Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-28
MAKES ITS WANTS KNOWN
Proceedings Of Annual Meeting Of Northwest
Suburban Association.
Report of Executive Committee De-
Association Elects Officers.

The annual meeting of the Citizens
Northwest Suburban Association was held
last evening in the town hall at Ieniey-
town, with full attendance of members
Charles C. Lancaster, president of the as
ISOLATION, made his report, showing the
work done by the association during the
past year, the important appropriations Sc
cured from the last Congress being 1880
for chemical engine, site and building,
located in Tenleytown: $1,000 for electric
lights Connecticut avenue, Woodley
road Pierce Mill road and Grant road, and
5000 for the improvement of Albermarle
street, which will be available after the LIST
of July. He also reported that the Com
missoners had selected site for the chem
ical engine on Wisconsin avenue.
Louis P. Shoemaker, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee, submitted report set
ting forth the necessary improvements for
this section and requesting the Commission
ers to include the appropriations in their
estimates to the next session Of Congress,
all of which was approved by the associa-
ton and the officers requested to present
the same to the Commissioners.
The Recommendations.
The report recommends:
/. An appropriation of $4,000 to purchase
site for police station house and the
erection of a building, to be located in or
near Tenleytown.
2 An appropriation of s25O,OOO for the
prompt completion of Rock creek bridge on
Connecticut avenue extended.
3. An appropriation of $4,000 to complete
the extension of Albemarle and Both streets
to Grant road.
4. An appropriation of $4,000 to macad-
annie Wisconsin avenue from Pierce Mill
road to Prospect street, and pave the side
walks through Tenleytown.
.. That the Commissioners be requested
to begin repairs on Connecticut avenue eX-
tended, by macadamizing and crawling the
f hna
nue. is so bad it is difficult to either walk
or drive over the same
I. That the Commissioners be requested to
take the necessary legal proceedings to
open Albemarle street from Connecticut
avenue to Broad Branch road and Rock
creek Park, which the association believes
is a pubic necessity, in view of the mad
equate facilities of streets in this growing
section: The Commissioners will be adj
vlsed that the land for this will be donated
by the owners, with the exception of a mar
row strip of land which separates the Shoe
maker tract from Connecticut Avenue.
which should be condemned and that they
recommend to Congress an APPROXIMATION
OF $4,000 to pay for said condemnation and
grade and regulate the said street.
Change in Method.
s. That the Commissioners be requested
to thoroughly repair one or more roads in
tn1s section each year by maca damizing and
SfaFeling the same instead of the present
IeHectlVe and often damaging method of
doing little repairing here and there over
many roads, and the deposit of unsuitable
material thereon, taken from the banks
ana gulleys. This system, it is believed. Will
De more economical in the end and the
work permanent when completed. Great
dissatisfaction was expressed against the
roads o NoAits
D. Complying with the written request of
me commissioners to suggest a suitable To-
catlon Tor the public park in this section
the report recommended that the land
AROUND the reservoir and known as Fort
reno Hll be selected for said park as its
present condition is very unsatisfactory 70
the taxpayers and the location is regardad
as Wen adapted for the public: park, The
suggestion of the Commissioners was re-
saroed as good one and strongly com
mended. i
Officers Chosen
Inc following officers We're elected for the
ensuing year: President, Charles c. Lam
caster; hrst vice president, Col Robert T.
fleming; second vice president. John p.
Henderson, third vice president, John sher-
man fourth vice president, Rev Joseph c.
m Sa; NTH vice president, Rev. J. Mac
oiioe Sterrett; secretary and treasurer
ooln w; Chappell; sergeant-at-arms. Alex,
ailuer +. Vowel; executive COMMITTEE
LOUIS +. Shoemaker, Col Robert /. Iiem
ing, Horace Jones, John Sherman AIher+
T., ohoernaker George A. Hill.
Dr. John w. Chapel as Treasurer r,o.o
he