Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-30
LOCATION OF A SCHOOL
COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS HEARD BY
COMMISSIONERS.
Recommended That Building Should
Be Located on Site of the
Old One.


Association last evening committee was
appointed to wait upon District Commits
sioner Macfarland this morning and pre-
sent through him to the Commissioners
set of resolutions adopted by the organiza-
ton relative to the location of the new col
ored public school in that suburb. The
resolutions recited that It is the opinion
of the members of the association that the
proposed school should be located on the
site of the old one, In the northern part of
Brookland, and that the Commissioners be
requested by the committee to designate
that site for the building, it being the opin-
ion of the organization that such site Is
the most suitable and available, and con-
Veniently accessible from all parts Oh
Brookland.
AS the members of this committee the
following were named: A. f. hlnnan' Johh
McPhaul, DR.. NJ. j. Holmes, T. Z. Foro'
c. H. Hospital, H. Z. Burgess, {. I.
Groomes A. E. Hin, c. K. Hetfeld, j. I.
Louthan, B. W. Hough, VIM. P. Armstrong
]. E. Eastlock, A. D. V. Burr, John Wig
nall. DR.. A. P. Patten and the president
of the association, g. A. Camp ana us Sec
rotary, c. A. Harbaugh.
This morning the committee called upon
Mr.. Mcfarland, who is the COMMISSIONS
having immediate supervision OF the pupiic
schools and presented the resolutions
In doing so Mr.. Kinnan exhibited map
of BroolSland, stating that investigation by
the association mas O1SClOSeo inc 1aSe eAoe
fourteen colored families reside In the ter
ritory bounded by the Baltimore ana ONO
railr DAD, Brentwood road, FRANKFORT street
and Rhode Island avenue, and torty-tWo re-
side in the territory between Frankfort street
and Terra Gotta and Hardwood and Queens
Chapel roads. Mr.. Kinnan explained that
there is no desire to protest against tne
building Of the school, but they mercy
wished to emphasize their belief that the
great majority of colored people whose chill
dren are attending school would prefer to
have it remain on the site OF the present
one, as it would in that case be much
nearer to them than 1t would be IL erected
in the center Of sBrookland.
Protest Read.
At this point Mr.. Macfarland read let
ter addressed to the Commissioners by Mr..
Edward T. Burrell of 1914 Detroit street,
colored resident of Brookland, who protest.
ed against the recommendation of the SUI
perintendent of public schools that the new
school be erected on the site OF the old one,
or to the north Of Brookland on the Bunker
Hill road. Such a location. he declared,
would not be in accord with the spirit of
the appropriation act which appropriated
S26 600 for site and building for col
ored school for Brookland. as the building
would be outside of Brookland and would
not relieve the parents of the colored chill
dren Of the hardships Of sending their
children a great distance and over route
both dangerous and difficult to the city.
Mr.. Burrell suggested as territory per
fectly satisfactory to the colored people
one bounded by Fort street on the north,
14th street on the east, Rhode Island ave-
nue. on the south and the Metropolitan
branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
on the west, which boundaries, he claims,
are practically those OF the whoie town
of Brookland.
Before reading Mr.. Burrel's letter Com
missioner Mcfarland impressed upon the
committee the fact that the Commissioners
cannot and will not draw any color line in
the case, but will locate the new school at
such point as they may determine will be
most convenient for the children expected
to attend 1t.
He also stated that the territory in which
1t is to be located should be made as large
as possible, so that the District may get
the benefit of the greatest possible number
of offers Of sites.
Contention of the Committee.
Mr. McPhaul, Mr.. Burr and other men,
bers Of the committee insisted that the
Commissioners shall locate the school in
the engineering subdivision Of Brookland
but in what Is geographically known as
Brookland or, as Mr.. Burr stated, in the
Brookland recognized by the Post ONCE
Department in it's delivery system, q terri
tory, he explained, bounded by 4th on the
east, Bunker Hill road on the north.
Brentwood road on the south. Mr.. Groomes
declared that to locate the school in Brook
land proper would be to locate 1t where
It would benefit the few at the inconven-
fence and injury Of the many, as most
of the colored people reside not in Brook
land, but in Terra Gotta and that vicinity
Mr.. Mcfarland thanked the committee
for its suggestions, end stated that he
will lay the matter before his associates,
with statement OF the points raised by