Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1925, Page 3

TOBARBELTLINE Suburban Residents Petition Maryland Public Service Commission. Carrying lts fight to prevent pro- * Ppose truction of the Washington orough belt line direct flicials of Maryland, a citizen: committee of re ty, picked at and organized to fight the new today sent to the Public Commission of Maryland a rong protest against the project. The rotest was drawn up at a meeting the committee last night at the home of William W. Bride, its chair- man gemoor, at which repre- sentatives of two Virginia organiza- appeared and voiced their oppo- to the proposal to construct a el” around the metropoli- immediately outside the undaries of the District of Colum y Mr. Bride as Z R. Tuckerman, . Lawrence, Adon Phillips, George E. Hamilton and Oliver Owen XKuhn, Alleging that millions of dollars’ worth of residential and club property be depreciated in value by con- he proposed belt line and d adjunct—a freight vard, e to Potomac Yard, west of —the committee declared the residents of Washington are pow- SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and_Sailings From New York Daslight Saving Time. ARRIVED YESTERDAY. - Liyerpool, Aug. . Bremen, Aug’ London, Aug., Kingston, Aug. lSan Juan Aug. DUE TODAY. Hamburg. Aus. Bremen. Au ¥alparaiss, July DUE THURSDAY. Matnra. . .Trinidad. Aug Resolute © " -Bi g President "RoC Carril OUTGOING STEAMERS. SAILING TODAY. resi te Wilson—Ponta Delgada.10:00 A M. e et Wl ot Soa L Maraval—Trinid: - £t B in. Comayagua—Puerto Cortes 2 SAILING WEDNESDAY. America—Bremen 235333 a a—Trinldad Prince 2055 es22 American Shipper—London. . Santa Teresa—Cristobal . Santa Rosalla—Buenos Al San Lorenzo—San Juan Cristobal—Port au_Prince President Adams—Havana. 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The National Capital Press 1210-1212 D ST. N.W. Now Is the Time —to plan the Fall Printing needs, i . EIGH GRADE. BUT NOT HIGH PRICED BYRON S. ADAMS, EANTER, Arkansaw Traveler? let_your roof de- a little attention Let skilled Are you gcing to Tor ‘the fack of cay ROOFING 119 3rd St. S.W, KOONS T3XrANy. Phooe Mat 935 Don’t Roll and Toss —these warm nights. Have the mattress, box ring and Dillows renovated ‘and Fe r our service, Main 3621. Bedell’s Factory, GA0 B Bh MW, W-W: BRIDE. —_—— ™ erless to prevent “desecration” of the most beautiful sections of Maryland and Virginia, those immediately sur- rounding the National Capital. The very vagueness of the wording of the application of the raflroad com- pany for right to operate under its charter, according to the committee, would have the effect of depreciating property in sections which may be traversed by the railroad, as the route has not been definitely laid out and cannot now be determined. Along the proposed belt line, which its sponsors declare would handle 20,000 freight cars a day, manufactur- ing establishments would be expected to spring up, menacing the value of home properties in the section through which the road passed. The protest sent today does not ask for a hearing by citizens of Montgom- ery and Prince Georges Countles, but Mr. Bride said a hearing will be asked in a supplementary petition. In ad- dition to the members of the commit- tee, Henry Thomas, president of the Lee Highway Association; C. F. Kin- | cheloe, its vice president; and W. W. Diehle, president of the Highland Park Citizens’ Assoclation of Arlington County, Va., attended the meeting last night. 400 at Meeting. The petition. follows: “To the Honorable the Public Service Commission of Maryland, Gentle- men: “A miss meeting of citizens and taxpayers of Montgomery County was held on Friday, August 7, 1925, at the Montgomery Country Club, Bethesda, Md., under the auspices of the Brad- ley Hills Community League, for the purpose of determining the sentiment of the community relative to the pro- posed freight railroad known as the W. & L. Belt Line and Terminal Co. “The meef whs large; about 400 representative citizens by count were present. The Belt Line interests were reprasented by Admiral Austin M. Knight, W. Edgar Leedy and their en- gineers. Mr. Leedy explained the proposition in detail and presented the views of the railroad adherents at length. A volley of questions was asked by various persons present, and a number of addresses on the sub ject were made by representative clt- izens. ‘After full consideration of the sub- ject the following authorized resolu- tion is hereby submitted: ‘“Whereas a petition has been filed with the Public Service Commission of Maryland seeking authority to con- struct and operate a railroad through the parts of Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties adjacent to the Dis- trict of Columbia; and Gives Dangerous Power. “Whereas