The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-30

OPPOSE A COLoRED SCHOOL.
Commissioner mcfarland to Hear
Protest of BrOOkland Citizens.

| A committee from the Brookland Citi-
| zens' Association will confer with Com
| missioner mcfarland this morning to
protest against the proposed erection OF
n colored school in Brookland. The COM
| mittee was appointed at a special meet
ing of the association held al the town
hall in Brookland last night.
Several days ago number Of colored
residents of Brookland called upon Com
, missioner Macfarland and urged that the
| new colored school which will be erected
| under the provisions of the last District
| Appropriation act, should be located in
| BrooklaDd, at poinC b itween Bunker
| Hill Road and Frankfort Street, and be-
| tween Twelfth and Fourteenth Streets.
No definite action in regard to the matter
was taken by Mr.. Ma>fsrland.
| Immediately after the action of the col
: ored citizens became known the other cit
liens displayed spirit of protest. They
| felt that the location of the school be-
tween the streets named would be detri-
mental to the value of property in the
| neighborhood The school at the present
| time is located north Of Bunker Hill
| Road.
! The Superintendent of the Washington
| Public Schools recommended in report
| on the matter recently submitted to the
board that the new school be located north
| of Bunker Hill Roao and east of the Met
| ropolitan Branch Of the Baltimore ana
| Ohio Railroad, because most of the col
ored population of Brookand and vicinity
| is in that direction.
In order to definitely determine the dis
| tribution of colored families in the village
| an Informal census was taken recently,
/ and it was found nat forty-two colored
Ia II. 81, u
one proposed, while only fourteen families
| live closer to the proposed site than to
the old. Consequently there is a decided
sentiment in favor of the erection of n
| new school on the old site. The sentiment
| is increased by the fact that the Commits
| sioners have recommended that the old
| site be used when the new building is
erected.
a letter regarding the matter was for
warded to Mr. Macfarland, who replied
| that II was not the intention of the Board
of Commissioners to give hearing to
the Brookiand citizens. but lnaSmuch as
the colored citizens had been heard lie
would be very glad to gain the opinions
% other residents of Brookland. With this
end in view the hour of 1888 o'clock this
morning was set for the conference.
The meeting last night was well at
tended. G. a. Kemp, President OF the
association. presided, and Charles A.
Harbaugh acted as secretary. Resolu
lions endorsing the Commissioner rec
ommendation of the old site were unani-
mously adopted.
The following members were appointed
to serve on the committee which will con-
fer with Commissioner mcfarland this
morning: A. L. Kinnan. John McPhaul,
NJ j. Holmes, r. c. Ford, c. II. Hos
pital, ii. +. Burgess, c. c. Groomes, A. =.
Hnl. w. f. Robbins, c. X. Hetfield, ]. c.
Louthen, B. w Hough, William L. Arm
strong, j. f. Eastlack, G. a. Kemp, and
Charles A. Harbaugh. This committee
will be augmented by as many other
members of the association and citizens of
Brookland as may desire to attend the
hearing