Evening star., 1921-08-03
COMMISSION bALKS
! At BUILDING SALE
Refusal to Agree Blocks Plan
to Acquire District Con-
Venti0n Hall.
ideal LOCATION is FOUND
/ Chamber of Commerce Committee
Chairman Reports That It Would
Seat 400 Persons.

!. Refusal of the public buildings COM
, mission to agree to the sale of one of the
: temporary war buildings is delaying the
acquisition of convention hall for the
E, business men of the District, Robert N.
Harper reported at the regular meeting
last night of the board of directors Of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce. Mr..
Harper is chairman of committee of
81 the chamber appointed to look into the
accessibility of purchasing one of the
structures for an aTi;torium.
TIL" committee. Mr.. Harper said. had
found an ideal building for the proposed
convention hall in a central location
which would have a seating capacity of
400. He said il was on a site contain
ing $500 square feet and could be pur-
chased at consideration the business
men are able to pay, but the public
buildings commission declines to enter
into any negotiations for its sale.
Rates Decision Praised.
James T. Lloyd, chairman of the
public utilities committee, in present.
ing report of the recent hearings
before the Public Utilities Commits
sion. expressed the opinion that the
commission acted in utmost good
faith in making it's decision on the
street car fare, electric and gas rates.
He declared. however. that the 7-cent
car fare rate will enable the Capi-
tai Traction Company to earn a fair
rer"rn on its investment, while the
Washington Railway and Electric
CN'nnanT viii not. The committee"
he said. 'i.rs no complaint to make
Ove- the rev, rates 1t believes that
the Public Utilities Commission did
what ii thought should have been
done and has worked in the interests
OF the people of the District"
communication from w. Mortimer
Crocker, Washington representative
of the World Metric Standardization
Council of San Francisco. urging the
chamber to indorSe the movement for
the adoption of the metric system of
weights and measures in the United
States. was read. After a short de-
bate on the question the board of di-
rectors. on motion of Mr.. Lloyd, voted
10 appoint committee of nine MEM
bers to investigate the merits of the
proposed change and report to the
chamber. The personnel of this COM
mittee Will be announced later.
This Resolution Fails.
Ross p. Andrews enlivened the pro-
ceedings when he facetiously intro
duced resolution calling upon the
chamber to deplore THE fact that
Wayne B. Wheeler, counsel for the
Anti-Saloon' League. and Representa-
tive Nolstead. can and do spend more
=,
director of the budget bureau. can
save in a year" The resolution failed
of action.
y report of the hearings before the
House judiciary committee on the bill
designed to create two additional JUS
tees on the District Supreme Court
bench was made by Chaplin Brown.
chairman of committee appointed to
represent the chamber a the hearings.
The committee was instructed to at
tend similar hearings. before a Sem
ate committee when they are called.
G. L. Students Win HOnOrs.
The two Georgetown University stu
dents. Joseph A! McDonough and Ed
ward ID. Murphy, who won two of the
four prizes offered by the chamber
for high scholastic standing last year.
have taken many hoaors at the Armys
summer training camp at Plattsburg,
according to communication receiv-
ed by the chamber from Maj. William
H. Hobson, director of rifle firing at