The Washington herald., 1912-10-09
GlA|M
MAY Be BLOCKED
Chamber Of Cammsres Orders Com.
mittse to Probe Item in
suadIy Civil Bill.
letter NAIL SERVICE 10
EASTERH SHORE URGED
William E. Shannon to Confer with
Other Trade Bodies in
Maryland.

Action looking to the blocking OF ar
appropriation in the sundry civil bill
passed by Congress on August n. 1917
the appointment Of q committee to wori
jointly with trade bodies Of Maryland
In an effort to secure better mall ssrv.
ice on the Eastern Shore. reports ol
committees. and other routine business
took up two hours at the first fall meet.
ing Of the Chamber Of Commerce last
night. Capt. James F. Oyster presided
and Thomas Grant was secretary.
The first question relates to the item
in the sundry civil bill providing for the
payment Of S76s.a,6 Of the District revs-
nues into the Treasury on account Of
the maintenance Of INDECENT patients In
the Government Hospital for the In
sane from the District In excess Of the
number charged to and paid for by the
District during the hDcal years 1881 to
1911. inclusive.
This amount Is claimed by the Gov
ernment Hospital for the Insane, and
was provided for by action OF Congress.
The proposal Of the Chamber Is that the
money be not paid until a proper .ac-
counting Of the books Of the District
and Of the hospital can be had and the
justice Of the debt established.
Acted without Proof.
The matter was brought up in . reso.
luton offered by c. c. Lancaster. who
declared that Congress had acted With
out any certain proof Of the allegations
Of the hospital authorities, resulting In q
wrong and hardship upon the District.
and the payment Of a large sum OF mon
ey. as Mr.. Lancaster believes, without
warrant. The resolution was referred to
the committee on law and legislation
for investigation and report.
William E. Shannon called attention
to the mail service between Washington
and points in Eastern Maryland. At
present mails are carried out OF WASH
ington to Baltimore, and. according to
the time Of their arrival there. are sent
on . boat to Claiborne or are carried by
train to Wilmington. Del, and thence by
other trains to points Of destination on
the Eastern Shore.
Mr.. Shannon sad that IL the mails could
be carried on the trolley line to Annapo-
lis. thence by boat to Claiborne. and then
by train to Easton and other points.
from six to eight hours would be saved
in transit. On motion Of Mr.. Shannon.
It was voted that the matter be brought
to the attention OF the Postmaster Gen.
eral. Mr.. Shannon was named as q COM
mittee OF one to represent the Chamber
Of Commerce In any gathering OF trade
bodies which might be called to take &C.
ton.
Urges Full Attendance.
d. J. Kaufman presented a verbal re-
port for the special committee appointed
to make arrangements for the entertain
ment Of the delegates to the Interna-
tional Congress Of Chambers Of Com
merce. who will visit Washington Oc-
tober Il to Is He said arrangements had
been completed. except that the commit
tee Of 200 would hold a meeting to-mor-
row night and appoint subcommittee to
look after various details. Mr.. Kaufman
urged a full attendance Of the committee
Robert N. Harper presented a report
from the committee on roads. He in
formed the chamber that an appropri-
alton Of $50 to a fund last year to i'm
prove the highway from Chain Bridge to
Tyson, Va, and 10 points beyond, had
formed a part Of about 50 600 already
expended upon the highway, which il
about eleven miles long and has a sur
face equal to any road in the world. It
Is the intention to extend the road final
ly to Leesburg. Va. and when that Is
raised by the people Of Virginia and
for this single stretch Of ex-
cellent road.
Mr.. Harper said the money given by
the chamber had really started the en-
terprise. and the generosity of the busi-
ness men Of Washington had led the
people along the highway to give liber-
ally and to keep the work going along.
Mr.. Harper mentioned the fact that
Joseph Letter had been one Of the larg-
est contributors. as he had personally
taken uI: the work Of building the road
for some distance out from Chain Bridge
1t an expense Of about H4,0OO
buffet luncheon was served at the
close of the meeting