The Washington herald., 1914-02-07
|CITIzE|VS TO WAR
| ON OLD COBbLES
Climax in Seventh Street
Paving Movement
Tonight. +
TO HOLD MASS MEETING
Business Men Will Gather at Carroll
Institute Hall to Outline
Their Demands.
TO HOLD MASS MEETING

iii 1ne HiONtIutut kut EcpaNmk v
Seventh street northwest has becom
city-wide. While originally launched b
the merchants and residents Of that i'm
portant business artery, II developed rap
idly into a campaign participated in b.
every large and representative busines
and civic organization OF Washington
showing on their rolls many thousand
OF public-spirited. tax-paying, property
owning citizens OF the National Capital
Thus, Washington has taken II upoI
itself to fight concertedly the cause o.
those whose health, nerves, and business
suffers under the present disgracefu
4 cobble-stone surface of Seventh street
The movement will come to q climax to
night when the campaigners will gather
at the Carroll Institute Hall, Tenth street
above New York avenue. at a mass meet
ing to be arranged by the Mid-City citi'
zens' Association. under whose auspice:
| the campaign was started.
William F. GUIDE, president OF the
| Chamber Of Commerce: William H. Sing.
Teton, first vice president of the Board
of Trade; d. A. Edwards, head OF the
Federation Of Citizens Association, and OF
| the Lincoln Park Association. and A. ].
| Driscoll. president of the Mid-City Citi-
zens' Association. will be among the
principal speakers
Retailers Join Movement.
The Retail Merchants Association ID
taking a very active interest In the mat
| ter President r. p. Andrews has ap-
pointed a committee to attend the meet
ing.
Isaac Cans, second vice president of
the association, will be the chairman Of
the committee. and Joseph Berbeyich,
rhof nfheY pnapnhars nf fhA
committee are A. d. Prince, J. Philip
Hermann, Joseph Strasburger, Lee J.
Lauman, Harry Mayer, Charles c. Van
Alien. Jacob Eisenmann, A. Sid Heller,
Myer Fellheimer, Charles Schwartz.
Harry King. Jacob Kohner. Louis 8.
jackson, A. NJ. Fishel. Melvin Behrends,
Robert Berberich. NJ. d. Rosenberg, Nor
ris Hahn, Gus Eberly, c. Eugene Ed
wards, Harry Franc. Morris Ganss, Fred
Frank T. Knock. Sol Louis, ]. L. B,out.
II. S. Adler. Edwin Hahn. Max Needle.
W. G. Thomas. Joseph jacob. Charles
E. Flesher. d. B. Gusdorf, 1. B. Hartz, A.
Sigmund. Harry F. Barnard, Isador Saks.
John Hansen, Alexander Hecht. and
Harry Hahn.
President Driscoll has addressed a let
ter to the three trade bodies asking their
cooperation in the securing Of this much
desired improvement.
Item Stricken Out.
The chief object of the meeting. and of
the campaign in general, Is to impress
upon the members OF the District House
Committee the urgent necessity Of plac-
ing back upon the District appropriation
bill the item for the repaving Of Sew
enth street This item was provided in
the estimates submitted by the Commits |
sioners to Congress. but was later |
stricken out by the committee. The en- |
thusiasm displayed by practically all |
Washingtonians and the earnestness and !
vigor with which they have gone about \
long way toward convincing the members
OF the House committee that they are
morally compelled TO give the people of /
the District what they so urgently need
and demand.
Among those who yesterday gave en-
phatic expressions of support to the
were Charles c. Glover. presi-
dent Of the Rigs Bank: Charles J. Bell.
president Of the American Security and
Trust Company. and B. B. Haberer, Of
1914 Seventh street northwest
There cannot be found one man in
lawmaker. oficial. or pri-
vate citizen. who has an argument
against repaving this street." said the
latter last night.
A petition urging the House Commit
tee on the District to arrange for the
was signed by every merchant and resi-
Dent Of that thoroughfare as well as by
numerous other business and profess
sional men of Washington. II was for
= arded to the House committee yester-
lay and reads as follows:
Has Many siYners.
I'VE. the undersigned residents on
seventh street northwest between New
York avenue and Florida avenue, and
and property owners thereon,
10 strongly urge the immediate resur-
acing OF Seventh street northwest be-
ween these points. owing to the present
ong neglected and dilapidated condition
II said street, endangering life and I
iealth, and unjustly impairing the prop
'rty values and business conditions on
his. one Of the oldest Of washington's I
BUSINESS streets" Ia
The petition was signed by the follow
ng'
John T D. Pyles Charles R. schutt tpsr B. W. |,
iatthew r. Ruppert, A. T Bronaush B. B. !
iaberer. The Newport Stoves. A. I. Stein. l. I
h,prO, R: Solomon. n. Rsiehsut, Karl xander. .
I. H Richardson Co. Ernest smaci, George
ee. II. W. Peter, W. Tsrvilliser. C. r. Ainhan,
I. wasky. o. Berlin. c. L. Morrison. Mrs.
cncnkei. W. n hoonSy, D. ctmpton, j. sickle, l.
I. L. Elliott. L David, N. Ellison, n. Friedman !
!. ]. Martin, Mrs. Terney. Gers Lichtman, n
valdon, Beatty & Beatty. Heiblg Bros. Hughes
'ros, NJ. Morris, H. Fo1, y. II. Cohen. II. Fried
ne II. W. sellhsusen. n. Blmenthal, X. C. ,
,irteip, Harry Dick. Harry Kurlapd, Henry J. !
srker. William Ksplan. Thomas n. Unawurth. :
!. Glanzman. r. A. Dodge. Lewis ]. Brown
rown & Co, p. Romeis William Leppold Y L
ell. W. r. Napper, Henry 8. Adler 4 Sons, I
<nest g. Plumpcr,, secretary D Street Market 4
ompany; Sam G. Robinson, N. l. PimeS Sam Liy- \
,ston tpef B. L., Harry Abrsnson Jacob Ros-
,bers. Adolph Sauber Morris Hir,h, James N.
parks. W. 7. kehoot, jr, Max Cohen Co.
imon Goldberg. Robert Berberich's Sons NJ
lngsr. c. Z Langley, d. =. Eisemsa Nathanie, c
: Berman, Elizabeth Banes. J. o. Aben L. Edo Z
itz NJ. Berman. NJ. Feldman, Charles r, PUT \
'oif SchIosberg. william Brown, Philip Loketch. \
arr Zoatrow Norman Gswirr. Joseph Aeip-r.
lbender, Harry Hutt A. siselmsn, NJ stotoft, -
srEszin, william +. o'Dooneli. r. II. Brown, o
,venth Street Sssinn Bank. p W. Bause T. D
Irshes. B, G.rhnkle samuel silbsr. Mn. d. Bern
In. Hsny Kaufman. Indose Ffeidman, NJ Blen. "
". Koman. somerset R wsten, william :
,ur,dis. II. Frank Ruppert. b. F. Dunhhorst,
sorss ". Ley Bro. Patrek Mccsrthr. Chicaso G
initure Company. j. Feman. Z. n. Wheeler. ci
bet L. johnson. Constantine RoumeI Ff.nI q
.iers' Sons. Nieht,as Booys. N. aarankle, NJ
lub, Cah @. Braun. 8. Sherman. ". 9. Herndon. :,
lthen MasR. yoseph Ottenbes. NJ Colnan. a. C' =
nes @, D. Kenny CoGpsny. Msrcm Kornsn. =
ttie sehvisring. Michael 0'Hanlon. San Kiuft D
Delaney. N. Cohsn. A. Z. Bsitzell. join Ken. u