Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-14
BOARD OF TRADE
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soon as possible and before any material
increase IN the value of the property to be
condemned shall have taken place.
The Committee notes with approval and
interesting comment the passage of an act
to provide for the establishment of build
ing lines on streets less than 80 feet wide,
of an act to regulate the height of build
ings in the District prohibiting sky
scrapers, and of an act for the removal of
unsafe buildings.
The Committee on Parks and Reserva-
tons Oh. F. Blount, chairman; 10 members)
notes the beginning of improvements in
Rock Creek park under law re-appro-
priating for this purpose an unexpended
balance of s23 ,693.45 of the appropriation
for acquiring the park. At its January
meeting the Board of Trade at the instance
of this Committee passed strong resolutions
urging this appropriation, and the matter
was vigorously pushed before Congress
with finally successful result. The Com
mittee discusses deliberately and enthu-
siasticaly what has been done with
small means in developing the natural
beauties of the park, and points out the at
tractive possibilities of the future. 1t rec
ommends that the estimate of $4,000 for
Rock Creek park Improvement be Endorsed:
that the necessary steps be taken to make
Sixteenth street the eastern boundary of
the park beyond the new reservoir at
Brightwood to the District line; that a
broad roadway connect the park with the
Soldiers Home grounds; that a park be
provided for Georgetown and that reserva-
tons corresponding to those in the city
proper be made in the misit subdivisions
north of the city; and that finally some
uniform plan be adopted for acquiring
developing, caring for and Systematically
improving the parks in the District OF
Columbia.
The great work accomplished during the
year by the Committee on Public Build
ings CB. H. Warner, chairman; 26 mem
bers> in cooperation with the library trus-
tees and the District Commissioners, was
to secure a site for the Public Library
through Congressional legislation, in order
to meet the conditions of Mr.. Andrew Car
negie's offer to donate $4,000 to erect a
library building. Labor upon the munich
pal building and new Supreme Court prof.
ects was unavaiing though equally faith
ful. Washington has benefited during the
year by legislation providing for an eX-
banded government printing office, to cost
about two million dollars, and new De-
partment of Justice, to cost one million
dollars. The committee repeats and urges
vigorously its view, expressed in former
reports of the absolute necessity of lmme-
ing. contention which | indorse most EN-
phaticaly.
Committees Which Make Washington
Heaithful.
The committee on public health CDr. w.
w Johnston. chairman: twenty-siX men,
bers) in the course of a long and able re-
port. extends congratulations on a thor
oughly equipped hospital for dphtheria
scarlet fever etc, on the grounds OF Gar
field Hospital: urges amendment of the law
against the smoke nuisance so that 1t shall
apply TO brickyards, government institu.
tfons and to locomotives, and recommends
that the health officer be supplied with 6
chemist and chemical laboratory.
There is great prevalence of maIarlal dis
ease in parts of the city bordering on Ana
costa river. This is proved by the greater
number of cases of malar.al disease, by
their greater intensity and by the increased
number of deaths from this cause in these
localities. At St Elizabeth So per cent OF
the 1000 inmates have malarial disease
Seven hundred and eighty-two ounces OF
quinine, or 375,36o grains of quinine, We're
used last year in this institution The inn
proVement of the channel of the Ana
costa river is demanded.
The need Of filtration of the Potomac wa
ter supply has been demonstrated. Con-
gress has ordered experimental tests OF
different methods. These studies of the
Potomac water, which are now being CON
Quoted will no doubt demonstrate the sue.
cess of filtration in getting rid of bacteria
and of the unsighuy turbidity of oar drink
ing water. Investigations will be carried
on during the winter.
To meet Nl-health conditions In the pub
lie schools the remedies suggested are the
fixing of school age at eight years; re-
4uirement OF CertlACat6 or heaItA IRON
family physician before child is admitted
and regular inspection of the schools b.
physicians appointed for the purpose.
The Committee on Sewerage albert NJ
Read, chairman: IS members) reports eX
cellent progress during the year IN the con
struction Of the sewage disposal system o
the Board of Sanitary Engineers of 1890.
Comparison of the appropriations for tn
current year with the estimates Of tn
Commissioners shows that Congress eithe
appropriated or authorized contracts for
greater amount of sewerage work than wa
included in the estimates. like lib
eral treatment is hoped IN connection
with next years estimates, which the re
port Interestingly discusses. The most no
table work of the year on the comprehen
sive plan Of sewage disposal relates to tn
Tiber Creek and New Jersey Avenue mann
moth intercepting sewer, which will prob
ably be finished before the end of the pres
| ent fiscal year, there are sufficient fund
on hand to complete 1t.
| The Committee on Water Supply (Archi
| bald Greenlees, chairman; Is members) re
| ferS to the legislation which has been sc
| cured through the Board of Trade for tn
| increase of the quantity and looking to a
| Improvement of the quality of the city
| water, and reports progress under bot
| heads. Congress has directed completion {
| the work on the Aqueduct tunnel, and TIL
| is being done. Increase Of the supply
| assured. Congress has also appropriate
$1,000 for experimentation in filtration
| WHICH is now III progress, ana the result
| will no doubt be given in official report
| the next Congress, and serve the bas
| of thoughtful consideration of the Questio
| of purifying the water supply. AS al
pendiX to the report is submitted the resu
| of the labors of a subcommittee appolnte
| to investigate the question of new and 81
larged sources of water supply for the Di
| trict that would be free from all contain
! mating influences. Recourse to the heat
waters of the Potomac or to the Watershe
of the Shenandoah is recommended.
| The Committee on River ami HaTbor In
| provement tThos. W. Smith, chairma
II members) forcibly urges that the Di
| trict authorities should take possessic
! under authority of the law of the roth
| wharves between the Long Bridge and Il
| Arsenal: tear them out; build buikhead
| great depth and strength; extend wharv
| of solid and permanent construction fro
| this bulkhead into the channel so that Il
waterfront of Washington will be plea
| urabie sight, instead of a shrinking nusanC
| a menace to health and an eyesore.
| The Board is to be congratulated upt
| the enactment at the last session of Co