The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-09
TO BEAUTIFY TILE CITY
BrightwOOd Citizens Urge More
Extensive Improvements.
Street Extension, and Other Matters
of Importance Discussed by the
Association "A New Scheme for
Rock Creek Park-Addrcss by As
sistant District Attorney PuEh.

At the regular monthly meeting of the
| Brightwood Citizens Association, at the
| Brightwood Hotel last night. several res
| buttons were introduced and cons .derable
| discussion INDUCED in. A more extensive
scale of public improvements for the Dis
| trict was advocated. The opinion seemed
to prevail that public improvements did
| not keep pace with those made by private
| citizens, and there was consequently a
tendency on the part OF citizens to defer
improvements that would be of great BEN
eft and tend to beautify the city.
Louis P. Shoemaker presided. After the
usual routine business had been disposed
of the reports of committees we're heard
W. V. Cox said that, when completed, the
new police station on Whitney Avenue
would be model building He informed
the association that the request made
some time ago for an appropriation for
additional lights along Brightwood Ave
nue. and adjacent streets had not met
with success and that there would be no
new lights this year.
The subject of street extension then
occupied the attention of the association
for time and three resolutions were in
troduced 10 the effect that the Commits
sioners should be asked to insert in the
recommendations for the fiscal year end
ing June so, 1903, provision for the open
ing grading, and regulating of McCieIIand
Street from Brightvood Avenue TO Warder
Avenue Steuben Street from Brentwood
Avenue to a point as far east as land has
been donated to the District, and Hancock
Street from Brightwood Avenue to Warder
Avenue. All the land necessary for these
extensions has been pledged to the Dis
trict for that purpose The resolutions
were all adopted
Mr.. Cox then presented a resolution
which expressed the gratitude of the as
ISOLATION at the action Of the House Com
mittee on Public Buildings In favorably
reporting a bill providing for a municipal
building in the District of Columbia, and
especially thanked Representative Mercer
for his action in connection with the mat
ter. The resolution was unanimously
adopted
A resolution was adopted deploring the
fact that electric lights sufficient for
the needs of that section were al
lotted to the territory west of Rock
Creek. while the territory east of that
stream was without adequate street
lighting facilities. The resolution fur
Their referred to a statement made by
a member of Congress to the effect that
lights placed east Of Rock Creek would be
of advantage to large real estate owners
alone, and said that this was not a true
statement of the case and was doubtless
prompted by ignorance of the particulars.
A vote of thanks was rendered to Senator
Allison, who took a decided stand for the
appropriation for lights east of Rock
Creek.
A resolution was also introduced by
Wilton J. Lambert. in which attention was
called to the necessities of the new
Washington" and stated that the interests
of the people were seriously affected by
the delay incident to the completion of
many public improvements either now
under way or contemplated, including
electric light, sewerage, water, and street
facilities. This resolution was received
with evident approval and unanimously
adopted.
A new idea was launched by Mr.. Shoe
maker, in a resolution which suggested
the improvement of the tract of land COM
monty known as Rock Creek Park, which
was acquired by the Government ten years
ago at cost OF over a million dollars, and
was declared by Congress at the time to
be "a pleasure ground for the benefit of
.he people OF the United States" The ex-
press improvements suggested were that
the buildings on the land, including
Pierce's mill and others, be arranged so
as to be of some utility and protection to
visitors.
Before the meeting adjourned, Assist
ant District Attorney Pugh, who was
guest OF the association, made a brief
address, in which he discussed the affairs
of the District in general