Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1926, Page 4

B. & 0.OFFICIALS | GIVEMARKET PLAN Oppose Patterson Tract Site, Favor One in Eckington; Backed by Dealers. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Explanation by Baltimore and Ohio Rallroad officia’s of their recommenda tions regarding the location of the proposad new model market centar for the National Capital brings another area into careful consideration by the District Commissioners, the co-ordinat- ing committee, the City Planning Com- mission and Department of Agricul ture officials who are now making an intensive study of where Congress should be advised to logste the three units of the market system—the Farmers’ Market, the wholesale or commission market and the retail Center Market Heretofora when “the Eckington sita” was mentioned it has generally besn understood to mean the Patter- son tract. on Florida avenue north. east, between the rafiroad tracks and Columbia Institution for the Deaf. As 2 matter of fact tha Baltimore and Ohlo officials are not supporting the Patterson tract, which is skirted by the Pennsvivania tracks, which shut the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad out of this area The Raliimore and Ohio urges superior advantages through use of the land Iving west of their tracks all the way from . street to Rhode Island avenue novtheast and east of First street northeast, as a wholasale center near which the new Farmers' Market should he located This gives at once track-side facilities for the wholesale dealers, with room for large warehouses and brings this part of the market system nearer to the bulk of consumers than the only other track-side location between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets. Mar- vland avenue and Water streets couthwest, which is a Pennsylvania Railroad proposition. Mid-City Rite Works in. Although this new area could pro vide a good site for the Center (or vetail) Market If it is decided to have the three branches of the market facilities in a consolidated location, it is not at present contemplated that the Center Market would be placed in this near-theraflroad section. AS a matter of fact, the mid-city location for the retail market—between Sixth street, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts avenues—works in well with the Eckington wholesala area proposed by the Baltimore and Ohio offclals They are concerned primarily with the location of wholesale warehouses alongstde their tracks for those who deal in carload lots. and with nearby warehouses and commission houses for those who buy in less than carload lots and to whom a track side loca- tion would he unnecessary expense. Carrving out the decision of the market authorities. District Commis. sioners and Department of Agricul- ture experts that the farmers’ market should he located advantageously near the wholesale center. it is point ad out that there would he several gnod locations between these whole. sale houses adjacent to the Baltimore and Ohin tracks and a retail market around the Convention Hall gite at Fifth and K streets. This proposal by the Baltimore and Ohio Rallroad is supported by a num- har of the produce dealers themselves. A petition signed hy 135 of the large commissfon men waa presented to the ity planning sroup and the co-ordi nating committee on July 20. One week later 27 prominent produce dealers held a conference with Baltl more and Ohio officials at which they unanimously indorsed the Eckington site, west of the railroad tracks, both north and south of the present Ralti- more and Ohio vards just north of Torida avenue and east of Eckington place. These vards have a present capacity of 523 cars, which shows that the smaller dealers would not have to have trackelde factifties. but would h@ve abundant opportunity to truck their supplies trom the cars in the yards. Public Hearing Asked. The petition of the produce dealers to the City Planning Commission atated We. the undersigned, dealers in vegetahles. fruits, meats and other food products, being vitally concerned in the selection and location of the new Municipa! Farmers’ Market, hereby petition for a public hearing before any selection is made by this commissian, in order that we may 1av before your commission our views as to the most desirable and beneficial lncation of the same. We believe that a site in the vicinity of Eckington place, First street and Florida avenue would be a most desirable one for many reasons, which we would lke to place hafore yvour commission.” Those who attended the conference on 27 and unantmously indorsed the Eckington site were P. Leishear. A. N. Murphy, A. R Lawrence, Lloyd Ii. Abbott.” Philip Libonate, E. M. Moreland. H. J. Klein, Fred