Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-12
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES READ.
Northeastern Suburban Citizens Dis
cuss Needed Improvements.

A meeting of the Northeastern Suburban
Citizens Association was held in LangdOn
Wednesday evening. President E. A. NJ.
Lawson presided, and Secretary L. H Pat
terson recorded the minutes.
The president reported that pursuant to
instructions received at the last meeting
of the association all requests relative to
street improvements police protection,
ter gas etc. had been forwarded. Favor
able action had been secured upon the fol-
lowing requests: Provision in the District
of Columbia appropriation bill for mac
adamiZtng 10th street from Rhode Island
avenue to EmpOria street. the grading and
macad amizing of Frankfort street from
22d street to 2Sth street, and the grading
and macadamzing of Rhode Island ave
nue. from 4th street to the Brentwood road.
The association has repeatedly gone on
record as favoring the opening of Rhode
Island avenue to 10th street, and viii urge
that such action be taken at this session
of Congress.
The president also reported that the asso-
citation represented in the joint com
mittee. consisting of all the citizens asso-
Citations of the District and the Business
Mems Association, which had for its OBJ
ject the betterment of street car facilities in
the District A bill had been prepared, APP
proved by the Commissioners and sent to
Congress with a request for its enactment
into law which provides for better sched
ule, the heating of cars. restricting the
weight of cars forbidding the use of open
cars in winter, a more satisfactory transfer
system and the erection Of transfer sta
tons The association Endorsed the action
of the joint committee, and will assist i'll
securing favorable consideration.
On motion of Mr. Wilton Harvey, the sec
rotary was instructed to call Major Syl-
westerns attention to the fact that the
| patrol box ordered placed on Rhode Island
| avenue at North LangdOn had not been
| installed with a request that the matter
| be attended to as soon as possible.
Mr.. l. j. Baker, chairman of the COM
J mittee on gas, reported that arrangements
| had been made with the Baltimore and
| Ohio railroad by which the Washington
| Gas Light Company can lay pipes under
| the railroad tracks. and that the gas COM
! pany would soon commence the work
| Mr.. w. d. Cullen chairman of the spe-
! cial committee on Waterman extension, re-
ported that the committee had been sue
| cessful in its efforts to have the water
| main extended along Frankfort street from
10Th street to the Langdon Public School
and the work is now progressing as rapidly
as the weather will permit.
| The question of the best route for the pro
posed extension of the Old Dominion rail
way 10 the northern suburbs discussed
at length On motion of Mr.. j. G.. Durfee,
| the secretary was instructed to request tie
| Commissioners to amend the bill to provide
| for tie extension of the proposed navy yard
branch northward until the roadbed of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad Ito be aban-
doned) is reached; thence along said road
bed to Iangdon, and thence along said
route as may be selected TO the DISTRICT
line.