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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-01
OF STREETS
IN EVANSVILLE PLANNED
Ten thousand or More Dollars to Be
Spent on Thoroughfares-New Town
Building Awaits Courts Decision.

tention Of the municipality. The opinion
prevails that the upper court Will concur
in the ruling. If the decision is handed
down within the next month, II is certain
that Hyattsville will have a new five
thousand-dollar municipal building before
the new year Is ushered in.
The board Of trustees of the local Pres
byterian church has purchased site at
the corner of Wine and Johnson avenues.
Plans are making for an edif1ce to accom-
modate the rapidly growing congregation
The present church building is located
on Maryland avenue.
This church congregation is the Oldest
of its kind In this country. The COM
munion service still in good condition.
was brought from England over $50 years
ago.
Church May Extend or Move.
A meeting of the congregation OF st.
Matthew's Episcopal congregation was
held in the Sunday school room Of Pink
ney Memorial Church. when the matter
of erecting a new church or making an
addition to the present edifice was dis
cussed. 1t is understood that there Is
already a fund of - 800 available.
Sentiment in the congregation is d.
new edifice or not. Some are of the opin-
lOIl tudl tHc pl cSSiS SitC oIi SPSiiSCi
street is ideal and want to make alter
atoms and Improvements.
A committee was appointed to solicit
further subscriptions. Rev. Henry
Thomas is rector.
Jackson H. Ralston. the well known
lawyer, is building a model dwelling on
Maryland avenue nearly opposite Wells
avenue, north. Former Mayor William
P. Magruder has about completed two
houses on Ravenswood avenue in the
Perkins subdivision, and w. G. Fisher, a
contractor from Berwyn, Prince Georges
county. has plans prepared for the cree
ton Of several houses on this street. but
is awaiting the decision of the mayor and
common council relative to constructing
roadways and sidewalks. Elmer +. Nc
Chesney is just completing three houses
avenue. and has already, 1T Is said, Sc
cured purchasers therefor. A new dwell
ing house on Johnson avenue Is being
built by Architect c. Frank Carr and will
be ready for occupancy by early ran.
The report Of w. A. Shepherd, George
NJ. Mcfarland and John A. Johnson. ap-
pointed by the mayor and common coun-
Gil to assess new property within the
corporate limits, shows an increase or
$4,000 over the assessment figures last
turned in. These figures are cited as an
evidence of the fact that the growth OF
Hyattsville is sure and proceeds along
conservative lines.
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.

L
HYATTSvuLE. Nd, June "a, 1911.
Tho anticipated expenditure OF $4,000
or more during the present summer and
fall in constructing permanent roadways
and cement sidewalks on the prominent
highways In this vicinity Is expected to
materially increase real estate values
within the corporate limits OF Hyatts-
Vile and, incidentally, add to the as
sessable wealth OF the municipality.
The improvement Of some thoroughfares
will mean the erection of many dwellings
this fall and the following spring. This
is especially true OF Owens avenue.
named after the late DR.. Joseph R.
Owens. for several years mayor Of
Hyattsville. and under whose administra-
ton the water works. sewerage system
and electric light plant were installed.
This street. now practically impossible,
runs from Wine avenue to Columbia ave-
nue.. through a grove of oaks. and will
form a convenient driveway out of
Washington via Brookland and Soldiers
Home. Already Mayor Roger Bells and
the town council, through the road COM
mittee, of which Councilman Edward Dew
lin is chairman. have ordered improve
ments that will aggregate more than
$4,000. The more important thorough
fares, Wine. Ralston and Washington
dN c1ueS anu opcIiCCI stCCt, VIII bC I'LL
proved Immediately, and a schedule adopt
ed for the other streets.
The law under which the work Is to
be done specifies that certificates OF in
debtedness amounting to $4,000 may be
issued every year. When the assess
ments for the work are paid the authori-
ties are allowed to issue additional GER
tificates to the amount of the assess
ments so paid. So 1t is quite probable
that a much larger sum than $4,000 will
be expended this year.
New Temple for Odd Fellows.
The erection of a new temple for the
rapidly developing local order Of Odd
Fellows is certainty. A committee has
already been named, charged with the
duty of selecting site for the building.
1t is expected that the temple will cost
in the neighborhood of $4,000 and will
be located in the downtown section. The
lodge now has a membership of over 100.
Ii is proposed to establish gymnasium.
swimming pools, billiard room and
reading room in the building.
A decision from the Maryland court of
appeals is expected daily in the case of
Brooks and Rushe agt. the mayor and
common council, in which the town Is
sought to be restrained from purchasing
a lot and borrowing money with which
to erect a municipal building for the fire
department and other town purposes.
The lower court has sustained the con-
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NEWS Of ROCKVILLE
AND THE COUNTY
James WiIkerson Day Dead.
Quarterly Conference N. E.
Church South.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


