Evening star., 1900-10-06
HARMONY AGAIN PREVAILS
MONTHLY MEETING OF NORTHWEST
CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.
Report Of the Executive Committee
Read by Mr.. l.. p. Shoemaker
New Members Are Elected.

The regular monthly meeting of the Cit
liens Northwest Suburban Association was
held last evening in ST. AIMS Parish Hall,
Tenleytown, the meeting being called to or
der by President c. c. Lancaster, with DR..
j. W. ChappeI1 as secretary. The attend
ance was unusually large, partly because of
the fact that the report of the executive
committee for improvements in the section
was to be read and adopted, and partly be-
cause many thought the battle for the To-
cation of electric lights, settled at the last
meeting, would be brought up again.
A number of names were proposed for
membership and favorably acted upon. The
applications Of Edward and George DuvaI
of University Park were made and Mr.
William l.. Crounse raised the question of
residence eligibility. The chair thought the
objection we'll founded and ruled against
the admission. The chair was accused by
one Of the members of making political
gerrymander, and an appeal was taken.
The roll of the association was called
which resulted in sixteen supporting the
president and twenty-one against him. The
appeal was, therefore. sustained. and all
applications for membership, nearly twenty,
were read and favorably acted upon.
The report of the executive committee
was read by Mr.. Louis P. Shoemaker, in
which the needs of the locality were set
forth. In making his report Mr.. Shoemaker
gave a number of explanations of items
mentioned. He referred to the fact that
there was not a single road leading from
Connecticut avenue eastward between the
Pierce Mill and Grant roads. distance of
mile He also called attention to the fact
that within the last seventy-fve years,
with the exception of Connecticut avenue
extended not single road has been opened
leadingfro m Washington to that section OF
the District.
Committees Report Adopted.
Several amendments were made to the
original report, including the asking of
$500, 900 for the Arizona avenue sewer;
81, 600 for improving the roadbed of Wis
consin avenue and the erection of several
new fire alarm boxes. The report was
adopted as a whole. and will be presented
to the Commissioners who will be urged to
include the matter in their annual esti-
mates.
A report wes read by Professor w. B.
Ireland of the subcommittee on public
schools, asking that the colored school
house at Grant road and Connecticut ave-
nue. be removed to a more central part OF
the section, where the colored children
would not have so far to walk to attend.
The report stated that two-room building
would be sufficient. and provided for an es-
timated cost of $1,000 for a suitable site.
The old building now occupied by the col
ored children the report stated. could be
fixed up. or new building erected, and
used for the white children.
Col. James l.. TAFT secured the floor for
the purpose Of introducing a resolution to
the effect that the association reaffirm its
! action Of the last meeting and request the
president to withdraw his objection to
| lights being placed on the Murdock Mill
road, twenty-three in all, over which SO
much discussion was caused at the last
meeting The president had refused to
| withdraw his protest on the ground that he
did not intend to stultify himself and Col.
| TAFT appealed to him to withdraw his OBJ
| jections, so that the lights could be erected.
@v.I xh4 int Lf,,Sl
| and unbroken front when asking for i'm
provements.
President Lancaster Speaks.
Before Col TAFT read his resolution he
| yielded the floor to President Lancaster.
who made a happy and winning address.
| He briefly outlined the difficulty. and claim
| ed that he was acting for the association
| and not for himself. If he had not been
president he would not have opposed the
| lights, but he did what he thought was his
| duty. and he always intended to SO do. He
stated that he knew when he was whipped,
and 1t was clearly the sense of the asso-
! citation that the lights be erected. That
being the case he would withdraw his pro-
test and do all in his power to help the i'm
provements along. His address was heart
lily applauded.
| He called attention to the fact that the
electrical engineer claimed that there was
not enough of the appropriation left to
light up certain roads which it was under.
| stood were to be improved. He stated that
| 1t was the duty Of the association to see
| about the matter, and as the cost Of lights
proposed to be erected was not more than
| s., 600, the balance Of the appropriation OF
81. coo needed looking after. He stated that
he had arranged for a hearing with the
| Commissioners this afternoon, and he in
| vited all interested to be present. Upon
| motion q committee Of FIVE. with the presi-
| dent as ex-ofilcio member, was appointed
| the chair naming Messrs. TAFT, Chappeli
| Krounse, Morgan and Stone.
| The meeting adjourned, the members
highly elated that harmony once move pre-.
| vailed. and all members expressing q Will
insRees to help the community along.