Evening star., 1900-09-25
RAILROADS AND SCHOOLS
TOPICS DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT By
CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.
Better Facilities Desired ON Street
Line-Objections to Location
of COlOred School.

After a vacation which extended over the
heated period, the North Capitol and Eek
ington Citizens Association met last even
ing and transacted large amount of busi-
ness of Importance to the section OF the
city that is represented by 1t. The meet
ing was presided over by Mr.. Irwin B.
Linton, president, with Mr.. A. o. Tingley
secretary. The secretary announced the
action of the executive committee during
adjournment In recommending to the Com
missioners special appropriations for the
paving of North Capitol street between r
and T streets; Lincoln avenue between r
street and Truxton Circle and Patterson
street. Also that the following be placed
on the schedule for street improvement:
Quincy street from North Capitol to 1st
street west and street from Lincoln ave-
rue to 1st street west.
Mr. ]. E. Rockwell made report from
the committee on railroads, stating that
this morning change would be made In
the running of the North Capitol street
cars, so that they would continue west
ward on G street to 18th street: the service
between 5th and G streets and 9th street
and Pennsylvania avenue to be supplied by
car to be run between those points only.
He said that complaint had been made to
the committee of the crowded condition of
the cars that run to Berwyn, and also be-
cause on that line no transfer is given east
on the Columbia road at the corner of 9th
street and Massachusetts avenue or to the
Berwyn line from the Columbia road COM
ing west.
Mr. Joseph e. Ralph, who lives in Ecking-
ton, said he had to take the Berwyn car In
time to get in to his place Of business at
7:30 o'clock. Unless he could secure bet
ter schedule on the Maryland car line he
would be- compelled to move. The cars he
found to be actually about thirty-fve
minutes apart before I am. though the
dl,la Sai1 n he
utes and fifteen minutes apart later. They
were not run regularly as the time OF the
railroad was not correct, and the hands or
its clock would be pushed forward or back
ward much ten minutes some days,
So that it was not possible to keep track Of
their time.
Mr.. Ralph moved that the railroad COM
mittee endeavor to secure a ten-minute
schedule throughout the day from the rail-
road company on the Berwyn line.
Mr.. c. d. NJ. Browne moved to instruct
the committee to endeavor to secure trans
fers between the Berwyn line and the Co
lumbia line at 9Th and Massachusetts ave-
nue., so that East Washington might be
reached without the payment of an extra
fare.
Report on City Limits.
Mr. w. W. Porter, chairman Of the COM
mittee on city limits. said the agents here
of Adams and the United States express
lines had agreed to recommend to their
companies that the limits for the delivery
of express matter without extra charge be
extended to take in the territory between
I'd street west and 4th street east and south
of L street.
Mr.. A. r. Serven, chairman of the COM
mittee on schools and school houses, spoke
in complimentary terms of the course
adopted by Superintendent Stuart in
changing the plan of studies in the public
schools.
Mr.. Stephen NJ. Ryder said he had been
teacher for fifteen years and now, for the
first time in eight years, he saw the text
book in grammar used in the schools.
quite all of the fadisms,' he said. have
been eliminated from our schools. Now 1t
is drill, drill. drill the absence Of which
has been disadvantage to the children for
ten years or more.
Mr.. Server explained how the new twelve
room school building had been located at
the corner of Lincoln avenue and Prospect
street, which, though not the location ap-
proved by the association. appeared to be
the only available one to accommodate
such large building in the section to be
served by it.
Against school Location.
DIR. Edgar d. Thompson spoke of the i'm
propriety Of locating colored school build
ing on n street between North Capitol and
1st streets, where, he said. such building
was not needed to accommodate colored
children in that neighborhood He didn't
know where the scholars were to come
from to fill 1t. NJ. A Moss offered a reso-
luton, which was adopted protesting
against the location of the colored school
building on n street.
A. j. Edison suggested that the purpose of
this building would be served by the con-
struction of addition to the present
school house, at the corner Of 1st and
Pierce streets.
Mr.. Serven announced that the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company has purchased
a portion of the Patterson estate east of
nj yph iah ;r,ls
that they had accepted in good faith the
plan provided in the Senate bill for the
location Of their "Y'' and round house sew
eral squares east of lexington