Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20
MAY ALTER BYLAW
Amendment to Come Up Be-
fore Board of Trade.
MEETS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Confines Qualification of Candidates
for Directors.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES
recommendations to Be Considered.
Buffet Lunch to Be
Served.
MEETS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES


| Wednesday evening.
/ The principal business of the meeting
u will be to discuss the proposed amend
ment to the by-lays of the Board, amend
ing article by inserting after the
first sentence, third paragraph. the words
Nor shall a director in any similar
! local organization he eligible for election
as director in the Washington Board Of
Trade
i Annual reports and recommendations
of the following committees will be con-
sidered during the evening: Parks and
reservations, charities and corrections
taxation and assessment, streets and
avenues, and river and harbor improve
ments.
/ In accordance with a resolution adopted
by the board at its last meeting the
recommendations made by the various
committees have been printed and DIS
tributed among the members, so that
4 all will have time to consider them be-
fore attending the meeting.
Parks and Reservations.
The committee on parks and reserva-
lions recommends among other things:
Progressive development of Potomac
Park
Creation of special parking commits
| sion.
Appropriation of s:No.oOO for the inn
provement of the valley of Rock Creek,
! according to the plans furnished to Con-
gress by the Engineer Commissioners
in April. 1903.
The purchase by the government of the
| property known as Parkview Terrace
/ in the immediate vicinity of the new
Connecticut Avenue bridge.
| Appropriation for the purchase of the
/ Carpenter and Pennsylvania avenue
| oiv,tr cd
| Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
Approval of the open valley treatment
of Rock creek valley.
Charities and Corrections.
| The committee on charities and correc-
tions recommends:
Establishment of probation and parole
system.
Adoption of a ''curfew law
! Liberal support Of Fairgrounds move
ment.
! Establishment of public baths.
| Censorship of cheaper grade of theaters.
| Closing of all places of amusement on
| Sunday.
| Temporary Use of the present jail as a
"a house of detention for adults near the
! city hall.
| Taxation and Assessment.
| The recommendations of the committee
on taxation and assessment urge:
The approval of Senate bill 1903 and
| House bill 2434O, with the exception of
| the contents of lines nine. ten and eleven
on page one and lines one. two, three.
| four and five page two. that portion
/ being objected to because, in the opinion
of the committee. property owners should
have every possible notice of any pro-
posed sale of their holdings for taxes.
| The disapproval Of Senate bill 64l3. re-
| lating to the refunding of enormously
| paid taxes, for the reason that 1t should
| be possible to correct any error whenever
| it may be discovered, whether the time be
within three years or a greater period.
! Strong Endorsement on Senate bill 1850
and House bill 1874, known as the Jud-
son financial bill. with urgent recon-
mendation for early action by the board
| Approval of House bill 1890 and Senate
bill 1879, to authorize the District of CO.
lumbia surveyor to adopt system OF des-
| ignating land in the District of Column
| bia now in force in the office of the as
SCISSOR with the following amendment Mt
the end Of the first section, viz: And
| the description of real estate in all con-
veyances, heretofore made. by such men,
| bers, shall be deemed a valid description"
Streets and Avenues.
The committee on streets and avenues
recommends:
| That the Board of Trade urge upon
Congress larger appropriations than made
| i'm the past for resurfacing WORKOUT
asphalt roadways in the District.
That it urge upon the Commissioners
the taking of prompt action for the
elimination OF grade crossings wherever
| necessary in the District to guarantee
safety to the citizens, and that Congress
! be urged to enact promptly the necessary |
LEGISLATION for that purpose.
| Disa pproval of Senate bill 4431, to |
! change the name of street from 18th |,
! to 18th. to Mount Vernon.
| Approval of Senate bill 46.6 and House |
bill 1884, to widen 10Th street at Spring |
street.
Approval of House bill 3619. to widen |
Benning road.
Approval of House bill 1880. to con- |
struct Lincoln boulevard. !
Approval OF Senate bill 3998 and House !
bill 1544s. for new highway plan north |
| of Massachusetts avenue and west of |
Rock creek.
Approval of Senate bill 1862 and House |
bill 1898 for road along Anacostia river. |
d. c. |
Approval of Senate bill 1919 and House !
bill 1926, to extend Farragut street from
| 1ith to Piney Branch road. and Iowa
avenue between 14th and 18th streets.
| Approval of House bill 1915, to extend
| New Hampshire avenue.
Approval of House bill 1875, to change
name of 23d street north of Calvert
street TO Woodey place.
River and Harbor.
The river and harbor improy ements
committee recommends:
That the channel of the Anacostia river
from its mouth to the navy yard should
he dredgeds to the depth OF twenty-eight
feet, preferably 400 feet wide.
/ The Anacostia river to be made
nayigable from its mouth to Benning
bridge.
The acquisition by the United States
of all lands on both banks of the Ana
costa river now owned by private
parties.
| The United States to inaugurate q sys-
tenn of permanent dock improvements,
etc, on the Anacostia, from its mouth