Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-02
Maj. Judson's Theory Of H.
Eliminating Washington.
AS EXHIBIT TO CONGRESS
No Other City Would Make County
Roads Brilliant, He Says.
rs WILLING TO GRANT HEARING
Will Only Consider Applications as
for New Lamps on Basis
Of Greatest Need.

'Tt does not seem fair that the District
OF Columbia should light up country roads
just because the roads happen to be in
the District OF Columbia. No other city
would do IL.
those lights. They ought to be placed
where they show the most
IF the money to be used in lighting has
to be distributed carefully and with econ
omy OF management, then / think the
lights in these outlying country roads
ought to be taken away and put in the
show places OF the city, or where they
WIN do the most good, SO that the United
States, which pays half. can see that the
District is spending this money to the
greatest advantage"
Judson Authorizes Hearings.
This is what Commissioner Judson, who
returned to the city from a long vacation
today. has to say about the 437 lights
which were shut of on several roads last
night.
He also said that he would be agreeable
to a hearing Friday, September .. at 10
am.
Il believe this lighting question ought
now to be taken up as a brand-new prop
osition. am In entire accord with what
has been done while was away. for l
believe that the city should get Its
80, when this matter is discussed. we
will consider the proposition OF redis-
trfbuting these lights where they will do
the most good. In other words. we will
consider that the <37 lights never, ex-
listed and we are planning to place 4SI
new lights. Where II is pointed out that
they are most needed 1t Is probable that
there they will go.
I'm my absence I understand that the
police have reported the needs for sew
eral hundred lights In thickly populated
districts. none Of which we can touch
with the 5000 a year spent on these
lights on these practically unused SUBJ
urban roads,
by w. w. Price. chairman Of the central
committee Of nine suburban citizens as
sociations of the southeast portion OF the
District He recommended that each
Of the nine associations be permitted 10
send one authorized representative. IT
was also learned that while no invitation
would be extended to other citizens as
sociaticns there would be no objection
to their appearing, and making argu-
ments. :.
Charge of "submerging" Report.
One point which, members OF these nine
southeastern citizens' associations will
bring to the attention of the Commission
ers is that the original Commissioners or
der to shut or these lights seemed to be
submerged as far as the public was con-
cerned. No one In the neighborhoods af-
fected heard Of IL until the police and In
spectors got busy along the roads.
A member who will appear before the
Commissioners September 8 said today: :
There should. be no attempt at con-
cealing any Commissioners order either
from the press or the citizens. In my es-
timation, the orders. especially important
ones should be posted on a bulletin board
I'm the District building. and should be
kept where people can get at them"
Capt. Markham, assistant engineer
commissioner, who handled the light mat
ter entirely said today there had been no
attempt to submerge the paper, and that
business was not conducted In that fash
ION at the District building.
The paper. however, did not come to
the attention OF the public until the. mat
ter became agitated through a police re-
port on the subject.
The order was dated August IL. Imme-
diately upon its approval the electrical de-
partment got busy with 1t.