Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-12
HILLSDALE CITIZENS
MEETING OF ASSOCIATION Held
LAST NIGHT.

There was meeting Of the Hillsdale Cit
liens Association last evening in Odd Eel
lows Hall, on Sumner avenue in that SUI
burb, at which there was a large at
tendance. The meeting was presided over
by ], B. Anderson, the president, with r,
U. Wilkinson, the secretary, in his place
]. s. Sampson opened the proceedings with
prayer.
The first matter called up was that of the
status of the streets and avenues in Barry
Farm, which has been under discussion by
the association for several months, the or
ganization being informed in a letter from
the District Commissioners that satisfactory
conditions can be brought about only by
resurvey of the entire place. The con-
tention of the residents is that they are
being taxed for land used as public high
ways for thirty-eight years. but which were
Anderson asked whether the association
would be willing to ask for a resurvay or
accept what Is known as the Latimer plat
y. 5. Sampson presented a section of the
Revised Statutes of the United States set
ting forth the duties of the Engineer Com
missioner He said he was sure all neces-
sary information Is in that officials office
Charles e. Howard declared a resurvey
should be made and it was the only course
to take and in keeping with the communi-
cation forwarded to the association from
the Commissioners. William H. Underdue
plat was incomplete The colored people, he
asserted, are there in corner to them
selves and they must have improvements
1t was a mistake, however, said the speak
er, to assume that the object of the move
ment Is to obtain refund of money paid
for taxes. w. z. Smoot expressed the opin-
ion that the proptrty holders should donate
nothing to the District. He spoke of the
cost of improvements that he thought would
follow in the laying out of wider streets
Ernest Mckinney and Henry Braxton spoke
for having a resuryey of the suburb asked
for, with a donation of the necessary
alleged to be owned by citizens Samuel
Payne spoke in like manner. President
Anderson drew up a form of petition ad-
dressed to the Commissioners to the effect
that the property owners of Hillsdale re-
quest that a reSurVey be made of Barry
Farm, they agreeing to donate whatever
ground may be necessary to widen the
streets in the space now occupied by these
avenues. In the course of the debate Mr.
Underdue declared a number of houses
and churches in Hillsdale were located in
streets, which view was combated by Mr.
Howard. Andrew Payne said a reSuryey
should be made, with whatever donation
of land was equitable and that Hillsdale
should have corresponding improvements.
After a discussion the resolution was passed
and will be sent to the Commissioners with
the proper signatures of land owners, mem
bers being appointed last evening to cir
culate the papers for these names.
Henry Braxton called the attention of the
association to what he deemed was the
dangerous running of trolley cars on Mich
OILS avenue HILL in Hillsdale. The thor
oughfare is busy one, he said, with some
times school children passing thereon, and
he was fearful a serious accident Will yet
occur there William l.. Stewart advised
that the railroad company be written to
about the matter, which the secretary was
directed to do, after which the meeting ad-
journed.