Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19


should not be incurred.
At the last meeting of the Board OF
Trade several strong recommendations
were made. and some of them Will be
taken to Congress Up to- that meeting
the recommendations before the business
men of the city asked that Congress
should be approached on the following
subjects:
The appropriation of the moneys asked
for by the Commissioners, and the d.
vision of the appropriation so that urgent
items need not be subject to delay.
Money Advanced by Congress.
That money required for permanent inn
provements be advanced by Congress for
term of years at minimum rate of
interest.
Securing of the land and use thereof. as
provided in the Hepburn bill.
A high-pressure water service.
A new steel suspension bridge to re-
place the Aqueduct bridge.
A convention hall.
More and better municipal Fairgrounds
for children and adequate play space adj
joining each new school building.
Modern bathing facilities in various
sections of the city and on the river
front.
A parole system for first offenders.
The speedy erection of a central po-
lice station and police department build
ing.
More policemen.
An armory for the National Guard
The completion of the tuberculosis hos
pital.
The removal OF the workhouse and
Jail from their present sites and the
erection also of penitentiary.
A recreation pier on the river front.
Improvement of AnacoSta fats and
the river front
A channel to make the .\nacostia river
navigable to Benning bridge.
The construction OF Lincoln road and
the proper observance of the birthday of
Abraham Lincoln.
a change in the inaugural date.
The joining OF all citizens for the pur-
pose of celebrating the 4th of July in a
sane and disnified manner.
4 proper bill for licensing builders.
Reports of Committees.
At the meeting of the Board Of Trade
Thursday evening several committees
presented exhaustive reports covering To-
cal conditions in the schools, the Jail, the
library. etc.
Among the propositions before the
Board of Trade to be acted upon later and
which were presented by several commit
tees were recommendations from the
committee public health. Or. u. Percy
Kicking, chairman. that the resolutions
of January II, 1907. adopted by the board
requiring that milk to be supplied TO the
consumer should he kent at IL temperature
at or below 10 degrees Fahrenheit and
should contain less than bn.WD bacteria
per {. G., should be enforced by law.
An agent to prevent unnecessary pollution
of Potomac water was recommended by
the same committee. Public comfort sta
tionS. with bathing facilities and with ar
raugemcntS whereby women wash
clothes on payment of a small fee, was
urged being needed at the present
time.
a swimming pool to he established
near the site of the old 9Th street depot
was recommended In the same report
The AnacoStia flats were said TO be in a
condition bordering on Il nuisance, and
the committee asked every member of
the board to help in obtaining legisa
ton looking toward the improvement of
that part of the city.
The committee on sewerage DIR. j. g.
Gregg Gusts. chairman. complimenting
states that in the opinion OF the members
of the committee Washington has as fine
a system as any city of equal size i'll the
country, and that the sewage disposal
plant is ideal in its conception. The
committee is of the opinion that when
sufficient appropriations are made TO COM
pletc the sewerage system as originally
planned ii would insure safety against
sewer contamination The extension of
the system to the outlying portions of the
city was especially urged. and the recon-
mendations of the superintendent of sew
crs were characterized as just and mcri-
toTiOuS.
Curfew and Other Child Laws