ROCKVILLE. Nd. July l, 1911.
James Wilkerson Day. aged eighty-two
years, died at his home near Lewisdale,
this county, of paralysis. He was one
of the best known farmers of the upper
section of the county. Surviving him are
five sons-Frank, Dorsey, Titus. James
and Charles Day-and a daughter. Mrs.
Dallas Watkins. The funeral took place
Yesterday afternoon from Bethesda Meth
odist Church at Browningsville. very
large gathering attending. Burial was In
the cemetery near the church.
A license to marry has been issued by
the clerk OF the circuit court here to
Miss Mary r. Cornwall of Ounce Or
chard and James w. Nealis of Choppers.
Required to Give Bond.
Lee Ganley of Washington, formerly
OF Boyds. this county. who is charged
with an assault upon John w. Williams,
a former member of the house of dele
gates from this county. now a temporary
clerk in the Office of the county commits
sioners here, was brought before Justice
Reading in the police court here yester-
day and required to furnish $500 bail for
his appearance at the November term
of the circuit court for trial.
Ganley, 1t is charged, attacked Will
Iiams on a Baltimore and Ohio train.
near Germantown, this county, striking
him in the face several times. breaking
his nose and otherwise seriously injuring
him. Ganley claimed that Williams was
talking about him, which Williams de-
MED
Miss Winnie Agnes Andrews and Mr..
Jesse D. Briggs. both Of Gaithersburg.
this county, were married Wednesday
evening by Rev. j. Harry Smith, pastor of
the Gaithersburg Southern Methodist
Church, the ceremony taking place at the
home of the bride In the presence of a
small company of relatives and friends.
Quarterly Conference.
The first quarterly conference of Goshen
circuit of the Southern Methodist Church
began this morning in the church at
Goshen and will continue through tomor-
row. Following preaching services this
morning, business session was held.
Tomorrow, morning and afternoon ses-
sions will be held. Rev. Forrest j. Pref
lyman. presiding elder of the Washing
ton district, is in charge.
AS Gov. CrOthers has declared July )
legal holiday, the banks throughout the
county and some of the other business
establishments will be closed Monday and
Tuesday.
The Barnesly building at Olney, this
county, has been sold to w. j. Hoyle Of
Avery. for 200. 1t is understood the
purchaser will transfer his mercantile
business from Avery to Olney.
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dent: Flodoardo Howard. secretary; sam
uel Stott treasurer. and committee was
appointed to attend the convention for
memorializing Congress for charter of
firemens insurance company. At this
time the apparatus was reported in good
order and fit for service. but Congress
having. March 3. 1887. made an appro-
priation of $7,225 for the purchase of
fire engine. apparatus and engine house
for the War and Navy Departments and
the company directed its president to
inform the Secretaries of War and Navy
that it would take charge of such ap-
paratus It also requested that the com
missioner of public buildings allow
member Of the company to accompany
him when he selected the apparatus and
Mr.. Hanley was selected as that person
Purchase of the Apparatus.
April II Mr. Hanley reported that the
apparatus had been purchased and two
days. after the company issued an invi-
tation to the other companies of the
city and Georgetown to meet for test
of the apparatus in front of the Presi-
dents house in October. but there is no
report of such meeting. In this month
the company received a check for $50
from a Philadelphia insurance company
for their success in extinguishing fire at
Capt. Ramsey's. destructive fire took
place at the corner of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and 9th street, originating in the
store of G. E. Washington & Co..
which occasioned the loss of $4,000 ana
one on June 6. in the carpenter SHOP of
James Carrco north of st. Johns
Church.
In April the present site of the engine
house was bought by Col. holland. COM
missioner of public buildings. plans made
and the building erected. BY July I'D such
progress had been made in the work that
they took steps to celebrate the opening
by firemens procession. Dr. Magruder,
f. Coolidge and George w. Hardness
We're appointed committee to CONFER
with committees of the Washington and
Georgetown companies to arrange for a
grand procession Tuesday, October a.
When the procession took place there
were in line the Columbia. with engine,
hose and hydraulion and about sixty
members; the Vigilant of Georgetown
with seventy-five members: the Franklin
with engine, hydrauion and hose reel
and nearly eighty members in line: the
Marine Band, mayors and members OF
the councils of Washington and George
town and the officers and directors OF the
Firemens, Potomac and Franklin hre
insurance companies; the Perseverance
fire company with the apparatus; the
Navy Yard company: the Anacostia with
fire engine and about fifty members: the
Western Star of Georgetown with engine.
suction and hose carriage and the Union
with new hose carriage, two wheeled
reel and new engine with seventy-nine
members.
There was much rivalry by the COM
panies as to making the best display.
each having teams of two and four
horses to each piece of apparatus, many
banners and United States flags, with
flowers, were in the line. The route OF
the procession was one at which organi-
cations of the present day would balk.
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Ellie Sheetz BUYS Business Site.

