Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-25
REFLECTS OFFICERS
ANNUAL MEETING OF LEXINGTON
CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.
Cross-Town Railway Indorsed-Reports
Of Committees Considered-Ban-
quet in Near Future.

The first fail meeting of the North Capt.
toll and lexington Citizens Association
was held last night in St. Martins Hall,
North Capitol and T streets, with Presf-
dent William G. Henderson in the chair.
Matters of interest to that section of the
city were discussed at length, reports OF
committees for the past year were submit
ted and adopted the entire old board of
officers was reelected and new business
was transacted.
The proposition for a street car line to
run cross-town from 9TH and U streets
northwest to about Sth street east, then
south to Pennsylvania avenue southeast,
connecting at both terminals with the other
tracks of the Capital Traction Company,
was revived. This the principal topic
In all the east end aSSocia lions last winter,
and the North Capitol and lexington Asso-
citation intends to put its shoulder to the
wheel early this year, that something
preliminary may be accomplished by the
time Congress cOnveneS. The executive
committee made a report favoring the prof.
ect and also favoring the granting of a
permit to the Capitol Traction Company to
extend it's lines along Florida avenue to
New Jersey avenue east. and south on New
Jersey avenue to the Union station.
Mild Criticism of Railway Company.
The Washington Railway and Electric
Company, which operates the City and Su-
burban and Brookland branch lines, was
mildly censured by the committee on street
railroads, which made report that 1.-The
general sentiment is that the railroad Off
Gals are not doing their full DUTY to the
patrons OF their lines, and that they have
1t in their power to more reasonably ac-
commOdate their patrons
The committee reported that the Union
Transfer Company, the Parcel Delivery
wi wa mi all n
Cab Company have materially extended
their limits of service so as to include
much of the territory covered by the as
ISOLATION. The opening of Rhode Island
avenue from Lincoln avenue to 4th street
northeast was urged. The report was APP
proved.
Officers Reelected.
Officers were reelected as follows: Presi-
dent William G. Henderson; vice president
James A. Connor; secretary and treasurer,
A. o. Tingley; executive committee, S. c.
Kemon, DR.. f. d. Thompson, Herman E.
Blau and Edward Ffoulke
President Henderson brought up the pro-
posed postponement for five years of the
construction of the New York avenue
bridge over the tracks of the Baltimore and
Ohio and the reduction of the width of Il
street. He said he hoped the Commission
ers would deny. these requests, inasmuch
as the construction of the bridge would tend
toward the quicker extension of the avenue
to the east, and that the narrowing of the
width of street would longest traffic to
the east of the District
+. M Ferris suggested that the associ-
alton give banquet between now and the
converting of Congress, to which the Dis
tr1ct Commissioners and other men prom.
nent in city life should be invited to ad-
dress the members. The suggestion was
approved.
On motion of w. j. Armstrong it was de-
clded to petition the Commissioners to have
Randolph street improved.