Evening star., 1901-11-06
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Bt SINEss BEFORE EAST WASHING.
TON CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.
Discussion of street Washing SuE.
Eested That Congress he Asked
for Appropriation.

The regular monthly meeting Of the East
Washington Citizens Association was held
at Baums Hall last night. Mr. Thomas
w. Smith, president of the association, was
absent. and Mr.. Tracy l.. Jeffords. the vice
president, occupied the chair The asso-
citation voted to amend the constitution in
order TO increase the executive committee.
Mr. A. p Clark, jr., and Mr.. NJ. L. Weller
were elected members of the committee
mentioned. Secretary Sperry read COM
munication from the Commissioners
respecting the complaint concerning
the noise made by the slamming ri lids of
the garbage wagons In the Commission
ers communication Ii was stated that the
contractor was preparing an anti-rattling
device for the wagons.
But little business was transacted. the as
sociation adjourning early on account of
interest in the election returns from the
states.
Mr.. Weller made few remarks concern
ing the washing of several streets Saturday
night. He said he had discussed the ques-
tion of washing streets with several offi-
cials. He hoped Congress would give IN
appropriation sufficient to enable the au-
thorities TO keep the streets clean, and ex-
planned that for this purpose water might
be supplied from pumping station which
could be erected at some point on the bank
of the river. The question of cleaning the
streets In this way, he said, was discussed
In the East Washington Citizens Associa-
tion seven years ago.
Committees Named.
Committees for the ensuing year were
announced follows:
Executive committee-Thos. w. Smith,
chairman; John w Babson. A f. Sperry,
Tracy L. Jeffords, w. B. Clark, NJ. 1. Weller
and A p. Clark. jr
Street railroads-W. Mosby williams,
chairman; Charles A Shields, 7. ]. Mayer,
Albert Carry and ]. Frank Campbell
Water supply-H. p. Blair, chairman; Jo-
seph /. Weller, F. p. Weller. J. ID. Hird and
DIR. j. ]. Slattery.
Sewers and sanitation-B. W. Clark
chairman; DIR. Richard Kingsman, Henry
Pennywit, George w. Barnes and DIR. Percy
Hickling.
Public parks and spaces-J. d. Croissart.
chairman; Israel w. Stone. j. Finney En-
gle w. F. Hummer and James l.. Parsons.
Public buildings. w. Babson, chair
man; w. c. Dodge. L. c. Slater, ]. A Stout
enburgh and Edwin H Fowler.
Public order and comfort-Court +. Wood.
chairman: James Berry. Leonard Sargent.
A. c. Whitney and George w. Gates.
Schools and libraries-A- p. Clark, jr-,
chairman: Henry II. Mckee. Samuel q.
Eberly, DR.. w. b. French. Judge l. G. KIM
ball and Frank Gillian.
Steam railroads.&c. X. Simpson, chair
man: L F. Lusby. p Maloney; ]. r. Not
Lights and electrical system-Frederick
Dieterick, chairman; b. F. Leighton. J. B.
Littlewood. d. William Oyster and William
r. Hart.
Taxation and District expenditures-M I
Weller, chairman; Oscar Luckett, j. Ed
ward Mitchell. c. f. Keefer and James ].
Mcdonald.
Charities and oorrections-Samud w.
Curriden. chairman; A T. Stuart, Mrs.
Olivia Briggs. DIR. w. p. c. Haxen and
Mrs. J. W. Babson-
Membership-John l. Brown. chairman.
and V. Baldwin Johnson
Reclamation Of Anacostia fsts-Tracy L
Jefords. chairman; Thomas w. Smith. J.
R. Nottingham. A. r. Sperry, Evan IL
Tucker and Hugh T. Tsggart.