The Washington times., 1905-07-02
FAIRGROUNDS NOW
IN FULL SWING
Sectional Supervisors Meet
and Exchange Views.
FAVORABLE REPORTS MADE
FAVORABLE REPORTS MADE
Nineteen Places Now Open to Children
of the City-Where They
Are Located.

The several recommendations made oy
the sectional supervisors Of the public
Fairgrounds committee were adopted at
the regular weekly meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Giles S. Rafter. OF the George
town public grounds recommended that
owing TO the crowded condition existing
at the grounds of the Curtis and Phil
lips School steps should be taken TO
relieve the congestion in the form OF
securing more ground and equipping 1t
, with the necessary pharaphernalia for
the enjoyment of the children.
| 1t was decided to dispense with the
services of the director OF the grounds
! at Arthur School, and turn the work
over to the tanitor of the school AS
/ the patronage OF those grounds is small
| it was not considered necessary that a
committee director should be in charge.
Upon the urgent Recommendation OF
Supervisor Gusts 1t was decided to open
! the grounds at the Payne School, Fiji
! teenth and G streets southeast These
grounds. when opened, to be allotted
! to the colored population OF that sec
ton.
southeast grounds, had brought to the
executive committees attention the ne
cessity of providing some means TO
avoid the congested condition which ex-
| lists at the Eleventh street and Georgia
| avenue grounds. during the concerts
by the Navy Band, on Saturday even
| ings 1t was decided that the grounds
| should be roped off in order to keep the
children from crowding in upon the
band at these concerts.
Nineteen Grounds Open.
The executive committee reported thai
On June q, nineteen public Fairgrounds
were opened for the use of the chill
dren of the city and that each one, ex
cepting the one at the Arthur School
was under the supervision OF a trained
teacher or physical director. The com
mittee. however announced it was yer,
much in need of additional instructor.
| and urgently requested all those wht
can. to give an hour or tvs O. day, o.
| even week to aid in the C, re of tn,
children.
The Fairgrounds are located as fol
lows: North Capitol and L streets
I northwest, Seventh and Z streets north
west, Arthur place, near New Jerse,
avenue and First street northwest
Neighborhood House, 456 n street south
west, Neighborhoo. Club, 46S y stree
southwest, Sixth street and Virginis
: avenue southwest, Third and K street.
southwest, Virginia avenue ant
Eleventh street southeast, Seventh
{ street and Pennsylvania avenue south
. east Fifteenth and Rosedale street
: northeast, Seventeenth and Gale street
: northeast, and Thirty second and {
e streets. Georgetown
For Colored Children.
n Fairgrounds for the coiored childre
. We're opened at the following places
q First and streets northwest, Twelft
: street, between r and streets north
= west, Sixteenth and M streets north
west. Twenty first street between * an
:, /. streets northwest, Twenty-sevent
4 and n streets northwest, Delaware ave
a nue. end l street southwest, and Firs
= street between b and c streets south
n west.
- The following members of the exec,
- tive committee attended the meeting
:, Cuno H. Rudolph, M. w. Baldwin. Ec
% ward Gilfllan. y. V. Craig. Charles
- Weller Wallach Hatch John B. 81.
:, man. tr., Col. C. S. BromweII. Mr.
= G. F Weller, Mrs Ed Gilhllan, Mr.
7 Giles S. Rafter. Gen George H. Harrie
= f. d. Shaw, M. l. Weller. G. A. Webe
p Henry S. Curtis. and DIR. Richai
l. Elingsman-
- A meeting of the directors of tt
n public Fairgrounds Will be held ne:
= Wednesday afternoon at o'clock
A. 81 c. street northwest.
an John B. Sleman. jr.. chairman OF II
"a finance committee. reported that the d
e. nations TO the cause amounted to abo
Iii an average, Of S100 day. 1t was all
at announced that a large amount OF at
- Ietic and other material for use at Il
grounds had been received