The Washington times., 1911-10-21
ANACOST|A'S new
SUBDIVISION BEING
!. !! !: RAPIDLY LYD[VELOPED
Streets Graded and Water
Service Introduced-Gas
/ TO Follow.

The grading OF streets and the In
PRODUCTION of water service. to be fol-
lowed by the installation of sewerage
and gas systems. preparatory to gen.
eral building operations, have been
stages reached during the past week
IN the development Of "Fairlawn," An
acosta@s newest subdivision. The
streets under Improvement have been
Thirteenth street, Fourteenth street.
and 8 street. This work Is to be con-
t,nued as the development of the
tract goes on, and judging from the
amount Of real estate disposed OF al
ready. tho erection OF some attractive
homes Is not far of.
In other sections of Anacostia sew
eral new houses are about to be oc-
cupied bye their respective owners.
William N. Kings brick and frame
dwelling, containing ten rosms, at
222s Mt View place, will soon be
turned over to him by the builders.
It is a modern home in every respect
ANd contains up-to-date facilities.
The frame residence for James s.
Carter, one of the supervisors at the
government Hospital for the Insane,
Immediately adjoining. is another
dwelling characterized by modern
COnVGnl6HCC6 10 dAuOoI hhibiGu
n 3. Scott, a business man. who had
r. brick dwelling erected at 1919 v
s1reet, has added a handsome resi-
dence to the towns latest homes. The
property has been placed under rent
william J. Latimer has completed
Improvements to his home, 1923 Tall
hurtt street, the estate of James u.
Nunt has caused improvements to be
made to the brick building at 20l4
Nichols avenue. william H. Brinklcy
BE ss Issr ef the pepms propertS HF at asD1s
street, and the Anacostia Baptist
Church is having completed its re-
construction work. the pastors study
being the finishing portion.
Charles Walsh has had a rear build
Ing built at 10 Maple View avenue, o.
w. Hammond is having erected a ce-
Yf1ent house at Twenty-second street
Sheppard is making improvements at
1915 Thirteenth street.
A meeting Of the general committee,
representative Of the churches In Ana
.fion Of the closing on Sundays Of those
places of business now kept open on
that day. was scheduled to take place
last evening in the parish hall Of the
Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church,
I'm v street. but owing to some misun-
derstanding there were but three dele
gates present. These were N. r. Harm
ish, r. Lee Scaggs. and Ralph Frisbie.
:ealled because the committee to which
had been given the petitions to present
to business men, requesting them to
close, was ready to make report, hav-
About within the past week.
~ N: r. Harnish was the only delegate
who was able to present a report. how
'sver. and his statement Indicated that
whom are grocers, and that he had pre-:
Vented to them the petition. Four OF
them. stated Mr.. Harnish, signed the
petition. promising to close their places
Of business on SUNDAYS. One promised
the same business closed. Another one
took the matter under advisement.
o. No other reports being available, II
Was decided to hold another meeting
the coming week. when additional in
sformation as to the manner in which
the storekeepers received the requests
from the churches will be had. The
-report of Mr.. Harnish encouraged his
colleagues greatly.
= An election of officers for the East
, Washington Heights Baptist Church
was held on Thursday evening at a
meeting meeting OF the songresation' which was va
Many, the pastor. David c. Fountain
was reelected as deacon and was
also reelected as the treasurer of the
church. He has filled this position for
the church was organized in 1894. r.
/. Jenkins was reelected as the secre-
'atary.
.fchosen: c.. L. Jenkins, ]. w. Talbert,
IJohn T. Smith, K. L. Jenkins, and
David c. Fountain.
Sf y Mineola Tribe, No. "A. Improved Order
Nf paA cot los tohf In itc
wigwam in the Anacostia Masonic Hall
and witnessed the comforting Of the
rehiefs degree upon several candidates.
The degree team OF the tribe was seen
in action. A report made by Robert
Humprries, the chairman of the COM
mittee of arrangements on the recent
: excursion Of the lodge, indicated that
y large sum was realized. DR.. w. s.
Whitman, great junior sycamore, was
. visitor.
~ The jury that is passing upon the
condemnation Of land lying between
Sterling Steel Company, at Giesboro
will have it's final session on October
81. Much of the ground has been al.
ready condemned, and the jury Wen
ago: The road that will result from the
condemnation of the land will pass
along the south bank of the Anacostif
river. skirting Hillsdale and Congress.
HNie"'o vi thC SoutH anu "Cotb dhe
will enable travel to be diverted from
the steep grades on Nichols avenue.
- Fourteen dress skirts, flying in tn,
wind from clothesline in the yard oi
James Waters. a resident of 143 Sheri
dan avenue, attracted the fancy Of 9
thief, who visited the place during tn,
night and carried of the entire collec
ton Of dress skirts The police of tn,
Eleventh precinct have been asked tt
locate them.
"a. Maurice Otterback, of the Anacostis
Bank, and George s. King a bushes,
man, are in Atlantic City.
-o- Mrs H. E. Forbes, of Atlanta, Ga.
IDS the guest OF relatives at the home o
ssMr. and Mrs. James w. Marbury, 225
Mt. View place.
Frank Green has returned to his hom,
in Mt. View place, after passing his va
- cation in St. Paul. MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evander French, O
Nichols avenue, will return home thi
after visiting in Ohio.
Mrs. Ulrich Found.
Mrs. Maud Ulrich. of 1907 Fourtl
eestreet northwest, who was reporte,
to the police yesterday as missing. we
located today by her husband. IN