Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17
BRENTWOOD P.O. REMOVAL
Representative Mcdonald Suggests That
Popular Vote Be Taken.
Proposition Made for Two Offices,
One at BriEhtwOOd, the Other
at BrightwOOd Park.

The post office war between Brightwood
and its sister suburb, Brightwood Park
continues. Confidence of victory Is un.
bounded on both sides The anti-movers
have no thought of giving up the struggle
In fact, since their interview with Assist
ant Postmaster General Bristoe. they are
more certain than ever that they will win.
On the other hand, Postmaster Van Horn
has shown his determination to hold the
fort by providing the necessary equipment
for carrying on the business at the new
stand. The outfit includes forty lock boxes
and perhaps one hundred and fifty boxes
of the open variety, which number will be
IAN ample and plentiful suff1ciency' should
the BrightwOoders abide by their declared
Intention of boycotting the office.
According to the DIRECTORS, Takoma Park,
Chillum and otner nearby offices will note
a. great Increase in business should the
change be made, as the patronage of all
Brightwood is to be transferred to them.
Many of the citizens also are declaring the
purpose of receiving their mail at their
business addresses in Washington.
The latest move in the campaign of the
opposition is the measuring of the distance
between the disputed points, and also the
preparation of plats taken directly from
the United States government maps, to
snow the disadvantages of removal.
IHpeFs signatures.
1t has been decided, upon suggestion of
Representative Mcdonald to circulate pa
pers for signatures, allowing every one to
show his or her preference. Il give my
approval to removal-retention'' is to be
put to each person in the two places, and,
by a preponderance of paper, it is hoped to
win back the coveted office, or, Mr..
Theodore Thomas. one OF the retention ad-
vocateS puI it this morning:
I'VE are perfectly willing that Bright
wood Park shall have many post offices
as II wants, one on every street corner If
desirable We hope to secure signatures
enough to each side of our petition to Sc
cure the Brightwood post office for Bright
wood. and a Brightwood Park post office
for Brightwood Park. In this movement
we have the approval of Mr.. Mcdonald
and by his help we shall be successful. If
Mr. Van Horn makes no objec ton We will
not have any trouble whatever"
To the above Mr.. Van Horn says there Is
not enough business for two offices. and
such a course would only ruin both. He is,
of course, opposed to it.
Representative Mcdonald is to have a
conference with Postmaster General Gary
relative to this proposition Monday morn
ing. MIR. Mcdonald talked it over with
Postmaster Van Horn today
The park citizens contemplate the hold
ing of mass meeting Monday evening
but 1t is not known what stand they will
t'tht III the matter OIL TWO OfnceS. 1t Y
pected that through fear of losing by it
later they will oppose the plan
Mass Meeting Proposed.
The park citizens. especially those re-
Quested to withdraw from Thursday nights
mass meeting, are looking forward with
much pleasure to a general jollifcation
upon the removal of the office. There will
be fireworks, to witness which all will be
Tod eit-. IS H.
special promise is made that no one will be
requested 10 so home and burn his own
punk.
The late incumbent and the incoming Off
cial are both esteemed as good citizens
and it is. therefore, stated by the rival
factions that personal matters do not enter.
into tine controversy, it being simply a
question as to which section to be served
shaI be Inconvenience by the location of
the office.
The general opinion in both of the in
terested suburbs is that there is no hkeli-
hood of the department revoking its action
Application for an order of removal on
the first tf August is to be made soon.
and it will then probably be decided
Response to Mr.. Clayton,
Mr.. Cuvier Green, a resident of Bright
wood, takes exception to Mr.. Mex. Clay
tons view, as printed in The Star of yes
terday. He said today:
wv hot tiiiiih MI clayton mas Will
fully misrepresented the condition of af-
fairs In our little village, but for gross ig-
norance his statements cannot be sur
passed, and think the public should know
the facts. He says Brightwood consists
or some dozen houses 1t has many more
any one can go and count them To be
sure. they widely separated and / am
quite sure that is just why Mr. CLAYTON
saw only Ole dozen.
He states that in the past ten wears
only four houses have been built, and one
or these TO replace one burned l counted
twenty-five new houses on my way to office
thls morning, and there are perhaps more
which have been built within the past ten
years in Brightwood and the immediate vi
entity. to say nothing of the car sheds,
school house and engine house All of
these houses are much closer to where our
post Office is now located than where Mr.
Van Horn proposes to place it, and all of
the occupants get their mail at Bright
wood
He further states that the establish
ment of the engine house was due solely
to the existence of BrightWood Park. when
the facts are that neither Brightwood Park
nor any of its residents had anything to do
with 1t. Our engine house was secured
wholly and solely through the persistent
hight of our permanent organization, well
known as the 'Brightwood Avenue Asso-
ciatioa,' and composed entirely of Bright
wood citizens. As to Brightwood Park
spending $4,000 for streets trees &c
will not speak. as / have not made a study
of the same. being citizen of Brghtwood,
which we all consider as separate and dis
tinct from Brishtwood Park. But / profess
TO know all about the happenings in our
village of Brghtwood, am a member of its
association and attend the meetings."