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credit and largely increased revenues, can
any one suggest a valid reason why the
District should not be permitted to fund Its
floating obligations
Why the Money is Needed.
1T Is to accomplish this and thereby re-
Neve the present unsatisfactory condition
and its threatened consequences that the
Commissioners have formulated and the
House committee on the District OF Column
bia has approved Of H. R. 1851. This bill
Is not to provide for new projects of any
kind nor to encourage fresh raids upon
District revenues. It is to provide no funds
for the payment OF the cost OF executing
any part OF the proposed plan for beauti-
tying the public parks nor for extending
new streets It will result In no increase
Of the present debt. but simply provides for
the payment OF an existing floating debt
already authorized and the needed projects
like the reclamation Of the Anacostia fats,
which otherwise, under the new policy
must be paid within the next three or four
years from the current revenues OF the
District. It follows the policy heretofore
established of permitting the District u
pay Its debt to the treasury in easy INSTALL
ments, so as not to necessarily reduce to
unreasonable limits the appropriations for
current needs. In other words, to the en-.
tent which Congress appropriates money Of
the District for extraordinary projects als
thordzed by existing law. and which may
hereafter be authorized. not exceeding $1O,A
100000. the District shall have the privilege
OF paying the same at the rate of $500 900
per year. with interest. instead of being
current revenues during the next four or
five years It will not place one dollar under
the control OF the Commissioners except as
1t may be hereafter appropriated for a spe-
cifc purpose.
Such relief from an intolerable condf-
ton as this measure or some other of SINH.
lar character, If enacted into law would
AFFORD is, in the opinion of the COMMITTEES
he hoSf f,,to
of the District. To the accomplishment Of
this end your counsel and cooperation In
earnestly invoked
Respectfully submitted.
George Truesdell. Charles ]. Bell, John
Joy Edison. Beriah Wilkins, s. W. wood
ward, Theo. w. Noyes, E. s. Parker. M. q.
Seckendorn. B; H. Warner. H. F. Blount
tee" ~ ' H. ''aff'eS suocommit-
Those Present.
Among those present were: c. ]. Rel.
Elphonzo Youngs. w. v. Cox Thomas W.
Smith. w. G. Henderson 8. w. Woodward.
Colonel George Andrews. W. J. Newton. A.
M Lothrop. Lewis J. Davis. R. Ross Perry.
A. 8. Worthington, 8. W. Curriden. N. II
Shea. l.. 8. Brown, Beriah Wilkins A. p
Pardon. T. F. Schneider. B. H Warner 10.
seph Crawford, Charles Needham, C. G.
Glover M. g. Seckepdorff. w. H. Moses, a
B. Townsend. L. P. Shoemaker. g. T. Dun
10p' Arcnlpal0 Greeniees f. l.. Moore G.
II. Armes. A A. Wilson. D. p Hickling. A
M Read, John w. Douglass, George Trues-
dell. Theodore w. Noyes. George H Har-
ries John Joy Edison. w. C. woodward, T.
g. Dulin, H. v. Boynton. W. F. Mattinely.
J. c. Heald. W. H. Saunders. e. F. Droop.
H. Bradley Davidson. C. c. Lancaster. IL
H Darneille. w. Pitt Kellogg w. p. Van
Wickle. Simon Wolf. g. W. Curriden, %.
Southard Parker. E. L. johnson. George e.
Hamilton. Chris Heur1ch. General Ellis
Spear. J. B. Winner. A. B. Browne. F. D.
McKenney John McElroy. G. Lloyd Ma
gruder. John B. Larner. D. w. Baker, Chas
E. Foster. Admiral Selfridge. J. w Farfs
and Gist Blair.