Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-05
ACTIVITY OF THE
BOOM PROMOTERS
Greater Washington Commit
tees to Meet Tomorrow.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED
Desire for Increased Trade Along the
Potomac River.
WHOLESALE HOUSES NEEDED
Local Industry With a Record-Re-
vised List of Shippers Asso-
citation Members.

Meetings of the publicity committee and
the board of directors of the Jobbers and
Shippers Association will be held tomor-
row afternoon, and the Greater Washing
ton movement will be still further boosted
along. 1t is expected that the publicity
committee, of which Mr. Thomas C. Moves
is acting chairman, will evolve some new
and novel schemes for advertising the
movement for d greater commercial growth.
One of the matters that will come before
this committee, it is said, will be the pro-
posed great industrial parade to be held
here at the time of the encampment of the
United Spanish War Veterans next October
At the meeting of the board of directors.
it is said, a committee on membership will
be appointed and an effort made to recruit
the ranks OF the Greater Washington BOOM
ers TO a maximum strength
Among the latest suggestions made in
connection with the proposed increased
business activity here is the establishment
of an automobile manufacturing plant in
the District.
This is an automobile city," said a
merchant last night, with our wide, con
GREETED streets and splendid roads in the
picturesque suburbs. and there is no rea-
son why we should not manufacture the
horseIess vehicles right here.
Shipments by River.
A retail dry goods dealer voiced his opin-
ion yesterday to Acting Secretary Fletcher
of the Jobbers and Shippers Associa ton
on the question Of shipments by river as
follows:
''No surprise was manifested when lady
merchant of this city visited the office OF
the secretary of the JobbefS and Shippers
Association yesterday. The boom has per-
meated to every part of the city and has
awakened an interest everywhere.
Mrs Elizabeth A. HaineS, Sth street and
Pennsylvania avenue southeast. who con-
ducts large dry goods establishment, mad
her attention called to the work of the
ganiZation. its scope and purposes. through
the daily press and came to offer a word OF
encouragement. incidentally, IL may be men
toned that few merchants have been more
successful in strictly mercantile lines in
Washington than this lady has been.
Mrs. Haines looks upon the movement to
foster wholesale business in Washington
as a matter of first Importance. During
her long years of residence here as a mer-
chant she has never been able as she ex-
pressed IL. TO buy bolt of calico at whole
sale in this city. She has never been able
to understand the anomalous condition OF
things chat obtains here-that in city that
has over $4,000 population there should be
no wholesale dry goods house But there
are many who do not understand why this
is the case and the mystery is still more
difficult of comprehension when the i'm
portance of Washingtons retail trade is re-
called, and that the retail merchants here
would be glad of an opportunity of buying
their supplies here instead of in some re-
mote city.
Delay and Loss.
Like so many of washington's business
houses this one has experienced serious
trouble, inconvenience and loss over the
delay in the delivery of packages of mer-
chaudse outside cf the city.
ha lad lie he Oh M
to nearby landings and towns along the
Potomac river difficult, if not impossible
so much so that IL hinders the growth of
her business and offers the most serious
discouragements. The store TO which ref
erence is being made employs over sixty
clerks. which means that a large volume
OF dry goods Is handled annually. This store
often makes Important sales to customers
living along or near the Potomac where
on the Maryland side, they must depend
wholly upon the steamers that make the
numerous small landings. Undoubtedly this
Is trade that might be improved If quicker
means or delivery OF packages could be
secured.
This, apparently. is phase of the much
discussed shipping problem which has so
far escaped the attention of the committee
organized and empowered to investigate
shipping inequalities and the cause of delay
in the delivery OF freight to all points
| around Washington. 1t will doubtless re-
ceiye the attention OF the shippers COM
mittee.'
An Existing Mandatory.
Among the manufacturing concerns OF
| this city is one which has had great deal
TO do with building up for the city what
commercial reputation 1t now has. and will
| doubtless figure very prominently in the in
| dustrialism of the Greater Washington.
This is the Union iron works establishment,
| the foundries OF which are located at the
| corner OF 18th street and Ohio avenue north
/ west. c. A. Schneider's Sons are the pro-
| prietors. and they have created business
/ that stands at the very head of the iron
| foundries south of New York and east OF