Evening star., 1921-04-19
URGE EFURTHERUSE
Of CANAL BY NAVY
Georgetown Citizens Protest
Disseminating Coal Ship
| ments Over Waterway.
LETTER: SENT Mr.. DENNY,
Representative Focht Addresses As
sociation, Urging Unity of Action
for Washington Betterment.

Vigorous protests were registered
by the Georgetown Citizens Associa-
tion against the Navy Department
disseminating the use of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio canal for coal ship
ments from the Cumberland valley.
Following the adoption of resolu-
tion presented by Frank z. Leetch,
chairman of the legislative commit
tee. the secretary of the association,
which met last night at the Potomac
Bank building, Wisconsin avenue and
M street, was directed to send a let
ter to Secretary DENLY suggesting
mat II was matter of paramount
Importance to reScind the prospective
order of the Navy Department re-
garding the future shipment of coal.
Attention to the matter was
brought before the association by its
president. J. A. Oliver. who read an
article in a recent issue of The Star
citing the unfavorabIe effects of such
an order. Mr.. Oliver stated that if
the shipment by the Navy Depart
ment of coal was discontinued, fully
half of the trade of the canal would
be stopped, which would probably re-
suit in the closing of the waterway.
Would Utilize Old Bridge.
A resolution was introduced by B.
A. BoWles, asking that the aSSocia-
ton favor the retention of the old
Aqueduct bridge for street cars only,
following the completion of the new
Key Memorial bridge. Mr.. Bowles
stated that ii would cost $3.50 900 to
remove the old bridge. and that he
had aScertained that to recondition
the structure would cost only $780,
600, or only 100000 more. He point
ed out that if the old bridge were
used for street cars it would make
a fifty-foot driveway over the Key
bridge. and would relieve the traffic
congestion very materially. The only
objection. he claimed, would be that
of the Fine Arts Commission, but he
felt sure the old bridge. when recon-
ditioned, could be so camoufiaged as
to overcome this objection. The mat
ter was tabled until the next meeting.
Change in street Name Proposed.
Albion Paris presented a resolution
asking that the association favor the
change of the name of NJ street be-
tween 29th and 36th streets to Penn
continuance of that thoroughfare.
The resolution was referred to the
legislative committee.
Mr.. Paris in reporting the activities
of the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations. to which he was a delegate.
criticised the existing form of gov
ernment. He declared that in many
instances it was autocratic, catering,
he said. more to the wishes of a GER
tain triumvirate than to the wishes
of it's constituents. No action on the
subject. however was taken by the
association at the conclusion of his
remarks
Mrs. Whitman Cross of the Instruc-
tive Visiting Nurses Society gave a
short address upon the importance of
the society's work and asked that the
association indorSe il and help it in
collacting the necessary fund for sub
sistence a little later. Favorable ac-
tion in the matter was taken at the
conclusion of her speech.
Address by Representative FOcht.
Representative Benjamin K Focht
of Pennsylvania and chairman of the
the association at thee nd of it's bust.
ness session. He emphasized the need
of unity among the citizens of the
District and deplored the bones of
before Congress which delayed action
on local interests. He stated that
members of Congress were willing to
do anything within their power for
the city if they felt that the citizens
as a unit wanted it. AN appropria-
tion of a thousand million dollars
would be enjoyed by every member of
Congress and every citizen of the
United States at large he said, "as
every one wants to make Washington
just pride in it,
Representative F'ocht strongly in
dorsed the proposed Home for the
Feeble Minded. Communications were
read by the secretary. Philip Walker
from the Board of Trade, the Boar rd
of Charities. the Associated Charities
the Child Welfare Society, the Asso-
citation for the Prevention of Tuber-
culosis, the Piney Branch and Con-
gress Heights Citizens associations
and Chief Inst +ire Met nf ba
1rict Supreme Court fayoring the fight
for proper institution in tus city
The Star was thanked for its aid in
giving publicity to the movement.