Evening star., 1916-11-09
CR|T|C|SE GRANTING
LICENSES ON HILL
Washington Civic Association
Condemns Excise Board for
Places in Capitol Section.
BORLAND LAW is SCORED

Condemnation of the excise board in
granting licenses to numerous retail
and wholesale liquor establishments on
Capitol Hill was embodied in a resolu-
tion adopted at a meeting of the Wash
ington Civic Association in the Ep-
worth NJ E Church South, 1th and A
streets northeast. The resolution was
presented by James W. MCGUIRE.
Active work to have repealed the
Borland law. which places one-half the
cost of street improvements on owners
of abutting property, is to be made by
the association, according to action
taken. 1t will be brought before the
Federation of Citizens Associations
again through the civic associations
delegate, and the federation will be
asked to renew and redouble its eff
forts to have this legislation repealed.
Protests Borland Law.
In protesting against the Borland
law the president of the association.
H F. Lowe. in his annual report, made
last night. says in part: The Borland
amendment represents the idea of JUS
tice as held in prior age. AS citizens
and residents interested in the general
welfare we must regret that there are
large sections of our city-and those
among the oldest, too-where police
man at night would have to carry a
lantern as did the watchmen of colo
nial days, if he is to keep out OF tAe
mudholes in street and sidewalk
The low-priced property abuttlng
such streets cannot alone bear the bur
den of improving such streets. Further
more, this property in the past has
paid its share in the cost of the I'M
provement of more favored sections.
/ plead for equality of treatment of all
sections. though that section is not
on Capitol HILL
Receive Favorable Action.
The following propositions, many
brought Up by President Lowe in his
report, were considered and received
the action noted:
Receiving favorable action: That the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany be requested to operate large
number of cars over it's lines, particu-
larly on that having its terminus at
18th and D streets northeast; that the
Capital Traction Company he requested
to operate cars running from the navy
yard to Pennsylvania avenue south
east west to 7th street northwest and
thence north at least as far as 1th
and New York avenue; that the asso-
citation believes the bakers of Wash
ington should be required to place tags
on their bread showing the net weight;
that all honorable means should be ex-
erted to prohibit the operation of
saloons in the District of Columbia, and
should be established in Stanton Park,
sth street. Maryland and Massachu-
settS avenues northeast.
Referred to committee: That
branch of the Public Library should be
established on Capitol Hill: that bet
ter compulsory school attendance law
is needed: that free text books should
be provided in the high schools; that
more adequate provisions should be
made for vocational and pre-vocational
schools: that summer school work
should be extended, and that courses in
agriculture and school gardening
should be added; that an old age pen
sion system should be arranged: that
the smoke and noise of the present
steam passenger traffic should be abat-
ed by the electrification of the present
steam roads running into the city: that
a system of milk distribution should be
established so that the consumer will
not have to pay an added cost of 81
per cent over the price of production
to receive the commodity: that Con-
gress should be urged to take action
providing universal street trans
fers: that the telephone rate should be
fxed SC low that telephones would be-
come practically universal in the homes
of Washington. and that all organiZa-
tions and corporations having mo-
nopoly of any service should be al
lowed a fair dividend on the actual
value of the plant. divorced from the
value of the franchise, which is the
public's contribution and not the in
herited right of the monopoly.
George A Morgan. S. d. Hardy and
William 7. Watts were elected as di-
rectors- z. L. Loving, J. H. Hogan and
Charles NJ Lehman were named as a
committee to nominate a list of off,
GERS. 10 be presented at the December
meeting The resignation Of Allan ].
Marsh as d member of the board of
directors was accepted.