Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-05
BOARD Of TRADE FAVORS
NATIONAL GUARD PLANS
Unanimously Endorses Appro-
priation for New Building.
Resolutions and Reports.

The Board Of Trade at a meeting in the
New Willard Hotel last night unani.
mously went on record IN favor of ar
early provision by Congress for Ma
tional Guard armory building here Every
effort will be made to induce the legis-
lative body to make an appropriation fol-
this building
Other recommendations of the building
committee adopted by the board call for
the erection of an inebriate hospital and
for the erection of the proposed George
Washington Memorial Hall. In connec-
ton with the latter proposition. B. H
Warner offered resolution thanking
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock Of New York,
president Of the George Washington Me-
mortal Association. for the great work
she is doing for this memorial convention
hall. 1t was adopted unanimously.
Reports of Committees.
The public schools were given a clean
bill of health by the report of the public
schools committee, submitted by Johr
Doyle Carmody, and the report wa:
adopted. Other committees and the rec.
concentrations which they made were ap
proved as follows:
Streets and ayenues-Approval of street
paving. including repair work, being done
through properly equipped plant main
tanned by the District for the purpose.
unless in the judgment of the Commits
sioners 1t can be done better and at less
cost by methods heretofore followed.
Water supply-Approval of Congress
being urged to provide the additional ap-
preparation of $4,000 or whatever may
be necessary to enable the work of max
ing repairs and changes in the George
tr,rr ~ ILL
one season, so as to avoid the disuse of
the reservoir for two years.
The sewerage committees report was
approved.
The report of the committee on the his
tory of the District of Columbia was sub
mitted by Charles E. Kern. Mr.. Kern
told the board that the first volume of
the work was now completed and would
soon be published. The history is being
written by w. B. Bryan.
Henry w. Sampson reported for the
committee on the American flag.
A resolution offered by B. H. Warner
authorizing an invitation to w. Morgan
Shuster. lately treasurer general of Per-
STA. to deliver an address before the
Board of Trade was adopted another res
olution urg ng the development of the
water power Of the Potomac river for the
use of the city was adopted.
Aid in Entertaining Visitors.
Mr.. Warner also offered a resolution
for an appropriation of 500 by the board
to help entertain the delegates to the
convention of business men called by
President Taft to form a national board
of trade or chamber of commerce. which
is to meet here this month. This was
referred to the board of directors for
action.
Still another resolution offered by Mr.
Warner urged the granting of a charter
for street railway line to the American
University, an institution of learning
which is being built by the Methodfsts
of the country on the outskirts of the
city. This was referred to the committee
on transportation.
Joseph Fels of Philadelphia addressed
the board, urging upon the members the
ACCESSIBILITY of the single tax and lauding
Henry George, who fathered the single
tax idea.
For the membership committee. Chris
j. Gockeler. chairman, reported since the