Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-11
LIST OF THE SUBSCRIBERS
Promise of Appeal to the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
QUESTION OF WATER RATES
Shippers Do Not Want to Fight, but
Will If They Are Forced

Association of Washington will be an &C
comffished fact Already there have been
over eighty subscribers to the association,
representing most OF the largest business
houses Of Washington.
There will be a meeting held in the
offices of the American Security and Trust
Company tomorrow at which there Will be
present the representatives of the JOINT
committee of the Bankers and Business
Mems Associations and the Washington
Board of Trade. At this meeting the re-
suits of the recent canvass of the city Will
be laid before the meeting and perma-
nent form of organization adopted
Firms That Have Signed.
The firms that have signifed their will
ingness to join the association are as fol-
lows:
The E. B. Adams Company, E. B. Adams
612 Pennsylvania avenue; NJ. E. Allies, vice
president Riggs National Bank; r. f. An
drews Paper Company, R. F. Andrews
president and general manager. d2S Louisi-
ana avenue; Armour g. Co.. W. y. HoWen-
stein manager, 2-5 Wholesale Row center
Market. Armour Packing Company F. L.
Graham, manager, 623 B street northwest;
Conrad Becker. 1324-1326 F street north
west Beden Manufacturing Company. SSS
and $40 d street northwest; {. }. Bell.
president American Security and Trust
Company; F. Bensinger, $40 Louisiana ave-
nue northwest; F. w Bolgiano & Co.. y35
b street northwest; William T. Bowen oil
Tth street northwest; Burch & KEEPS, BIO
tn street northwest; n. l. Burcheil 1879
F street northwest; William G. Carter, 81
S2S Louisiana avenue; The James Clark
Distilling Company, d. P. Mccarthy. man
aver, 61o Pennsylvania avenue northwest;
Robert Cohen & Son, 11l4 F street north
west; Columbia Phonograph Company, ii.
c. Grove. manager. 1912 F street northwest;
Cook, Bernheimer & Co. 1I25 Ith street
northwest: The Cook & Stoddard Company,
r. w. Cook, treasurer, los Connecticut
avenue; COrby Bros, c. w. Corby. 25oI
Brightwood avenue northwest; Crane, Par
rls 81 Co, Albion X. Paris, a)4 l4th street
northwest; Salvatore Desic, 1912 + street
northwest; p. F. Droop & Sons Company.
L. II. Droop. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 92J Penn
sylvania avenue Duln & Martin Company.
1915 f street northwest; j. E. Dyer & Co.,
1880 NJ street northwest. Basil Is. Earn
shaw 1lO5-11O9 18th street southeast; j. c.
Frgood & Co, 416 9th street northwest;
Frank J. Finley, 2OS Massachusetts avenue
northeast; Fries, Beall & Sarp Co, Inc,
Milton II. Beall secretary, 522 10th street
northwest; Gait & Bro, per Norman Gait.
1i0T Pennsylvania avenue; w. M Gait q
Co. LIST street and Indiana avenue north
west; Julius Garinkle, 1920 F street north
west. Globe Printing Company, Thos. w.
Cadick manager. 14th and r streets north
west; Philip T. Hall. 1910 F street north
west: w. F. Hallam, Jenifer building: Ha-
yenner Baking Company, BENJAMIN 8.
Graves secretary, 4Go-476 c street north
west: Efecht & Co. 513-15-T TIN street
northwest; August C. Hermann, 80 10th
street southeast; G., Heurich, 1907 New
'JIampshire avenue; tfIoge & Mcdowell Com
pany Howard L. wilkins 90 Louisiana
avenue Holmes & Son. 1st and f streets
northwest; Hubbard Heating Company, Je-
rome Hubbard president, 9lS F street; w.
James & Son, cal B street northwest; the
Maurice Joyce Engraving Company, ii. C.
G. Stiles. manager. Evening Star building;
Judd & Detweiler. dnc), George H. Judd.
president, 420-i22 nth street northwest; ).