in said petition the route and location of the proposed railroad is not clearly and exactly defined, but, on the other hand, is extremely vague and highly indefinite; and “Whereas, if granted, the asked-for license would empower this corpora- tion to locate its right of way in an undefined route not set out in its peti- tion for charter, but is subject to re- vision based upgn more detailed loca- tion studies and surveys which have not yet been completed, and, in fact, is apparently cloaked to mask the plans of the incorporators; and “Whereas the sald license would enable the sald corporation or its sub- sidiaries or associates to acquire ad- ditional ground for enterprises such as warehouses, stockyards, fertilizer Money-Saving SALE We Want Your Work snd You Need Our GARAGE Buy Now—Save TONEBRAKE . 820-112ST.,N.W. 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PHILLIPS. and chemical plants, and for other objectionable industrial projects; and “Whereas, it is the expressed pur- pose of the said corporation to in- corporate and promote the location in these counties of plants and ac- tivities detrimental to the character | of these entife residential districts; “Whereas the authority sought by | these promotors is limitless in its| scope, and, if granted, would permit | kind of industrial establishment on establishments in districts which are | now ®xclusively residential, and in| the direct line where many millions of dollars have already been expended | by taxpayers for homes for themselves | and families, and the values of these | properties, it is believed by their would be seriously depreciated v the location of such a highly in irious project in their viciniti together with its uncertaint tion and character, would give oppor- tunity for the manipulation of real alues to the detriment of the alues of these homes. Such projects, | it is believed, would bring into our now strictly ' residential districts a floating and alien class of undesirables and would paralyze the development of the home districts, which are now both credits and assets to the State of Maryland and to the National Cap- ital; and Capital Ts Helpless. “Whereas the District of Columbia is now zoned, as the petition for char- ter itself declares, against the very kind of development which these pro-| motors propose to force upon the State | of Maryland and the metropolitan dis- | tricts surrounding the City of Wash- ington; and | “Whereas the Nation's Capital, the | Exclusive and Individual Yer Reasonably Select Your Home Site NOwW! Hedges & Middleton, Inc. REALTORS 1412 Eye St. N.W. Franklin 9503 Tgn;vgmq piunersof | baker o unGas Ransesmnn Have a Smooth Cooking Top A gas range that combines all the desirable features of the coal range with the speed, convenience and economy of the gas range. Uses practically all the heat in the gas. Stores hot water as it cooks your meals. Roasts and bakes with waste heat from cooking-top burners. See demonstration. | Poure Sold With or Without Water- Heating Feature. Right or Left-Side Ovens. Scott Gas Appliance Company, Inc. 1204 H Street N.W. W.R.TUCKERMAN MNARRIS ZEWIN G~ . MAJ. R.B.LAWRENCE, pride of the Nation itself, is powerless to prevent this encroachment and en- circlement by enterprises which they forbade in their own midst unless the petition of these promoters is refused, the District of Columbla, originally ceded by the State of Mar: the Nation's Capital, and been wonderfully developed as such, cannot help itself. Its future rests in your hands. Unless this petition for right ® operate under charter is de- nied, it will bring down upon our State a nation-wide and deserved condem nation State of Maryland on record as four- square behind the plan to develop the parking s em of our commonwealth. It his pledge is to be carried out and the honor of the State of Maryland is to remain unsullied; we must not per- mit his pledge to be broken and the Nation's Capital to be serfously in- Britain to Scrap 54 Ships. PORTSMOUTH, England, August 18 (#).—In accordance with the decision for naval economies, it is understood that 64 British destroyers are shortly to be scrapped. It is also stated that the pay of seamen Is to be reduced 15 per cent, which corresponds to the reduction in the cost of living since 1919, as based on official calcula- tion. -The offic P v already has D been reduced to this extent Houses in Chevy Chase, D. C. $9,350 to 9,500 Delightful six-room and bath semi-detached brick houses, strictly modern throughout— the greatest values in Chevy Chase. See Them Tonight Drive out Conn. Ave. to Har- rison St., west to 42nd and north to houses. Allan E. 