The Washington times., 1912-07-25
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.
Ar,OaTIA ID a.. July rs.

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A petition from the property owners
and residents along Seventeenth street,
between Minnesota avenue and Good
Hope road. urging the Improvement OF
that thoroughfare has been sent to the
District Commissioners. The signers
point out the Importance Of the highway
as the connecting thoroughfare between
two busy avenues, and cite the construc-
tion of a number of new dwellings In
that section as another reason why It
should be improved. They ask that q
PORTION of the 5000 appropriated by
Congress for improving certain streets
in Anacostia be set aside for this work.
Maurice otterback, of the Anacostia
Citizens Association. who presented the
petition, has been informed OF its refer-
ence to Capt Mark Brooke for consid-
Grafton.
Such rapid progress is being mace
with the construction of the large inter-
center sewer that will ultimately con-
meet the District outfall sewer with
Kenilworth, the installation to be aions
the south bank of the Anacostia river,
that It is predicted the work will be
completed as far as .Anacostia within
short time. Contractor Warren Brenizer
is constructing the FIRST section OF the
sewer, between the outfall sewer and
Anacostia, and the trench and sewer
have been finished within half a mile
of this place. The exact point reached
corresponds with the extension OF the
Morris road. The appropriation 'hrst
made by Congress-, amounting 10 SoUo'
ia being utilized for this portion OF the
work, and another section has been pro
yided for in the District appropriation
bill Just passed by Congress, $4,000 De-
ing carried there for the c1ntinnation continual y,
which will result In the elimination OF
ali the lines of sewers now emptying
into the Eastern branch on the Anacos-
tia shores The Commissioners beiieve
the intercepter sewer Will be hnisneo IN
two years.
The unfavorable weather yesterday
caused a postponement Of the picnic OF
, the Anacostia Methodist Episcopal
Church Sunday school. and the Rev.
| Samuel w. Grafhin. pastor OF the
church, announced last evening that the
hitting. The committee supervising the
church gathering has the following
members: Superintendent Arthur p.
| Suit Samuel r. Campbell, Charles f.
|
| Samuel r. Campbell. -s.-s
! c. ]. Severn, an engineer In the serv-
! ice of the Government on the Panama
| canal works, who has been visiting rela-
uves in Baltimore and Anacostia. took
advantage of his trip to the United
States to go TO Baltimore and wed Miss
Grace Della, of that city. last week
He then proceeded to the Thousand Is.
,v,Io xrytth h L. 1SrtA A AHr Nd
ern will go to Panama on August 10
Mr. Severn was the guest while here OF
Mr.. and Mrs. James Severn, 1H Maple
View avenue: He was also visiting III.
who have been with Mr.. and Mrs. Sew
ern in Anacostia were Mr.. and Mrs. III
r. Severn. the former naval inspector
from Brooklyn, to which city they have
returned.
Late improvements to Anacostia dwell
ings include those Just completed by N
B. Scott, in Nichols avenue. near v
street; by Policeman p. ]. whelan. al
Nichols avenue and w streets. and Fred
erick Wenger. at 1924 v street. where
the alterations to the interior Of tn,
home are on an extensive scale.
walter Scott, whose vacation wal
spent with Henry Summers. his uncle
, in Vienna, Va, has returned to hi
home. 2o45 Nichols avenue.
!, William Summers. a member Of tn
J naval reserves Of the District, 10 hom
after a ten days cruise in the Ozark
training vessel Of the District nava
contingent.
Misses Mae and Beulah Shank, an,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Handy, and youni
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