Report has been made by the James ].
Hampton Company of the sale to Ellie
Sheetz confectioner. OF the three-story
brick dwelling at 1920 14th street north
west. The consideration in the trans
action was not stated, but 1t Is under
Sheetz will remodel the building and
adapt 1t to the needs of his business.
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The old Union engine house at the
southeast corner of 10Th and H streets will.
il is expected, be ready for the celebra-
ton there by the Association OF Oldest
Inhabitants the Fourth of July. For sew
eral weeks past the mechanics have been
engaged in charging the structure. but
the familiar lies of the old yellow build
ing erected in 1887 have been preserved
and the conventional engine house of old
times will remain in this sample. much to
the qualification of the oldest citizens and
descendants of the fireboys Of Old The
upper floor will be given over to the use
of the Oldest Inhabitants and the lower
floor to the old firemen. of whom but few
remain, the volunteer organization having
gone out of existence in 1854. In each
room there will be displayed many valu-
able relics Of the past; on the lower floor
the old suction engine, hose carriage,
hooks, trumpets. hats and belts, caps
leather buckets, hose, etc.
All the fire engine houses OF ante-bei-
lum days have disappeared. and when the
Veteran Volunteer Fireman's Association
was formed, some thirty years ago, none
of the ancient apparatus could De 1ouno
in the District. After several months one
engine and hose carriage were FOUND.
purchased and brought to the city. and
they will be kept for future generations.
They will doubtless be viewed with as
much curiosity as some OF the exhioits In
the National Museum.
The old company, as we'll as the house,
has an interesting history extending back
to the beginning of the nineteenth CEN
fury. There were organized hre compa-
MES in Georgetown and Alexandra before
the government moved here. in 1890, and
the first engines used in the city were
procured for the protection of the Treas
ury in 1900. and an engirs was used at
fire there January 3. 1901, by the clerks.
There is no record of an organized COM
pany, however. until after the corpora
ton, by an act of 1888. directed the
purchase Of three engines and provided
for the organization of companies under
fire directors.
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Quarterly Conference.
Two New Houses at Takoma.

Two houses of the Spanish mission
type Of architecture have just been COM
pleted on Dahlia street near Blair road
Takoma Park. by William L. F. King.
They occupy the highest point in Takoma
Park. and are very attractive, with their
large lots and spacious porches. Each is
entirely detached. and has nine rooms.
tiled bath, gas stoves. hot-water heat and
cellar under the entire house. The houses
will be put on the market in the near
future.
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Residence Leased at Scott Circle.

j. v. N. and T. B. Huyck have leased
to Assistant Secretary Samuel Adams of
the Department of the Interior the large
house No. 1920 Rhode Island avenue. at
Scott Circle. 1t adjoins on the east the
home of Secretary of the Navy Meyer,
and is opposite the residence of Ambassa-
dor John Hays Hammond. AS soon as
improvements are completed Assistant
Secretary Adams and family will take
possession of the house.
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Two Sales in Cleveland Park.

