Evening star., 1924-11-26
CITIZENS RENAME
HERMANN LEADER
Southeast Association Con-
fers Honor on President
for 18th Term.

A. g. HERMANN, was reelected pres
i6ent of the Southeast Citizens Asso-
citation. for the eighteenth successive
term, At meeting last night in the
Tyler School. Eleventh and G streets
southeast.
Other officers unanimously elected
are as follows: First vice president.
Dr Victor @. Farrell; second vice
president, II. ". Lynn: third vice
rraSiderr. ". j.. Bruce: secretary.
Simon Il. Tenuyson: treasurer. Capt
William T.. Lucilett. and sergeant-ai-
arms. L. T. Roys. NJ en- Davis and
Iemuet Fugett were chosen as dele
gates to the Federation uf Citizens
Associa ton.
The ;ssocta ton voted 10 support
the plans OF II. W. Lynn, chairman of
the public utilities committee. 10 urge
upon the traction companies the ad-
visibility Of Utilizing one-mau cars as
''tvippers'' only in rush hours when
run on tine same line with ears Of
other tvpe~. That Is, the one-nan
cars 10 he loaded within two or three
blocks Of their starting point and ex-
pressed the rest OF the way to their
destina ton. Another plan. lie said
will he TO contne ercl Individual type
of car 70 a separate linc-:he middle
entrance type on one line, the onc-man
style on another and the r'ear-e entrance
front-eXit tE.c Oh 4 route distinct
from the others. ThtS system, he
said would lessen Confusion among
passengers and tend 20 eliminate traf-
fc con. a+tioI. An effort will be MADE
also +" have the Capittj Traction Co
establish express service on the Ave-
rue lin, to .ateud beyond Eighth
street ard Pennsylvania avenue south
eaat.
10 t~k bus Re routing.
Ni;b Tie completion OF TIE i'm
proSpfnenFs to the roadway surface
on r-ifte-ith street. tic Public It'll
i'isS Cuu,uli%si>n viii De asked TO re
route the present hus lines n the
Southra=t section. Ii is proposed TO
hak, txtendtd the liuc starting a:
Wafer and NJ streets TO continue out
Potomac ;ivellue to Fifteenth street
and th,u crosS-tcHr to Fifteenth and
y. streets northeast. The Twining
city iiNn. row terminating at the
new Eastern High School. is also
to ~ extended to Fift eeuth and II
streets. ;,c"ordiuS to the plan. The
I-.ucoIu rar!s and Northeast citizens
SSsuciatio.7e VIII be urged 10 support
tie Southeast BODY in this move.
A-oLiictiuE information received b..
various Ire5ui-rs Of the stSsociS tion il.
regard TO thc lev-ine Of assessments
Ter reSurfacit.s Eleventh street re-
suited in the committee OF street2
and avenues being instructed to in
ysstlgate the matter and report at
the December meeting. The associa-
tion has for years been recorded as
opposed u assessing abuttirg prom
erty owners for street IMPROVEMENTS
and has not experienced q change of
opinion. It was said that the rc-
surfaciuS OF Eleventh street wHs TO
he paid for solely out CT gasoline tax
revenues, but Allen Va Wis. said he
was informed at tn" assessors Of
ice that the property folders also
would h+ assessed.
Resolutions Of thanks VIII he "E
tended To the pari; commission Tor
the planting OF trees in var. ous paris
o. the southeast. The action OF the
commissioners in Increasing the fines
TO he imposed upon reckless auto
mobile drivers who fail to stop after
collision was commended, and the
recommendation made ttlat no bond
be accepted in these cases, thus neres
stating confinement in Jail until tilns
tor the trial.
\. I:esn:k was elected to member
ship.