Evening star., 1929-12-18
PETWORTH CITIZENS
URGE PAY INCREASE
Bill to Raise Salaries of Po'
lice and Fire Employees
Is IndorSed.

The unanimous Endorsement of the
Capper- -zihlman bill for increased pay
for Fire and Police Departments, COM
n1endation of the Public Utilities Com
missions new proposal for merger
of the District traction companies, ana
the adoption of a resolution taVorlng
the establishment of Center Mar
ket we're the highlights of last nights
meeting of the Petworth Citizens AS
sociation at the Job Barnard School
auditorium. Fifth and Decatur streetS.
The resolution indorsing the in
creased pay bill for firemen and po-
Iicemen was introduced by Edward S.
White. chairman of the fire and police
committee.
Fire Captain Speaks.
Capt. H. A. Chapman of No. lS En-
eine Company of the District Fire De-
partment, who appeared at the meet
ing in behalf of the BILL also gave the
members of the association ADVICE ana
instruction regarding the procedure to
be followed in reporting tlre and pro-
He advocated the installation of fire
hoxes in school houses and declared
that school children should be familiar
lied. through instruction, with the ma
nipulation of fire boxes. He cited sew
eral instances wherein the lack OF
knowledge regarding the operation of
fire alarms resulted in catastrophes.
Cant. Chapman is president of the
District Fire Fighters Association.
The resolution commencing the pro-
posal of the Public Utilities CommS-
sion for the street railway merger was
introduced by Horace j. Phelps, chair
man of the public utilities commtVee
of the body.
The question of making Rock Greek
Church road a one-way street from
Georgia avenue east to Seventh street,
to render feasible the operation OF tra1-
fic lights at the intersection, was
discussed at length, but recommends
tions were deferred. About the middle
of November traffic lights were in
stalled at the intersection of Georgia
avenue and New Hampshire avenue,
at which crossing Rock Greek Church
road also joins. These traffic lights
we're turned on and the movement OF
traffic carefully observed, and 1t was
found that the crosScurrent of trathc
coming west on Rock Greek Church
road interfered seriously with the run
of trafic northeast on New Hampshire
avenue. AS a result. the lights were
turned off until Rock Greek Church
road could be made one-Way street
east and the busses coming west on
that thoroughfare could be rerouted In
line with it.
One-Way Plan Is Favored.
At a meeting of the Petworth Citi-
zens' Association on November 10 the
committee on fire and police protec-
ton was authorized to make an invcs-
tigation of the condition at the inter-
section. 1t was also instructed to OPP
pose the making Of Rock Greek Church
road a one-way street. Chairman
White declared last night that he found
little opposition to the making of the
thorouehfare a one-way street in a
canvass which he made of the resi-
dents in the affected vicinity. He as
certained that the Georgia Avenue
Business Mems Association had sent a
letter to Trafhc Director Harland "a
voring a one-way street Dlscord:
however. came from some members OF
the Park View Citizens Association,
who opposed the plan.
MFR. Harland at a meeting OF the Pet
worth groups executive commItee De-
cennber 2, explained that one-way traf-
f1c east on Rock Creek Church road is
required only from Georgia avenue 70
Seventh street. and that the lights at
Georgia avenue and New Hampshire
avenue cannot be turned on again until
one-way traffic is IN effect.
The trafic west on Rock Greek
Church road can go OH Quincy street
directly out of Rock Greek Churcn
road and proceed directly 10 New
HAMPSHIRE avenue, Mr.. Harland ex-
planned. The Traffic Bureau already
has requested the rerouting OF the
busses by the Public Utilities CommiS-
sion in conformity with the one-way
trafic.
James G. Yaden, former president OF
the Federation Of Citizens Associations
and a member of the Petworth citizens
body in opposing the making of Rock
CreeA Church road q one-way street
declared that "Harland and Eldr1dge
rad bIundered and were trying to for
mllate some scheme to get out of theil
difficulty"
The associations committee on fire
and police protection is to confer with
respective committees Of the Park View
Citizens Association and the matter
will be brought up at the January
meeting of the group.