Evening star., 1922-02-07
CITY NEEDS T0GET
VIGOROUS SUPPORT
Committee Heads. OF Board
of Trade, at Meeting, Map
Out Work.

Aggressive action is expected of
committee chairmen of the Washing
ton Board of Trade in bringing about
needed local improvements. as b re-
suit of the conference yesterday be-
tween the chairmen Of all committees
of the board and President Thomas
Bradley -,
Each chairman, in his report to the
conference, mapped out the various
topics that will be taken up by his
particular committee. The conference
was called for the purpose of an eX-
change of ideas of the chairmen.
Among those who reported at the
meeting were: George w. Offutt. jr.,
bridges; Perry p. Turpin. community
affairs: William c. johnson. industrial
interests: George B. Farquhar; mem,
reservations; Odell S. Smith, public
order; William Nick. Clayton, public
library; William S. Washburn, public
schools: Frank P. Leetch, rivers and
harbors; w. w. Everett, streets and
avenues; Henry p. Blair. universities
and private schools; Francis r. We'll
ler, water supply, and Horace j.
Phelps, American ideals.
Need of New Bridges.
The urgent need Of replacing both
the Calvert Street and the klingle
Ford bridges was emphasized by Mr..
Offutt in his report to the conference.
While both of these bridges have been
pronounced safe by the engineer de-
partment. persons VINO nave had oc-
casion to use them recently state that
the vibration is exceedingly great.
Fifty-five new members have been
admitted to the organization on rec
concentration of the membership COM
mittee since the new committee LOOK
charge. Chairman Farquhar reported.
Fourteen new members were recon-
mended to the board of directors at
the meeting yesterday. The commit
tee is taking particular pains, SAID
Mr.. FarQuhar. to recommend hlSh
grade of applicants.
The universities and private schools
committee will wage hght TINS year
to eliminate the badly organized col
lege or university which cOnfers de-
grees without the proper authority
or the proper training, Mr. Elair told
the conference. ...
New branches of the public library
will be urged by the library commit
tee, Mr.. Clayton asserted. pointing
out the great need of these branches
in the outlying parts of the city -,
school hygiene and the physical
conditions of the pupils will be given
special attention by the school COM
(
Free text books for all the public
school children in the city will also
be urged.
Water supply Situation.
The serious water supply condition.
with the siXty-year-old conduit.
liable TO collapse at any time. was
emphasized by MIR. Weller in brief
report on the water supply situation.
If anything should happen to the
present conduit. he asserted. the city
would find itself in terrible con-
dition.
Extension of the park system and
the proposed drive to encircle the
civil war forts will be two of the
matters concentrated on by the parks
and reservations committee, Mr.. Col
dren told the conference. Bills are
now before Congress to take care of
these matters, he said. with every
prospect that they will speedily be
passed. 2
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