Spicer, J. L. Sherwood. Jr. 1. B. Wineberger, E. W. Wid- mavyer, Gilbert Leventhal, N. J. . R. Sherwood. Frank Allen Marshall, Roy Hickman. W McConkey, 12 H. Heitmuller, 8elf, ¥. D. Parrish. There Is a misconception that the T'nion Station act prohibits the Bal- timore and Ohio Railroad from doing a frelght business south of Florida avenue. it {8 stated. That act pro- vides for one track, the west track hetwean Union Station and Florida avenue. to be used excluaively as a freight track, and that is a Baitimore and Ohio track. This track now serves Swift & Co, at L. street. the Terminnl Storage Company. seven eoal yards and the District Commis- sioners have two sidings. Pennsylvania Shut Out. North of Florida avenue the Bal- timore and Ohio Ralroad controls the territory west of the railroad tracks, the Metropolitan Branch circling around, while the Pennsylvania Rail- road is shut off from freight service by the passenger train tracks which are an effective harrier to use of land eastward of the passenger vard. In this area along the Baltimore and Ohio tracks, which is now urged for A wholesale section, more than three score concerns, some of which are the largest {ndividual food Atstributors in the city, already have located warehouses. which the Baltimore and Ohio officlals empha- size i{s the best proof that business men, figuring the actual. practical cold caeh advantage of location suit- able for general distribution and de- Uvery all over the City of Washing- ten have seen fit to establith their businesses. The Raltimore and Ohlo officlals throw interesting list on the question of how food supplies reach Washing- v admit that the statement made by advocutes of the or waterfront Jlocation, that the great bulk of perishable freight consigned to Washington from the South comes through the Potomae vards, 4 miles distant in Virginia, but they point out that the greater percentage of the perishable freight for Washington does not come from the South. They quote from reports of the Department of Agri- culture showing that during the y!r Railroad 1925, 6.730 carloads of fruit and vege-| tables were received at Washington. Of these, 106 were from unknown points of origin, leaving 6,624 cars from known potnts of origin. Of these 6,824 cars, 2028 cars, or about 31 per cent, originated in States from which the shipments must nec- essarily move through the Potomac yards. . Shipments from other South- ern States (Virginia, Tennessee. Ala-| bama. Mississippi and Arkansas), which need not necessarily all move through Potomac yards. totaled 766 cars, or about 12 per cent. The total is about 43 per cent of the total movement into Washington. Shipments from Western States to- taled 1,747 cars, or about 26 per cent of the total movement. From East- ern States the movement totaled 033 cars, or about 31 per cent. This total 1s 57 per cent. Apple Shipments Pointed Out. Attention is called to the fact that there is a large movement of apples to Washington from the Shenandoah Valley section of Virginia, which ter- ritory is served directly by the Baiti- more and Ohio, which claims that it can, therefore, handle it more expedi- tiously to Washington than any other railroad. Particular attention is called to the fact that the Baltimore and Ohio has a larger mileage than any other rail- road in the State of West Virginia, which is likewise a large apple-pro- ducing territory, growing rapldly in volume from year t@ year. . Tt can be readily seen, the officials argue, that the Baltimore and Ohio is in position to offer much superior service to Washington from West Virginia than that of any other rail- road entering this district. Much emphasis has been placed by the advocates of the water front or Potomac terminals site. which is a Pennsylvania Raflroad proposition, on the circuitous route from the Potomac vards in Virginla to Eckington as against the direct haul to Water street. Tt has been claimed that this ras an additional distance of about 22 The Baltimore and Ohio offi clals say in reply that the distance from Potomac yards to Eckington ix miles. about 18 miles greater than the dis- tance from Potomac yards to Water street. They compute this mileage from tariff on file with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Balti- more and Ohio route in hauling per- ishables coming into Potomac vards from the South is passed the Water street tract by way of Benning to Tuxedo. to Alexandria Junction near Hyattaville and then back into the New York avenue yards at Eckington place. By this routing the Baltimore and Ohio figures that on the largest possible movement through Potomac yards of 2.844 cars to Fckington they would have 51,192 car miles longer haul than would