Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-27
SOUTHWEST CITIZENS
DECIDE AGAINST TAMPERING
WITH SCHOOL SYSTEM.

The annual election of officers to serve
during the ensuing year took place at the
meeting of the South Washington Citizens
Association, held In Grace Parish Hall. 9th
and D streets southwest, last evening. All
of the old officers were reelected. They
are as follows: Mr.. w. A. II. Church, pres
ident; DR.. Willard Thompson, vice president;
Mr.. Thomas p. Stephenson, treasurer, and
Mr.. Frank B. Gilmore. secretary A COM
munication from Mr.. s. Sowerbutts secre-
tary of the Northeast Washington Citizens
Association, indorsng a plan to secure mu-
nicipal ownership of the public utilities Of
the District of Columbia was read by SEQ
rotary Gilmore. After a short elaboration
the members of the association decided to
take no action in the matter. The special
committee which appointed by Pres
ident Church some time ago for the purpose
of causing the cessation of the passage Of
freight trains carrying garbage and other
matter for fertilizing purposes through the
southwest section of the city to the fer
tiliZer plants in Virginia, was urged to take
up the matter at once
DR.. Willard Thompson, the chairman of
the special committee, stated that the mat
ter would be attended to at the earliest pos
sible moment. Within the next few days
efforts will be made to see the persons con-
nected with the matter in an endeavor to
have the nuisance abated, as many OF the
residents of the southwest section of the
city declare that during the warm weather
the passage of garbage is liable to spread
disease.
Use of Reservation No. 113.
The members of the association are de-
termined that reservation No. 113 shall not
be used as railroad yard by the railroad
company, which now has possession of It,
and though the matter seems to have been
nearly settled in favor of the railroad COM
pany. They decided to resist to the last
ditch and will accordingly keep up their de-
termined effort to prevent such yard be-
ing established in Southwest Washington.
House bill 1913, which provides for the
payment of the damages sustained by prop
erty owners along the grade crossings OF
the Baltimore and Potomac and Baltimore
and Ohio railroads, was Endorsed. DR.. Mil
lard Thompson took up the matter of the
various bills offered in Congress for the eX-
schools. He read an editorial from The
Evening Star and declared that the present
organizat ton should not demolished DR..
Thompson said that the schools should not
be tempered with in any way declaring
that the bills required a teacher to take an
examination in the elementary studies when
in their regular duties they did not deal
with such matters. He called attention to
the fact that the retirement of the super
vising principals and many others would be
caused by the bill and that it was a meas
ure that should not be passed. He present.
ed a resolution that Endorsed the bill of the
Commissioners of the District of Columbia,
including the proposed increase of salaries.
The resolutions also provided that the Com
missioners be enjoined to appoint the MEM
bers of the board of education, that each
section of the city be allowed a member
and that said member should serve without
compensation. The resolutions were adopt
ed unanimously.