Two sales of property in Cleveland
Park were reported yesterday by Moore
e. Hill. Inc. e. G. woodruff bought the
nine-room house at 27o1 Newark street
and Frederick S. Tyler was named as
the purchaser of the residence at 1920
Newark street. The price stated for the
latter property was $1,000.
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Procession to Center Market.

1t formed at the Union engine house,
proceeded by Pennsylvania avenue to
Bridge street. to High, to 1st (now NJ
street, to Potomac, to Water street and
re-entered the city by K street, thence by
Pennsylvania avenue through the Presi-
dents grounds to the Capitol on the
north side, and 1st street to the Avenue
to Sth street southeast to Virginia ave-
nue., to New Jersey avenue by south side
Of Capitol to Pennsylvania avenue. to the
Center market. where 1T disbanded. This
was the first general firemen's procession
in the District.
December 10, 1887, a resolution was
adopted looking to a convention Of dele
gates of all the companies to form a fire
department, at which c. n. Hagner, Will
liam T. Magruder. Dr. Howard. E. Han
ley and John Barclay were elected dele
gates. January I, 1888. the company
elected Messrs Hanley and Barclay as
directors of the Firemen's Insurance Com
pany At the annual meeting January
T. Mr.. Evans was elected president, Mr..
Hanley vice president. Charles Calvert as
secretary, J. o. p. Degges as assistant
secretary. Samuel Scott as treasurer.
Samuel Drury captain of engine. DIR.
icers were A. Hoover. Thomas Smith.
William Wilson, Lem Williams, John Will
son and James Kelly.
A fine banner was presented to the
company January 8. when there was a
short procession to the Seven Buildings,
where Mrs. Goldsborough, on behalf OF
| the ladies of the ward made an address,
and the banner was received by an ap-
propriate response by Mr.. Evans. Feb
ruary IL, Mr.. Evans resigned the presi-
dency, and Mr.. Hanley succeeded him.
DIR. Magruder being elected to Mr.. Han
Iey's place. In the month following 1t was
| frequently called out, but there was no
very serious fires. May 30 the trial OF
| engines with the Franklin took place
near the latters engine house. June 1,
| 1t. with the Franklin company. re-
sponded to an alarm from a burning
stable in Georgetown, and to numerous
other fires and alarms.
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Annual Election of Officers.

At the annual meeting in 1889 the old
officers were elected with the exception
that Lewis Chizum was elected in the
place of James Kelly. At this meeting a
standing committee was elected John
D. Barcley. John Bancroft, William VIII
son, j. @. P. Degges and Samuel Red
fern. A uniform was adopted-the hat
| red with blue top. the name of the COM
pany in front, clasped hands. and on the
Strength with the figures 1885; capes
of vermillion with gilt border, spread
eagle in gilt. beneath the word Union
The company at once became an active
one and soon reached a high state of
discipline, for there were many fires at
which it had exercise.
At the annual meeting in 1910 the Off
GERS elected were Capt. Hanley. presi-
dent; DIR. Magruder. vice president;
Charles Calvert, secretary. with William
H. Perkins. assistant; Samuel stott.
treasurer: J. o. p. Degges. captain of the
engine; William II. Degges. captain of
hose. and William r. TAFT. Thomas
Smith. James Mitchell. James Kelly, Ar
chibald Thompson and G. Theodore Nc
Glue were the other officers.
A great firemen's procession took place
April 10 on which occasion the Mechani-
cal Fire Company of Baltimore was guest
of the Union In this year many fires
took place.
In after years there were prominent In
the company such persons as Dr. Ma.
gruder, Rev. Charles A. Davis, Samuel
E. Douglass, William H. Hines and the
descendants of many of the original
members of the first ward and Union
companies While banded together to
fight the devouring element the mem
bership was not devoid of patriotism. 1t
was represented in the ranks of the City
Volunteers during the Florida war In
the Mexican war a full company was re-
cruited at this house going to the front
under Capt William II. Degges.
Used for Variety of Interests.
The hall was occupied for many pur-
poses. Capt. Hanley. In the forties. was a
commander of the Union Guards. who
had their armory here. The Union NJ. z.
Church may be said to have originated
here in 1S48. Temperance meetings were
also held here. Messrs. Evans and Davis
| being leading spirits therein. In the ff
| ties the hall was used for school pur-
| poses and many Of the boys of that sec
| ton were started In path to knowledge.
Company b, Union Regiment. Capt
James Kelly. was formed of Union boys.
who were also represented in other COM
| panfes, but the fire company did not dis
band. In May. 1861. when fighting the
| fire at Wizards Hotel William H.
| Hines. the president. was forced to give
up the engine to the superior force of
| Ellsworth Zouaves, who had responded
| to a call from their quarters at the
| Capitol.
| They occupied the engine house until
| September H. 1861 when the United
| States Fire Brigade under Chief William
| Dickson. established It's headquarters
| here with the steam fire engine Hibernia.
| The company found temporary quarters
/ and continued in service until the paid
department was commissioned in 1864 un-
| der w. w. Goddard as foreman.
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Eighteen Sales Reported.

