Evening star., 1914-04-15
Chamber of Commerce In
dorses GaIIinger Bill Govern
ing Street improvements.
NO SPECIAL MEETING TO
DISCUSS D. C. SUFFRAGE
Question of Delegate in Congress
Special Order for the Next
Regular Meeting.

Efforts Of senator Galiinecr to pre-
vent collection Of benefit assessments
from the taxpayers . fthc District he-
fore improvements arc completed last
night received the Endorsement Of the
Washington Chamber OF Commerce
George Francis Williams submitted for
consideration the following resolution,
which was unanimously carried after
a thorough discussion emphasizing the
Importance Of the matter:
Resolved. That the Washington
Chamber of Commerce indorse and
recommend the bill now pending Of
fered by Senator Gallinger which has
the object of providing that. where spe-
cial benefit assessments have been
made for the Improvement or extension
OF streets. such assessments shall not
bc collected until after the street is
actually open to travel. and further
that similar legislation for alleys bo
Endorsed and recommended
Several of the members cited cases
where the benefits had been assessed
and paid long before the streets in
question had been opened up. or work
even started, to the often great hard
ship of property owners. in one case
the delay was stated to have been ten
years.
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The chamber, in a resolution adopted,
favored and recommended such addi-
tional legislation to the present Weeks
law as will open up the forest reserva-
tions, notably those in the White
mountains and the southern Appalach-
IAN mountains. as parks for the citi-
zens of the country. This action was
taken in response to a communication
h,4 10. III
ton. George :. Powell. secretary,
with headquarters in Asheville. y. c..
urging the matter. Officers of this as
sociatien embrace names of national
prominence. including the governors of
several southern states
In response to a communication from
J. H. Adriaans, asking the support of
the organization for a bill he has had
introduced in Congress to provide for a
probate judge for the District, the cham
Der adopted this resolution
Ihat II is the sense of the Washing
ton Chamber of Commerce that an addi-
uonal justice of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia should be pro-
vided for by Congress. and that the COM
mlttee on law and legislation be empow-
cred TO urge the passage of a bill pro-
Nlding for the same"
Against Special Meeting.
The matter of the advisability of call
ing second special meeting to consider
the Clafiin resolution. which is to the ef-
feet that the chamber favors the repre-
sentation of the District in Congress by a
delegate. was discussed and decided in
the negative. This matter received
lengthy consideration in a recent special
meeting, but. owing to the fact that a
quorum was lacking. no action was taken
and the question held over. On motion OF
NJ y. Leese. it was decided that the
discussion of this question should be
made the special order of business for
the next regular meeting of the chamber
and that all members be notified to that
effect beforehand in order to insure a big
attendance.
y request from the committee on the
unyeiling of the monument to Com
modore Barry in May that Washington
business houses be appropriately dec
GRATED on the 18th and 18th days of
that month was favorably acted upon,
To adopt this means of showing their
interest and patriotism
y communication from the Rochester
Chamber of Commerce stating that a
member of that organization wishes to
Arhitrate a difference with a local prod :
uce dealer. and that he is willing TO
abide by the decision of the chamber
OF co-ainerce of either city. was re-
ferred to the executive committee and
that committee given power to act In
the matter.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce ad-
viSed the local body in d letter of the
approaching sixth international congress
OF chambers of commerce to be held in
Paris in June, advising it also of the
privilege of designating delegates to tha,
meeting.