Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-10
TO WORK FOR PARK
Georgetown Citizens Will Urge
Congress to Act.
DISCUSSION At MEETING
Present Status Of Legislation on Sub
ject Is Outlined.
SEEK EIGHTY.FIvE CENT GAS
Passage Of "Loan Shark" Bill Taken
}f Up-Plans for Feb,
ruary Gathering.

The purchase of MOntrose Park be-
fore 1912 is a new slogan of the
Georgetown Citizens Association.
The recent ruling of the controller of
the Treasury on the acts authorizing the
purchase Of the Montrose and Meridian
Hill tracts for parks purposes. and the
subsequent legal action in condemnation
proceedings Of the latter site came in
for lengthy discussion at the associa-
tion's meeting last night.
In view OF the item in the Commits
sioners' budget for this year urging an
appropriation for the purchase of
Georgetown park. the legislative COM
mittee was instructed to urges members
of the congressional appropriation COM
mittee to grant the money asked for.
Fulton Lewis and Henry s. Matthews
explained to the association the present
status Of park legislation. The bills
passed at the last session Of Congress.
they explained, were authorizations for
the purchase, and not measures actually
appropriating money. 1t was the sense
OF the bills in question that Congress
proposed to later appropriate money for
the purchases. The rulings of the con-
troller were explained. and also the de-
cision .of Justice CIabaugh in the con-
domination proceedings of the Meridian
Hill tract.
View Taken by COMMISSIONER.
1.-THE District Commissioners evidently
have taken the same view of the matter
as the controller of the Treasury, and
have included items in this years budget
asking for the necessary appropriations.
N IN hot hot.
recommendations be adopted" said Mr..
Matthews.
In campaigning among the members of
the appropriations committee for the
necessary money the legislative commits
tee will have the assistance of the as
sOciation's officers and as many members
as care to enter upon the work. The first
be made in a few days. The amount
necessary to purchase the tract, as named
in the agreement between the Commits
sioners and the Boyce heirs. owners Of
the property. Is $4,000.
Eighty-dve-cent gas for Georgetown
was the subject of another resolution
passed by the association last night at
the instance Of DR.. John w. Jennings
Complaints on the part of members as
to the quality Of gas furnished by the
Georgetown Gas Light Company, and the
price. as compared with that prevailing
east of Rock creek. were made before
the resolution was put to q vote. It
was carried unanimously and directed the
committee on commercial interests to take
up the matter of cheaper gas with gas
company omeiais immediately.
Discuss ssLoan SHARK Bill.
The association placed itself on rec
ord as fayoring the immediate passage
by Congress OF the '1oan shark. bill
The subject was brought to tho atten-
ton Of the association by the fact that
the bill was still in committee at yes
terdays session Of Congress-the first
District day OF the year. Tho secre-
| with Chairman Smith OF the House
District committee and urge that the
| legislation be given immediate atten-
ton
| President Albion X. Paris reported
that as a result Of recent conference
with Commissioner Judson the resi-.
dents OF Georgetown may rest as.
sured that dumping OF city refuse. along
Rock creek win In the future be DOM
lunder the supervision OF jnspectors