Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-08
ACTION BY CITIZENS
East Westinghouse Oppose
O0IIiver Bill.
INDORSE THE PRESENT LAW
School Situation Regarded as Ex-
tremely Important.
LOCAL JAIL AND WORKHOUSE
Report by Committee on Charities
and observation-disclosures Of
Street Car Plans.
|NDORSE THE PRESENT LAW
LOCAL JAIL AND W0RKH0UsE

Dolliver school bill and urging that the
| present law remain in force until one year
| after the expiration of the present school
year. with the reasons therefor, was dis
! cussed at a meeting of the East Wash
| irgtOn Citizens Association last Thursday
evering. 1t was introduced by Joseph L.
Weller. and finally was referred to the
| executive committee, with power to act.
Thomas ". Smith. president Of the as
ISOLATION, realizing the Importance Of the
| measure, called a meeting of the executive
committee Immediately after the associa-
| ton adjourned. and the resolution received
favorable action. Copies were sent to the
Senate District committe yesterday. While
the resolution was adopted without
dissenting vote. the members of the exec
utive committee thought it would be we'll
| to omit the reasons stated by Mr.. Weller
for opposing the bill.
Jail and Workhouse.
Samuel w. Curriden. chairman of the
COMMITTEES on charities and corrections
presented report covering conditions at
the jail and workhouse. During the dis
cussion of the report Mr.. Curriden enter
ed Il vigorous protest against further
| enlargement of the new workhouse. be-
where it will interfere with the extension
of Massachusetts, avenue, and. he feared.
would delay any effort to have a bridge
placed over the Anacostia river at that
avenue
THE building was put there by an indie
feasible trick Mr.. Curriden declared,
land it was said that it would be good
for seventY-five years. That means that
tn ha ont of
blight. while in other sections three or
four years seems long while"
w. Mosby Williams. chairman of the
street railway committee, announced the
The Capital Traction Company. and con-
| mended the deceased NJ. 1. Weller spoke
along the same lines. and suggested that
the executive committee send a letter of
coincidence to the family Of the deceased.
The suggestion was adopted.
Chairman Williams related what trans
pired at the recent street railway hearings
and said he thought the representatives of
the citizens associations had been &C
corded every opportunity to present their
claims. He felt that prospects for
cross-town railway and better service on
the car lines are more favorable than
ever before. Mr.. Williams read from The
Evening Star of yesterday what was be-
ing done in the mattor of railway eX-
| lions. and was questioned as to the
penalty clause in the bill.
Mentioned as an Authority.
THE only authority I have" Mr.. Will
liams said, us The Evening Star. and
We usually find that a good authority"
The association adopted the report of
Mr.. Williams. and directed that the
thanks of the organization be conveyed
to the members Of the congressional COM
mittees.
The report on conditions at the Jail and
workhouse. which contained clippings
| from The Evening Star and extracts from
remarks by Justice Stafford. is, in part.
as follows:
1.-The iail was found in its usual over
crowded condition. When first built pro-
vision was made for a population of 800
inmates. each to be assigned to single
cell seven feet wide. about eight feet long.
with a single bed. The warden is now
compelled to arrange for two prisoners
in each Of a large majority of these single
cells none Of these having modern closet
and other conveniences.
To a New Location.
Our association has persistently for
many years pleaded with and urged the
governing powers of the District to re-
move this old-fashioned and badly-de-
signed jail and relocate it on new site,
CtOSc ~ OIo VI TIC ram Od0 1IiCS,
a new and comparatively inexpensive
structure could be erected in walled en-
closure. into which a switch from the
railroad track could be run. Thus located
the prisoners could be put to work cutting
stone and performing other tasks Of bene-
fit to the District as well as to the general
government thus avoiding the antagonism
of labor unions. aiding in paying for their
own maintenance and above all, giving
to every man an opportunity to find in
congenial labor opportunity to escape
recollections OF a regrettable past and to
many new skill and power to enable them
to earn an honest living after the term
Of detention has expired.
"In the matter Of the workhouse build
ings your committee found little. if any,
Improvement of conditions there which If
stated at length would make glad the
heart Of any citizen of the National capt.
tai.
THE wise expenditure of less than
million dollars would more than cover the
cost Of removing to and relocating on
better sites the present Workhouse struc-
lures, the buildings long used for aims
house patients. the new crematory and
the smallpox hospital
Messrs. w. G. Dodge. Samuel w. Cur
riden and Hugh r. Taggart were elected
honorary members of the association.
C~L>~1 Heln< nfR nance