be necessary to Water street. Other Circuitous Routings. But to offset this they call attention to other circuitous routings involved in handling Washington’s perishable shipments. Those from States west of the Mississippi River must move by way of St. Louis or Chicago. On all this produce from the West and the Southwest the Baltimore and Ohio claime a decided advantage because Washington {8 on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio, and these perish- ables come in over the Metropolitan branch through Rockville and Ken- sington, while Washington is on a branch line of the Pennsylvania Rail , as the main line runs through isburg. and perishables must swing from Harrisburg to Baltimore and then back to Washington. From St. Louis to Washington the mileage via the Pennsylvania is 9 via the Baltimore and Ohio. 891- difference in favor of the Baltimore and Ohio of 94 miles. From Chicago to Washington the distance via the Pennsylvania is 84 miles, via the Baltimore and Ohio, T§: miles—a difference in favor of th Baltimore and Ohio of 58 miles. This difference would apply from all Western points via the Pennsylvania as compared with Baltimore and Ohio mileage. Making a conservative calculation. the lesser difference of 58 miles may be taken as a basis. In 1925 there were 1.747 cars from Western States, which at 58 additional miles per car would give 101,326 greater car mileage via the Pennsyl- vania to Washington on these ship. ments as compared with the Baltimore and Ohio mileage. Therefore, in handling fruits and vegetables into Washington, figuring that the haul from Eastern States would be the same as via both lines, the following results are shown: Greater mileage from Potomac Yards to Eckington via_Baltimore and Ohio compared with Water street via Pennaylvania, 51,192 car miles. Greater mileage from the West via Pennsylvania than via Baltimore and Ohlo, 101 car miles. Which would make a lower mileage in favor of the Baltimore and Ohio on the total perishable business into Washington of 50.134 car miles. Further Claims. The Baltimore and Ohio claims an advantage also in the direct haul on produce from the North through Baltimore, through Laurel and Hyatts- ville. directly into the New York ave- nue vards. The Baltimore and Ohio spokesman also meets the objection that extra icing would be necessary at Potomac Yards during the Summer season on shipments of perishable food products for delivery at Eckington, and that this would increase the cost of the produce. They say that this state- ment was probably based on misin- formation and that the fact is that when a car arrives at Potomac Yards it is inspected, and if reicing is nec- essary, it 1s reiced. regardless of whether it is for deilvery at Water street or Eckington, and there is no additional charge made against the shipper or consignee. The arrange- ment on icing is that the shipper pays the cost of leing from point of ship- ment to destination. The bugaboo of the Loughborough Belt Line, which has been revived by advocates of the South Washington site who claimed that use of the Eck- ington area as a wholesale center would bring this belt line into opera- tion, and which provoked an editorial of warning in the City Club Tribune, is definitely laid at rest by the Balti. more and Ohio officials, who say that there is no connection whatever be- tween these two propositions. Distances About Equal. They say the Baltimore & Ohio haul from Potomac Yards to Ecking- ton by way of the proposed belt line would be about equal to the haul by way of the present route. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad now has a belt line in operation practically around the city from Fourteenth and Water streets via Benning and Hy- attsville to the New York avenue yards and then by the Metropolitan branch, the Georgetown junction, swinging around by Chevy Chase Lake, Bethesda, Somerset and the Dale Carlia Reservoir, down into Georgetown near the junction of Rock Creek with the Potomac River. This is an old established belt line, which has been in operation for more than 20 years. The proposed Loughborough Belt, Liné would swing through practically the same area. It proposed to take over the Washington & Old Dominion Line from Potomac Yards, to build through west to Ballston, across the river near the Maryland line and con- nect up with the Georgetown branch of the Baltimore & Ohio, or a paralel- ling line. The Loughborough plan was to cross the Baltimore & Ohio near Georgetown Junction, make an- other crossing near Hyattsville, then to connect with the Pennsytvania lino near MaGruder Station and to con- nect with the W. B. & A, “The Raitimore & Ohio officials say they have no interest in the proposed NDAY STAR. Top, left to cars, Center—Map wholesale market Bottom, left sect Large n of Washington. new WASHINGTO ight—Plant of the John H. Wilkins Co., wholesale groce warehouse of the Sanitary Grocery D. C, SEPTEMBER 5. 