The Washington times., 1902-02-05
east WASHINGTON
CITIZENS ACTION
l..e Association Opposed Per-
Sonal Tax Law.
Favored Park Comm ission RcpOrt
and Expressed Itself i'm Favor of
IL street Extension.

The East Washirg gtol Citizens Associs.
ton by its action last night placed itseIt
on record as opposed to a personal ia,
law. as in favor of the report of the
Park Commission. and as in earnest about
! the retention of II Street as an open
/ thoroughfare when the union station is
4 built
The matter of the personal tax was
brought up by a resolution presented by
MIR. ]. u. Croi5sant. in which the ground
was taken that such a tax upon the prop
erty holders of Washington would work
great damage to the interests of perna-
nent residents and initiate against the
growth of the city.
In carefully-worded preamble it was
stated that a great many persons annual
ly take UP their residence in Washington
because there is no personal or inquisi-
torial method of raising money. There
fore, it was resolved that it was the sense
OF the association that the best interests
OF the city could not be subserved in the
passage of the personal tax bill now be-
fore the House OF Representatives.
To Urge Commissioners.
The resolution also authorized the sec
retary Of the association to transmit cop
les 10 the committees of Congress on
the District of Columbia, and to request
that they use all honorable means to de-
feat the measure.
The resolution was discussed at some
length and finally passed, though the ex-
ecutive committee was authorized to con-
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port upon the question at the next meet
ing.
Accompanying the personal tax resolu-
tion, Mr.. Croissant offered the following
preamble and resolutions. which were re-
ferred to the executive committee for re-
port at the next meeting:
To Complete Public Works.
1T having come TO our attention that
certain influential members of both the
Senate and House have recently given
expression to the effect that Congress is
ready to put up dollar for dollar with the
District of Columbia in pushing perma-
nent public improvements through the
District, we, the members of the East
Washington Citizens Association, hereby
record our willingness to use our best
endeavors TO secure the large amount of
money necessary to prosecute to a final
completion the IMPORTANT public works
which have already been begun, and to
begin to carry out the recommendations
contained in the report of the Parking
Commission recently presented to Con-
gress.
We pledge ourselves to cooperate
with the citizens generally in this matter.
either by securing a loan from the Cen
eral Government at q low rate OF inter-
est, or By the issue of longtime bonds,
or by such an increase in the tax levy as
will be necessary to raise the amount of
/ oney required, provided, always, that the
suggestions by the gentlemen above re-
ferred to be strictly complied with in
carrying out the organic law of 1873.
Oppose Additional Burden
we wish, in this connection, to record
our opposition to any additional burden
being placed upon our citizens under the
present unfair and illegal appropriation
of the funds raised by requiring the Dis
trict to supply all money for street ex-
tension and other public improvements
for which the General Government should
be held equally liable for the expense in
Cured, as the present revenues are
tirely ample to pay the city's part of the
running or current expenses"