Evening star., 1900-12-05
FOR SEWER SYSTEM ONLY
FAST ASHINGTON CITIZENS FAVOR
BONDS FOR EXTENSION
Of the tssocintion mt
MeetinE Held Last \iGht-COm-
mittccS Appointed.

"tttCcS appointed.
! The East Washington Citizens Assacia-
/ ton met in regular monthly session last
night at BaGn's Hail. In the absence of
! Secretary Sperry Mr.. V Baldwin johnson
/ was unanimously selected rs the acting sec
! retary and the business meeting proceeded
/ with President T. w. Smith in the chair
| 1t was expected that the Improvement Of
/ the harbor within the lines of the Ana
: costa river would form the principal sub
I ject for discussion during the evening but
/ the unavoidable absence of several men,
bers conversart with the subject and the
/ small attendance made it necessary to
! touch upon this matter in superficial
! way.
| President Smith referred To the last meet
! ing Of the executive committee, November
1 n, and noted the several matters brought
! before il for consideration.
Mr. Il. w. Clark spoke of the early clos
! ing movement. One of the members OF the
| association. d prominent merchant of East
/ Washington, was having some trouble with
! those I'm favor of closing the stores early.
The member. he represented. was willing
! To do anything if the storekeepers who kept
| open on the Sabbath would close. Mr..
! Clark thought tha association should put
itself IN record as favoring the idea. Upon
! the motion of Mr.. Babson the matter was
! referred TO the committee public law
! ard order.
! Mr. A. Girouard called up for consdera-
! ton the negligence of the street railroads
+ in stopping for passengers and starting be
I fore they were safely seated. Several ac-
/ cidents had happened, and he suggested
the matter be called to the attention of
/ the committee on street railroads This
! WAS dore.
! Resolutions from the Mount Pleasant Cit
liens Association and other suburban
! Sociations favOring bond issue for the
prompt completion of much needed public
/ in 70, ,a,nfS tod
Smith reported that twelve of the seven
teen citizens associations notified of this
matter reported through delegates at the
! t,bbitt House yesterday afternoon to COM
| plete the details. The meeting he said, or
ga anZed by the selection of Mr.. w. J. Lam
bert president. The matter laid over
| Tor week
Suggests POstpOnement.
President Smith thought in view of the
fact that TO definite plan for bond issue
was before the association a discussion Of
the subject should go over until the joint
committee reported a bill.
Mr.. C. F. Keefer had something to say
on the subject. He was opposed to the
plan. which was a scheme, he SAID, to eX-
tend certain streets in the interest of men
who had bought up agricultural land at a
low assessed value and would reap the BEN
etits. while the property owners Of East
Washington. which locality. he said. was
supposed to be completed TO improve
merts would pay the bills.
Mr.. A. Girouard spoke against any bond
issue He did not believe in taxing his
| children for future improvements. If the
people in the suburbs wanted improvements
; they should wait, as East Washington had
done.
| Mr.. Babson said the association had al
! ready put itself on record favoring a bond
issue for completing the sewer system.
| Mr.. Tracy l.. Jeffords spoke the sub
| ject and Mr.. William r. Hart offered
substitute for the resolution forwarded by
| the Mount Pleasant Association, pedging
| the support of the association to a bond
| issue for the completion of the sewer sys-
TEN alone This was carried.
The Standing Committees.
| President Smith named the following COM
m!ttees for the ensuing year:
observation-disclosures w. Smith. John w.
| Babson. A. F. Sperry, B. W. Clark and
| Tracy L. Jeffords.
Steam railroads.&c.. X. Simpson. chair
man; L. F. Lusby, P. Maloney, J. R. Not
| tiLgham and Geo. R. ReDetu.
Street railroads.&c.. l. Weller. chairman;
c. A. Shields. T. }. Mayer. Albert Carry
and j. F. Campbell.
chairman: Oscar Luckett. T. +. Smithson;
A c. Wilmer and J. w. Whelpley.
Water supply-H. p Blair, chairman; J;
]. Weller. w. A. Crorutt, j. u Hlrd ana
Lights and electrical systems-Fred Die
terich. chairman; &. F. Leighton, DR.. j. B.
Iittlewood. d. W, Oyster and VIM. F.
Hart.
Sewer and sanitation-B. w. Clark. chair
man: DIR. r. Kingsman, Henry Perrywlt,
George w. Barnes, Dr. Percy d. Ticking.
Taxation and legislation-O. Il. Hallam,
chairman; Chas. w. Sparks, f: E. Mitchell,
E. l.. Lecke. ]. J. Mcdonald:
Public parks and spaces-Dr. T. w stan
ton chairman: l. w. Stone, }. r. EnSle,
W. II. Hummer J. L. Parsons.
Charities and corrections-Samue W: Cur
riden, chairman; a. T. Stuart. W. Mosby
nd Il
Croissant.
Public buildings. W. Babson. chairman;
w. c. Dodge. l. c. Slater, j. II. Stouten-
burgh and F. H. Fowler D.. o,.,~or
Public order and comfort-Court f;
Wood, chairman; James Berry, Leonard
Sergeant, A. c. Whitney. Geo. W. Gates
Reclamation of Anacostia hats,ITacy L.
Jeffords, chairman; T. w. Smith J X NOT
rgham, A. F. Sperry, Evan h. Iucker
and Hugh T. Taggart. .
Schools and Nbraries-A. r. Siark IT,
chairman; Dr. B. w. French, II. H. Nc,
Kee. /. G. Kimball. DR.. j. w. Bayne and
Frank Gillian.
Anacostfa Flats.
Mr. Tracy l.. Jeffords then addressed the
association. giving history of the Anacos-
tia flats and enumerating steps that mad
been taken looking to the improvement Oh
the same He suggested that committee
be appointed to press the matter oeioie
Congress. IL. ,,,
Mr. O. B. Hallam thought no tlme snouid
he lost in taking up the matter. The river
and harbor committee is holding regular
sessions, and the matter should be brought
before 1t al once.
President Smith stated that the comman-
der of the Dolphin. acting under orders
from the Secretary of War, was engaged In
making a survey of the river from the
Navy Yard bridge to the mouth of the An
acostia river.
Mr. Jeffords suggested the cooperation
of the board of trade, the Business Mems
Association and the press to get hearing
before the committee on rivers and harbors
in the near future. This met with the
hearty approval of the ASSOCIATE and Act
ing Secretary V. Baldwin Johnson was re-
ouested to carry out the suggestion.
The meeting then adjourned.