Evening star., 1950-07-30

Miss Ella c. Werner and Miss Mary Bourke
~ Mrs. Rogers who is member of the executive
- staff of the Washington o Trade returned
to the city early last week after an extended West
~ - cisco Banf and Lake Louise. journey she
Jesse ue visited several chambers of from
she received many courtesies.
accomplishments of which she proud was inducing
the Soropmist Federation to hold it's 1852
action of the convenon was response to the invitation of the
Trade 0"D 0'''"l'''' u ''' "'''''S'oA 00S0 0i
Wanted District Legislation Seldom Speeded
The Commissioners February 2l 1850 authorized the drafting
of legislation get rid of the
news item in The Evening Star of that date The said
heads had asked Corporation Counsel Vernon West
the repeal the 81 per soo tax levied on household
The repeal was recommended by District Assessor Edward Dent
the personal taxes on aoobs pd no
understood that bill drafted corporation
approved by the and Commissioners
never been introduced in Congress.
May by Representative Howard W. Smith, Democrat
and is known 8372 ito applicable
the District of Columbia
ery of all library benevolent charitable and scientific institutions
Incorporated under the laws of the United States the
and of individual tangible personal
business, except motor vehicles.
This bill District Committees Fiscal Affairs
Subcommittee of which Representative Smith chairman
May 16 referred to the The Commissioners
committee of Senate report dsapproved
the provisions the Smith
that the of the repeal bill drafted by the corporation
sci be substituted for that of the bar association.
This repeal legislation generally desired by the
that
tax the obnoxious repealed
both the District income larger
and the unpopular personal tax would
to be confronted with increased Federal taxes.
Potomac River, Adjacent Country and Washington
Facts of current interest pertaining the Potomac River its
tanned in little pamphlet of 20 unknown author pub
ished New York in 1898 This is item the
the late editor of The
and % qon%ns tain his reads book plate tho
Country Adjacent Washington" printed by
Samuel Ioudon g. Son, No s. Water Street, New York.
solemn Act Of the Ri 9 w tb river r mpsUah h 1s
the Spot for Seat Government
Objects of interesting Enquiry both at Home and AbroadTs
general knowledge of the Potomack and its
advantage OF having been long in situation where he has had
an opportunity of obtaining the best information the points
toned in the following Sheets"
Chesapeake Bay The width and depth
at points given Definite information furnished
as to make the Potomac navgbe from its the Chesa
After these regarding possibilities
the writer states Before particular description of the
which the City of Washington given, may
improper to note the constitutional legal
Location OF the City made He then tells of the constitutional
such District and quotes the residence of July
the United States
City of up
forty feet above the water of the Although
taken together to be nearly level yet found
consist
extensive and beautiful parts
eecuay every cleansing and
Besides buildings the
of the United States Hotel erecting the
which betrayed lottery the Hotel
building with dependencies
hapS be equal to Europe
THE original
consideration the
the location of
the the public
the whole their respective lands
lines of the city, condition. that after
the ground of the streets number
dent think for public improvements
the lots shall be fairly equally divided between public
the respective proprietors.
by this the public had
which
the public buildings addition dollars
States of Virginia purpose
other things incumbent
Between three thousand
Commissioners the
ceeded hundred forty dollars
lately risen much great still
the object be investigated
furnishing ample
object in the city, the the public
lots will remain the the city, which
undoubtedly will
incident to the city, citizens property
free from heavy which unavoidable other
Among the advantages which will be derived this city
over almost all other large cities from the circumstance it's being
originally designed for the capital nation ranked
the foremost the width of the which
ninety feet and from that hundred
ton which will be paid levelng regulating upon
general principle, in the first in
stance, such