The Washington herald., 1909-03-23
Chamber Will Hold Exhibit
of Plans for Cities.
DATA GATHERED IN NEW YORK
New Committee to Take Up Divorce
Law in Connection with Amend
ments to COde-Manufaeture Com
mittee Adopts Resolution Against
Discharges at Navy Yard.

and obtained his promise TO attend the
opening meeting of the City Planning and
Municipal Exhibition. which Will be
opened here about May % under the ans
pices of the chamber. The committee
which called upon the President con-
sisted OF Commissioner Macfarland VIII
fam F. Gude, James F. Oyster Charles
J. Bell, Thomas Grant. and Scott c.
Bone
The committee laid before the Presi-
dent the general plan Of the exhibit.
which has been assembled IN New York
and will be on exhibition IN that city
from May 20 May Is inclusive. II viii
then be brought 10 this city. only the
essential features of the exhibit viii be
made here, an appropriation having been
made for the purpose by the chamber
and from other sources.
VIII show Municipal Art.
The purpose Of the exhibit is 10 show
what has been done in the way Of mu-
nicipal art in New York and other Ameri-
can cities. including Washington. An
other feature is to set forth what has
been done toward planning large improve
ments i'm American cities with reference
tc their future growth. and by way OF
comparison. what has been done along
the same lines IN foreign cities The
Riverside Drive and the extensive down
down park system in Cleveland Ohio.
are among the matters 10 be shown IN
this connection by means OF maps. dia-
grams. and charts. which will make the
proposed Improvements understandable TO
the average man.
BY means OF conference and lectures
reasons viii be given why large cities
should have a comprehensive plan Of de-
velopment TO be carried out through a
long seriessof years
Municipal Buildings shown.
Municipal buildings form another in
teresting group Of plans and charts 10
be shown in the exhibition With them
will be seen a comprehensive exhibit OF
the Federal buildings in Washington and
elsewhere throughout the country Parks
and Fairgrounds IS another division OF
the exhibit. street lighting another and
public fountains and statues another.
In one section win be grouped a great
number OF Photographic views Of housing
conditions as they exist in the congested
AtoA4 Us NA til+ l46 NlkltHs anu NONlDdFtl
with these viii be views % some OF the
settlement work and improved housing
conditions hat have been worked out in
New York and elsewhere.
Transit systems. Industrial conditions
land tenure, concentration OF Offices and
factories in certain localities. dock de-
velopment. bridges. and. in fact. all the
great matters which confront the growth
Of the modern city viii be shown.
Demonstration VIII BE Given.
Everything will be carefully explained
by competent demonstrators. and some OF
the large questions Of municipal life and
progress viii be discussed in talks and
lectures
1t is hoped by the Chamber Of Com
merce TO arouse much public interest
in these matters through the exhibit.
and ii is hoped that out OF il Will grow
a conference of the mayors and officers
Of public work I'm the larger cities OF
the country, which may possibly be
called by the President be organized /
upon a permanent basis, and enter upon
a systematic study OF the problems OF I
municipal growth with a view TO work /
ing out some simple and effective plan
which Will give 10 the big cities greater /
beauty as well as dc away with some
of the evils which attach 70 congestion /
Of pOpulation-the slum and the foreign /
quarter.
VIII Take Up Divorce Law.
A Leftwich Sinclair yesterday reported I
the appointment Of a subcommittee Of /
the committee on laws and legislation, |
which will be charged with the consid- /
GRAFTON Of the amendments TO the Dis /
trict code. Mr.. Sinclair said last night /
that the FIRST subject this committee /
would be called upon 10 consider would /
be petition, signed by a long list Of the 4
residents Of the District, asking for a l
revision of the divorce law.
It appears from the petition that the
law contained in section 963 OF the code
really allows only one cause for divorce.
and that proved infdelity OF the marriage
bond. With reference to this. the petition 1
goes on 90 say:
There are many instances in this city
where men have married young women.
lived with them long enough TO beget
several children, ard have then deserted
them. and left the District OF Columbia,
never TO return.
A Mischievous Law.
This is about as mischievous as 4
d!vorce law could well be. for young
women, being driven to despair on find
ing that tine law affords them no redress,
are tempted to enter upon forbidden
paths. as also are the men whose wives
have deserted them.
IF the attention Of Congress were
called TO this state Of things they would
be quite willing to correct it"
The subcommittee is composed OF
Charles W. Clagett. chairman; Walter G
Balderston. Charles W. Darr. r. Golden
Donaldson, Leo p. Harlow. Eugene A
Jones. Wilton J. Lambert, Charles
LiIkins. Joseph d. Sullivan. Conrad II
Syme. James 4. Toomey. J. Dawson
Williams. and Alexander Wolf
Would save WOrkmen.
The committee on manufactures yes
terday held a largely attended meeting. at
which the subject OF the threatened dis
charge OF some 1870 workmen from the
Washington Navy Yard was considered.
and the action Of the committee en-
bodied in the following resolutions.
Whereas it is publicly reported and generally up-
ie-stood that considerable number OF government |
mploycs IN the shops az the navy yard In the
District Of Columbia shortly 10 be either dis
missed or furonghed for long period q time ard
Where's these employees among the most en-
ient Of the mechanical employees Of the government
IA the District Of Columbia. and form a body OF
thrifty. desirable citizens. many Of whom relviuq
upon the permanency Of their omuloymeut have
u-chased their homes in the District Of Columbia.
nd
Whereas in the present state Of the Industry in
which their services can most effectively De used
here viii be great didicllty and little likelihood
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