Evening star., 1922-02-05
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Organisations have been Inactive dur
ing the past week On account OF the
KnickerAocker Theater traEedy, which
plunged the entire ofty into mourn
ting Committee chairnnen are, how
ever, making plans to get to work
rapidly during the coming week, and
many meetings are scheduled.
The meeting OF committee chair
men Of the Washington Board OF
, Trade, which was to have been held
= last Monday afternoon, wss post
: poned to tomorrow afternoon at i:Se
O'Clock. This meeting. called by
President Thomas Bradley. is ex-
pected to develop ideas looking to
the passage by Congress of impoF-
ytant measures affecting the city.
Trade Board Directors to Meet.
The board of directors of the Board
Of Trade meets tomorrow afternoon
at AIS o'clock. and the membership
directors of the Washington Chamber
of Commerce also is scheduled to hold
its regular semi-monthly meeting
Tuesday night at o'clock, in the
F., Homer building.
President King of the Merchants
Nuu ASSOClAtiOH, III Hkd
letter to Representative Focht. chair
man of the House District committee.
regarding a compulsory snow-clean-
ing law, gave evidence that the as
sociation is alive to the needs of the
city.
the sidewalks five days after the
O snowstorm showed clearly that neither
. the citizens Of Washington nor the
heads OF the city fully realized the
urgent necessity of snow removal. so
that the wheels of business could
move In their accustomed channels.
Other Cittes On Jump.
Washington is one Of the few Of the
larger cities that cannot seem to cope
New York and Philadelphia as we'll as
others the snow is cleared from the
streets Immediately after a storm by
means of trucks with snow -shovelers.
The snow is then promptly gathered
up by other trucks and carted away.
Even on country roads In New Jersey,
New York and Pennsylvania the snow
is promptly pushed aside by large
trucks which patrol the thoroughfares
In winter weather. In New York re-
Gently there was quite a controversy.
It Is stated. because some OF the out
properly the day after the storm.
A few of these trucks operating in
Washington would be of great helm
to the business man and office work
ers, and would prove conclusively that
Congress and the Commissioners were
position in the case OF a storm which
would be considered very ordinary in
some parts Of the country.
The snowstorm and the theater
cave-in also directed attention to con-
ditions Of the Calvert street and
Klingle ford bridges. The bridges
committee Of the board or trade, under
the aggressive leadership of George
w. Offutt. jr. has made thorough in
vestigation of these two structures
and has urged, time and time again,
that immediate steps be taken to re-
place them.
Plans for New BridEe.
Plans have already been made for a
new Calvert street bridge. which will
cost more than a million dollars. The
present bridge. the COMMITTEES has re-
ported. Is not ealy ansightly, but is
absolutely inadequate to take care of
the existing traff1c Persons who have
there 10 q great deal Of Vibration.
The same terms are used to de-
scribe the klingle ford bridge. on Con-
neeticut avenue near Cleveland Park:
THE Klingle ford bridge" says the
annual report Of the committee, sis
another bridge which is subjected to
unusually heavy traffic and which by
reason OF it's construction is insult
able to modern conditions. The en-
gineer department of the District of
Columbia does not consider this
bridge uns fe, but as a matter of fact,
when used by heavy vehicles, the vi
bration is exceedingly great
The committee suggests that this
bridge, along with the Calvert street
bridge, be replaced as soon as posi-.
BILE. 1t is understood that an appro-
priation of $3S0,000 has been request