Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1926, Page 4

MAGNIDER BEGIS AR TOUROF WES Will Visit Army Posts and Aviation Fields—Reads While Flying. By the Associated Press. DAYTON, Ohlo, September 1.— With an open book in his lap, Han- ford MacNider, Acting Secretary of War, took off from McCook Field in an observation plane at 10:20 this morning with Muskogee, Okla., as the first day's objective. He expected to reach Muskogee about 5 p.m. Secretary Mac: voyage, which will take him to sever- al of the principal Army pests and air flelds in the West. The Secretary arrived by rail at 9:30 a.m., from Washington, and was immediately taken to McCook Fileld, where a plane was walting. As his baggage was being stowed in the fuselage, Secretary MacNider stopped. “Hold on 1 minute, there, T want my two books out of there. 1 always read when I go on an airplane trip,” he explained. “There’s nothing else to do, and the conditions are ideal.” The two books he took from the bag were Fortescue’s “Wellington” and “The Memoirs of W. Tecumseh Sher- man From wil Secretar 1 Antonio, Muskogee, Nider ted during the World War as lieutenant colonel in the 9th Infan- try. He will go to Ardmore, Okla., September o Ni; 5 ber 9 , Septem- ber 10; W , September 11, and Clinton, lowa, September 13. Most of these stops will be to attend department_meetings of the American Legion as War Department represent ative. Stops are planned at Forts Riley, Sill and Leavenworth, if they can be made to fit in with the rest of the schedule. All the hops are to e made by plane, weather permitting. WATER FRONT SITE 1 DECLARED LOGICAL AS MARKET CENTER “ontinued froi mers' Market, directly on the water front Water front where earthen plers pro ject into the Washington Channel, and to use the Dbetween Water street and the channel, the railroad tracks at Fourteenth street and the Municipal Fish Whart farmers’ market It has been urged by the promoters of all plans for relocating the market that a close contingens must the pre- served between the wholesale market and the farmers’ market, in order that a competitive check may be exercised over the commission merchants through the seasonal marketing of nearby crops by the farmers, and that both may be e together for the convenience of re e and corner zrocerymen who daily patronize both the commission men and the farmer: A survey of this water front ¢ which is government-owned, is now heing nmade by M. C. Hazen, the District surveyor, for the co-ordinat- ing committer. This survey shows 7.000 running feet on Water street from the Fish Market to Fourteenth street, 330 feet wide at the east end of the Fish Market and 250 feet wide | at the west end. This water front arca contains approximately six when filled in to the bulkhead. 1t is clofmed that this area would give the approximately 500 farmers who now use the sheds between Tenth B and Little B streets, ‘e they now r this plan is ex- . drawing usively from the and Twelfth, nearly three times the sp oceupy. Those gue that the * ¢ stores pointed ponents of the that the smaller ling in less than need track-side by the pro- location men, | load lots, do e and that is southwest commission not this would be an unnecessary expense | for them. Tt is they would find it to their locate along the north side of Water street hetween Twelfth street, where | the Potomac Rreight Terminals C property ends. and Seventh street, and on the squares to the east of the | freight terminal property between Twelfth und Ninth streets, Maryland avenue and Water streets, especially along 1 st which would he main truck ach to the termi tracks arket Site. New Center M To complete the ms southwest suter Market should be moved irectly south from its present site at Seventh str and ~ Pennsylvania avenue (0 somewhere between Sev- enth and Fourteenth streets, the | tracks ‘land avenue and | Water "he point dvanced arket should be one | hat corner into Water Municipal Fish that the Center of the squares street near b Market Regardi tel te of the Potomac this property the which for many d the development of In 1801 i g the ninals, formerly owned by way rears contem- freight of The R CH Preservers “ long have meant Foot Comfort to well Washington women. Autumn’s new models present an ex- ceptional note of smart- ness as well! groomed “Arch ne will inspect | The plan is to bulkhead the, { market without e ket center | it is proposed that | <outhern Rail- | €8PS THE FOOT WELWY New Fall Styles GENERAL VIEW AND THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON; D. C, WEDNESD! A CO\HLE i = Congress was passed abandoning E street, Thirteenth and Thirteen-and- a-half streets through this prop- erty. The present plans call for an archway over Thirteenth street at Water with second-story offices for brokers in perishable products. Model produce warehouse construction would improve the north side of Water street with attractive architecture and | community facilities. The acquisition of the land and tracks represents an investment of a million dollars, inde- | pendent of the building operations which are soon to he commenced. The water frontage on Washington Channel which it is proposed to bulk- head for a farmers' market is all Government-owned. the land adjacent to the railroad bridge at Fourteenth street having been acquired some years ago for a municipal power sta- tion, but later abandoned. A large lumber yard occuples