The morning times., 1897-01-26

The Civic Center Council met yesterday
afternoon in the study room Of the First
1engregational Church. Rev. DR.. Newman
presi led, but owing TO the very small at
tend ,nce present many matters which
wen 70 have been brought up at the meet
ing were obligrd to go over. Mr.. Cram
nord Kennedy, Mrs C w. Richardson, and
Ars. William Pitt Kellogg were proposed
and elected to membership, and upon re-
quest of Mr.. Egsleston, chairman of the
committee for the suppression OF cruelty
to animals, all three were assigned to that
committee.
Dr Kaber, Of the committee on housing
the people, reported that since the last
meeting a Joint resolution had been intro
dUced in Congress to create a commission
to investigate and analyZe the water sup
ply, especially the Potomac, and TO recon-
mend the enactment of such legislation al
would prevent poIluting the waters OF the
Potomac above the reservoir. DR.. Kaber
urged that the Center should do all in its
power to secure the passage of the reso-
luton.
OF SOillt iliitc Ddsl TIE NiNiS tSIiNci ltS
had under adyisement certain plans to
secure a reduction in street railway fares
and o inaugurate three-ccnt system sim
liar to that which Mayor Pingree fought
for and finally obtained in the city of
Detroit Dr. West, of the subcommittee
On railways, reported that while they had
had the matter under consideration bill
had teen introduced in the Senate on De
pelline all street railroad companies in the
District 0 reduce fares 10 three cents and
sell ten tickets for % cents. While this
was Tot exactly in accord with what the
committee had in mind, in that it did not
provide for transfers or the acceptance of
tickets issued toy one company upon the
lines of another, yet il was thought best
that as the principle involved was a good
one, the bill should be urged, though it
Was pIohable that little could be done in
that direction this session. The commit
tee VIII. However, take UP the fight with
the next Congress.
Mr Eeeles on, of the committee To sup
press cruclty 10 animals, reported that the
committee had for some time been nilk-
ing PEG. ogal invest CATION of a large
number of horses driven on coal carts
httl stNi4 " y ; OftNs dAt thtitu bA lptll fAH-
o-rd -Hcu, and We're subsequently Ill fed
and oIten badly treated, ard unfit TO he
urou the streets Mr.. EgglcS0n stated
that 1t had jccn his experience in looking
ITO the matter that the horses came to
Washington after they had outliyod their
usefulness IN the country ana were sold
uI o. the public market at a small price TO
IoiT ,uIu-ed people who We're unable TO
pIogidc for them.
Whle such animals doubtless helped to
support many families. yet it was never
ttelrss the fact that there were hundreds
Of Them totally unfit to be used. He
recommended that as the Humane So
cieIy had no jurisdiction to prevent such
sales. an inspector should be appointed, if
IT should be in the power OF the Commits
sioners to do SO. to examine EOrses before
allowing them to be offered for sale.
The school committee, Mrs. Foster re-
ported. out Of a large number OF topics
which had been brought To its attention.
had decided 20 undertake four things this
winter and push them tlioroug ghly and wen
Tley had undertaken TO secure corps
Of visiting physicians for the public schools,
TO securc better lunches for the high
school boys and girls, to provide better
AtLLlldAlBAl- anu st4lk III lllt MbEk Dl NH-
tablishinE kindergartens. In the matter
Of better lunches, progress was reported,
but thus far little had been done in the
way Of kindergarten work.
Jar Woodward OF tie health department
was heartily n favor OF the visiting physj-
Clans, ana lie also asked the cooperation
of tie Civic Center in securing action upon
several suggestions Which he proposed
the school children First, that sep
arate partition should be built in the
dressing rooms for the wraps and clotl,ag
OF each pupil, and again TO procure ad-
ditional study books and thus obyiate the
necessity OF exchanging books from one
room and class to another, and having
item pass through the hands OF large
number OF pupils.
The matter of a scientific investigation
of the airin schoolroons, it was suggested,
could hest be left to experts in the health
department, and DR. woodward had stated
that this matter would receive prompt at
tention
Miss Clarke, OF the library committee. re-
ported that one home library had been
established with good success i'll the south
east, and that books and equipments had
bceh HTocH'Su ioI dhotheT 10 De upcneu IN
the northeast as soon as a place for it
could be arranged. Efforts were being
made to establish a library i'll the News
boys Home, with promises of success. The
children. Miss Clarke stated, were even
more enthusiastic about the matter than
the parents seemed TO be. A visitor spent
one hour each week at the library TO at
tend TO the loaning of books
meeting Of the railway committee
will be held at Mr. Siddons' office on
Wednesday afternoon, ana the three-cent
fare bill will at that time be more fully
considered.