Evening star., 1921-11-08
CITIZENS OPPOSE
/ PROPOSED SCHOOL
Sixteenth Street Highlands
!, Association Against Plans
for Tubercular.
HELD MENACE TO HEALTH
Vote of Protest Cast Against Con.
tinuation of Hospital at 14th
and Upshur Streets.

United effort of the education and
public health committees led by thelI
chairmen, Jesse Benjamin apd Dr.
Lewis ]. Battle, in which the eonun-
pance of the tuberculosis hospital and
the proposed erection Of a school Tor
tuberculous children at 18th and Up
shur streets were strongly denounced
caused the Sixteenth Street Highlands
Citizens Association, which met last
night at the Sixth Presbyterian
Church, to go on record. as being
Mr.. Benjamin argued that the loca-
ton of the school was not conVen-
icnt for the tubercular children and
was decidedly out of place in a
strictly residential section. DR.. Bat
Tie made a point out of the fact that
the continuance of the hospital and
the erection of the proposed school
was a menace to the health of the
community. as in his, opinion. tuber-
culosis was highly conta gious. l.. e.
Julihn in discussing the matter
recommended that the present site
end building be made into a high
school. which was greatly needed in
the section.
Other Site Asked.
Paul F. Grove. past president of
the association. stated that the as
sociation mould determine a place
where the tubercular hospital and
school should be placed. in so much
as the work of the association should
he constructive as well as critical.
Following his talk the resolution. as
presented by Mr.. Benjamin, protest
ing against the present site was
amended to the effect that the edu-
cation and public health committees
'of the association should decide an
adequate site for the hospital and
school.
A communication setting forth Rep
reSentative Dyer's bill. recently in
troduced into Congress, asking for
}'alf fare on the street railways Of
the city. was referred to commit
tie to report back at the next meet
ing. Communications referring to the
fruit venders' protest against being
required to keep moving. and the
proposal ! OF new bus lines. We're
tabled. the opinion being expressed
that the matter did not came under
the jurisdiction of tte association.
For Great Falls Project.
J. NJ, Maupin asked the association
10 indorse Secretary Fats project. as
reported to President HARDING, cons
cerning the Great Falls electric pow
tr plan The matter was referred
10 committee Mr. Maupin. cha iy-
'llan Of the meinhsr ship committee,
announced the \aparoval of tweis e
rev members. which the association
;t:trmatively Il voted upon. 20 :
it. was announced that the subject
at admitting women 10 membership y
ould he brought up for action at
ihe next meeting. This action has
been defeated several fines previous
y. but from all Indications the ad1,fis-
sion of women at the next meeting
So ems II certainty.
\ humorous incident presented it.
self last night. when the motion to
adjourn was twice brought up in the
carly rart of the meeting aal ckice
defeated. Later on f. r -Noodson
called the ASSOCIATIONS attention to
the fact that in the constitution of
the association it was stated that any
motion that was twice defeated could
rot be brought up again during the
same year. The Constitution was so
amended last year to prevent con