Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-02
PROPOSITION FAVORED
CITIZENS WANT BUILDINGS ON
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
New Structures for Departments-Mr.
Clephane's Views Of Proposed
Tax on Corporations.

The proposition of certain members of
Congress to build the proposed new struct-
ures for the Departments of State Justice
and Commerce and Labor south Of Pennsyl-
vania avenue and east Of 18th street was
heartily Endorsed last night at the regular
! monthly meeting of the Columbia Heights
Citizens Association, held in the parlors of
the Savoy. The action was taken on reso-
luton introduced by Mr.. George simmons
chairman of the committee ON streets, to
the effect that the association heartily IA
vors the location of the proposed new pub
lie buildings in that portion OF the city
south of Pennsylvania avenue and east of
18th street.
The meeting was presided over by Judge
c. S. Bundy, with Mr. w. B. Todd acting
as secretary. An interesting feature of the
meeting was an address delivered by Mr.
Walter c. Clephane, who spoke relative to
the bill pending in Congress to amend the
law governing interpretations In the Dis
| trict.
Mr.. Clephane declared that the proposed
| legislation is a serious menace to the Dis
| trict. He said that corporations are nat
| ural growth and have come to stay, and for
| that reason it would be advisable TO enact
! fair and reasonable legislation governing
business combinations
! Mr. Clephane declared that there 10 no
more ground for taxing corporation than
the two styles of combination are relatively
the same. He said that under the provision
in the bill referred to there would be vir-
tually triple tax imposed on corporations
one on the real estate, one on the personal
property and one on the capital stock. The
proposed tax would be about ten times as
great as that in any state in the Union. IL
the bill is enacted he concluded, the result
will he the disappearance of all Incorporated
enterprises from the District
rarIx, T<roo PLANTING
The association adopted resolution in
troduced by Mr.. Simmons, providing for
the appointment of a committee Of five
to call on the parking commission and urge
| early tree planting in Mount Pleasant and
/ Columbia Heights The association also
| adopted resolution requesting the Com
missioners to rename at an early dale,
all the streets north Of Floyd avenue.
| The executive committee was authorized
to appear before the Senate AMI House
District committees and urge the passage
of the bills providing for the extension of
School street south of kenesaw avenue
| and for the opening of Euclid place west
to Erie street.
A resolution offered by Secretary Todd,
chairman of the school committee, was
adopted to the effect that Congress be
urged to make an appropriation necessary
to erect a new eight-room school building
in the first division. The Commissioners
in their estimates to Congress have rec
commended an appropriation for this pur-
pose.
Mr.. c. NJ Campbell presented a resolution
which was adopted. recommending that the
Commissioners be requested to inform the
association whether they had required as
bestus curtains to be placed in the theaters
in the city, and whether any steps had
been taken to render the scenes in the
theaters tireproof.
An Earnest Protest.
Mr. A. Hart of the law and legislative
committee offered a resolution, which
was adopted, protesting earnestly against
any plan having for its object the loca-
ton of the offices of register of wills and
recorder of deeds in the proposed new
District municipal building, in view of
the fact that these offices were essentially
a part of the judicial system. 20 s7'
In the discussion of this resolution the
members of the association deplored the
idea Of removing the offices of the recorder
of deeds and the register of wills from
the building occupied by the courts.
A special committee. consisting of Mr..
George Summons, Mr.. c. NJ Campbell and
Mr.. Alphonso Hort, was appointed to con-
slider the bill providing for the conStruc-