The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-23

| Kermit 10 Enclose a Fruit stand
Commissioner mcfarland has recon-
mended to his associates on the board
that day be appointed for public hear
ing upon Senate bill No. 5591. This meas
ure was introduced in the Senate By Mr..
! Mcmillan, and is: ITO amend the charter
| of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company
| of the District OF Columbia
The bill provides. that the act to in
corporate the Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany, approved January 10. 1855, be, and
is hereby. amended by adding after the
words, for each risk held by him. in the
eighth line of section u. the words fol-
lowing, to wit: The voting for managers
| may be in person or by proxy, but upon
all questions, other than the election of
| managers, at the annual meeting. or any
other meeting of the company, the vot-
ing shall be viva voce, each member being
entitled to one vote. Every proxy shall
be witnessed and dated at the time Of It's
execution, and shall recite in its terms
that it is for the use only at the annual
meeting, next after its date and no proxy
shall be received or be valid after the
date of the annual meeting for which il
shall have been given
And also by adding a new section to
said act Of incorporation, to be known as
section II, as follows namely:
Section 11-That no member of the Mu-
| tual Fire Insurance Company of the Dis
trict of Columbia, holding a regularly is
sued policy of insurance in said company
and DESTROYS of continuing membership
therein, who shall have paid or rendered
or caused to be paid or rendered, all prop
er charges or assessments against said
policy, shall be deprived of such member
ship, except for conduct which three
fourths of the members present at a
meeting called for the purpose of deter
mining the question shall decide is pre-
judicial to the interest and well-being of
the company. In every such case a de-
tailed statement, in writing of the charg-
es upon which the accusation is based
shall be furnished to the accused to-
gether with notice of the date and one
month in advance, of the meeting called
to consider the same. The accused MEM
Der shall have the privilege of employing
counsel, and may either appear in person
or be represented by an attorney. Every
meeting called for the purpose OF con-
sidering charges, as hereinbefore men,
toned shall consist of not less than sixty
members in good standing, at which the
voting upon all questions to be decided
shall be viva voce, and each member shall
have but one vote"
The Commissioners are in receipt of a
communication from J. II. Adriaans at
torney at law, who addressed them in
connection with the project to build a
bridge across the Anacostia River from
the foot of South Capitol Street. Mr..
Adriaans takes issue with the South Cap
itol Street Bridge Association, who ap-
peared before the Commissioners last Fri
day to advocate the building of the bridge
from the foot of First Street west He
informs the Commissioners that the re-
port OF the engineer who made the report
to Congress on the subject spoke OF three
points on the city side from which the
bridge might extend across the river.
Mr.. Adriaans states that House bill 1890
is unintelligible, as it seeks by indirection
TO commit the Commissioners and Con-
gress to one Of the three sites as against
the other two, without giving the advo-
Gates Of the other sites q hearing at all. |
Mr.. Adriaans accepts all that has been !
said about the need OF bridge across the |
river, but he insists that to locate the 1
bridge in the line of First Street west |
would be mistake. He says he is unable 1
to understand how traffic 10 and from the |
Insane Asylum and the inhabitants of |
Hillsdale could obtain access to a bridge |
from First Street west.
Mr.. Adriaans advocates the building of |
the bridge from the foot of South Capitol |
Street to Poplar Point, and argues that /
such location of the passageway across |
the river would do the greatest good to |
the greatest number. Poplar Point he re-
CARDS as q good abuttment formed by ma
ture for the purpose. Mr. Adriaans refers |
to the legislation contemplated in the |
bill and condemns 1t in strong terms. He |
is of the opinion that the full amount |
should be appropriated at once and the !
work pushed forward to completion as |
fast as possible. He says seven different |
appropriations will be required before the
bridge is finished, and he fears that in |
the temper Congress is at times the ap- |
would not be continuous and |
that several years would elapse before the |
highway TO Hillsdale and Giesboro Point |
would be completed.
The Commissioners have noted the re-
ceipt Of the letter and it will be taken up
for consideration In connection with the
bill which will be referred to them for
consideration and report.
Robert E. Mattingly. 472 Louisiana