The Washington herald., 1910-02-09
CHAMBER WOULD
AMEND TIE CODE
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one member Of the Chamber and In
dorsed by another. The application. TO
be accompanied by the prescribed dues.
/ shall. when received, be at once referred
! by the secretary 10 the membership com
mittee and a majority vote Of the MEM
/ bers OF said committee. present at any
regular meeting thereof or at any special
meeting call after two clear days notice
4 in writing, in favor OF said applicant
/ shall elect 70 membership, provided that
the names so acted upon shall be posted
\ two weeks
Amend subsection T. OF section 6. by
adding after the word committees on
the last line thereof the words:
land in the case OF the membership
committee, such other action as it is
authorized to take by any OF the pro-
visions Of this constitution
Creates Committee of Fifteen.
On motion Of William T. Shannon, a
resolution was adopted creating com
mittee Of fifteen TO consider whether a
| feasible plan can be worked out 10 bring
/ together citizens associations and civic
| and trade bodies on short notice TO arrive
at an expression Of opinion upon public
! questions This committee was empOw-
cred to investigate the question and TO
submit a report to the March meeting Of
the Chamber.
The report on amendments to the code
was presented by Charles ". Claggett.
Il contained about ufteen amendments
to the code, dealing with technical and
legal matters, among which were the
legal rate OF interest IN the District and
various forms Of court procedure in deal
ing with the estate Of deceased persons,
Jail and workhouse senteHees. and the
eompulsion Of persons sued in the Dis
tr.ct courts having residences in other
Jurisdictions All the amendments pro-
posed by Dir. Claggett were adopted.
DisapprOves Sunday Law.
i. 4 Leftwich Sinclair presented a re-
port from the committee on law and leg
islation Disappearing OF the proposed
sunday law. on the ground that It was
I'm bad form and inimical TO the best IN
Iterests OF the majority OF residents Of the
District Mr. Sinclair said his commit
tee had the subject under discussion for
several hours yesterday afternoon. az a
meeting attended by twenty-five members
OF the committee, that It was animatedly
! discussed in all its bearings. and the sense
Of the committee was embodied IN the
resolution he presented. The report was
unanimously adopted.
Josep L Weller presented three reports
I l. ,a-lr.
and bridges. One related to the purchase
Of the ground on the South side Of Penn
sylvanla avenue, between Twelfth and
Fourteenth streets. for public uses. An
other, which was read by ". P. Richards.
was on the purchase Of the land lying be-
tween Rock Creek Park and Sixteenth
street, between Blagden avenue and the
District line TO be added TO the park.
This report also advocated some means
OF better communication with the best
parts of the park. suggesting either omni-
buses. which should carry passengers at
a specified fare. or the extension Of street
car lines along the park boundaries so
that persons desiring could reach various
points in the park by a short walk.
Asks Uniform Parking Policy.
The third report dealt with a uniform
policy to be pursued by the District in
p treating the parking in front OF houses.
The report was aimed ct the grade and
terrace proposition now prevailing, that
seems to have no other regulation than
1.-The caprice Of builders" to use the Ian
! guage Of the report.
After reading a brief consideration, all
three reports were adopted.
] A report from the came committee, sub
mitted by Allan Davis related to larger
Fairgrounds about schoolhouses, favorinG
the purchase of ground adjacent 20 sew
E eral schools TO provide parking and play
grounds for the pupils. This was said 10
be specially desirable in the instances OF
= the Business High School and the Nc
Kiniey Manual Training School, neither
of which have any space about them for
the walking or playing OF pupils or the
drilling Of the cadet companies. the
streets being now used for these pur-
poses.
a report was submitted by the CON-
mittee on the reclamation Of the Ana
costa Flats. in which the immediate
Davis. who read the report, said the
reclamation Of the flats. according to the
plans already worked out would at once
enlarge the water front Of the city. would
add sufficient land TO more than pay for
/ the Improvement, would beautify the
city. and remove for all time the insani-
tarv conditions now existing. The report
estimated the cost Of the work at about
s5O0O.CO0 and It was submitted that this
amount of money could not be spent to
any better purpose in any Improvement
proposed for the Capital City. The re-
port was adopted.
Would Enlarge Scope of Work.
The report of the committee on public
schools asked for an amendment to the
constitution of the Chamber, changing
the name OF the committee and enlarg-
ing it's powers, so as to enable it to Goa
slider all educational effort in the Dis.
trict as well as the public schools.
The report called fer the endorsement
OF a teachers retirement law along tn,
lines of the Smith bill in the House anO
the CaHihger bill in the Senate. The re
port, when was adopted. also included
direction thai the committee find or; TIM