Evening star., 1936-05-31
COUNCIL REVIEWS
TW0-yEAR RECORD
Bridge and High School Two
Main Achievements in
Southeast.

As the Southeast Council of Citizens
Associations nears its second anniver-
sary it finds about half of 20 contem-
plated projects either wholly or par
TALLY completed.
The most noteworthy achievement,
the council feels, is the $25 600 appro-
priation included in the 1887 District
supply bill for engineering study for
replacement of the Pennsylvania Ave-
nue Bridge. Incident to the bridge re-
placement, a movement is under way
by the Southeast Citizens Association,
with the support of the council, to
name the new span the John Philip
Sousa Memorial Bridge in honor of
the march king" who was born and
Is buried in Congressional Cemetery.
School Work Cited
Construction of the AnacoStia Junior
Senior High School, half of which is
completed and occupied, also ranks
high on the councils success list. The
other wing is expected to be construct
ed this Fall.
Another item in the AnacoStia sector
that the group sought was the park
development listed as section D by the
National Capital Parks. 1t extends
along the Eastern Branch between the
Eleventh Street and the Pennsylvania
Avenue Bridges, and swimming pool
also is being built in. the area. Work
on the pool, however, has been tempo
rarily halted due to the weakening of
the foundation caused by the March
flood.
Another project partially fulfilled is
the first step in the construction of the
Oxon Run sewer. Pipes have been in
stalled on Thirty street SOUTH
east, south of Alabama avenue, and in
the near future will be installed on
T'hirty-third street and on Branch
avenue and the intersecting streets.
When actual work on the Oxon Run
sewer is begun it will join on to the
sewer work that is now under con-
struction.
Another constructive endeavor put
over" was the recent membership
drive in which the 10 member asso-
Citations of the council competed. the
prize, donated by the council, being a
silver loving cup, which was won by
the AnacoStia Citizens Association
with a 200 per cent increase in its
rolls. All told, the membership
amounted to well over 900 new men,
bers.
Projects that are in the process o.
being completed or already have been
finished include the development in
Fort Dupont, resurfacing of Eleventh
street southeast from Pennsylvania
avenue to the bridge at the Navy
Yard, the laying of new street car
tracks on Pennsylvania avenue from
Eighth street southeast to Seven
teenth street, alley improvements
where necessary and several items of
smaller consequence.
Projects Still Sought.
Still to be sought wnen the council
convenes next Fall are such worth
while projects as development of the
center parkway on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. from Second street to Seventeenth
street southeast, the widening of In
dependence avenue from Third street
southwest to Second street southeast,
rest room and comfort station at
Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast, development of
Commodore Barney Circle, located at
the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge; in
stallation of traffic light at Minne-
sofa and Pennsylvania avenues SOUTH
east, the proposed Roosevelt Memorial
Stadium at the east end of East Cap
itol street and other items that might
be called to the attention of the coun-
Gil from time to time.
Each of the projects sought or OBJ
tanned and previously mentioned, have
been presented to the council by a
delegate from one Of the 10 member
associations. This is the procedure, IS
the council is prohibited from making
proposal from the floor.
When the organization was organ
lied on September 5, 1884, the follow
ing officers were elected: william A.
Maio, representing the Southeast citt-
zens, chairman; DR.. e. Z. Richardson,
Congress Heights, vice chairman; Or
rim Davy, Southeast, secretary, and
r. H. Randall, Randle Highlands,
treasurer. With the exception of Ran
dali, who has been succeeded by C. A.
Barker Of the same association, the
slate remains intact.
Seek Southeast Benefits.
The principal function then as now
was to receive requests from the
neighboring bodies and act on them
in such a way that the Southeast sec
ton of the city would benefit. BY
forming this council it was felt that
coordination for the betterment Of
the various associations and Southeast
In general would result. Delegates are
instructed by their association to
,,ro~apt 20 the ro,rrrn at its reC,.1o p