Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17
VISITORS TO BOARD
Committee of Citizens Attends
Directors Meeting.
JOBBERS AND SHIPPERS
Resolutions Adopted by Northeast As
ISOLATION Read.
APPLICATION OF MOTIVE POWER
Assertion Of Great Power Going to
Waste-Establ ishment of Motor
Car Factory.
OF MOTIVE POWER

President Charles j. Bell of the Jobbers
and Shippers Association, who had been
confined to his home because of an injury
to his ankle. presided last evening at
meeting of the board of directors of that
organization. One Of the important events
of the session was visit the board re-
ceived from a committee of members OF
the Northeast Citizens Association 1t was
composed of W. ]. Frizzell chairman:
Frank B. Foster. John Fleming. w. G.
Lang and w. A. Linton. The visitors
were cordially received by President Bell
in behalf of the board and a general dis
cussion Of industry in Washington was car
ried on by the members of the board and
the committee.
Mr.. W. ]. Frizzell, chairman of the COM
mittee. read resolutions adopted by the
Northeast Citizens Association commend
ing the scope of the work undertaken by the
jobbers and shippers, and supplemented
each resolution with remarks, concluding by
saying that, being a member of the second
oldest citizens association, he mad full
knowledge of what has been accomplished
by that and kindred organizations. and
suggested that it behooves the jobbers and
shippers to not only build up Greater
Washington. but to persevere in their work
until the Greater Washington shall become
1.-The metropolis of this great continent and
the queen city of the world
Application of Motive Power.
Mr.. Fleming addressing the members of
the board. directed attention to the changes
going on in the application of motive
power. by means of which factories are
being run by electricity instead Of steam.
Mr.. Fleming stated that it is possible to
have an industrial Washington and at the
same time a smokelesS city. He referred
to a steam plant eSta bliShed several months
ago near the Baltimore and Ohio freight
station at New York and Florida ave-
nues as an illustration of steam plant
without smoke. He said the secret OF 1t
was that while the company must use sew
nty-five-horsepower to drive their ma
chimes. they have boiler power of I25-horse-
power.
The speaker added that in that way It
was not necessary to force the fires. and
the stocking had always been accomplished
without smoke. Mr.. Fleming also described
firing device in operation at the power
house of the Capital Traction Company.
where automatic stoker supplied fuel
to the fires continuously without the pro-
duction of smoke. Mr.>Fleming said great
advance had been made within the past
few years along uch-lines. and that Wash
ington need not be alarmed by the coming
of factories. as they will in the future be
run by electricity, by gas engines. or by
smokeless furnaces. in which the gas and
carbon of the coal is completely consumed
and saved for heating purposes.
Going to Waste.
The speaker described the great power
that is going to waste in the upper Potomac
and declared that in the future the power
at Great Falls and Little Falls will be used
in the production of electricity to drive
hundreds of factories here.
The question of locating factories along
the Eastern Branch raised by the citizens
committee was referred to the committee
on manufactures and commerce of the
Board of Trade. which is engaged in the
special exploitation of that subject, and
working in cooperation with the JobberS
and Shippers.
By vote of the directors new members
were added to the Jobbers and Sill peers
Associa ton as follows: Alexander T. Hen
zie, Edward ]. Quinn Heiskel & McIaren,
Bradford's Detective Agency. the Alonzo o.
Bliss Company. Columbia National Bank,
D. j. Kaufman, Royal Glue Company,
Richardson & Burgess. Edgar D. Shaw,
Suburban Homes Company and Raeburn &
Garner. -,
Report From Freight Committee.
Mr.. Monroe Luchs, secretary of the as
ISOLATION. and Mr. B. F. Graham pre- scented
an encouraging report from the freight
committee. AS members of the commit
tee 1t was stated. they visited the local
agents of the companies. went to the Po-
tomac yards and had a talk with the Off
Gals i'm charge there. and called upon the
yardmasters of the several roads branching
southwark from that point. The entire
matter of freight shipments was gone over
The committee reported that every facility
was given them to view the workings of the
new system recently installed. the
board was told that most of the things
which the association had labored for had
conceded
Is We. some small delays incident to me
working out of the details by the railroad
companies. but within about thirty days
these will be eliminated, and WASHINGTON
any city on the Atlantic coast. The
committee said the railroad comDan es are
trying TO correct all the annoying delays
of the past and to make prompt freight
shipments possible.
Announcement was made that the next
meeting of the board of directors will be
held in the library of the American Secur-
ity and Trust Company at 8 o'clock next
Friday evening.
Motor Car Factory Here.
A communication received by The Star
from Mr.. W. Shirley Carter. secretary of
the Carter Motor Car Corporation, states
that at a meeting of the company last
evening. in the Munsey building. 1T was
voted unanimously by the officers to build
a plant adjacent to Washington, to be in
operation by the first of the year, to manu-
facture the Carter engine cars here"
1t is said that most of the officers and
stockholders of the corporation are Wash
ington men. and their decision to build a
factory in this city is one of the most Inn
portant steps which have been taken in sup
port of the Greater Washington move
ment
The company already has large factory
In etroit. Mich. and the local plant will be
established chiefly to supply the eastern
trade. The company is the exclusive manu-
facturer of new type of automobile
which has been patented
The following officers of the corporation
were elected for the ensuing year: A. Gary
Carter president: ]. c. Duke, first vice
president: Frederick A. Dodge. second vice
president; Edward Richards third vice
president: William d. Arrison fourth vice
president Frank l.. Carter. treasurer: w.
Shirley Carter, secretary.