Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-11
REFUSES TO RESc|ND
Commerce Chamber Reaffirms
Action on Lincoln Memorial.
WANTS POTOMAC PARK SITE
Effort to Secure Endorsement of
Washington Richmond Boulevard.
BAY WINDOW TAX OPPOSED
Action Proposed by Architects Re-
garded as Rank Injustice by
John II. Magruder.
POTOMAC PARK SITE
BAY WINDOW TAX OPPOSED

The Chamber of Commerce at its meet
ing last night went on record for the
second time overwhelmingly in favor of
locating the two-million-dollar Lincoln
memorial in Potomac Park. the site Sc
lected by the Mcmillan park commission.
An effort to have the chamber rescind
it's former action indorsing this site and
to favor a plan for the construction of a
memorial bridge across the Potomac and
a highway from Washington to Richmond
via this bridge was made through a
report of a special committee, submitted
highway project.
Although the trend of sentiment became
evident from the applause which greeted
the. declaration favoring the park COM
missions plan soon after the meeting be-
gan. the matter was not finally. laid to
| rest until about two hours of the time of
the chamber had been taken up with ar
gument and an effort to straighten out
the parliamentary situation.
| Numerous Points of Order.
| 1t was apparent that every one wanted
| to get to a vote on the question, but so
many point sof order and conflicting mo-
|
reach vote. The climax was finally
reached when two points of order were
made against two motions, and it was
| found that there was nothing before the
meeting to vote upon.
! The problem was finally solved by a
| motion made by Harry King to suspend
| the regular order of business and adopt
a motion previously made by Chaplin
| Brown calling upon the chamber to reaf-
| firm its action favoring the park COM
missions plan for the memorial.
Mr.. Harper'S committee report recon-
mended that the chamber reconsider its
former action. AS the vote had been
Oyster ruled that a motion to recon-
slider was. futile, as thirty days is the
| limit under the parliamentary rules for
| reconsideration of vote
Arguments Against Change.
The opposition to a change in the plan
! for the memorial was led by Glenn Brown
| and William f. Shannon. They argued
| that any change in the plan would en-
| danger the whole scheme for the beauti-
fication of the National Capital laid out
| by the park commission. They declared
| that the Lincoln memorial should be
| erected in the National Capital and not in
Virginia or any other state. ID. ). Por-
| ter, who also opposed the change. pointed
|
| ed for the appropriation of $2,O000O0 for
| the erection of a memorial to Abraham
Lincoln in the District of Columbia, and
| that if the money was to be spent for
| a highway in Virginia the law would
! have to be changed.
| II believe in seiZing the substance and
| letting the shadows co. declared Mr.
4 Porter.
| were none recorded in favor of the
| change, and the chair declared the vote
| unanimous to sustain the former action
| of the chamber.
Bay Window Tax.
| John III. Magruder called the attention
Of the chamber to the proposal by men,
| bers of the Washington Chapter of the
American Institute of Architects and the
District Commissioners to change the
| building regulations by placing a tax on
! bay windows.
| perhaps Mr.. Glenn Brown can tell us
| why the architects wish to have the three
| feet allowed the business men of the city
| for their bay windows taken away" said
Mr.. Magruder. He declared that he be-
| lieved such action would be rank injustice
| both to the business men who rely on
| this three feet for their show windows
and to the residents who wished to build
| their homes with bay windows. He did
not ask the chamber to vote upon the
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mittee on building interests.
Equalization of Assessments.
| A resolution was submitted by Charles
! w. Darr, in part as follows:
THAT the committee on law and legis-
| lation be directed to draft for presenta-
| ton to the next session of Congress a
| bill providing for a board of equalization
| and review composed of five property
holders in the District to be appointed by
the District Commissioners, two of whom
shall be experts in the valuation of land
in the District, two experts in the build
ing trade, and one expert in the valuation
| of personal property, none of whom shall
be otherwise in the employ of the NUM-
cipal or federal government. and whose
| duty 1t shall be to determine and hear
| appeals from assessments of real and
personal property made by the present
| board of assessors
Mr.. Darr asked that the resolution be
| considered at the next meeting of the
chamber.
| Isaac Cans. chairman of the member
| ship committee, reported that meeting
had recently been held and a number of
new members taken into the chamber
| He said the prospect for a large Increase
| In the membership was good.
| j. Louis Willigie moved that special
committee be appointed to request that
| the District Commissioners amend and
enforce the traffic regulations. particu-
| larry in the business sections of the city.
/ His motion was adopted.
| Amendments Disposed Of.
Two proposed amendments to the con-
stitution of the chamber, offered by
Charles c. Lancaster, were laid on the
| table without a dissenting vote. One pro-
| vided that no officer or director of the
chamber should Occupy a similar position
in any other organization in the District
p having aims similar to those of the
4 Chamber of Commerce, and the other
| took the trial of members of the chamber
for misconduct from the board of direc-
tors and placed the power in the hands of
the chamber itself.
i Tudor jerks, the humorist, enters our
$4,000 prize story competition with a
unique tale, Spirit of Paul Morphy.'