Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13

States treasury, including interest at per
cent per annum, for the portion of said adj
vances payable" to the District OF Column
bia, together with the balance ascertained
to be due from the District to the United
States on July 1. 1906, on account OF ad-
vances made under the various acts OF
Congress.
The committee urges that all effort should
be made to convince Congress Of the right
and Justice of the position taken, and d.
reefs attention to the fact that "in all other
cities and states of civilized nations perma-
nent improvements that are Tor the use ana
benefit of posterity are provided Tor by
bond ISSUE principal and interest payable
in annual installments," avoiding a burden
Injurious to individual citizens and also to
the material welfare of the whole commu-
nifty.
The committee on transportation refers to
the effort to widen the scope of CONNER
cial and manufacturing interests already
bearing fruit, and to the near completion
of the new freight handling and distribut-
ing facilities, and to the consequent antici-
pated cessation Of freight delays.
Work Done by Universities.
The committee on universities reviewed
the great work being done by the many
universities in the District of Columbia.
Gen. Wilson spoke Of his personal interest
in seeing an increase in the water supply
Of the District.
Several years ago." he said, your pres
ent president, when chief Of engineers of
the United States army, urged in one Of his
annual reports that an additional conduit
be constructed between the Great Falls OF
the Potomac and the receiving reservoir.
SO that the daily supply would be at least
doubled. A small appropriation was asked
for the necessary surveys and plans for
such a conduit, and this request has been
continued and unsuccessfully urged an
nually by the engineer in charge of the
aqueduct."
Restricted Water Supply.
Reviewing statements of the restricted
water supply of the District. Gen. Wilson
said:
Gentlemen of the Board OF Trade. do
you realize what this means to us In case
our single conduit should be rendered tenn
porarily useless by some conviction of
nature? What we now want and what we
must urge upon Congress is an additional
conduit capable of bringing to US 100 Oo0. 900
ing reservoir and machinery to remove
from the Dalecarlia reservoir the deposits
of mud; additional distributing reservoirs;
an enlargement to double its present capac-
ity of our filtration plant. and that some
method shall be adopted Immediately to
prevent useless waste Of water.
IF we can obtain these improvements
Washington can present superb supply
Of pure water for the 100000 inhabitants
1t will have, in my opinion, before the
close OF the next quarter OF century.
The committee on halls and public conven-
tions reported its efforts to secure the erec-
ton of an auditorium in this city and that
1t will again take up that matter during the
coming winter.
The special committee on the history of
the District Of Columbia proposes to pre-
pare comprehensive history Of the Dis
trict. to be issued in two volumes of 500
pages each. Up to this time. in response to
circulars sent out to about 1.6O0 people, only
220 subscriptions have been received.
I'm order to give another opportunity to
subscribe for this work, circulars will again
be distributed" Gen. Wilson said. land I
earnestly suggest to our members that they
give the committee their actual as well as
their tacit approval OF this undertaking by
promptly sending in their names as SUBJ
scribers."
Harvest Reaped by Death.
In concluding, Gen. Wilson said:
During the year grim death has reaped
even a larger harvest than usual from our
midst. and wefhave been called upon to de-
plore the loss of eighteen of our esteemed
companions. who for many years have
aided us by their genial presence and wise
counsel Honorable in every sense. Arm
and true in every relation of life, the Board
of Trade will long cherish the memory of
their companions and friends SO RECENTLY
taken from them, and the names will ever
be mentioned with respect esteem and az
lection of Richard H. Alvey. John w. Bah
son, w. w. Burdette, John d. Croissant.
Claas Denekas. Weston Flint, Reuben Har-
ris. Edwin B. Hay. Frank Hume, v. Bald
win johnson. Samuel H. Kauffmanns a. /.
Mckee. Rev. w. E. Parson. Robert Port
ner. James w. Ratc.iffe. Francis H. Smith,
Elphonzo Youngs and David H. Hagen
| And now. gentlemen, In conclusion, let
me invite your attention to the blessings
showered upon us by the King of Kings
I'VE have a magnificent site for our CITY,
selected by the father Of his country as
| the location for the capital Of the nation
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