Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-09
SMITH FOR PARKS.
Representative Thinks Con-
gress Should Provide.
WOULD RECLAIM FLATS
DR.. William Tindall Also Addresses
Brightwood Park
Association.

REPRESENTATIVE Samuel w. Smith OF
Michigan, principal speaker al meet
ing of the Brightwood Park Association
last night in Groff's Hall, Longfellow
street and Georgia avenue, referred to
the need of more parks in the District
and the reclamation of the Anacostla
flats and expressed himself in favor or
the appointment of public service COM
mission
Representative Smith said that the
Anacostia fats are blot on beaut1ul
Washington.
I'VE hail Just such an eyesore and
health menace in my home CITY. ron
tiac, aiich.." he continued. I'VE fought to
have the flats reclaimed and improved,
and ii has been accomplished.
Now. mind you, Congress Will not
appropriate money to reclaim and i'm
prove the Anacostia flats in one year or
at one session of Congress. 1t would be
an expenditure of too much money at
once. I am sure that body will. however,
take the matter lip early at the coming
session and do something with 1t, some
thing satisfactory to the entire District.
Everybody Would Be Satisfied.
''Surcly if Congress appropriates GER
tain amount of money to begin the
project of improving the Anacostia river
conditions everybody in the District VII!
he satisfied, in that the proposition has
gained congressional recognition. After
spending money to begin the lmprove
nlents the legislators on Capitol Hill VIII
surely year by year improve ana reclaim
the entire .anacostia iowlands
Another Improvement often spoken OF,
and second to none in its Importance TO
the development and proposed beautln-
70 init "a
need of more parks Congress. With All
due respect to that body. Is making q
great mistake in not creating more parks
in this city.
when l saw workmen cutting down trees
in that beautiful little park space AT
18th street and Columbia road. to make
way for the erection of apartment houses.
Such spaces as this should he acquired
by the District and established as parks.
I am strongly in favor of park on
the aforementioned site, and o..er places
of similar environments.
Public Service Commission.
In fayorin- public service commission
Mr. Smith said that with such body it
would be possible to ascertain whether
gas could not be secured cheaper than 90
.er,ts. lie thought that each member OF
the commission should receive about S1O.-
~, a year, the commission to he com
posed Of three men who should be well
qualified for the positions and worth the
price of the salary.
DR.. William Tindall, secretary of the
board of District Commissioners, spoke
of typhoid fever. addresses also being
made by Evan II. Tucker. president OF
the Northeast Citizens Association, and
President Adotph Van Reuth OF the
Brightwood Park Association.
The association adopted a resolution
fayoring the erection of normal school
building on the property owned by the
District at the corner of 18th and Har-
ward streets, Columbia Heights. Resolu-
tiors were also unanimously adopted IA
yorIng the good roads movement in the
District of Columbia and granting per
mission to the District of Columbia Good
Roads Association to enroll the members
of the Brightwood Park Association in Its
membership.