1926—PART 1. Baltimore and Ohio freight yard at New York avenue, with a capacity of ¢ trackside area from L street to Rhode Island avenue northeast, which Baltimore and h can be served from sidings and from New York avenue yard. Ohio Railroad officials advocate for a . with a city-wide distribution and packing plant of Swift & Co., which Loughborough Line and that even it | they were to make a connection from | the present Baltimore & Ohio connee- | tion in Georgetown to Potomac Yards, | it would mean a longer haul through that westward route than by the pres ent eastward swing via Renning and Hyattsville to the New York avenue vards. Water Street Features. 1t has heen urged that the Water street site is open to all sections of the city. because it spreads out like a fan to the west, north and e; The B. & O. officials argue that such a fan- like location is not ideal, but that an ideal condition would he a location in the center of the points of consump tion, with streets leading in all direc- tions. In Eckington, they sav, the nearest approach to this condition can be found on property adjacent to a railroad The center of population in Wash- ington has been given as in the vicin ity of Fourth and M streets. The Eckington district is within about a half mile of this point, it is stated, whereas the distance to Water street is over two miles from this point A check of the retail grocery stores and markets, other than chain store: shows the following number of such stores in the different sections of Washington Northwest sectlon, about 60 per cent; northeast section, about 18 per cent; southwest section, about & per cent; southeast section, about 14 per cent. Because of the shorter haul and the fact it would he possible to avoid the section of Washington where traffic is heaviest, the stores in the north- western and northeastern sections, about T8 per cent of the total number, could be more easily reached from the Eckington district than from Water street, it is stated. The location of the distributing plant of the National Geographic So- clety in the Eckington area is pointed to as visual evidence of the advan- tage of this section from a distribut- ing standpoint. That building w erected originally for the Schlitz Brewing Co., which distributed its product all over the cit Established Warehouses. other ‘large business con cerns which have established ware- houses with track-side facilities in the Eckington section are: Terminal Stor- age Co., which is engaged in ware- house storage; Swift & Co., meats and provi ational Mortar Co., build- ing supplies; Malloney Paving Co.. street paving; Fadeley & Co., coal; Consolidated Coal Co., Marlow Coai Co., Chapman Coal Co., Agnew coal; Griffith Coal Corporation, National Biscult Co., Fries, Beall & Sharp; Sanitary Grocery Co., Piggl Wiggly Stores, Incorporated; Parl Transter Co., National Radiator Co.. Loose-Wlles Biscuit Co., United States Mail Repair Fainber; John H. Wilkins Co William A. Pierce Lumber Co., the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea R. B. Phelps, Asher Fireproofing C Iron-Clad Roofing Co., McLeod Cuf Stone Co., American Radiator Co., James A. Messer, Kane Transfer C Simmons Bed Co., Barber & Ruoss, Scott Gas Appliance Co., Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Dalco Lubricants, Incorporated: G. Schafer & Co. Delco Light Co.. Refrigerator, Incor- porated; Pintsch Gas Co., Gibbs Stone Co., and Parsons & Hyman, builders. Have No Sidings. Other concerns which have ware- houses in this area without siding al Heckman Co., H. J. Heinz Co., Cooke Waste Paper Co., Southern Dairfes, Sterrett & Co., Central Stor- age and Warehouse Co., Tri-state Trucking Co., D. Hurson, J. E. Smith, Metropolitan Warehouse Co., Asphalt Grave Vault Co., R. M. Hollingshead Co.. Judd & Detwiler, Star Fluid and Remedy Co., Globe Wernicke Co., Wil- Htam F. Cush, National Woodworking Co., J. Carey King, H. L. Micheal, District Waste Paper Co., Stone Straw Co.., W. E. Brenizer Co., Jacobs Transfer Co., Peoples Drug Stores and Western Electrie Co. Concerning the farmers’' market, Eckington would he as short a haul | for farmers from Prince Georges | County as Water street and a much shorter haul for farmers from Mont- gomery County. it is stated. It is understood that little produce is haul- ed in from Virgihia. Further, it has been estimated that ahout 30 truckloads of fruit or produce are hauled daily from Raltimore to Washington.. A location at Fekington | would give at least a two- shorter