Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-13
ANACOST|A CITIZENS
TO MAKE DEMANDS
Determined to Gain Street I'm
provements and Better
Car Service.

The Anacostia Citizens Associa ton is
to make a further determined demand for
the Improvement of the approach to the
new bridge and Of Nichols avenue to Tai
bert street and at the same time will en-
deavor to compel the railway company to
place its power under ground along this
thoroughfare. At the June meeting Of the
organization held last night, much time
was devoted to a discussion Of this SUBJ
ject. Maurice Otterback, in presenting
the matter, said:
The people Of Anacostia are going to
try to compel the railway company to
place its power under ground in the near
future. This matter has now been pending
for over three years, and the present con-
dition of the road demands that imme-
date action be taken.
A petition addressed to the Commission
erS. relative to the present condition OF
this highway and urging that immediate
Improvement be made, was read.
Citizens Determined.
So determined are the citizens in their
demand for Improvement that a commit
tee of about twenty-five men will call on
the Commissioners in the near future and
place the matter before them.
The association also will push it's
claim for an all-night car service on
matter J. T. Herbert called attention
to the fact that similar service was
maintained in other suburbs in the Dis
trict with lesser populations. and also
stated that hundreds of men were re-
quired to walk TO the Navy Yard in
the mornings and take the Capital
Traction cars in order to reach their
work on time. The committee on rail-
roads, of which John +. Earnshaw is
chairman, will hold a conference with
matter.
Sewer improvements.
William ]. Latimer, chairman of the
committee on sewers, presented a
lengthy report. which stated that it
was the intention of the sewer depart
ment to expend approximately 100000
this summer improving sewer condi-
tions in the Anacostia section This
Will include the construction of the
large intercep,or sewer from Poplar
point to the Anacostia bridge, the
erection of a pumping station at Pop
lar point and the extension of over
flow sewers to the bulkhead line of the
proposed channel. These small over
flow sewers Will be called into service
only during heavy rains. a por-
uon of this amount viii also be used
to improve conditions in Stickfoot
branch, which have been the cause OF
numerous complaints during the pas,
few years. Contracts for most of The
work have been awarded and in some
cases work has been started. The re-
maInder will be begun in the near
future.
Desire Mail Collection.
The collection of mail on Sundays
leo
the desire Of the association to have a
collection on Sundays about 7 o'clock
in the evening in order that mail may
be delivered in the city Monday morn
ing.
DIR. T. d. Mudd, chairman of the
sanitation committee, reported that he
had been advised by the health de-
partment that there were no funds
available at the present time for rid
ding the community of stagnant pools
of water, but that small appropria-
he would endeavor to secure a portion
Of this for the AnacoStia section. A
number of these pools are on private
property and the owners will be asked
10 eliminate them.
Would Assist Crusade.
DR.. Mudd stated that these places
mosquitoes and that one way to assist
The Star in it's movement for a fly
less city is to eliminate these breed
ing places. In this connection the
owners Of the property at Nichols ave-
nue. and U street will be asked to re-
move the weeds from their ground
and the engineer of bridges will be
asked to remove the weeds from the
slopes on the approach to the bridge.
The association is heartily in favor of
The Stars campaign and will do all
in its power to rid the city OF flies.
Minor matters to be considered in
cluded requests for improvement to
certain streets and the acceptance OF
an invitation from John A. Logan
Post, No. 10, Grand Army Of the Re-
public, to attend the exercises attend
ant upon the unfurling Of a flag at
the Episcopal Home for Children, Fri
day evening. The association ad-
journed until next September