The Washington times., 1914-04-01
HARDING TO HEAR
PLEA FOR LIGHTS
FOR 14TH STREET
Petition of Business Men and
, Residents to Be Presented
/ Friday Morning.

The petition OF business men anc
residents of upper Fourteenth street
for improved iiluminations on that thor.
oughfare will be formally presented &c
Major Chester Harding, Engineer Com
missioner of the District, at II O'Clock
Friday morning.
Arrangements for special committee
representing the Columbia Heights
Citizens Association, which is pushing
the campaign for new lights. to present
the petition, were made today by J.
Clinton Hiatt The full committee
which will call Friday morning on
Commissioner Harding. who has gen
eral supervision of street lights, was
announced today by william H. Saun-
ders. president Of the citizens associa-
ton. 1t consists Of the following
twenty members:
J, Clinton Hiatt. chairman: DR.. Benja-
min r. Gibbs. Elmer E. Ramey. Charles
Z. Gross, Daniel w. Edelin,. B. H
BarndoIlar. A. Leftwich Sinclair. Col.
Charles C. Lancaster. Judge Charles 8.
Bundy, Arthur r Ramsay. F. w. Glenn
ents, DR.. Lewis J. Battle. William E
Andrews. Charles T. Ciagett. W. S.
Annnix, H. A. Clark. Commodore
George H. Peters. Major E. F. Riggs.
and Dr.. Daniel 7. Birtwell.
Saunders viii Go.
Mr. Saunders, as president Of the Co.
,umbia Heights Association. is a mem
her ex-ofricio Of the lighting committee,
and will accompany the delegation to
Commissioner Harding's office in the
District building.
II is probable that q brief. which at
toyneys who are members Of the COM
mittee are preparing, will be presented
at the same time as a petition. This
brief will recite in detail the urgent
need for a new lighting system In Four
teenth street above Florida avenue. and
Will ask the Commissioners to grant a
public hearing to business men and resi-
dents.
The committee is desiroTs of having
the Commissioners set the latter part Of
next week as the date for the public
hearing. An invitation will be extended
to the Commissioners to visit Four
a SATURDAY. night. when upper Four
teenth street is crowded with thousands
of pedestrians, shoppers. and pleasure
seekers, in order tAat they may see
first-handed Just what the conditions
are, and how pressing 1s the need Tor
improved illumination.
Is Dark Corner.
epeciaI attention was called today to-
the conditions at the intersection OF
Fourteenth street and Columbia road.
This is one Of the darkest corners on
upper Fourteenth street, yet there Is no
part Of the street where traffic is heav-
ier. With Fourteenth street as the
chief north and south thoroughfare OF
Columbia Heights, and Columbia road
She most important street running cast
and west, there Is a constant stream OF
pedestrian and vehicles passing in four
directions at this junction.
With foliage on the trees at this
potnt the shadows are such that it is
Dossible for drivers Of automobiles and
oShe. vehicles to see only a short space
&hen turning from one street into an
ether, endangering the lives Of pedes-
6isns a. well as those in the vehicles
zee Of the Columbia Heights Citizens
Association probably will be held Fri
day night, following the presentation
Of the petition to Commissioner Hard
Ing. At THIS meeting 1uTtner plans IQr
rushing the lighting Campaign will be
discussed.
To Discuss Light.
n is expected that plans for obtain
ing new lights will be the chief subject
q: discussion at the regular meeting Of
the association in st. Stephens Hall
next Tuesday evening.
The committee in charge Of the light
ing campaign decided today to ask the
proprietors of the several motion pic
turs houses in Fourteenth street to dis
play on the screen between pictures,
bulletins urging all residents Of Column
bia Heights to boost the lighting pro-
1ect.
With the strong support of the s.. 900
residents Of Columbia Heights. mem
hers Of the citizens association are
confident that the campaign will have
p successful elimination In q short
time, and that within a few weeks.
work Of installing a modern lighting
System in Fourteenth street will be
cor,ruenced