Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-21

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an addition to the foregoing. plans have
been drawn for the extension of the Capitol
to cost S2,5O0,OO0; and the construction Of
buildings for the Department of Justice, De-
partment of Commerce, and for the Su-
preme Court have been seriously consider
ed by Congress- and will doubtless be pro-
vided for In due course.
Your committee believes that all the
branches. departments and divisions of the
public service should be housed not in
buildings constructed for private gain, but
in suitable public buildings, paid for by
the entire public, in whose behalf they are
used and constructed to comply with the
dignity and the beauty of the Capitol of
the United States.
Your committee asks that all the men,
bers of the Board of Trade join in urging
upon the Commissioners and Congress the
construction not only of such buildings as
may be temporarily needed, but that those
buildings shall be constructed not in
cheap way to meet temporary demands
only but In such manner to be capable
of enlargement to meet further needs. that
they may now and hereafter adorn Wash
ington."
District at st. Louis Fair.
In the absence of Mr.. George Truesdell,
Mr.. Edward 7. Bates, secretary of the COM
mittee on Louisiana purchase exposition.
read the report of the committee, reciting
that:
1.-The matter of the representation of the
DlStrlCt OIL COluHlDld dl Tie LOulSldud puT-
chase exposition was taken up by the presi-
dent of the board of District Commissioners
more than two years ago. and later. on the
visit of Mr. Kelsey to Washington, the pres
ident of the Board Of Trade was requested
to designate committee to attend hear
ing given by the Commissioners.
This hearing resulted In decision that
1t would be impracticable to raise funds to
construct and maintain a building at the
exposition, but that 1t was desirable to have
a Fri " a N
on lines of similar event at the Pan-Amer-
lean exposition at Buffalo. Accordingly.
the Commissioners appointed committee
on arrangements, consisting of former Com
missioners of the District of Columbia
members of the Board of Trade and Bust
ness Mems Association and representative
newspaper men of Washington"
The report gave the details Of the OBJ
servance of District day at the exposition,
and outlined the work of the board mem
bers and others in planning and executing
the program
"A copy of the official program has been
placed on file, and the work of this COM
mttee being now finished, We congratulate
the Commissioners. citizens committee
Board of Trade and the people of Washing
ton generally, upon the showing made at
the Louisiana purchase exposition on Octo-
Der 10, 1904"
Report on Membership.
The report Of the committee on member
ship showed the great progress that has
been made in the past year in securing
new members of the Board of Trade. The
report was made by Mr.. ]. Whit Heron.
chairman, and was read by Assistant Sec
rotary ShuSter.
The summary of the report Is as follows:
Active membership last report. 81; new
members elected during the year. 1O1; total.
772. Loss by death, resignation. ETC.. 66:
active membership to date. 706; active
membership, last report, 671; net gain for
the year, 80.
Municipal Code.
The report of the special legal (codifica-
tion) committee was made by Mr.. Adds B.