Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-21
TAKOMA PARK.
Association Assured Of Site for q
Branch Library.

Association Assured Of Site for
Branch Library.
The regular monthly meeting OF the Ia
| koma Park Citizens Association was held
| Monday night in Takoma Hall. The meeting
1 was called to order by President w. G.
| Plat, with Byron Mop. Coon as secretary.
| The attendance was unusually large, a
number of lady members Of the association
| being included.
The feature Of the meeting was discussion
| of the means for securing for Takoma Park
| a branch library of the Washington public
| library.
| Colonel G.. c. Kniffin. chairman Of the sub
| committee appointed by the joint committee
| Of the Citizens Association and the Ia
koma Club and Library to select suita-
| BILE site for library, delivered address
on this portion of the plans.
In his report Colonel Kniffin stated that
| all offers made by the persons in the re-
| port were upon the condition that library
building for Takoma Park be secured. The
report states that John P. Earnest, the
koma Park, has agreed to sell to Mr.. An
! gus Lamond as site for the library build
| ing lots 10 and 10. block 8. in the Lipscomb
| and Earnest addition to Takoma Park SUBJ
| ject to confirmation by the court.
Mr.. Lamond will donate these lots
| for site If the location Of the IL
brary is secured and the sale agreed
| Lamond be confirmed by the court, on
condition that the citizens shall pur-
| chase lots 33 and "a Of block of the subdi-
vision and present them to the mayor and
council of Takoma Park, to be set apart
forever as a public park and to be cared
for and maintained by the mayor and coun-
ell of TakOma Park.
building to be erected on lots 10 and 10 OF
block B. then John P. Earnest, trustee.
agreed to sell to TIE citizens of Takoma
Park for q public park, lots 80 and. "a, SUBJ
iart to the aDDrOVal Of the C0nrf
The lots and parking contain 24,O59 square
feet, In what is known as the Thornton
tract The site is located at the south
west corner of Carroll avenue and Willow
street, facing on Carroll avenue between
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad station and
the Log Cabin. The parking will have a
depth of nearly 135 feet. The location is
considered a most desirable one and is
central. The library site committee in
addition to Col. Kniffin. includes George A.
Warren. c. M. Heaton and Rev. VIM. Hart
Dexter.
resolution was presented by Mr. Ben.
G. Davis and adopted protesting against
the removal of the present transfer station
of the Washington Traction Company from
1th and Florida avenue to Richmond street,
to which street it Is proposed to run
through cars from the. city. The Takoma
Citizens Association, 1t was stated. Is. how
ever, in favor of uniting with other citi-
zens' associations to secure through
car service into the city from every point
along the line OF the brlSntWOoQ railway.
Mr.. George A. Warren, chairman of the
water and lights committee. recommended
that Blair road from the railroad station
In Takoma Park to Lamond's be provided
with gasoline lamps The committee is OF
the opinion that the Thornton tract from
Carroll to Laurel avenues should also be in
Guided in the Commissioners report. which
was also favorably reported upon.
Mr.. Warren also presented a resolu-
ton, which was unanimously adopted. ex-
pressing vote OF thanks to Mr.. William
Watkins resident and business man of
Takoma. through whose efforts the resi-
dents of the Park have been supplied with
coal throughout the present coal famine.
committee, reported that through the efropts
of the school committee the sum OF $4,000
had been included In the District appropria-
ton bill for the addition OF four rooms to
the present school.
During an intermission t. asspeaatao.