The Washington herald., 1911-08-03
HIGHWAY TOUNITE
CAPITALS LATEST
LINCOLN PROJECT
Chamber of Commerce Fa-
vors Handsome Boulevard.
PROPOSED BY HARPER
Potomac Park Selection Not Set
tied, He Claims.

n handsome boulevard between
Washington and Richmond, unit
ing the capitals of the warning sec
tions in the civil strife of 1861 1-'65,
was proposed and virtually in
dorsed as the most fitting memorial
to Abraham Lincoln at a meeting
of the board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce last night
MAY CHANGE PLAN.
Although it has been generally under
stood, the question as to the location of
the Lincoln memorial, for which s2,oOo, 600
has been appropriated. has been definite
ly settled by the selection of a site in
lower Potomac Park Robert n Harper
broached the Richmond proposition last
night, stating that he had we'll founded
information not only that the question
was not settled, but that President Taft
who is chairman of the Lincoln me-
mortal committee, favors the Richmond
plan.
Mr.. farper's statement of the plan
was followed by the introduction of a
resolution by a. Leftwich Sinclair. chair
man OF the committee on law and IegiS-
lation. proposing an indorsment of the
Richmond idea.
Although it was evident that a majority
of the directors present personally ia
NorFd the plan. the question was raised
as TO whether a previous action of the
directors. in which the general plans of
the park commission in regard to high
ways and memorials was indorsed would
not be reversed by the adoption of the
Sinclair resolution.
Special Committee Named.
Secretary Grant read the resolution on
which the directors and the entire Cham
Der previously had acted. Its terms were
general. but the question still remained
in the minds of several directors and, as
a quorum of the entire board was not
present. it was decided to modify the
Sinclair resolution to prevent any poSSi-
Bile effect on the previous action After
several compromise resolutions mad been
offered and objected to, MIR. Sinclair Of
fered measure authorizing the appoint
ment OF committee of seven members
to consider the wisdom of advocating the
adoption of the Richmond plan and to
confer with Glenn Brown on the subject
The committee was instructed to report |
back to the Chamber at the next meet |
ing.
OF the eleven members of the board !
project William T. Galliher opposed the |
proposition vigorously, speaking several |
times in favor of more concrete me- |
mortal and one more likely to inspire the /.
patriotic interest of visitors to the Ma
tional Capital
Those who favored the project last
night did not appear greatly perturbed |
when told that the appointment of an /
architect for the memorial had been an
not 'ced from the White House yester- !,
day afternoon They refused to con- !
slider the appointment of Henry Bacon, !
of New York. an indication either
that the site had been definitely chosen |
or that a monumental type memorial |
had been decided upon.
Would Unite Capitals.
Mr.. Harper suggested that the project |
would unite the capitals of the two sec |
tions which were concerned in the strife
with which Lincoln is inseparably identi- |
fed in history; that it would pass |
through Mount Vernon, the battlefield of |
Fredericksburg, and several other bat |
tlefieldS of the civil war and the Scene |
of Lees surrender; that It would bring |
about in the most practical way a con-
nection and union between the senti- |
ment on both sides of the Mason and |
DiXoh line in favor of a complete and |
permanent healing of the great breach;
that it would be a great advantage to
Washington commercially opening up
Virginia and points South to the business
interests of this city, and that II would !
be link in the great chain of fine roads
that will extend in time from Washing
ton TO Florida.
AS far as the highway and memorial
plan of the Glenn Brown committee is
concerned, Mr.. Harper pointed out that
the new highway to Richmond might
easily start from Potomac Park. and
must, of necessity, have its own bridge
which would provide in a measure the
ornate and monumental features de-
sired by Mr.. Galliher. When the ques-
senting vote. Mr.. Galiher remaining
silent.
Commissioners Are Criticised.
The District Commissioners and the
existing methods of changing without
notice the building regulations came in
for some warm remarks early in the
meeting of the directors AS a result of
several speeches. in which the alleged
injustice to property owners worked by
the ability of the Commissioners to
change the regulations without notice
was set forth in plain words, the board
adopted a resolution Offered by Chair
man Daniel, of the committee on build
ing industry, instructing that committee
W oppCoI DclOIe commissioners ana
ask that thirty-day notices be given of
every change in the regulations.
In the event this request is refused, the
committee is instructed to prepare bills
for presentation in the House and Sem &
ate, making such thirty day notices COM
pulsory. La
Speaking in favor of the resolution. &,
Chaplin Brown. general counsel for the 4
Chamber, took occasion to make a few
anent what he called commits
sionarial courtesy" by which, he said,
II was possible for one man to make
any changes within the power of the
three members o: the Board of Com
missioners. relying on that courtesy to
prevent the other members from revers-
ing him. IL
Policemen, hremen, ard school-teac,.ers I
as the three classes Of washinzton's Z
population deserving mos, consideration
received laudatory attention from Isaac 7
cans. Mr.. Cans, who tns Interested 8
himself In the various pension bills for !
these three classifcations of public lc
servants, introduced resolution in :
structing the committee on law ard
10 begin active work lookIrr
to the passage OF Shese bills. The reso- ]
luton was adopted. ~ r
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shirt Waists for Police. I
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by heat by wearing their winter cloth.