Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-02
meeting of the freight committee. TO b. held

meeting OF the freight committee, TO be held
August IS.
pers or receivers of freight In Washington
are requested to send their names and ad-
dresses. the amount OF freight received ana
shipped tton weightl. also the number OF
of capital invested. and the amount OF busi-
ness done by them. to ]. L TUCKER OF the
publicity committee. care OF The star.
The freight committee also oecioe9 liz .'.
every effort should be made to remedy *
listing conditions by appealing to the rall-
roads and backing the appeal with specinc
ca SEES of unfair charges and unreasonapse
delay in shipments. Monroe Lucfs, tenn.
porary chairman of the committee. stated
that the policy OF doing one thing at
time and doing that WELL had Teen adopt-
ed. For the next two weeks the conimtIee
will work quietly. but when its report IS
submitted the public may be irtercsrcd
Advantages offered by Rosslyu as site
for. misunderstanding establishments and rae
tories will be presented to the Jobbers and
Shippers Association by the board OF Grade
OF Alexandria county.
This action was decided upon at n meet
Ing of the board yesterday. and as result
a committee of fifteen will be appointed TO
canvass the situation thoroughly and re-
port results to the Jobbers and Shippers
Association
II was also represented that the Penn
syivania railroad had agreed to sive every
advantage to any factories locating In
-Rosslyn.
Suggested Ship Canal.
Mr. Joseph l. Keefer. who Is taking much
interest in the Greater Washington move
ment, In a communication to The Star says:
.The committee OF our prominent citizens
and business men who have upon their
minds the improvement of the city OF
Washington might turn their attention to
another matter which may add materially
tn thn diva al
Is a ship canal to Baltimore"
Mr. Keefer thinks that as the population
of Washington Is constantly increasing and
there is surplus of unemployed people,
that the District must look to- manufactur-
ing plants and foundries.
ut would be first rate he said. In speak
ing of his idea. for a ship to load in Wash
ington and go through a canal to Balti-
more, there complete It's cargo. and con-
tinue upon its way to foreign ports or any
where 1t so desired. After the canal In
Central America is completed our govern
ment will have a quantity OF machinery
that can be used for that purpose, besides
corps of people skilled in such work. and
it would be easy to bring the machinery
and men up the coast. Get Congress in
terested. and with the assistance of few
prominent gentlemen the scheme OF a canal
to Baltimore will look more favorable and
probable than upon paper"
Mr., keefer has been across Central
America twice. and has Travelled the PAN
anna railroad, as well as by the old oppo-
sition route. through Nicaragua by way OF
the lake, and has had considerable expert
ence as an engineer. He states that the
proper place for this canal is from the
Potomac river below Alexandria. about Pts
Getaway creek, where the water Is deep,
across the country to the Patuxent river,
and from there to the Chesapeake bay. The
country here Is comparatively level. and
Mr. Keefer lives in the hopes of some
time seeing this take on an actual shape.