Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-05
TO SITE Of
NORMAL SCHOOL NO. z
;oIored Residents Ask Presi-
dent Taft to Reverse Com.
miSSioners' Order.

Declaring that the public money is BE-
ing wasted and that gross injustice is
being done by the Commissioners In
choosing the Balloch property for the site
OF Normal School No. 2, Rev. ]. Milton
Waldron. chairman Of u ministers COM
mittee. has written to President Taft ask
ing that he step into the controversy on
the subject and reverse the Commission.
ers' action.
1t was announced yesterday by Com
missioner Rudolph that the Balloch prop
erty would be bought for the site Of the
new school, This is a large tract on the
western edge Of the Howard University
grounds. Commissioner Rudolph said
that the purchase would be made in def
erence to the wishes of the board Of edu-
cation. Chairman William Hoover of tho
committee on buildings and sites has res
commended that particular location CON-
sistently for several months.
Another Site Preferred.
The committee Of which Mr.. Wa.dron
Is chairman claims that a site at 4th and
w streets is far superior to the Balloch
site. He has written to the Commission.
ers a. letter in which he points out his
belief that there are four reasons why
the Balloch site should not be used. He
claims that it is difficult OF access: that
1t is too close to the mems dormitory OF
Howard University; that there Is an un-
desirable section through which girls
must pass to get to the school, and that
1T would cost at least 5000 to grade the
balloon property.
The location at 4th and w streets, IL Is
claimed, has none of these disadvantages,
and the friends of this location claim 1t
has many splendid advantages which the
Balloch site has not.
Hearing Promised, He Says.
In discussing the matter last night DR..
Waldron said:
AT least two of the Commissioners as
sured our committee that final action in
the selection Of site for Normal School
No. . would not be taken until hearing
by the full board of Commissioners was
granted those who desired to be heard in
this matter. Several thousands of colored
taxpayers and parents in the District
have sent in written petitions to the Com
missioners requesting them not to locate
Normal School No. on the Ba.loch prop
erty, and we are at a loss to Understand
the failure of the Commissioners TO grant
this hearing, or their action in Ignoring
the expressed wish Of more than three
fourths of the colored parents and tax
payers of the District of Columbia.
THE Commissioners were urged by our
committee to Delay the selection of a site
for Normal School No. until the recon-
yening of Congress in December, at
which time we Will have bill introduced
asking for the broadening of the bound
aries in which site may be selected, and
should ii be found that the Commission
ers are prevented by law from dong this,
they were requested to locate the school
on the site at the corner of 4th and w
streets northwest, opposite the New Mott
SCHOOL, as being less objectionable than
the Balloch property or any other OF the
sites which the Commissioners had unoer
consideration.
Alleged Waste Of Money.
I'm selecting the Balloch property az .
site for Normal School No. 2 the Commits.
sioners are virtually throwing away
$1,000 of the funds of the government. for
il will require that amount to grade the
site before it can be used for q schools
bo,,sa Whereas the w street site will