Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-07
CONGRESS HEIGHTS CITIZENS
association Authorizes Pre.ept,,fo,
OF rlOWers TO Two Senninrx

A special meeting of the Convrcss
Heights Citizens' Association was b.l4
Saturday evening, and was more than
usually well attended. Resolutions w4r.
adopted authorizing the presentation of a
basket OF howers to Senator Hanna and
senator Walthall, respectively, the first
named Tor his efforts to defeat all scheme,
SO far made against the Accomplishment Of
RAPID transit for the citizens of the District
VINO reside or the south side OF the Ana
oCstia river, and the latter for the many
noes ne has given of his interest i'm all
matters looking to the welfare of the peo-
PIE OF the same section hitherto brought IN
the attention Of the Senate since he has
ne. n d member Of that body
/ A copy Of a letter sent by DR. " "
Hoddlng, superintendent of ST. Elizabeth's
Asylum, to Senator Mcmillan, chairman of
Inc Senate District committee RELATIVE. 10
the imperative need of an electric railway
i,.t mat institution and the city. was
lhd"rsed unanimously. and vote of thanks
Was rendered to DR. Godding for th, IN
terest he has taken in the matter
Dr. Godding's litter was as follows.
The Capital Railway Companys charter
was granted in the year of the last preSi-
Dental campaign. a year of panic when
capital shrank from all new entcrprIs.s-
indeed, was indisposed toward what an or
binary times, would have been temptinglv
attractive to il. Nevertheless the road
was constructed, and the cars were run
ming within The year of time allowed by
the charter. This was due 10 the enter
prise and push of one man. the president
OF the road, Mr. A. T.. Randle.
Il am not an electrical expert and shall
not hazard an opinion on the relative mar-
It's of the Brown system and the under
ground trolley. but this | do know that
practical rapid transit is of incalcuiable
dement, to the Government Hospital for The
Insane and the jewellers in this OUTLYING
secuoh OF the District of Columbia. st.
Elizabeth alone has popula ton of over
800. and over $40 of its inmates are from
the District of Columbia These are poor
people, ana their friends arg poor likewise;
none the less, they long to visit their rela-
tlVes in tn. cir affection. and uniformly bless
the trolley and the man who made it pos
s;ble, even here, for this quarter of the
District has heretofore found little favor
in the eyes of thosa who are supposed to
look after the public interest. Today but
for the trolley, those coming to the hos
pital would walk in the middle of the road
without a sidewalk. Congress has enacted
law requiring the laying out OF the city
streets TO the District line. but South Cap
ltol street extended, which would be a
necessity were the defenses of WASHINGTON
at Fort Foote and Fort Washington ever
10 be required for the safety of the capt.
tai, has not vet been reached Starting
with the northwest section. the work has
slowly Travelled around Washington and
may be looked to reach this benighta ID re-
gion by the beginning of the twentieth CEN
tury.
For years the Anacostia railroad
has had Il charter to extend it's lines past
this hospital to the heights beyond but
until the coming of Mr.. Randle MOI hing
has aver materialized in the direction OF
car accommodation. The president of the
Capital Railroad Company has devoted all
his energies to building up this region. He
has made a town possible at Congress
Heights. By his efforts a brick school,
house, commensurate with the needs of
that growing place, has been built: a
church has come into existence: he has
put many thousands of dollars of his own
property into public roads; street lights
have been extended to the terminus of the
capital railroad. In every way he has
labored for the welfare of this community
and 1 earnestly hope that the Capital
Railroad Company, which has thus far had
hardly a fighting chance will be given a
fair show for it's future development
which, by rapid transit. means so much for
the welfare of those of us whose fortune il
| is to dwell beyond the Eastern branch"