Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1926, Page 13

MANY D. C. BRIDGES HELD DANGEROUS Board of Trade Committee Reports Weaknesses Found in Important Spans. Dangerous bridge conditions at a number of places in the District were revealed in a special report of the e committee of the Washington ard of Trade at the regular month- meeting of the organization held re New Willard Hotel last night. 1ly all of the bridges that red to have structural faults ive been associated within the past v or so with fatal accidents and a ber of minor mishaps. > special committee of engineers which made the report to the full board last night con: { Frank L! Averill, chairman; Elmer Carroll and ared that the hand s on some of the bridges were in such a condition that they would not only prove useless in preventing auto- falling over, but they v 2 menace to pedestrians. ng bolts and general lack . he declared, have left some of these handrails and guard- rails in a condition as to be almost falling to pieces. Calvert Street Bridge Cited. The Calvert Street Bridge guard- rail, he said, was badly rusted. In many sections numbers of holts are missing and one end of the handrail has become unbolted that it is actually_dragging on.the sic Klingle Road Br M;:(‘ has a t 100 frail, dence of and painting. Yixcessive vibration and bad lighting, | the report stated, will make almost | inevitable further bad accidents un- o5 some remedial steps are taken, The gener struction of the Park s criticized, to- ether with its frail handrail, 1ts poor ad floorin lvania Avenue Bridge, according to the report, curbrail and an inadequate Southeast, has no states, the snow on the bridges is swept from the street car tracks to the side, making a bank easy for cars to mount over the curb and fall off the bridge. Snow is left on the bridges, forming this dangerous bank over the curbing for more than a week. Says Funds Are. Needed. Lack of money to make repairs, Mr. Averill shid, was given as the reason for these conditions by officials at the District Building. Mr. Averill, however, pointed out that no pro- vision for betterment of the condi- tions was made in the estimates until some time after the regular esti- mates had been approved, when supplemental estimate of $25,000 was submitted to remedy the situation with respect to the bdges. The committee urged replacement of the Calvert Street and Klingle Val ley Bridges. Meanwhile, it suggested the replacing of the handrail on Cal- vert Street Bridge, the painting of the understrugture of the Klingle Valley Bridge, the asphalting of wooden bridge surfaces, thorough painting |and repairing of faults, prompt re- | moval of snow from the bridges and {a correction of the faults of the Park Road Bridge. The 800 members of the | board who crowded the room vote unanimously to send copies of the r port to the District Commissioners and the Senate and House appropria- tions committees. Gasque Bill Opposed. The board opposed the Gasque bill providing for an elective school hoard The board als of the purch park & s to per cent in 5% the assessed value. The purchase of part of the Dean tract at Connecti- cut avenue and Florida avenue, now known as Temple Heights, and the appropriation of the $600,000 needed for the purch: of the connecting link between Rock Creek and Poton Parkways on s 50 proved. The board pra National Capitul Park an organization of as reat civic value. | The board opposed the change of the ) name of the present Business High chool to the Theodore Roosevelt ness High School on the ground t the name as it now is has become f: mous because this was the first school ot its kind, a change in name is_unnecessary. Representative Henry R. Rathbone s highly praised the National Capital and urged its beautification until it is the most red that every child at the ge should be allowed ington as a means of handrail. During the snowstorms, the report i éfli!fi!fi!FEEH'.-HHEEmEEEfififlfihfilfifififli&fihfilfififi&fi%flm&fihfifim&fififikfiflimfifififiH' ‘_":'.-fi The 21-Jewel Adjusted “lllinois Congressiona at the [=] =" % & & = & I & i e & i 5 i i 5 5 i = ] g 5 i i5 & & i o 5 i i % & i i i5 v i i i i il ity i E & % A Beautiful Chain and Pen Knife Included . b bringing about a more inspiring p: triotism in the country. The beauty, THE NG RUM GAR WRECKED IN PURSUIT CRASH Machine Carrying 144 Gal- lons of Liquor Skids Into ‘Marylander’s Auto. EVEN into Penn: from Cedar an automo- | f | | Skidding on a turn vania avenue southea Hill road this mornin bile hauling 144 | from southern Mar |'a machine oper 3 | dith of Annapolis, smashing the front wheel of the latter car, with the re- sult that the lguorladen car turned | i s demolished and was i0st in the pr. CGuy Burlingame's fly which had been pursuing the liquor .car, cap- tured Sidney Thomas, colored, who said he was “being given a lift” by the driver from his home in W: Md.,’ to_ Whashington. The ope; of the liquor Thoma injured about | to linger Hospital for t which_he will be return: police custody for further investi tion, R Meredith, who was accompanied by nis young daughter, en route to school, was not injured in the accident, the girl also escaping inju A touring car 3 whisky on board was seized last night by Capt. Burlingame's squadron at Eightenth street and Michigan ave- nue northeast, after short but speedy chase. The driver escape Policemen Ogle, Saunder | Burke of the fourth pre car ped. the body 0 quarts of the historical traditions and the a tractions of Washington were h comparable with the capitals of Euro- | by the speake t future, its| of 'the ates, | use ¢ of the United W it is the Capital” declared Rathbone, He urged a liberal policy toward improvements that will | help to better the District. J. Harry Cunningham, president of the board, presided. A buffet \um\u | was served following the busines meeting. L i ma | STAR, WASHINGTON, night arrested William Byrd, col- ored, 37 years old, of 498 L street southwest on charges of transport- ing and possession of 164 quarts of whisky. Byrd was driving a horse and wagon in which the liquor was contained, according to the police. Animal and vehicle were seized. Sergt. Harney and Pvts. Ogle and Burke of the fourth precinct seized 320 quarts of whisky in a raid at the home of Willilam Jones, 24 years | old, 208 E street southwest last night. 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