Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27
REVIEW OF THE YEAR
Meeting Of North Capitol and
lexington Association.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
EFFORTS TO SECURE BRANCH OF
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
List Of Improvements Requested for
the Next Fiscal Year-Reports
Of COMMITTEES.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS

The annual election of officers and review
of the years work by committees OF the
North Capitol and lexington Citizens As
ISOLATION. called together large attendance
last evening at St Martins Hail. corner Of
North Capitol and T streets The reports
of the work that had been accomplished
during the year showed great progress in
The ipproveme at of the section represented
by the association. The officers were re-
elected.
The meeting was called to order by Mr..
William G. Henderson, the president, Mr..
A. o. Tingley serving as secretary. The re-
port of the executive committee reviewing
the work accomplished during the past
year. was read by the secretary, which was,
in part, as follows:
Special attention has been given toward
improved street car accommodations. which
has resulted in getting more frequent
service on both the North Capitol street and
the lexington lines" the report stated.
Most of the combination cars have been
taken from the North Capitol street line
and large new closed cars substituted. A
new transfer arrangement has been adopted
which very much benefits the people within
the bounds covered by the association.
THE mail service has been improved by
additional boxes and more frequent collec-
tons. The school accommodations will be
very much improved when the school build
ing now in the course of erection Is COM
pleted
North Capitol street from r to T street.
Florida avenue from LIST to 18th street north
west. and lexington place from Q to Flori-
da avenue have been paved North Capitol
street from T street north to Michigan ave-
nue. has been macada mized
Branch Library
Efforts have been made toward securing
a branch of the public library Colonel
Truesdell having offered to donate very
desirable site for its loca tion: liberal sub
scriptions have been obtained toward fund
for the purchase of reference books, and
generous offers to donate books have been
received.
"A great many improvements of a minor
Importance have been made at the request
of the association. and the association is
steadily growing factor in getting APP
preparations for the section 1t represents.
The membership has very materially in
creased during the year, and the interest is
kept up shown by the large attendance
at each meeting.
Reports Of Committees.
Reports of committees gave in detail
review of wo-k that has been accomplished
by the efforts of the association.
The committee on streets, sidewalks ard
lights submitted the following list of i'm
the fiscal year of 1878: The grading and
macadamizing of Rhode Island avenue from
Lincoln avenue TO 18th street east: paving Of
S street from North Capitol street to I'd
street west; paving of Quincy street from
North Capitol to Florida avenue west: paw.
ing of Lincoln avenue from Q street circle
to Prospect street: paving of T street from
North Capitol to 1St street west; paving of
Randolph street from North Capitol TO 1st
street west; paving of Seaton street from
North CAPITOL to 1st street west, and the
grading and macadanizing of Rhode Island
avenue from 4th street to 18th street east;
street from North Capitol street to Lin
coin avenue, grade.
4 resolution from the Northeast Wash
ington Citizens Association favoring a dis
continuance of the custom of eXemptiag
church and other property in the District
of Columbia from taxation was referred to
the executive committee for conSidera ion
and report at the next meeting of the asso-
citation. Messrs. r. H. Mcneil and John
Election of Officers.
Officers for the ensuing year were elected
as follows: President, William G. Hend.r-
son: vice president, James A. Conner: score
tary-treasurer. A. o. Tingley; Mr.. H. E.
Blau. in place of w. w. Porter, and Scion
c. Kemon. Edward Foulke and Dr. e. d.
Thompson to succeed themselves as mem
bers of the executive committee.
The following were among those present:
n. L. King. w. D. P. King. c. E. Kern,
F. NJ. Ferris. G. w Lippert, A NJ Ell
we'll, w w. Trail. Stephen w. Williams.
James b. Robinson. w. ]. FIizzell. s. M.
Ely. Bernard Waters. w. w. Spies. T. A.
Wilmington, C. M. C. Lloyd, William F.
Finn, Geo. w. Kern. c. F. Serrin A. D.
Spangler H. ]. Redfield, james A. Con-
nor, w F. Ashford. W. H. Richards. L. f.
V. Wimpfren, w. S. Chase. 3. A. Bean,
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Tappan, MD, J. d. Yoakley Scion c.
Kemon ]. f. Rockwell. Edward Forrede,
NJ. a. Leese, II. E Blau. c. p. Boss w G.
Henderson, A. O. Tingley.