Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-04
TenIeytown Meeting Opposes
Increase in Water Rates.
COUNTY ROADS ILL KEPT
Commissioners Criticised for Failure
to Clean Them.
CHARGED WITH DECEPTION, TOO
Animated Meeting Of the Citizens
Northwest Suburban
Association.

| vigorous demand that the District
| commissioners rescind their action in.
| creasing the water tax rates in the Dis
| trict, and give the citizens of the District
full hearing in the matter. was made
| at the November meeting of the Citizens
Northwest Suburban Association. in Ma
| sonic Halt. Tenleytown. last night. A
resolution to that effect was offered by
j. ]. Kramer and unanimously adopted
| The association also went on record as
| being opposed to the purchase of land
In the District for more public parks un-
| til the street car lines had been so ex.
tended as TO make all of Rock Creek
Park available to all the citizens. Prof
w. B. Ireland, who offered the resolu-
ton. declared that by purchasing more
land for public parks. the government
was constantly withdrawing from taxa
ton land in the District and thereby in
| creasing the burden of taxation upon the
remainder of the property in the Dis
| trict.
There are scores of acres in that srea'
Rock Creek park which are available
only to those who are fortunate to own
| horses or automobile s," said Prof. Ire
| land, land until this great tract is open
| ed up to the general public by the install
,ation of street car lines | am oppO ed
| trict for parks.
Alleged Failure to Clean Roads.
| The District Commissioners were Sc
verely criticised because they had failed
| to clean the suburban streets and county
roads with a part of the $4,000 appro-
priated by Congress and available after
| July I.
| DR.. ]. ". Chappell offered a resolution
| calling upon the Commissioners to "exe-
| cute the will of Congress " and spend
| part of the appropriation for street clean
| ing on the suburban streets and roads
| He declared that conditions had become
lntolerable during the summer. weeds
growing several feet high and cutters
| filed with trash in a number of the SUI
burban streets, and that no effort had
been made by the Commissioners to bet
ter conditions.
The statement was made that the Com
| missioners had appointed four inspectors
to look after this very matter, and that
they had failed to do anything but draw
| their pay.
Fight Over Stables.
| The association took up the cudgels for
the East Washington Citizens Associa-
| ton in the fight which Is being made to
prevent the District Commissioners from
street cleaning department in the square
bounded by Pennsylvania avenue. E. G.
1 13tn and 14th streets southeast. reSo-
luton presented by Curtis Smith was
unanimously adopted. protesting against
this exercise OF arbitrary and military
power by the Engineer commissioner OF
| the District.
| Capt William NJ. Potter. president Of
the East Washington Citizens Associa-
ton, who was special guest of the Citi-
zans' Northwest Suburban Association.
addressed the meeting. and In vigorous
,erms denounced the District Commission
ers for attempting to erect "a public sta
| BILE on property located in a strictly resi-
dental section. He declared that the
Commissioners had refused to give him
and his fellow citizens a fair hearing On
| the matter. and also that when the mat
ter had been taken to the courts the
| Commissioners had made an absolutely
| false statement to the court to have the
temporary injunction against the erection
of the stable removed.
Deception Charged.
They told the court that if the stable
was put farther from the center of he
city, as we suggested. the District would
lose ne-sixteenth of every days workii 6
| time OF the street cleaning employee ;
| said Capt. Potter. which would mean a
loss of $4,000 a year to the District.
| Every one knows who has looked into
the matter that the street cleaners are
| paid only for the time they are actual. y
| at work, and not fer the time they oc-
cupy 10 and from the work.
| Influence of Citizens Associa lions.
| Allan Davis, principal of the Bus les
| High School, addressed the assoc ion,
taking as his subject the power wn.cn
| is exerted by the citizens assoeia ions
and the Federation of Citizens Ass "a
tons in the framing of legislation. tie
| ,lkened the organization of the citizens
associations to the ward system in otner
places, declaring that it was free f ON
| mat great evil of the ward system, 81 aft.
| he urged tat ii be developed and ia c
more powerful, SO that the real .n..restS
| If the people of the District might DE
consulted In legislation.
| MIR. Davis sand tat at present much OF
| the innuence which shaped le6is.a, on la
| the district was in the HAMS OF the
rich men who entertained memb~rs vi
| Congress socially, anu corporations WHICH
| looked 10 their own interests.
| rne assOcia i'm electeA to membership
| former Senator Nathan Il. Scott of " 81
| yirs mia, w. w. Easily and F. Haze.
| Bond. President c. Z. Lancaster as Sc
| iected as delegate from the asso,Iati n
| 10 the reueratIon If Citizens Assoc "a
tions and isaac Il. SHOEMAKER al.er-