The Washington times., 1937-05-07
CITIZENS CIT E
HIGHLANDS
CIVICNEEDS
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

Encouraged by the action OF the
House in approving an approprla.
ton of S169, 900 for construction OF
the Oxon Run intercepter, the
Washington Highlands Citizens AS
sociation, on motion by DR.. j. B.
Wall, appointed a special commit
tee consisting of Mrs. D. H. Cole,
Mrs. w, B. Lovejoy and Mrs. Car
roll J. Wall, to press for other
needed civic Improvements to in
clude street widening and Surtac-
ing and playground space under
proper supervision.
Assertion was made the com
munity had long been neglected
in the matter of civic betterment.
in that it took 10 years Of hard
fighting and the active support OF
The Washington Times, to obtain
the interceptor which will supply
sewerage for a large Southeast area
west of the Anacostia River.
Widening Sought
On motion by Mr.. Butler, the
secretary was directed to obtain
from the Engineer Commissioner
information when the work OF
widening and improving of South
Capitol Street, C|Sapeake Street
and Nichols Avenue will begin, for
which assessments were paid early
in 1886.
Miss Vera Barnes. Bessie B.
Warren and w. A. Nairy. form a
committee to confer with the Of
flee of Public Buildings and
Grounds to obtain Carroll Park as
a public recreation center.
President Charles E. Rich and
Capt. Ellis R. King, a former
president of the Conduit Road
Citizens Association, made a brief
address.
The meeting was held at the
home of President D. H. Cole, 100
Xenia st. S. W., who presided. Ad-
journment was ordered until Oc-
tober.
Northeast Council
The Northeast Council Of Citi-
Zens Association, at a meeting
last night in No. IL Police Sta
tion, petitioned the Capital Tran
sit Company to change the rout-
ing of the Hyattsville-Laurel bus
line from Ninth Street to Tenth
Street south of Rhode Island
Avenue as formerly operated, as
a greater convenience to women
shoppers and those employed in
Government buildings along
Pennsylvania Avenue.
With the exception of a pro-
posed increase in the gasoline tax
and automobiles by weight, ap-
proval was voted the principal
of a group of District tax bills
introduced by Representative Ross
Collins.
The council reaffirmed former
action favoring the Bennings site
for an airport, assertion was made
the site was the only one under
consideration that was not covered
by water during the recent flood.
Opposition was registered to a
recommendation by the Traffic
Bureau to make Eighteenth Street
and South Dakota Avenue from
Bladensburg Road to Bunker Hill
Road arterys for heavy traffic.
Central Northwest
The Central Northwest Citizens
Association, at a meeting last
night in the GarnetPatterson
High School, approved reSolu-
ton by j. r. Latney, opposing
legislation for daylight saving for
the District.
The association favored reten-
ton of the Board of Public Wei
fare, but in the event of its being
discontinued as proposed in pend
ing legislation, recommended the
board be continued with paid
bone-fide residents of the District
Of at least three years.
DR.. j. Hayden Johnson, for 81
years a member of the Board of
Education, was announced as the
associations candidate for meri-
torious service award, to be made
by the Federation of Civic ASsocia-
tions, at the June meeting.
Resolutions were adopted and
ordered sent to the Alcoholic Bev.
erage Control Board, opposing the
issuance of any liquor license with.
in 400 feet of a school or church.
New members elected were DR..
E. o. Peters, Mrs. Clara Peters,
and George S. Hall.