Evening star., 1901-10-15
ANNUAL ELECTION
Choice Of Officers by Northeast Citi-
zens' Association
PRESIDENT TUCKER'S REPORT
Endorsement of Proposed Union
Railway Station in the City.
It HE PU Lie SCH 90 l. S

THE UBLIC CHOOL S
The annual meeting of the Northeast
Washington Citizens Association was held
last evening and officers were chosen for
the ensuing year, all being reflections ex-
cept the vice president. The list follows
President, Evan H. Tucker. vice president
DR.. E. w. Kirby; secretary, S. Sowerbutts;
financial secretary, ]. R. ColVin; treasurer,
A. H. F. Holsten. The executive commit
tee is composed of the foregoing and
Messrs. J. B. Burke, w. j. Frizzell, y. y.
Nash, F. D. Foster and DR.. l.. D. Walter
Previous to the election President Tucker
read his annual report, which said:
by the completion of the aqueduct tun-
mel and new reservoir provided for by the
appropriation of SIG, 222 81, an ample water
supply is provided for the city, 1t is est
mated, for the next fifty years; and it af-
fords me much pleasure to call your atten-
ton to the appropriation of SON, 800, made,
THIS year. toward the establishment of d
plant for the filtration of the water, which
is so very essential to the health Of the
people.
The InterceptinE Sewer.
"In the appropriation of $166,0O0 for the
the contents of the eight sewers now emp
tying in the Anacostia river and the ap-
preparation of $375,o0O for the construction
of the pumping station for the disposal of
all the sewage of the city. ali the work in
East Washington contemplated by the
plans of the board of expert engineers ap-
pointed by President Harrison in 1871 Is
provided for, and when the work Is COM
pleted the sanitary condition of East Wash
ington will be very materially improved
! W nile we are providing for an adequate
| supply of clean, pure water and fer the
| thorough disposal of all waste matter we
| must not overlook the fact that one OF the
| most necessary attributes to good hygicnic
conditions is pure air, and it Is Impossible
| for us to have good healthy air to breathe
while the city Is bordered, as it is on thc
| east, by the miasma- breeding marshes OF
| the Anacostia river; and with vie" to the
early elimination OF this great obstacle 10
| the health of the people the most Strenuous
| efforts will be made to secure legislation
| by Congress at it's next session providing
| for the reclamation of the flats.
by direction of Congress a commission
composed of three eminent landscape art
! lists has been appointed and is now engaged
| in drawing plans for the Improvement or
| the parks OIL the national capital, includ-
| ing the Potomac Park. and the park 10 be
made on ground to be reclaimed from the
| Anacostia flats, with a view to making
| the park feature of this city compare ia
| vorapIy, in beauty and artistic enect, With
| that of any other city of the world.
Union Railway Station.
ION February u of this year acts were
| approved providing for new and commodi-
| Gus terminals for all the steam railroads
| entering the city, and for the abolition Of
| all grade crossings in the District.
1.-The enactment of these laws seemed to
bring the grade crossing question to a con-
| clusion, but owing to the fact that before
| any steps were taken to carry out the pro-
| visions of the acts the two companies con-
cerned practically consolidated, anu have
| taken under consideration proposition
| for combining their passenger traiiic ana
erecting grand union station on the size
| of the proposed new Il. and -. station, for
| the accommodation of all the steam rail-
ways entering the city.
The erection of a union station Is the
| ideal solution of this Vexat1ouS question,
| and has been advocated by the citizens for
| many years. 1t would certainly De advan-
| tageous to the city in removing all rail-
| road tracks, structures and obstructions
| from the mall, and reviewing the surface of
| the streets of a large portion of the track
| age, by carrying it through tunnels; and
| while the citizens of Northeast Washing
| ton are of opinion that the natural and
| most convenient location for a union sta
| tion would be in South Washington We
| will welcome any alteration in the plans
! which will relieve the mall of obStructions,
| and promote the general welfare of The
city, even If the union sta ton should be
| located in this Section-provided that in
| making the alterations no plans shall be
| considered which will be less agrea aable
| and advantageous to the northeast section
| than the plan provided by the act of eb-
| ruary II.
| OF course to carry out this plan W i'll
| necessitate additional legislation 10y Con-
| gress, ana it is to be hoped tnat in grant
| ing such legislation, the interests of the
| citizens who have so long suffered frcm
existing conditions will be carefully guard
| ed.
| Business High School building.
| Il am pleased to note that the board of
| education has recommended an appropria-
| tion for the erection Of suitable building
| for the accommodation of one of the most
| important branches of our educational sys-
TEN, the Business High School.
| With the completion Of the new school
| building in Rosedale, and the one provided
| for in Trinidad, the present needs Of this
| section for school accommodations will be
| fairiy well provided for. l desire to call
| your attention, however, to the need of a
| building in this section for instruction OF
| the higher branches of manual training.
| The citizens of the District are TO be
| congratulated on the fact that after striv-
| ing for about twenty years to secure a re-
| duction in the price of gas to one dollar
| per one thousand cubic feet, by the opera
| tion of a law enacted five years ago the
| price was reduced to that figure July l
| last. This is a matter of special gratit-
| cation to this association, as it was prin-
cipally through the efforts of your COM
| mittee on legislation that the law was en-
| acted.
Inequality in Assessments.
| Il respectfully call the attention Of the
| committee on assessments to the inequality
existing in the assessment Of real estate in
| the District, and to the necessity Of pro-
| viding some reform in the law for the ex-
| emption Of property from taxation.
The committee on police and fire depart
| ment is reminded Of the necessity for a
| larger detachment of policemen for this
| section, and L suggest that every effort
| should be exerted to assist the Commits
| sioners and the superintendent Of police In
/ their efforts to secure an increase In the
| force, thus making 1t possible to place
| more men in this section
| THE attention Of the committee on wat ar,
| lights and sewers is directed to the desir-
| ability of having Maryland and Massa-
chusetts avenues lighted by electricity. and
| L recommend that efforts be made to Sc
| cure the necessary appropriation to pro-
| vide for the lights"
Report of Committee ON Schools.
Mr.. F. d. Foster. chairman of the COM