Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-15
PAVING LAW SCORED
BY Citizens BODY
BrightWood Association Pro-
tests D. C. Custom in Street
Improvements.

The practice Of the District govern
ment in permitting contractors and
builders to pave two-thirds Of a thor
oughfare, leaving the remaining one
third to be eventually paved by the
District and then assessing property
owners when the street is repaved, was
scored by the members of the Bright
wood Citizens Association last night
at a meeting held In the Paul Junior
High School.
Robert S. wilkins declared that Fifth
street from Longfellow to Peabody
streets was paved on each side Of the
street, with the remaining third in the
center unpaved. He said the paved
portions had been included in the price
of the houses, but that when the con-
tract was let for paving the street the
contractor declined to be responsible
for damaged sections, whereupon the
District authorities ordered the entire
street repaved from curb to curb and
charged abutting property owners.
Committee to Investigate.
It was voted to have the street COM
mittee confer with the District authori-
ties and protest against the assessment.
Last nights meeting was the first
held by the Brightwood body in the
Paul School Severe criticism Of the
heating arrangements, for which the as
ISOLATION pays $7.48 an evening, was
made by members Of the group. A
committee was named to investigate
the matter.
The citizens discovered that when
meetings are held in the school the
District regulations require. that there
shall be kept on duty there an en-
gineer, his assistant and a +aritor, all
of whom must be paid by the parties
who are holding the meeting.
Installation of cafeteria equipment
for the school will be asked by the as
ISOLATION. it was decided.
New Post Office Site Announced.
A. w. Foster, chairman of the post
Office committee, reported that the new
Brightwood Post once would be erected
on the site on the east side of Georgia
avenue. adjoining the Brightwood car
barn, with increased facilities for han
ding mail in the suburban section.
The extension Of New Hampshire
avenue again was urged last night and
the street committee requested to con-
tinue efforts in Congress to secure the
desired appropriation for improving
this thoroughfare to the District line
to connect with the Maryland high
way system.
John A. Saul. delegate to the FEEDER
alton of Citizens Association, was NOM
mated as the associations choice for
election as a member of the Citizens
Advisory Council at the coming cleo
ton.
The following were elected to mem
bership:: Glen E. Curtis, Thomas II.
Wrathall Arthur Post, Abraham Bern
stein, Dora Wolf, Lewis Speatri, Mrs.
Alice L. Schram, Robert A. Birchett.
Thomas Burke and Alfred Kunis.
John G. Proctor was appointed chair
man of the Memorial day exercises at
Battle Ground National Cemetery on
May 80 in conjunction with the Grand
Army of the Republic.
DR.. Charles E. Ralph, chairman of
the library committee, was urged to
continue efforts to secure the locating
of a branch OF the Washington Public
Library in the old Brightwood School.
Cantren Welcomes Association.
Supt. L. j. Cantrell of the new Paul
Junior High School welcomed the mem
berS Of the association and paid tribute
to the organization for its efforts in
securing the new school, He explained
in detail the many features of the new
structure and that to date 500 pupils
had been enrolled, with another hun.
dred pupils to be added next wear.
w. I. Swanton, secretary Of the Co
lumbia Heights Citizens Association,
made a short address on smoke VIOLA
tionS, grade crossings and the District
ommissionerShip, expressing the
thought that If an engineer Is to be
selected as q third member Of the
board he should be a civil engineer Sc
lected from civil life.