Kann. Sons & Co, Sth street and Market
space: ]. b. Kendall, is5-iST Missouri ave-
nue.; George F. Kern. 1910 + street north
west: Clarence s. kessler & Bro, GO51s e
street northwest; George z. Killtan. 49,
Pennsylvania avenue northwest: William
Knabe & Co, per r. X. Paynter, 1213-i22O
+ street northwest; the George w. Knox
Express Company, w. s. Knox, president,
14lT Pennsylvania avenue northwest; Little
field, Alvprd & Co. Z. S. Alvord. president.
18th. 9th. ID and + streets northwest;
Mayer Bros. & Co. 937 F street northwest;
l.. P. Mertz. 1146 18th street; the Mode,
Sidney Reizeustein, 18th and streets
northwest f. Morrison Paper Company
John L. Proslse. treasurer, 1909 Pennsyl-
Vanla avenue northwest; w. Fl. Moses. 18th
and streets northwest; William Much
leisen Company. William Muehleisen, treas
urer. 9l6 9Th street northwest: George j.
Mueller per Carl Mueller. 336 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest. George f. Muth & Co..
trical Supply Company. E. C. Graham.
president. 1880 New York avenue: G..
w OTutt 32O9-11 II street northwest: Jas.
f. Oyster. 800 Pennsylvania avenue; The
Potomac Terra Gotta Co, G. Y. Alice.
manager. 1922 s street northwest; Richard
* Co, $50 Pennsylvania avenue; Thomas r.
Riley, 18th and Ohio avenue; Royal Glue
Co, corner 14th and G streets northwest:
Rundlett Shade Factory, w. Stokes Sam
mons, manager. nth and X streets north
west. Security Storage Co., Albert M. Read.
president 1lio 10th street northwest; Self
ger Heating Co. L. D. Settler, manager.
lil3 G street northwest. The Semmes-Kelly
Co. Charles w. Semmes. president. 614
Pennsylvania avenue; The p. III. Sheehy
Co. 7th street and Florida avenue; South
ern Poultry Supply Co, n. B. Stone. 80 E
street northwest; Charles G.. Stott & Co.
800 9th street northwest; The F. G. Smith
Piano Co. 1928 Pennsylvania avenue; Jas.
S. Topham. 1919 f street northwest; H. NJ.
Wagner Co, Charles w. Bohannon.
manager. I'LL street northwest; Waller
stein Bros. 2f2 10th street northwest; War
rem & Dyer. p. s. Warren 627 F street
northwest. Washington Hydraulic Press
Brick Co, A. b. Lyon, assistant secretary
and treasurer and acting manager 607
Colorado building; Washington Tobacco CO.,
SIS Pennsylvania avenue northwest; Wash
ington Wholesale Drug Exchange, Wymond
II. Bradbury. manager. 459 c street north
Center Market; W. A Wimsatt, 215 9Th
street southwest; Woodward G. Lothrop.
nth and + streets northwest.
Railway Rates First Consideration.
The first thing the new association
wants to do is to get favorable railway
rates and prompt service out OF Washing
ton. There Is. no spirit of antagonism to
the railways. All the shippers want. they
say, is a square deal and to be able TO ge,
their goods out or Washington and into
the south and the adjoining territory on al
least equal terms with their commercial
competitors. Baltimore and Philadelphia
regard always being had TO the respective
geographical advanta ges- None Of the Off
GERS OF the prospective association want &c
force a fight with the railways and Il Is
quite possible that nothing of the sort will
BE- necessary. The railroads that have
spoken at all have spoken fair in the mat
ter. and say that they would like To hell
the city all they can toward the commercial
IDEAL for which 1t is striving.
But-and the shippers all say there is 4
good deal In this proposition-if there |.
any disposition TO block the legitimate de
1rands OF Washington merchants. they vii
a; least have an organization with lot o
money and force behind II and they vii
be able TO put up a fight that VIII max.
the opposition, whatever It is. realize tina
thrra has beeu A fight In their frnmsSiiat I,