The Washington times., 1911-09-20
PETNORTH CITIZENS
DEMAND INCREASED
SCHOOL FACILITIES
Housewarming for New
q Fire Station Is Also
re- Planned.
w. F. GUIDE URGES
FORCEFUL ACTION
Protests Against Children Housed
in Cellars of School
Buildings"

Petworth wants more school accom-
modations and some of the citizens openly
call the present conditions disgraceful,
The universal transfer agitation and a
park project, too, are interesting the res
idents. A house~arming for the new
fire station, No. "a, the need of a clean
up of some uasightly spots and elecli1n
of officers completed the list Of import
ant questions considered at the meet
ing OF the PetworIh Citizens Associa-
ton, held last night. The session was
held in the Presbyterian church at
Georgia and New Hampshire avenues
northwest. with President Paul L. Lesh
In the chair.
school buildings and only able to get
half day sessions In school form a sit
uation that is no credit to the District, "
said w. F. GUIDE. IF we are to get
the school accommodations we need
some one must keep eternally nounding
the Board of Education (Which by the
way is well nigh powerless in the mat
teri and the other authorities. Unless
the bounding is kept up you will find
that II will be the same in the present
case as 1t was when it took us four
teen months to secure the four-room
addition to our present school in Pet
worth.
Need for Watchfulness.
UNLESS somebody watches out, you
will find that after you have secured
your appropriation for the building the
close of the Government fiscal year
will come, and the appropriation will
become illegal because some architect
has failed TO prepare his plans on time
or for some other Ike reason. Our
school system is one of the best in the
country, but 1t is not measuring up to
its duty when 1t fails to furnish ade-
quate accommodations for the children,
My children cannot go to school until
o'clock in the afternoon, because
there is not sufficient accommodations,
even with the addition that has been
constructed to the building. for all the
children. We must lend ourselves ear
nestly and persistently to securing the
needed additional accommodations.
These remarks from Mr.. GUIDE were
made In the discussion Of a resolution
adopted By the Petworth association
indorsing and pledging support to the
Park View Citizens Association in its
efforts to secure from Congress an ap-
preparation for a school building in
the Park View Suburb. The site for
the school has already been purchased
at the corner of Newton and Water
streets. delegation from the Park
View association presented the resolu-
ton. 1t sets forth that Park View has
school population of 600 pupils that
is forced to find its school accommoda-
tons in the already overcrowded Pet
worth schools. The resolution shows
that within the last three years Park
View has doubled its number of houses
ana lis constantly growing.
Votes to Aid Park View.
The Petworth association unanimous
~ voted to aid Park View in seeking
to secure before the close of the pres
ent fiscal year the schoolhouse appro-
priation.
The Rhode Island Avenue Suburban
Association, through Chairman P. ".
Heating. of its street railway commit
tee, sought the cooperation Of the Pet
worth Association in the move for Sc
curing the universal transfer. Chair
man Heating said that efforts are to
be made to get every citizens associa-
ton in the District to work individually
as well rs through the federation of
associations, for the transfer. The
chairman Of the street railway commit
tee Of the ePtworth Association was
delegated to be present at the proposed
conference; to be held under the aus
piciesf of the Rhode Island Avenue Or
ganization and to make report back to
the association.
Endorsement of the Mcmillan park
plan for the city was unanimously
agreed upon. But the park committee
will seek to have the Commissioners
Of the District INCLUDE in their park APP
preparation estimate, money for the &C
Quiring of the strip of seven acres.
known as Libbey Park, that lies
directly west from the Eagle Gate
into the Soldiers Home. 1t was fur
Their decided that the association park
committee shall urge upon the Wash
lngton Playground Association the ad-
vantage Of securing this tract for a
playground, If it is not acquired for
purely park purposes. Chairman GUIDE,
Of the park committee, and Attorney
w. N Cromwell and Mr. Suitor, of the
with Commissioner Judson in promote
ing the Mcmillan plan. Chairman GUIDE
said that Commissioner Judson promised
cooperation with the association If the
association would aid in furthering the
general Mcmillan plan.
Station Eousewarming.
The entire matter of a housewarming
for the new fire station was referred to
a committee composed of w. NJ. Crom-
well, P. B. Brill, and Henry EeDuc.
The committee is authorized to geek the
In Park View, Columbia Heights,
Brightwood, Brightwood Park, and
Saurs Addition. The committee will
collect funds and make plans. The
event will be held some time in Novem-
Der.
The automobile apparatus that will be
housed in the building will serve a large
section of the city. and on this account
q Petworth gathering, is planned
improvements in the triangle at Ninth
and Urshur streets and Georgia avenue.
paving for the alley north from Var
rum street, between Eighth and Ninth
streets, and a cleanup OF the Twelfth
street triangle Will be asked of the
army engineers and the District gov
eminent
All the officers of the association
were reelected. comprising Paul E.
Lesh, president; Henry LeDuc, vice
president; ]. L. Carr, secretary; J. /,
Painter, treasurer.