Evening star., 1915-03-11
Declares Commissioners Are
Entitled to Aid of Sec
tionaI Associations.
USUALLY ONLY ONE SIDE
COMES BEFORE OFFICIALS
Connecticut Avenue Folk Will Ask
More Police Protection From
Maj. Pullman.

What III. Commissioners desire IN the
nav of advice and help from the mem
bers of the various citizens assocla-
fions of the District was explained pS
comm;ss,oner Louis Brownlow in the
course of an intimate talk before the
Connecticut Avenue Citizens Associa-
tion. meeting in the assembly haii OF
the Army and Navy Preparatory Schooi
last night.
..So one ever comes before the Com
missioners or the public utilities COM
mission. usually. but the proponents OF
- ouestiou" declared Commissioner
Rroyylow What We lack and what
we sorely need is what the citizens
associations should give us-dislnter-
extea advice on questions of general
interest.
The Commissioner cited the case OF
street car "trai1ers. when the street
car companies urged that 1T was LOT
the hest interests of all concerned that
the "trailers" be allowed to pc run
without a conductor on them
The citizens associations do not
give us the advice on general matters
that we would like to have. continued
the Commissioner. TO my mind II IS
one of the most important functions or
such associa tions to advise the Com
1uissiouers II seems to me that each
association ought TO nave dIi cAStuliSS
committee for the especial purpose OF
keeping i'll close touch with the COM
inissioners, that the Commissioners
would not be made to appear to take
a position We do not take. that OF OPP
position. We are sometimes compelled
TO be inquisitors, and not Judges.
Want All Possible Advice.
We want all the advice possible. even
down to the little details. The Commits
sioners and the public utilities commits
sion want to know what the people OF
the District want, but unless the people
teli them they do not know. If we lived
in A regular town. mean regular, po-
iitically speaking-we would know But
as it is the District Commissioners feel
:, raoral obligation to the citizens of the
District the same as II they were electeo
directly by the people
The, Commissioners know that all sec
tons OF the city want SchoolhouseS, and
we know that you wanted new streets,
most of you, until the Borland amend
rsent was passed. We know the sec
tional needs, what we want is your ad-
vice and your ideas on general subjects.
Come down to see US whenever you nave
something on your mind-and want
you to have something on your mind con-
cerning the whole CITY,.
Oppose Limited Car Stops.
The question of limited street car
stops, or system of stops at alternate
streets, instead of at every block, was
discussed at length by the association.
with the result that the association
unanimously voted to oppose. before
the public utilities commission any ef-
forts made toward d realization OF the
plan OF alternate stops. David Selke
characterized the scheme as one to
give people nervous prostratlon, ana
other members of the association pres
ent seemed to hold like sentiments.
Mr. SeIke and committee Will wait on
Raymond Pullman. as soon as he is
sworn in as superintendent OF police.
to see about getting more policemen
for Connecticut avenue. Burglars have
been busy in that section, 1t was stat
ed and the citizens of the association
feel that their best plan is to lay the
question before the new supertntend-
cnt of police as soon as he takes once.
r w Ashley, chairman of the school
committee, presented such d satisfac-
tory report showing why the associa-
ton should not ask to have the hour
of opening the public schools changed
from 8 O'Clock 10 $50 O'Clock that the
report was adopted unanimously, and
the board of education will not be ap-
preached on the subject.
Boundaries Are Defined.
A report defining the boundaries of
the association was accepted The ques-
ton Of relations between the associa-