Evening star., 1916-01-15
and also pedestrians in the use OF the
streets.
Overlapping of Boundary Lines.

and also pedestrians in the use Of the
streets.
Overlapping of Boundary Lines.
William Ramsay directed attention
to the overlapping of the boundary
lines of several of the citizens asso-
Citations, and presented a resolution,
which was adopted, urging the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations to en-
deavor to readjust the lines OF several
of those now in controversy. ana not
admit any association whose bounoa-
ries conflict with association ines now
in existence. President Shoemaker was
authorized to appoint committee 10
confer with the presidents and execu-
tive committees of the Piney Branch
and Brightwood Park associations on
this question.
President Shoemaker announced the
chairmsn of the various standing COM
mittees for the present year, each
chairman to select five members OF the
association to compose a committee.
The chairmen announced were as 1oi-
lows:
Executive committee. Charles ".
Ray; legislative, Charles w. Russeli ;
fire and police, William Ramsay
schools and schoolhouses, Jesse L. Er-
good: public health, DR.. L. ]. Battle;
post office and post roads, Daniel OC-
Callaghan: streets and street eXten-
sions. George F. Williams; membership
B. r. Stickney; entertainment, Albert >;
sidewalks and lights, w. w. Mathew
son.
Traffic Speed at Street functions
The association will renew it's request
to Maj. Pullman to station an officer at
the junction Of Georgia avenue, Mill
tary road, Shepherd road and Piney
Branch road. by reason OF the acute
angles of the streets at this point,
with view to reducing the speed of
traffic and preventing accidents and
endangering the lives of pedestrians
Albert S. Galley presented resolu-
tion. which was adopted, expressing
gratitude to the members of the joint
committee of Congress for service rem
dered recently on the half-and half in
vestigation. and the consideration
shown by the members of the commit
tee in the interest of the District of
Columbia and the United States as well.
Resolution of Appreciation.
President Louis p. Shoemaker, leav-
ing the chair temporarily. presented a
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted. which, expressing the appre-
citation of the earnest and vigorous en-
deavors of Theodore W. Noyes, editor
of The Star. in behalf of the District
in the fight to maintain the organic
act. said
THE reports of the joint committee
of Congress having charge of this i'm
portant matter have clearly illustra ted
the justice of the contention made by
the people of the District and disproved
the contention made by many in Con-
gress to the effect that Washington is
undertaxed, and that the United States
was not justified in making the contri-
button it has been making in the past
under the organic act in behalf of the
District of Columbia. We are, never
theless, Of the opinion that the taxes
are too high in the District of Column
bia, and there are hundreds of thou
sands of dollars worth of property
here today that can be purchased at
much less than the valuation placed
upon it by the assessors.
Alleges "Injudicious legislation
1--WE believe that much injudicious
legislation has been enacted by Congress
detrimental to the best interests of the
District. Such legislation and threat to
legislate on important matters affecting
the municipality has caused the value
of real estate to depreciate, and we are
of the opinion that there has been no
necessity for this agitation, and that
Washington should be permitted to go
on in its development and improvement,
and reach a high order of success in
behalf not only of the land owners and
residents of the District, but for the
benefit Of the people of the nation, who
desire to see Washington embellished and
improved along national lines and made
far superior to any other city of the
country, SO that 1t may become the pride
Of the people of this country and the
admiration of the world
Surely. this cannot be accomplished
by mere local taxation, and the burden
should fall to a great extent upon the
nation, whose people are willing to bear
it, beyond doubt, to a reasonable extent"