Evening star., 1902-02-25
PREFER ELECTRICITY
LEXINGTON CITIZENS OBJECT TO
SUBSTITUTION OF GAS.
Report Of Committee on the Subject
Change In Street Improvement
Schedule Suggested.

Electric lights, the need of street i'm
provements and other subjects Of interest
to the members of the North Capitol and
lexington Citizens Association were dis
cussed last evening at the regular monthly
meeting Of the association held in the lee
ture room of the Church Of the United
Brethren, corner Of North Capitol and r
streets.
Mr.. VIM. G. Henderson. president, called
the association to order, and Mr.. A. o.
Tingley acted as secretary. Mr. James H.
Johnson, jr., chairman of the committee on
streets. sidewalks and lights, reported that
his committee had called on the Commfs-
sioners of the District in regard to the
lighting of lexington by electricity. The
electrical engineer of the District had FUR
nished a list of dates on which the lamps
in lexington had given no light and had
told the committee that on account OF the
poor service he favored disseminating cleo
tricity and substituting gas for street light
ing in that section. 1t was also claimed by
iceable in the case Of the need of police
and fire protection during the night, as it
could be more depended on.
. Mr.. johnson also reported that the elec-
trio company has promised an Improvement
Of the service and said a special inspector
would be given for the lexington section
in order to insure greater regularity In the
lights. The association had previously
electric lights and after hearing the report
of its committee adopted a similar resolu-
ton. instructing the committee to DO all
in its power to secure the selection OF the
electric lamps, which were declared to be
preferable to gas lamps for the street serV-
ice.
Street Improvements.
Mr.. Henderson, president of the associa-
ton. said he had seen the Commissioners
relative to the improvements requested
along North Capitol and Quincy streets.
ard had urged that they be paved. He
called to their attention the wonderful
growth of the section during the past rev
years, and said that from reliable source
he had learned that more than 1.OOO houses
had been constructed in the section during
the four years past, and that most OF these
were occupied. During the past two years
800 houses had been erected, and at the
present time $50 were under construction.
He urged a change in the street improve
ment schedule to meet changed conditions,
and the Commissioner had requested that
the matter receive the associations cons1d-
Grafton.
Name for School Suggested.
Mr.. Irwin B. Linton reported that the
school committee had suggested to the
Commissioners the name of Mckinley for
the new school. which had been built on
Lincoln avenue, near X street northwest.
Commissioner Macfarland had told Mr.. Lin
ton that the Commissioners were consider
ing the advisability Of calling the new
manual training school the Mckinley
School 1t had not yet been decided that
this name will be adopted, as Mr.. Macfar-
land was desirous of calling the new Eek
ington school the Matthew G. Emery school,
in honor of one of the former mayors of
the District.
Mr.. w. S. Chase. chairman of the COM
mittee on Baltimore and Ohio viaduct said
his committee had urged the Commission
ers to insist that q street and Sd street,
two OF the important thoroughfares Of Eek
ington, be kept open. AS last resort they
had submitted that should it be necessary
to close these streets that Sd street should
at least be connected with @ street and
that stone wall be constructed along the
railroad tracks
Changes Noted.
The joint committee on railroads reported
that several changes had been made by the