the largest tract in the proposed waterfront strip under lease from the District government, which may be terminated by act of Congress. Convenient Freight Center. One of the most important argu- ments advanced in favor of the per- ishable freight terminal between Water street, Maryland avenue and Twelfth street is that all the produce brought to the Potomac freight yards in Virginia by the Seaboard Alr Line, the Atlantic Coast line, the Chesa- peake and Ohio and other roads hauled into Washington by the Penn- sylvania and Baltimore and Ohlo Raflroads. It passes right by the pro- posed freight terminal. If this termi hal s not used and a_wholesale | center is established in' Eckington, which is the only other track-side area available, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad would have to haul this frelght around by Benning and Hyattsville by a circuitous route and buck into the north side of the Capital. Produce dealers say that the farm- ers market can meet only a fractional part of the perishable food ‘require- ments. These shipments from the | South, coming into the Potomac Freight Yards, demand prompt han- dling. They say that while the Balti- more and Ohio Railroad would have to haul the produce to the wholesale ra_cost in what- ever section it may be located, the| jeing cost on the refrigerator car: would be an added expense, besides | the economic waste through deteri- oration, which s rapid after the break-down point is reached. They argue that the extra haul for about 22 miles would delay handling this produce to the consumer by 12 hours or more. | Report of Col. Brown. In support of this line of argu- mentation, Col. Wrisley Brown, presi- dent of the Potomac Frelghts Termi- nals Co., has prepared a report for Maj. Cary H. Brown. U. 8. A., engl-| neer of the National Capital Park and | Planning Commission, based on a bul- | letin of the Bureau of Agricultural| Fconomics of the Department of Agri- culture; a report of the superintendent of the Potomac Freleht Yard in Vir- | inia and a report of the freight agent | Of the Pennsylvania Rallrond. 1t | reads, in part, as follows: “There was a volume of 7.384 cars of perishable freight, exclusive of less than carlot shipments, unloaded at the Pennsylvania Rallroad Yards in | are Ready! in Arch Preservers $10 to $16-50 7th and K 1207 F St. 3212 14th St. Preserver Shop,” 1318 G Southwest Washington during the year 1925. “According to the present Southwest Washington. “Yet an organized effort is being made to swing this whole movement of perishable freight from the South the ter- Ohio the proposed relocation of ‘Washington terminals to minals of the Baltimore Rallroad by the wholesale market Northeast Washington. Means 22-Mile Haul. and district “If this were accomplished it would mean that over 2,000 carlots of per- moving through Potomac Yard and now un- loaded in Southwest Washington, at a hauling distance of about 4 miles and within two hours after movement out of Potomac Yard, must needs be hauled directly past the Water street terminal at the end of Long Bridge, through South Washington and across Eastern Branch to Benning Junction, thence te Hyattsville, and back to the Baltimore and Ohijo terminal yards at ishable frelght annually Eckington—a distance of about miles. “This circultous routing would volve probably an average of 12 hours More- over, the long haul would in addition ton miles of transportation in the course of a year—with no compensating ad- vantage to the public or to the ship- or more from Potomac Yard. require approximately 660,000 pers or to the carriers. “The establishment of the whole- in Northeast \ create a highly unsatisfactory traffic condition, and the Interstate Commerce Commis- slon would have to adjust the relief to This would eventually bring into_being the projected belt line around the city on the north, which public opinion has condemned as a menace to the civic and economic dlstrict would ale market Washington soon the occasion. welfare of Washington.” Personnel of Committee. The water-edge site for the farmers’ market is supported by the District wharf committee in its annual report. chairman Roland M. Brennan, chief clerk of the D. E. Mo Comb, engineer of bridges, and Lieut. This committee has as engineering department; Lohman, harbor master. H. R. that report, filed on August 12, ap- peared the following: ““Attention ing, lighting and power plant, thorized by Congress about 13 ¥ ago, will not be built on the W ton Channel between Thirteenth and The establishment of a farmers’ produc market on the water front should te | to encourage a resumption of water Fourteenth streets southwest. We will be glad to set aside for future delivery any article se- lected. Sept{mber Sale Special This Coggswell illustrated, beautiful Chair, as only— S-A-L-E $56.75 Gateleg Tables Lamps, d Easy Chairs, AND \Y OTHER S TABL 1OKERS' ST. DESKS, CONSOLE geo- graphical layout of the trunk lines efficient and economic delivery of pe ishable freight from the South At- lantic Seaboard can be made only at the Pennsylvania Rallroad Yards in is called to the avail- ability of the water front on the Wash- ington Channel, between the fish mar- ket and Fourteenth street, as a site for a new farmers’ produce market. It now appears that the central heat- There Are Some Really Wonderful Values in Our September Furniture Dining Room Suites from. .. Living Room Suites