Evening star., 1901-10-02
FOR A NEW WHITE HOUSE
SUGGESTION MADE BY COLUMBIA
HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION.
Free Delivery of Express Goods In
Suburbs Announced-Other
Business Matters.

| The regular monthly meeting of the Co
| Iumbia Heights Citizens Association was
| held last night in the parlors of the Savoy,
President Alphonso Hart presiding. The
minutes of the last meeting were. read by
Secretary w. B. Todd and approved.
Charles H. Underwood was unanimously
elected to membership in the association.
Under reports of standing committees,
which were called for, Mr.. Leo Simmons.
chairman of the committee on law and
legislation, reported a favorable decision Of
the lower court in overruling the exceptions
in the Sherman avenue extension proceed
ings.
Secretary Todd, as chairman of the special
committee on free deliveries of express
goods. read letters from the United States
and Adams express companies in which they
gave notice that they had extended their
territory for free delivery beyond Florida
avenue, as requested by the committee:
Secretary Todd as chairman of the special
auditing committee appointed .at the last
meeting, also reported that the committee
had gone over the books of the association
for the five years past and had found Them
correct He reported a small balance in
the treasury.
Herman r. Howenstein was unanimously
elected as assistant secretary of the asso-
citation. On motion of Mr. r. Y. Page the
association decided to make the remaining
of the streets of the suburbs Special topic
of discussion at the next meeting.
Home for the President.
Resolutions were presented by G. S.
Bundy which he read and requested to be
laid over until the next meeting, in which
a residential White House is declared to be
a necessity. The resolution also suggested
that the proper site for this structure
would be at the head of 10th street. which
could be called Executive avenue This
resolution was enthusiastically received and
will be discussed and acted upon at the No
vember meeting of the association.
The attention of the association was call
ed to the fact that the District Commits
SionerS are at work preparing their annual
estimates, and the desira bility OF certain
street improvements in the territory COW
cred by the association, it was said should
be called to their attention. To do this
most expeditiously it was decided that the
executive committee of the association
should meet Thursday evening next at 110T
Yale street and prepare a list of the streets
for which appropriations are desired. The
committee was instructed to report the ne
cessity of paving Yale and Roanoke streets
between 11th and 14th streets and the open
ing of 11th street.
Composition of Committees.
The chairmen of all of the committees
were appointed during the recess since the
last meeting, with the request that they
appoint the members of their respective
committees The complete and incomplete
committees made up as follows: Com
mittee on streets, alleys, sidewalks, etc,
Lester A. Barr. chairman, membership not
named; education and school facilities, G.
NJ. Campbell. chairman, membership not
named; sanitary matters, DR.. B. F.
Gibbs. chairman, membership not named;
public buildings and parks, Charles s.
Bundy, ]. s. McCalmout, Mrs. John A.
Logan, DR.. B. F. Gibbs, Richard Sylvester
W. D. Hoover, Oscar Nauck Carl F. Smith,
Herman r. Howenstein and ]. Edgar
Smith; telephones, telegraph wires and
poles, August Peterson, chairman, member
ship not named: membership and entertain
ment. w. B. Todd, Carl F. Smith and r.
V. Page; law and legislation, Leo Sim
mons, L. NJ Saunders, F. L. Brown and
F. F. Schrader