Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-20
THE POST OFFICE.
More Comment on an Interesting and
Thrilling Fight.

Citizens of Brightwood and Brightwood
Park are still eagerly discussing the re-
moval of the post office from the former
to the latter place. and are waiting de-
veiopments with interest. Mr.. VIM. Nc
kendree Clayton, who led the Park con-
tingent at the mass meeting, has sone
comments to make on the statements of
Mr.. Green in The Star. Mr.. Clayton
writes a. follows:
IF Mr.. Green Insists upon spreading
Brightwood out into Montgomery county.
and in bounding it as the Fourth Of July
orator bounded the United StateS-the
calm Pacific on the west the turbulent
Atlantic on the east, the aurora boreals
on the north and Almighty God upon the
scuth-he may be able TO find few more
than the dozen or so houses .yrouDad
around the confluence at the 9TH and fifth
street roads and constituting Brightwood
proper.
Now, Mr.. Green accuses me of gross
ignorance in not seeing twenty-five new
houses at Brightwood. lie says he coun1-
ed that number and becoming tired stop
ped, but says there are more yet-hid len
away m the woods, suppose. Mr. Green's
twenty-five new houses at BrigntWood can
De accounted Tor but in one way: anything
built within twenty-five years is spoken of
III Brightwood as new nothing is account
ed old there until it accumulates the dust
of at least century. Mr. Green is to the
manor born, and he counted as new
every structure he could spy OH his mile
ride from his house to the post office
Now as 20 my gross ignorance in not
Knowing that cur permanent organiza-
tion, We'll known as the Brightwood Ave-
nue. Association, is composed entirely of
Brightwood citizens l am a member of
said association, have been for two wears
The secretary of the association can fur
nish Mr. Green with the names of a num-
Der OF Brightwood Park residents who ere
members OF said association; who nav
their dues promptly and have served on its
various committees. Mr.. w. V. Cox, presi-
dent OF said association, will testify to the
good work zone by Brightwood Park resi-
dents to advance the common welfare
w men the engine site was in con.ro-
Versy, this same question as to the rela-
tive Importance of Brightwood and Bright
Wood Park was fought over with the same
result, the Commissioners of the District
OF Columbia conceding Brightwood PARK
hfSt cholce ana located the engine house
some distance south of those famous roads
conVerging on Rrightwood within a sou,re
ana half of the new post office site This
Is sufhcient answer to Mr. Green's
charge OF gross Ignorance on my part in
not knowing that Brightwood Park had
nothing TO do with the engine hoIsa
Ihere was statement made by the secre-
tary of the Brightwood meeting that
should be corrected here He stated that
or eishty-four heads of families in Bright
wood Park. thirty-three favored the old
site Brfghtwood Park is soid-with one
exceptton-for the new site. This post Of
nee hsht was fair, square one extending
over ninety days. Had Bright wood Park
been defeated, We would have behaved
IKE men and yielded gracefully to the
proper authorities. We would have cir
cuiated no incendiary handbills, held no
ghost dance. passed no resolutions made
no silly threats of boycott and taken no
post mortem votes.
MI Green wishes 1t understood that
Brghtwood is separate and distinct from
uFA
The District Commissioners so Recognized
mat TACT In the location of the engine
house; the Postmaster General now recog-
nizes 1t In the removal OF the post offices'.