from. . . . Bedroom Suites from . ..... Windsor Chairs and Rockers from fferent types, pri of all descriptions, priced from. Individuality in Furniture at DeMoll's eMoll FURNITURE CO. Twelfth and G Streets Sole Representative for Steinway and Weber Duo-Art Reproducing Pianos traffic in vegetables, fruits and other commodities from the rich tidewater counties of Maryland and Virginia. Moreover, railroad transportation is available across the street. Because of the location of the Municipal Fish Market on the water front, it would appear that a farmers' produce mar- ket adjolning on the west would be a logical extension of market facilities. “There has been a gradual change in the character of Southwest Wash- ington in the last 10 or 15 years from residential to commercial and indus- trial, so that a farmers’ produce market in/this location would not appear to be the least objectionable. The property in the immediate vi- cinity of Fourteenth and Water streets has been zoned for industrial and second commercial uses. Upon completion of the Federal public building program recently authorized by Congress there will be a number of large Government buildings within a short distance of this site.” Business Men’s Arguments. Summarizing their contention for the water front area for a market center, the Southwest Business Men's Association in presenting a memor- andum to the City Planning Commis- sfon said: “The central location on the water front is nvenient to all points in the city, which open up like a well rounded fan to the west, the north, and the east. The immediate terni- nal area now available contains over elght acres of land. In addition, there is avallable at reasonable price for the occupancy of dealers in perish- able food products who do not ship in large volume the squares in the ter- ritory fronting on Water street east from Twelfth street to Seventh street, and extending back as far as-the rafl- road lines on Maryland avenue, if necessary. The main argument for the south- west water front location as made to the City Planning Commission follows, in part: Central Location Important. It is of tremendous importance that the city terminals for perishable freight should be located close to the consuming public and close to the terminals or transfer yards of the trunk lines over which such perish- able freight is transported. There is presently available in Southwest Washington rallroad yardage with sufficient capacity to accommodate ap- proximately 450 cars, exclusive of pri- vate sidings, and with considerable room for expansion if and when re- quired. The wharves of all the steamboat lines which bring perishable freight to this city are also located close by on the water front of Southwest Wash- ington. Throughout the year, and es- pecially during the Summer and Fall, there is a large and rapidly growing volume of perishable freight unloaded at these warves and sold to the trade and to the consuming public directly. The Municipal Fish Market and wharves, are also located on the south in 26 in In ed from )S, HONE STAND! TABLES, MIRROR PIANO AND ¥ The photograph, taken from the roof of the Bureau of Engraving and Fourteenth street freight yards of the Pennsylvania avenue is the viaduct carrying the Philadelphia, Baltimore and W and Baltimore and Ohio Raiiroads in bringing freight from the Potomac ington; the triangular area between those tracks and Water street has which was acquired from the Southern Railroad about is now planned to develop as a terminal with area, along the south side of Water street between the railroad bridge SEPTEMBER 1, e T 1928. A I ) e — CHART OF PROPOSED SOUTHWEST—OR WATER FRONT—AREA FOR NEW MARKET CENTER street where the Municipal Fish Whart is located, it is proposed to bulkhead taining some six acres, as a site for a ne Within the Potomac Freight Termir farmers’ market. 'S propert; Twelfth street, at the intersection of E street, occupying an entire square, Plant of the Washington Market Co., which can supply ice and refrigeration The chart shows—(1) Fourteenth street freight yards be used exclusively for perishable foodstuffs; nal for perishable products, and with warehouse facilities, on this property; (3) area across Water street from the and the Municipal Fish Wharf, which it is proposed to bulkhead Storage and Ice Plant of the Washington Market Co., from which a conduit is being built under Twelfth street to provide refrigeration for the entire terminal plant; (3) area in which it is believed commission .merchants handling 2) eight-acre less than carload lots of produce, and merchants in related businesses will (6) area between Seventh street and the fish market in W] may be located to complete the new municipal market center. Printing, shows in the foreground the Railroad; cutting diagonally ashington tracks used by both the Pennsylvania yards, 4 miles away in Virginia, into Wash- long been designed to be a freight terminal, a vear ago by the Potomac Freight Terminal Co., which it track-side warehouses for perishable foodstuffs; at Fourteenth street and the bend in Water is seen the new packing plant of the Cudahy Co. of Pennsylvania Railroad, which it is contemplated will tract with railroad sidings, being developed as a termi- the black square indicates location of the Cudahy plant wholesale commission houses, between Fourteenth street and use as a farmers’ market; (4) Terminal Cold hich it is suggested