The times., 1898-09-11
THE RESIDENTS DISAGREE.
Controversy Over the Selection o
n school Site.

Controversy Over the Selection of
u school site.
A controversy has developed among the
residents of the northeast section OF the
city over the location of the new public
school building to be erected there. par
ticularly with reference to the selection
of site on either side of Fifteenth Street.
The Commissioners received the follow
ing protest yesterday signed by fifty-eight
persons:
.'The undersigned residents of Rosedale
recommend that the location of the new
public school to be located in the north
east section be placed at the corner of
Rosedale and Seventeenth Streets north
east.
There are upwards of 500 school chill
dren living east of Sixteenth Street.
many of whom reside as far out as
Twenty-second Street, and during the In
clement weather of the winter are COM
PEELED to go to the Pierce school, and
necessarily suffer great hardships and
miss much of the time by having to
travel such distance in bad weather.
I'VE therefore protest against locat-
ing said school on Fifteenth Street or any
neighborhOod SO near TO the Pierce school
as to afford no relief to the above OBJ
tections. And we recommend the site at
Seventeenth and Rosedale Streets as be-
ing the most centrally located and one
which will save our children many
squares walk in the Winter weather"
The Commissioners have also received
in the same connection the following let
ter from A W. Holmes, of 2100 Benning
road northeast:
In reference to the school site to be Sc
lected in the northeast section, as the IA
ther OF seven children who go to the pub
lie schools, l wish TO enter my protest
against locating the school as far west
as Fifteenth Street. We have in our
neighborhood twentieth Street and Ben
ming road about 800 or 400 school chill
dren, who are compelled to go to the
Pierce school. and some who have TO go
to the school at Tenth and G Streets
northeast. This distance in Winter
weather is too far for small children, and
think if you only knew the hardshps
inflicted upon our little ones your honor
able board would give US some relief and
place the school nearer TO us than Fif-
teenth Street, which is only two squares
from the Pierce school.
Il am letter carrier. and have been so
employed for the past seventeen years.
For the last ten years 1 have been living
Twentieth Street, and IL is my duty as
such carrier TO travel every day from
Fourteenth Street to the Eastern branch
and from Benning Road 10 North A
Street. During my daily trips l come
into contact with people of that section,
and l know as a fact that there has been
as little sickness west of Sixteenth Street
as in any other section OF the city. There
are many children living out in my
neighborhood who have to travel a mile
or more 10 school. whereas If the new
school were placed at Seventeenth and
Rosedale Streets we would be nearer and
our children saved much distance in bad
weather. The people living in the neigh
borhood of the big sewer do not complain
of sickness. and know of some who have
raised family near the sewer who say
they have always had good health. Peo-
pie living at Seventeenth and Rosedale
Streets would never know there was d
sewer in that section