Evening star., 1912-07-20
ANAcosTIA.

President Charles r. Burr ofsthe AnaS
costa Citizens Associatio expects to call
a special meeting In the near future of
the several committees of. that organiza-
tion with a view of obtaining. their opin-
ions as to the. needed. improvements in the
suburb for the next year.. Following this
meeting a special meeting of the execu-
tive committee is to he held, when the
views expressed by the committeeman
are to be voted on by this highest COM
mittee. Should this committee deem it
necessary. q special meeting of the asso-
citation will be called to definitely decide
on improvements wanted It is the gen.
eral opinion among a majority of the
members that every effort should be made
this year to have the approach to the
new. bridge put in good condition, and
also have the railway company place It's
power underground along this approach
and on Nichols avenue. This matter.
with an effort to secure better street car
facilities, will command most of the time
Of the association next winter.
Lawrence Quill has completed the erec-
tion of a modern brick dwelling on
now being occupied by William II. Brink
ley and family. Oscar C. Brothers is
having erected a modern frame residence
at Minnesota avenue and Good Hope
road, and expects to begin building a
number of additional houses in the near
223S Mount. View Place. a modern sub
urban home to be finished with stucco
and shingles, and to cost about g, 3,30O
The Congress Heights Baptist 'congrega-
ton has been granted permission to place
certain Improvements on the vacant lot
af 10 w
1t is expected. will assist in the work
of that congregation. William F. Rein
hart has practically completed six-room
frame dwelling at 2116 Nichols avenue.
provements to his home on Bryan street,
near Morris road. George "A. Gossett is
building an addition to his home on
Brothers place, Congress Heights. A
two-story brick addition is being placed
by John w. Crawford on the rear of his
home at 14th and Pleasant streets. Sew
eral new homes are being erected at
Bradbury Heights. and the transportation
company operating bus line to that
suburb has completed the erection of
Drug and Chemical Company has COM
pleted the erection of a modern drug
store at Minnesota and Pennsylvania ave-
nues. with living apartments on the Sec
ond floor. The building is finished in
stucco to conform to other buildings in
the immediate vicinity.
The Improvement Association of Suit
land has decided to observe it's second
anniversary August 21 at the home of
Charles l.. jenkins, on the Sutland road,
when a lawn fete is to be held, and the
families of members are to be invited to
attend. A meeting is to be held the early
part Of the coming month, when final ar
rangements are to be made for this affair
and definite reports made concerning the
street railway line proposed between Ana
costa and that place will be presented.
Mineola Tribe, No. II, Improved Order
OF Red Men. of Anacostia. met last even
ing in Masonic Hall. Reports of the
annual excursion of the order held the
past week to Chesapeake Beach were
submitted by the special committee on
arrangements. composed Of R. A. Hum
mage and William N. Swindells, and
showed that the affair had been a COM
plete success.
The MONDAY meetings of employees Of
the Washington Steel and Ordnance Com
pany, which were inaugurated several
months ago by Rev. Samuel w. Grafflin,
pastor of the Anacostia Methodist Episco-
pal Church. continue to hold the interest
Of the men. They are held each Thurs
day at noon, and different speakers are
selected to address the men. Similar
gatherings that have been held in the
Congress Heights fire department building
have been discontinued for the summer
months. but, according to Rev. Merritt
Earl. pastor of the Methodist Church In
erings. they win be continued probably
In September.
Owing to the recent heavy rains Stick
foot branch. which runs through Hills
dale. has become flooded in some places
and is overfiowing the roadways.