The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01
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the accustomed association Of stock
traders or association for the develop
of business, it Is a committee of
700 citizens. devoted to changes In
the laws, to representing the District
before Congress. and to business only
as a feature in the general welfare.
BY calculation of a former president,
not more than 20 perscent. OF Its mem
bers are engaged In trade; the :e-
matnder consists of leading lawyers,
doctors, employees of the government,
and representatives Of other nom
commercial pursuits.
Accordingly. the record OF It's
achievements is non-commercial. But
1t is not FOR that r.ason unimportant.
Among the conspicuous things in
which 1t has played a strong and pub
secretary recently. are the reclamation
Of the Potomac flats II the deepen-
ing of the river channel; the rosolu-
ton which resulted in Rock Creek
Park; construction OF the new POST
Office Building. the new Municipal
Building, the new Police Court Build
Ing, n many other buildings not
purely local in their usefulness; tn,
abolition OF grade-crossings for steam
tion; organization n reorganization,
of the public schools. including the
establishing of the great manual
training schools and the construction
OF many needful school houses; the
filtration of the city's water supply;
establishment OF the extremely sue
cessful juvenile court; increase in the
police and the fire departments:
the substitution Of modern structures
for the old Long Bridge and the con-
,struction OF a new bridge across the
Eastern Branch; the development OF q
park system throughout the District
OF Columbia; the completion Of the
great system OF sewers: the free PUB
the catalogue OF which might be
wearisome,'"
More Trade the Cry.
Continuing. Mr. Albert says:
"As the Board,of Trade mokes gen.
eral Improvement Its first object ans
trade secondary. SO the Chamber ot
Commerce has b en- organized to mako
trade its first object and other inter-
ests secondary. 1t came into e%xistencc
In direct responsible q denand among
Washington business men for more
trade. While the city grew beautiful
1t did not grow in commercial import
ance. and the spirit behind this new
trade body was that the right kind
of hustle would make it as busy as It
was good to look at"
Fine work to this same end has been
done by two older associations-tlte
Washington Business Minis Associa-
ton, headed by James II. Oyster. and
the Washington Jobbers' and Shippers
Association. headed by Charles j
Bell. Apart, these organizations dupli.
Gated service; together they might
prove Il great force behind the CAPT.
tails commerce.. Their members were
quick to see tho opportunity and act
upon 1t. and last spring they came to.
gethcr In greater number h hat
ever been assembled for any like meet.
ing in Washington and organized tht
Chamber of Commerce.
The simple fact tina these apparently
divergent organizations came together
In such complete harmony is sufficient
to show that Washington has become
unitsd in a commercial way more
strongly than 1t can ever he In a polit,
. ical way.
What Is Up.
Better shipping facilities. NOR,
i Wholesale II lobbing trade, cooper
alton for the widening of the capital
commercial horizon, and the develop
ment of an Industrial Washington
: all with proper regard for municipa
Il beauty as an a%sset--ars the objects O
], the chamber. Its 500 to 1000 member
are working with coats off and sleeve
rolled up to achieve these objects.
g The Chamber of Commerce aims a
q an early date to Greet an Office build
g Ing With room for Its assembly hall
committee rooms, cafe and ciubroom
o for tho entertainment of visiting mer
= chants. simultaneously, a freight coln
Y mittee Is worsing for the fun levcl
opment OF tho new railroad terminals
u committee OH wholesale trade 4
working for the establishment OF nev
= Wholesale n jobbing houses. and
N speelM committee III retail traQe |