Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15
Parks and Reservations.

PARKS ana RESERVATIONS.
The report of the committee on parks and
reservations, which will be considered
further at the next meeting, says that the
pressure of citizens of all parts of the Dis
trict was SO great that the committee found
it difficult to bring before the committees
of Congress any proposition which they
would consider, 'they advising us that we
must confine ourselves to more moderate
demand.
ut was finally concluded that our request
be incorporated in bill under the House
committee on public buildings and grounds
and bill No. 3S5 was settled upon.
"Afterward special committee consist
ing Of three senator's, chosen by the
Vice President, and three members by
the Speaker Of the House, was appointed,
they to report their conclusions to the Con-
gress at the commencement of the second
session Of the Fifty ninth Congress.
1T would seem that when nearly every
city of any Importance in the United States
is making such strenuous efforts to obtain
breathing space in the way of parks and
reservations that the national capital
should not be behind in this matter
I'VE have good hopes that favorable re-
port will be made, and if So we will then
take up the question for other portions Of
the District during the coming year"
There was considerable discussion of that
portion Of the, bill which has to do with the
levying and benefit of assessments, but the
board did not commit itself and the matter
will be gone into at greater length at the
next meeting.
Among those resent were: DR.. VIM.
Tindall. Capt. L. M. Kelley. r. Ross Perry.
e ciephane G Gen Geo S Harres
Hight. D. ]. Callahan. Robert N. Harper,
Jesse B. Wilson, w. Mosby Williams, Oscar
W. White. Norton M. Little. Odell S. Smith,
J. M. Burrell. c. W. Skinner. E. G: Graham,
Philip F. Larner, c. o. Rice. William II.
Saunders Thomas W. Smith, George B.
Farquhar John Joy Edison. John Hender-
son jr p J: Nee. DR.: A P: Pardon nG, Gen n;
H. Singleton, William M. Shuster, William
T. Galliher, Ja-es T. Petty, Edward T.
Bates. DR.. r. A. Bates, Albert M. Read.
William M. Terrell, James Taylor: H. L.
Rust, Joseph Crawfo- d, Chaplin Brown,
John w. Douglass, William S. Spencer,
Claud Livingston, Samuel Ross John Joy
John L. Weaver. A. S. Caywood, F. A.
Fenning, E. Southland Parker, George o.
Evans, Charles S. Bradley, w H. .Ipignue
David L. Selke, H. B. Polkinhorn H. e.
Bittinger e. c.. Barndenburg, Henry w.
Samson, Barry Mohun, James 4Aansburgh,
Joseph Richardson. W. w. Norman, G. l..
Whitford. DR.. Frank G. Gibson. F. Att
well, William II. Henshaw, j. A. Whitfield.
D. s. Porter, George S. Cooper. L. b.
Switzerland, DR.. ]. B. Gregg Gusts, Ralph
P. Barnard, Frank G. Butts B. H. Warner,
Edgar d. Shaw, John Brewer, +: w: Bran
denburg, Arthur Cowsill, John s. SWORN
stedt S. H. Agnew, c. S. Bundy, G. l..
Thornton. r. G. Rutherford, A. B. Heaton,
M. 1. Weller Edward Kern, Wilmot w
Trew, E. o. Whitford, M. D. Rosenberg,
H. L. Thornton, E. 1. Gray. r. r. Bennett.
Walter H. Schneider. H. c. c. Stiles DR..
William r. King, Guy H. Johnson, Julian
Dowell. F.. P. May, Phelan C. Hawn, w.
P. Van Wickle. Percy S. Foster, 1. G. MIN
ball, E. L. Weston Albert F. Fox. DR.. D.
Percy Hickling. DR.. George B. WEIGH,
Theodore w. Noyes, Charles w. Fairfax,
Dr. H. L. E. johnson. tdwiQ K. Staley,
Capt. James F. Oyster, J. Fred Kelley, s.
c. Smoot, C. K. Fox. Lester A. Barr.