Evening star., 1922-02-05
CITIZENS TO SEEK
FUNDSEOR CONDUIT
Will Urge Restoration of
$3,000,0 900 Nem on Dis.
trlct Bill.
OPPOSE ONE-MAN CARS
Lower Gas Rate to Be Sought and
Designated Places for
Pushcart Men.

A delegation from the Federation Of
Citizens Associations will go in person
this week to the committees on appr6
prlations Of the House and Senate iYt
an effort to have restored to the Dis
trict appropriation bill the $4,000, 900
item for Washlngton's much needed ad-
ditional water supply.
The serious situation in which the
city finds itself because Of the in
adequacy of the existing water system
again occupied the attention Of the
federation at its meeting in the District
building last night.
Realizing that the water supply item
is one Of the bost important projects
now needed by the District the fedora
ton approved a set y resolutions
brought in by W. B. Todd, chairman o:
the committee on highways, parks ana
waterways.
These resolutions set forth clearly
the danger of leaving a city the sic
Of Washington with one conduit
When the committee goes to the
Capitol it will present copies Of the
resolutions to the appropriations
committees.
Breakdown CaIamitous.
Referring to the inadequacy of the
existing conduit, the resolutions set
forth this fact:
ANY breaking down OF that con-
duit not readily repaired so as
can be viewed not otherwise than as
an appalling calamity. which would
render the nations capital entirely
helpless against the waste Of pesti-
lence and the ravages of fire. To
make immediate provision for an ad-
ditional water supply is a bounden
duty fully appreciated by executive
officers of the government. engineer
ing experts and all others whose
study of the problem has enabled
them to foresee the direful eonse-
quences of present inaction in the
premises"
The federation adopted a report of
the utilities committee opposing the
use of one man cars on the street
railway lines of the District: Be
Delegates Mayer of North Washing
ton. and Kelly of Michigan Parh
denounced the use of that type O
car on the Brookland line.
After some debate, the federatio:
adopted another report from thr
utilities committee favoring h
fare for school children on the sire
cars. An effort to have the mat, :.
recommitted to the committee Va
unsuccessful.
Will Seek Gas Rate Cut.
On motion of William Richard 2
of Mid City. the federation instrur
William NICK. Clayton of the utiii,
committee to attend the hearing
gas rate on February II and
such a reduction as would be c"l
sistent with the best interests of t.
consumers and the producer.
The delegates approved a report l.
L B. Henderson of the fire and poll
committee. urging the Commissions
to designate certain places in til
downtown district where pushcar
men could station themselves with
out violating the police regulation
Evan H. Tucker, delegate from tb
Society Of Natives. sought to have th
federation go on record in favor
the new compulsory school attend
ance law for the District and the bill
to provide free text books for higit
school pupils. Parliamentary rules o.
the federation, however. preventej
consideration of the matters las
night.
Objection from one delegate alst
precluded consideration last night of
| the bill now pending in Congress com
pelling tenants and owners in the
District to clean snow from their
sidewalks under penalty OF a fine.