that the Center (or street line of the Washington Rail way and Electric Co. has its terminus at the west end of this area on Water street. The Eleventh strect line « the same ompany s dow 1 Eleventh street to Wa street. thenc. east on Water street past the pal Fish Market s wharves to Four-and- o turning via the same route. Ninth street line of this company runs south to Water street via Four-and. half street, turning west on Water street to Seventh street and returning to Four-and-a-half street via L street. The Seventh street line of the Capitai Tractifon Co. turns to the east on Water street and thence to the foot of Four-and-a-half street. And, finally. there is the Washington and Virginia line, operating between Washington Alexandria and various towns in Vir ginta, which passes the corner o | Fourteenth and Water streets. Condemnation of Land. The necessary space for such a re tail market could be acquired by con demnation of land carrying Inexpen sive improvements in the same orderly manner that it is proposed to acquire property in the present wholesale dis trict for the erection of new public buildings and the development of parks pursuant to the plan of the Fine Arts Commission. The location of a large retail market in the section adjacent to the water front would en able the public to do its general shop ping and banking in the principai commercial district without detour on the way to and from the market. It is even more important that the so-called farmers' market should be 1o cated on or near the water front. The ample strip of land on the south sid~ of Water street between Fourteent! street and the Municipal Fish Market would present an ideal location for this farmers’ market. Such location would be readily accessible to the puly lic, closely co-ordinated with all the other market functions, and énsil l(o the water front. The Fourteen: through on the line of Maryland to the south of this the water front and use that area, con- Across is the Terminal Cold Storage and Ice for the entire terminals’ development. establish their warehouses and stores; retail) market side of Water street running east from Twelfth street. This means that the storekeepers of all sections of the city who deal in sea food must come regularly to the municipal fish whart for thelr supplies. As a gen- eral rule these same dealers also deal in produce. Manifestly it would worl: a hardship upon them, with resultant inconvenlence and expense to the consuming public, if such dealers should be required to come to the water front for thelr sea food and then go far away to the northwest for their produce. Opposite the Water street terminal ! area on Twelfth street, and constitut- ing an integral part of the plan of co- ordinated terminals for perishable The illustration is of a popular type of Cabinet Desk—walnut ve- neer and gum- wood—$58.50. freight, stands the. Terminal cold storage and ice plant of the Wash- ington Market Co., which covers an entire city block. This established plant is fully equipped for the pro- duction of ice and the refrigeration of perishable products on a large scale. Ready to Start Work. Furthermore, by act of Congress, ap- proved June 7, 1926, the Washington Market Co. was authorized to lay a conduit across Twelfth street south- west between E and I streets, where- by to .convey refrigeration through pipe lines to the warchouse receiving rooms of distributors of perishable food products located at this terminal. The company stands ready to con ot} KR = I il ' A Service Store —that’s what this aims to be— == ‘ ,S time swings into a new season— the home will demand new things. We have gathered a stock very varied in its scope—as suggested by the reached by all the farmers from the trucking sections of mearby Marvland and Virginia. LIVES WITH BROKEN NECK Injured Auto Race Driver Has Chance of Rerocery. PLANT CITY, Fla.. September (®).—Carl Mayfleld, automobile race driver, who was injured at Pla: Field, Tampa, last Thursday, lies here with his neck broken. e is con scious. Mayfield's head and shoulders are in a plaster ca: He has a chance of recovery, say, struct this system of refrigerating pipe lines as soon as such service is re- quired. At the intersection of Four-and-a- half and D streets and Virginia ave- nue southwest, and opposite the Sixth street railroad yvards, there is the new cold storage warehouse of the Ter- minal Refrigerating and Warehousing Co.. a subsidiary of the Washington Market Co. It should be borne in mind that these well established and efficiently operated cold storage plants are now available and adequate to sat- isty the public requirements at the present time, whereas it would take years of time and millions of dollars to duplicate them in the Northeast. There are ample strest car facilities 1 ‘J f I 3 | “\14“ 1 T trend of Fashion and the demand of utility. But, complete and cdmprehensfve as it 1s—1t may lack some specific feature to which your fancy inclines. QOur service will get it for you. We want to co-operate with you in all matters of home furnishing—suggesting, if you want suggestion—executing orders as you are pleased to give them—serving you to the utmost, in the minutest detail. It will be easy for market facilities; it will be a pleasure for us to do it—with our policy set to serve. A suggestion: Why account with us? You'll find it a-con- venience. . / us to do it with our not establish a charge