A particularly active end-of-the-month
was reported by Stone & Fairfax, Inc,
this realty firm stating that 1t sold
eighteen pieces of property during the
last ten days of June The values of
property transferred were said to range
from 800 to $4,000.
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J. NJ. Shackelford. who was shot from
ambush June Is. as he drove along
public road in Gloucester county. Viz
ginia, died from the effects OF his In
juries Friday morning. The county COM
missioners have offered q reward Of $50
for the discovery OF the murderer.
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SAMPLE HOUSE IN EACH ROW OPEN.
SURE TO MAKE YOUR SELECTION NOW.
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Rev. G. w. Ogg, the new Methodist
Protestant minister at Sharpstown, Md,
has taken a census of the town and finds
eighty Methodist Protestant families,
eighty-five Methodist Episcopal one Bap-
fist. two Protestant Episcopal and ave
mixed.
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History of Old Company.

Therefore, 1t is interesting to know
the history of the company for which the
house was erected. In 1903 an act was
passed by the corporation for the estab-
lishment of companies to take charge
of the engines procured for the protec-
ton of the four markets-the West. at
10Th street and the Avenue; the Center,
or Marsh, at eth street and the Avenue;
the Capitol Hill, on New Jersey avenue
near c street. and the Branch market on
Market square, south of Is street near
the navy yard. A board OF superintena-
ence was appointed: Thomas II. ellis.
one Of the clerks who came here with
the government, was a director for the
first ward.
August IL, 1904, Mr.. ellis called a
meeting of the citizens of the West
market to organize a company, and Mr..
j. Strech, clerk in the Treasury. pre-
sided and Mr., ellis served as secretary.
They, with Capt John Woodside. who
had distinguished himself at the fire at
the Treasury. in January, 1901, appoint
ed committee to draft rules and reg
ulations for fire company. This COM
mittee reported at subsequent meeting
and the company was organized. with
others Peter Hagner, father of Judge
Hagner; c. w. Goldsborough and N. X.
however, that the company was then
known other than as the First Ward
Fire COMPANY. In common with the
companies formed for the other engines.
il followed the rules adopted by the
board of superintendence in 1906. These
required the engineers to take charge
OF the engines; the lane men 70 form
lines and keep the engines supplied with
water; the Sentinels to keep safe and
protect all movable property and the fur
niture men. to remove all valuables from
the houses and places in charge OF the
sentinels: the engineers to wear a hat
| with a white crown. with the word En-
| gineer' on the front. and TO carry a
| speaking trumpet. the lane men hats with
| a black crown and white brim and each
carry n white staff the ladder men the
same style hats with a ladder on the
| front, and the furniture men black hats
with white crowns and the word Fur
niture'' on the front: the sentinels the
same, carrying a white stan.
Attends Fires in Every Quarter.
This company did not confine its serv.
ices TO the saving Of property in the west
part of the city, but attended fires In any
quarter For some years after they wen,
| into service they were called out often
| In the first year of the war Of 1872 there
| were so many incendiary fires which were
only checked by the summary action oil
| the citizens I'm organising night patrols
/ but a patrolman essaying to play the par
OF a '.firebug" was lynched and this &C