Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-05
SUBURBAN INTERESTS.
Report Of Committee on Condition of
School Building

| A meeting of the Northeastern Suburban
| Citizens Association was held in Langdon
d. c.. Thursday evening. The meeting was
called to order by President E. A NJ Law
| son. The secretary, Mr.. l.. III. Patterson,
| recorded the minutes.
Several of the members expressed them
| selves in a forceful way upon the policy OF
| discrimination which seems TO be followed
| out in regard 10 appropriations for improy-
! ing the eastern portion OF the District
especially the section covered by this ASSOC
! citation. IL was declared that Iangdon has
not received appropriation for streets
| or any other purpose since the Flfty-fifth
Congress adjourned This year an appro-
| priation was recommended by the board OF
| Commissioners for the grading and mac
! adamizing of Doth street, but Il was not re-
tanned In the bill.
The committee on streets, parks and
lights. through Chairman L. H Patterson,
reported that communication had been re-
ceived from the superintendent of the street
cleaning department stating that Langdon
| is entitled to three garbage collections per
week, and that the contractors attention
had been called to the matter. Mr. Patter-
son also stated that he had received as
surances from the District officials that
Langdon and other northeast suburban
places would receive a liberal allowance
from the new appropriation for street JIM
provements.
Mr.. l. ]. Baker reported that the arrange
ments for having gas pipes laid in the
streets Of Langdon were progressing favor
ably
Mr.. Meyer. chairman Of the committee
on schools, submitted report, which was
in part as follows:
BY agreement the members OF the COM
mittee met together at 2:30 y. m. June %.
and visited the school, which is in charge OF
Miss Sisson. In passing along notes were
made of needed changes, additions. altera-
| lions and improvements. and the committee
| reported to the association that for the
prevention of fire and for many other rea-
sons there should be installed in the school
building a connection with the city water
supply. If this be done and all closets be
removed from their present location in an
outbuilding to the basement, there would
be a vacant outbuilding for coal purposes.
If this water supply is Impossible the spring
from which the water for drinking purposes
is now secured should be thoroughly clean
ed. walled and put In a better sanitary con-
dition.
'Dampness Is shown the southern or
back walls of the two basement rooms for
distance ranging from one to six feet
from the floors. and 1t is said that water
percolates through the walls after heavy
rains
There is but one place OF exit from the
basement. which is behind the stairs and at
the rear OF the building IL fire should
break out either on the stairs at the head
OF the stairs, egress up the stairs would be
cut off. 1t is recommended that a door be
CUT thIouSh Inc front basement wall IN
front OF the stairs. for a second exit.
The coal for the school consumption IS
now stored in the basement This not only
cramps basement space considerably. but
1t keeps the basement In an untidy condi-
ton, there being no partitions or walls to
properly confine 1t to a particular point.
Roofs should be erected over the back
basement stairs. In winter the snow drifts
down these stairs and. melting runs upon
the basement floor. where the children are
obliged to be when not at study. A"
1T seems the grading about the building,
for some reason, was never entirely COM
pleted."
The committee also suggested that win
dow shades be provided for the windows;
that an old well on the property, long since
in disuse, should be filled up: that as the
building has not been painted for a number
of years, il IS believed IL should be painted
al an early day. The committee also COM
plimented the teachers employed In the
schools.