after the date of approval. Thence IRON
Lydecker street TO Holmead avenue, west
trough the Mattingly tract to How ard ave-
nue., west to Piney Branch road. Said ex-
tension 10 be completed within six rloiths
after the opening and grading Of the
streets in the Mattingly tract.
The Committee reported that President
James W. Somerville, of the Mount Pleas
ant Citizens A ssoeiation, had sent a CON-
mumcation saying that his association
was in favor OF the extension of the
Metropolitan Railroad, along Howard ave
nue. to Eighteenth street.
Mr.. Arthur S. Brown, chairman of the
special committee on street extensions, pre-
scented written report. The committee
considered the present highway extension
act as ruinous to property owners, as Op
pressive to the taxpayers in the Subdivision
of their section, and as unjust and unfair
to all The people OF the District OF Columbia.
The report embraced set of resolutions
favoring the immediate amendment OF the
act SO as 20 abolish entirely the assessment
of general benefits; to place one-half the
expense upon the Government; to provide
for the immediate payment in full to all
property owners for property taken under
the act. If legislation cannot be imm.
diately obtained in Congress, the resoIu
ton Offered favors the repeal OF the whole
act. The report was tabled.
Upon motion of Mr.. Todd, it was res0l.cd
to request the Commissioners to lay cross
ing On Thirteenth street, at its inter
section with the north side Of Kenesaw
avenu
Mr.. Calhoun moved that committee DC
appointed To cooperate with the executive
committee in procuring from Congress an |
appropriation of $4,000, as embodied in |
its street estimates. for the Improvement |
of kenyon street, between Thirteeuth
and Fourteenth streets northwest. The |
motion was carried