Among DISPOSAL OF CENTER MARKET SITE HELD WITHIN U. S. RIGHTS! Claim That Land Would Revert to O'Neill The question as to the reversion of the land eontained in the site of the Center Market to the original gran tees in the event that the property is abandoned as a market has been made the subject of legal study in the National Park and Planning Com missfon, and Fred L. Coldren, secre- tary of the commission, has rendered an exhaustive opinion, in which he says that the land {8 the absolute property of the Government to do with it it_chooses. The Investiga- tion was made following a suggestion made to officlals of the office that the land would revert to the *“O'Neil” helrs. After furnishing coples of the orders of George Washington and John Adams ordering the conveyance of the streets and squares in the city shington to certain commis- he points out that the plat 1z the holdings of the 19 orig inal proprietors of the land on which the city Is located shows the Center Market property was included in the holdings of David Burnes. In support of his opinion, he quotes the decision of the I'nited States Supreme Court in the Van Ness case, which was an action by Peter Van Ness and his wife, an only ;daughter of David Burnes. It was claimed by the plaintiffs in this suit that under the act of Con- gress of 1822 the Government was ad- vertising for sale certain lots included in certain reservations or “appropria- tiol Aas they were then called, shown on the plat of Washington City. as reserved for public purposes: that the Government had no right to sell these reservations for private use: and if it dld so. the original proprie- tors or thelr helrs were entitled to reversionary rights or Interest. All Features Analyzed. “The Supreme Court,” sa) the Coldren opinion, ‘“elaborately dis cussed every feature of this case and held that by the agreement made be. tween George Washington and the 19 original proprietors, by which the or- iginal proprietors were to absolutely convey complete title to their property to the United States. represented by trustees, the United States was to re- tain title to all streets, without com pensation: that proprietors wera to receive pounds per acre for the tracts indicated as public reservations, and that all the balance of the prop- erty was to be equally divided be- tween the original proprietors and the United States. : ““The Supreme Court says: ‘The grants were made for the foundation of the Federal City, and the publie faith was necessarily pledged when the grants were accepted to found haul for these trucks as compared with the haul to Water street, it is argued, o that, counting the return movement, each truck would have four additional miles haul, or about 36,000 truck miles a year. F your Labor Day Outing is to be via Motor Coach, consult the advertisements in The Star's Motor Coach Lines classifica- tion. Convenient sched- ules are listed to many popular sections in va- ious directions. such city. The very agreement to found a city was of itself a most val uable consideration for these grants. Tt changed the nature and value of | Successo the property to an almost incalculable extent. The land was no longer to be devoted to mere agricultural purposes, but acquired the extraordinary value ! of city iots. ‘The proprietor so considered it. In this very ment they state the motive of thelr proceedings in a plain and intelligible manner.’ “Their agreement reads as follows ‘We, the subscribers, in consideration of the great benefits we expect to de- rive from having the Federal City laid off upon our lands. do hereby agree and bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, to convey in trust * * % The Presi- dent 'shall have the sole power of directing the Federal City to be laid off In what manner he pleases. He may retain any number of squares he may think proper, for public im- provements or other public uses: for the squares or lands, in an) which shall be taken for publi ings, or any kind of public improve ments or uses, the proprictors, whose lands are taken, shall receive at the rate of 25 pounds per acre, to be pald by the public.’ Changes Were Inevitable. “The court proceeds: ‘They mu have also contemplated that a munici- pal corporation must soon be created to manage the concerns. and police. and public interests of the city: and that such a corporation would and ought to possess the ordinary powers for municipal purposes * * the authority to widen or alter stre and to manage, and in many in. stances, to dispose of, public_property, or vary its appropriation. No human foresight could take in the great varjety of events which might render great changes in the plan, form and location of the city indispensible for the heaith. the comfort.and the pros- perity of the city. * * ¢ The appro- priation of these squares for public use would not necessarily carry with it an implied obligation that they should forever remain dedicated to those uses and none other. ‘On June 29, 1791, the proprietors severally executed deeds of indenture to consummate tho agreement of the agree- | I { think the; They are all in the same form and contaln the same declarations of trust. That executed hy David Rurnes, which included the Center Market reservation, convers to Thomas Beall and John M. Gantt (the trustees designated by the Presi dent) all the lands of the proprietor within the bounds of the city, upon the following trusts, viz: That all the sald lands, etc., as may be thought necessary or proper to be laid out together with other land within the sald limits of the Federal ¢ such streets, squares, parcels and lots as the President of the United States, for the time being. shall ap- prove; and that the said (the. tr &hall convey to the Commi: > the time being appointed by virtue of the act of Congress * * % and their for the use of the United States forever, all the said streets, and &uch of the said squares. pareels and lots as the President shall view proper for the use of the United States Provision for Payment. ‘Provision then is made that the 25 pounds per acre to be paid by the United States for the squares should be paid_out of the proceeds of such sales. In pursuance of this last pro- vision. Beall and Gantt, the trustees, made a conveyance of the premises on November 30, 1796, to certain Commissioners, appointed under the act of Congress, subject to the trusts then remaining to be executed. *“This view of the matter renders it unnecessary for the court to go into an examination of the facts i sisted upon in the answer to repeal the allegations in the bill, or to dis prove the equity which it asserts. If the United States possesses, as we do, an unqualified fee in the streets and squares, that defeats the title of the plaintiffs and definitely disposes of the merits of the cause. ‘The Center Market property,” Mr. Coldren continues, “heing included in the plat ‘transferred by David Burnes, as original proprietor, I can sea no ground for aseertion that any O'Neill heirs could have any interest in this property in any event, and the above decision seems to settle the right of the Government to dispose of this property for any purpose it sees fit whether we devote its use to construc tion of Federal buildings or sell it outright to individuals if we should s0 choose. “The name ‘O’'Neill'’ does not ap- pear in the list of 19 original pro- prietors, which has always heen pub- licly known. I am wondering if this individual has not confused possibly the famous ‘Peggy O'Nefll, who ac- quired notoriety during the adminis- tration of Andrew Jackson, some 80 vears later, with the wife of Peter an Ness (who was the only daughter of David Burnes) or some other char- acter. I find nothing to indlcate that any O'Neill heirs are interested in the property conveyed by the original pro- prietors for the foundation of the City of Washington. preceding March. [ a2 : : Closed Tomorrow (Labor Day) First showing of latest styles m Women’s and Misses’ Frocks, Coats, Furs and Millinery. Also Final Sale of all Summer Dresses. Maper Bros. & Co. 937-939 F St. N.W, Shop of Quality 990000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000 S aad Prepare to Avert Typhoid at Scene Of Tropic Storm By the Associated Press. Steps to forestall a typhoid out- break in Houma. La.. where a tropical storm struck week hefore last, have been taken, the Amer- ican Red Cross was advised yester- day. . The State Board of Health has sent a laboratory boat. two bactert- ologists and a nurse to aid local health officers and the Red Cross. and all residents are being fnocu lated against the discase. Several old cases of typhold have been re ported, but none due to the storm, the telegram to headquarters here said. The State Conservation Depart- ment has made available a boat for supplying fresh water to the city The Red Cross estimated that about two months would be re quired for the work of rehabilita tion. REVENUE BUI'LDING WORK BEGINS SOON | WITH CLEARING SITE (Continued from First Page) and foundation enue buflding. “This half will oceupy the square to be ruzed, and the western half of the present farmers' market so that by the time the District is ready to va cate that part of the farmers’ mariet in Junuary, the Treasury may have let contracts for the excavation and foundation. Thus there will be no delay in the progress of the first building under the program. Col. Bell stated vesterday afternoon that there is nothing more to be done by the Commisioners with regard to relocating the farmers' market until after the meeting of the Park and Planning Commission in October. 