Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-14
MORE CARS ARE CALLED FOR
ACTION TAKEN BY BRIGHT
WOOD PARK ASSOCIATION.
Service in the Rush Hours Declared
MISUNDERSTANDING Committees
for the Coming Year.

At a meeting of the newly organized
Brightwocd Park Association, held last
night in Groff's Hall, corner OF Long
fellow street and Georgia avenue, the
standing committees for the ensuing year
were announced and a number OF mat
tiers Of importance to that section dis
cussed and acted upon.
The question of preserving the parking
on Kennedy street, which Is being sur
veyed for the Baltimore and washington
Transit COmpany's cars into the city,
was discussed at some length Inc street
at present is thirty feet wide, ana WIN
to widen the stree. to forty-two feet
President Adolph Van Reuth, Dr., was
delegated to confer with the autnorltles
to prevent the incroaching on the park
ing and endeavor to have the parklng IN
cluded in the width of the street.
The association was informed by the
District Commissioners. relative to the
opening of Jefferson and 9th streets, tna'
a bill was presented at the last congress
for the opening of these streets in order
to supply sewer facilities. but that sim
liar bill would be introduced at the COM
ing session. with the hope OF enactment
The Commissioners have announced. In
connection wI,h the extension OF TRUNK
sewer to drain BrightwOod Park east OF
Georgia avenue. that it Is impracticable
to extend the Piney branch trunk sewer
until the outlet sewer west or Georgia
avenue is completed. which will not be
for several years.
Crowded Brightwood Cars.
Attention was called to the crowded
condition Of the Brightwood cars during
the rush" hours. The committee or
railroads was instructed to endeavor tc
obtain additional cars between the hours
Of and am. and and 100 pm
Twenty-eight new members were
elected to membership having been Sc
cured since the organization Of the asso
citation a month ago. The total member
ship is now seventy-eight.
The report of the committee on by,
laws was submitted and approved.
The ladies of the association were IN
vited to cooperate with the entertain.
ment committee in arranging musical ano
literary entertainments during the com
ing winter.
Standing Committees Announced.
President Van Reuth announced the ap
pointment of the following committees:
Memberships. T. Donovan. chairman
Albert w. Decker. W. v. Reed ant
George w. Osbourn.
Streets sewers and ltehting-E. Howl
son, chairman; A. Mellen, s. II. McCau
P1ey, Thomas b. Penicks, DR.. w. E. Tur'
ton. James B.. Dulin. w. Charles Heit
muller, c. E. Carney and P. Heiskel
Hill.
Railroads, telegraph and telephone
w. A. Trotter, chairman; Andrew Der
geson and William H. Barrett.
Churches, schools and parks-Dr E. G
Cambert. chairman: George Simmons ant
B. R. Scaggs.
observation-disclosures J. Miller, chair
man; E. J. Kirijan. P. P. Brown, J. T
Mitchell, Clyde H. Edwards, Johr
Phelps. F. NJ. Howard. H. Jackson
James D. Mcintyre. r. S. Acker and
John n. Keyser.
The association adopted resolutions
presented by Clyde H. Edwards, stat
ing that in view of the fact that ar
open effort had been made to discredit
Rudolph Van Reuth. jr.. in the eyes Of
the citizens of Brightwood Park an6
community. the association extended it,
heArtiest Endorsements to him anG
pledged its earnest support in the work
he has begun.
Musical selections were given by Miss
Agnes Garvey, Miss Helen Howison, P
p Brown and E. ]. Kirijan.