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Taking advantage of another day of perfect weather, President and Mrs. Coolidge motored after breakfast to Ludlow. They stopped at the home of Attorney General Sargent, who is in Washington, and spent_an hour visit. | ing with Mr. and Mrs~ Samuel Pler- | son, son-nlaw and daughter of the Attorney General. The President and Mrs. Coolidge took back to Plymouth a basket full | of fresh vegetables which they helped the Plersons gather in their garden. The number of wage-earners em- ployed in the manufacture of auto-| moblles increased from 12,049 in l904; to 343,115 in 1919. 5 Patrol of Hornets In Dairy Barn Is Keeping Flies Out Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., August 18.—Sam- uel R. Harper, wealthy tobacco plant- er who also operates a dairy, has found an effective way of goping with the fly nuisance. hornets built a nest in a frult tree near the milk farm, and knowing their value Harper declined to let his sons destroy it. The hornets now patrol the dalry barn and keep’it rid ot fies. FILIPINOS PRESS PLEA. Commissioner Back With Demand for Independence. Pedro Guevara, resident comynis- sioner from the Philippines, returned to Washington yesterday after a five- month stay in the islands, with in- structions from his people, he said, 'to insist in asking Congress for the ful- fillment of the promise contained in the preamble of the Jones act and give them complete and immediate inde- pendence.” Declaring the Coolidge administra- tion should make a definite settlement of the situation there between Gov- ernor General Leonard Wood and the Legislature, he asserted it was unsat- isfactory both to business and tle peo- ple and “has not improved as to nec- essary help and co-operation.” Northwest Corner $11,750 Convenient Terms % 1001 Quebec I Place N.W. | i . | Just off 14th street car line, | near intersection of 13th and Kansas avenue northwest, north of Spring road. Six (6) rooms and bath, bullt-in garage, hardwood floors and trim, oomcrete front porch, double rear porches, 18-foot gide yard. Price includes paving of street and alley. Inspect Tonight, 5:00 to 9:00 P.M. |C.H.SMALL & Co. BUILDERS—REALTORS Main 6861 925 15th St. N'W. Facilitate Bookkeeping efficient Books. hundreds 2% 3% o Munsey | il K Adpvertise Yol;r Used Car in The Star Classified There you will get it to the attention of prac- tically everybody in Washington—and if you state the details clearly —make of car, equip- ment, condition — and the price—you’ll bring responses from those to whom such a car appeals. The Star prints MORE Classified Ads every day than all the other papers here Two years ago | combined. Star ads are product Around the corner is a Star Branch office —A Good Bookkeeper is a more Bookkeeper when his or her individual ideas are carried out in the Ruling and Printing of the We Make Blank Books Producing them for over 40 years— have facilities for carrying out special ideas with the greatest possible economy of cost to the buyer. Have your chief accountant order your next set here. Our “Stock” Blank Books anticipate of needs. STOCKETT FISKE PRODUCING STATIONERS 010 -E-STREET-N'W - CO O We Pay You on your DAILY BALANCES Interest on checking accounts on daily balances— com- pounded monthly. ly(crat on ordinary savings accounts—compounded quar- terly. Interest on special savings cer- tificates — compounded semi- annually. The Munsey Trust Co. Building Pa. Ave. Bet. 13th & 14th Sts. N.W. four independent power companies of the Shenandoah Valley merged to form the new Shenandoah . River Power Co., Inc. ‘The merger is said to involve more than a million dollars. The proper ties will be operated by Ives & Davidson, New York. The majority of the stockholders of the old com panies have transferred their hold ings to the new corporation. The merged companies were: Wey. ers Cave Light and Power Co., the Valley Light and Power Co. of Wood. = stock, F. A. Shank Co., Timberville % o' Aashelning Eiots. and T. A. Andrick Co., New Market HARRISONBURG, Va., August 18. | These plants supply virtually all the —A new link in the proposed super- | light and power to small communities power chaln of the Southern Appa- |[in northern Augusta, Rockingham lachlans was forged yesterday when 'and Shenandoah Counties. * $1,000,000 POWER MERGER EFFECTED Four Independent Concerns Shenandoah Valley Form New . 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An added feature which assists in maiptaining proper house temperatures at all seasons are the new AUTOMATIC AIR- SPACE VENTILATORS regulating the air of the upper story. Where else did you ever find such equipment in homes at so reasonable prices? DRIVE OVER THIS EVENING Prices, $8,500 Up. Our Safe and Sane Terms. To Inspect: Take the Burleith Bus Members of Operative Buflders' Assoclation of D. O. 713-15 14th St. N.W. Main 2345