1l Go to Congress. It the Planning Commission an nounces its decision at that time as to where the farmers’ market should go, Col. Bell said the Commission- ers would tuke steps immediately to prepare for Congress whatever esti- mates are necessary to cover actual relocation. In the event the permanent site recommended for the farmers’ market is already owned by the Government, the only fund needed will be to take down the existing steel sheds on B street between Tenth and Twelfth, and the erection of them again on the new site, If the location decided upon s not already CGovernment for half of the rev owned. the estimate will have to jn- | l0foma clude the purc It was 1se. indicated noon that District do not anticipate that there will be any di ference of opinion between them aud the planning commission when the market recommendation finally decided upon, in view of the fuct t municipal officials have been waorkin, after is | mammals - |to the Zoo every | thing they | be | but quite often | worth capturing. country it | few | When : ; ‘ i with the planning body on the mar ket-site problem. SHERIFF TO éET REWARD, CAMBRIDGE MAYOR SAYS North Carolina Official Who Holds Prisoner Despite Writ to Re- ceive $500. | By the Assoclated Prese f | CAMBRIDGE, Mass 4.—If the Sheriff of Waynesville who 1= holding George Farley untfl_the Cambridge police pay the $500 reward, will write the ticulars of the capture, he ean the money, Mayor Edward Quinn said tonight. Farley Is charged with the murder of Fugene Crawford. negro. here When first arrested in North Caro lina, the court Waynesville gave him freedom a writ of corpus. The governor. howeve sranted extradition and ordered his ‘arrest. Sheriff Cabe his man, but has refused to honor the September N par on | him | | have | habeas | recaptured | extradition demand until he has been | paid the $500 reward offered The two officers who had made second trip south for Farley did not have that amount with them. ARLINGTON HOTEL SOLD. Maddux. Mn‘rshnl'l‘ Moss & Mallory Firm Buys Inn. The Arlington Hotel, on Verment avenue hetween K and L street heen purchased by Maddux, M all, Moss & Mallory, it was announced by _that firm last night. The statement said that the hotel would be operated in conjunction with the Martinique and Cairo ifo- | tels and Tilden Hall i al 1 | | | they will breed ir the | produce material | Zoo | but they | stream ANIMALS CAPTURED HERE GIVEN 10 200 Toads, Snakes. Bats, Also Herons and Owls Swell Park Collection. the Africa or Not all animals at from the jungles of America. Even in the backya ton suburbs there are cres ning wild which make ditions to the coliection tional Zoological Park A considerable number coms South is of Washing res run- valuable ad of the Na birds, are presented ear by local col lectors who, happening to trap some never have seen before fome to the conclusion that it must something UNKNown to science. This. of course. is the ature is wel neve During the past week, for instance the Zoo recelved from a nearby col lector an owl with a face like a monkey—a near relative of the heot | owl bird's face not familta it. The *that the faced resemblanes superticial close exan i on in the o hut that The would with monke: is only nation the hods weirdness attract w they are strictl residents 1 the cap tor is likely to thir as u renl prize. Another was captur a zreat hlue heran 1 local ornithologist near the Eastern Branch and pre sented to the This bird, al- though still fairly common in it wild astate, seldom is seen In eollections. 1t is difficult to capture alive. 1¢ it Is injured in the process of capture it probably will die in captivity owls, bats. queer little toa snakes frequently are con- tributed. While the Zon sometimes ®as & surplus of these. afficiale say they are partienlarly it aptivity and thus exchange pur- the good n ze T valuahle Creaturas recejved at » sure of heing given a home. Really rare animals. it wae probably have heen eliminated fron the near environs of the citv with the rapld spread of the suburhan population. Un ta n few vears there w famile of otter below Chain £ not hean seen f stated Rridge, ibly ba migrated much Ofters alwa Leen further up are interest ical octione, haing mong the wtive and intel lHgent of all the race of mammale The common snakes and foads about Washington e little value. Ithough there alw is chanee that any queer-looking specimen may he a new species or a sport from the exist h will be of real interes time and have ing in zoole in Honduras. 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