Evening star., 1911-01-19
HIGH PRESSURE WATER
AS A FIRE INSURANCE
Board of Trade Plans Active
Campaign to Secure
Service Here.

The Washington Board Of Trade plan,
to carry on an earnest campaign to wir
for Washington high-pressure water serv'
ice In the business section Of the city as
much needed protection against fire
At meeting Of the executive commit.
tee and the chairmen Of the variou.
standing committees this afternoon 4
was decided to leave no stone unturne6
to bring about the installation Of this syE.
tenn. E. c.. Brandenburg. chairman Of
the insurance committee. asked that IL
the members OF the hoard gtve the mat
ter. their attention.
1t was pointed out by Arthur c. Moses
that the cost OF Installation -of the high.
pressure service would be onset In = few
years by the saving In the purchase Of
additional apparatus for the fire compa-
MES. Mr.. Brandenburg told the commit.
tee that the cost Of installation would
not exceed $750,O00s Ralph w. Lee ad.
|'vised the members OF the insurance COM
mittee to learn the BENEFITS which have
been received in New York from the in.
stallation Of the high-pressure service.
Peril to Financial Plan.
The Board Of Trade will also use
every effort to bring about the defeat Of
that item in the District appropriation
bill which calls for an appropriation OF
$4,000 for Fairgrounds from the revenues
OF the District alone. r. C.. Noyes, first
vice president of the board, declared that
II this appropriation for the Fairgrounds
was made again this year from the dis
trict revenues. alone without the fed
eral government paying its share It
would be dangerous precedent and
Of the District. He said that it would
be an entering wedge which might de-
stroy eventually the plan whereby the
federal government pays one-hah Of the
expenses of the National Capital. The
matter will be called to the attention OF
President Taft. An effort will also be
made to defeat the bill now pending in
the Senate for an Inheritance tax in the
District. 1t Is declared that the tax is
unnecessary and, as such. an evil.
Scott G. Bone, chairman Of the execu-
tive committee, announced that It was
the desire Of the committee and the board
OF directors to keep in touch with the
standing committees and to aid them In
the chairmen of the committees arrange
for at least one meeting Of each commit
tee each month.
Safeguard Bridge Approaches.
A. r. Server. chairman Of the bridges
committee. reported the District Commis.
sioners had included in their estimate.
for the coming year provision for the pro.
posed Q street bridge across Rock creek
which has been urged by the Board O
Trade He said that the Commissioner
were at present looking up the laws Il
ascertain whether they have suhicien,
authority to safeguard the approaches o.
the bridges, such as the Connecticut ave
| nue. bridge and the Calvert street bridge
: in accordance with the recommendation
| of the Board Of Trade. II they have no
| this authority, he said. they Will make
| recommendations to Congress that 1t b
| granted them.
The manner in which the recommends
tions for increases In the police forc'
| and in the force for the Public Ltbrar,
had been ignored by the House appro
priations committee came In for criticism
by chairmen OF the committees on public
order and on the Public Library.
/ Thomas w. Sidweli. chairman OF thu
private school committee. said that II
accordance with the resolution adoptet
at the last Board Of Trade meeting hi
committee was preparing to ask Con
gress to authorize the United States com
| missioner OF education to examine TIT
private schools of the District and Il
standardixe them. bill for this purpos'
will be drafted at an early date.