Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1926, Page 5

" IVKINLEY HEATING " PLANT PROTESTED for the two schools and that it be lo- cated in the center of the site, utilizink the present heating plant of the Lang- ley School. We note further that, ap- parently in rejection of the commis- sion's recommendation, the plans were drawn for the McKinley School with the heating and power plant located at the corner of Second and 1 east, but that, we contend, is no |the use of more space immediately regson for adding to that nuisance by |south of the building. This objection, the installation of a heating plant at|No. 4, discloses an ultimate purpose a point where it will affect scores of [to abandon or scrap the Langley dwellings and hundreds of people. ,If | plant and its ‘utilization e]mwhere." the prevailing wind is from the south- | In that case the result would bé the ‘west then Eckington would surely be |concentration of the power plants for affected more by the new nuisance | both schools at Second and R streets, than by the old. If, as suggested, the | involving the waste of the cost of an group’ viewpoint is from the schools and the athletic fleld themselves: Those in the school buildings looking south will see Washington with the power plant in the immediate fore- ground, an unsightly spectacle. “It is stated in_the letter of June 23 that the school authorities are of the opinion that the location of the ACCUSED OF GETTING POISON DOSE FALSELY Woman Arrested on Discharge From Ho:plt‘.l—l’ndge Takes SATURDAY heatipg plant at Second and R streets Bond and Gives Lecture. R street. This action, however, was | maintenance of this plant will not |already existing plant. Petition Asks That It Be | Combined With Langley E Unit in Center of Site. A protest against the plan that has T At Tor the emettibALoE K :qr;:: t‘hac the plant be located 1n mid- | hand, hauling of fuel and waste to the | road for other purposes.’ The ques. | Specty & Mistake serlously preluct. | fore at 818 U street, where a fictitious | eating plant for the new McKinley 7 midsquare site would disturb the Mec-|tion arises, ‘What other Burposes® | ticany all home owners, and disfigur- | name was given and the representa- | Technical High School at the corner of Second and R streets northeast, was made to the District Commis- sloners today by a committee repre- senting the residents of Eckington. A petition of protest filed with the Commissioners urged that the plant be placed in the center of the site ac- quired for the new high school in unign with the heating plant of the Langley Junior High School already located there. The petition pointed out that the Placement of the heating plant at Sec- . stated in the order and accofding to | . ond and R streets would add to the | % : which now prevails on R street.be- [advantage of a lower level, we hold, % tmoke nuisance already existing in | the numerals used in that letter. |iween Ickington place and Second [is in any case of slight importance in bers of the committee are George| The City Club will open the Fall Dressing ¥ckington owing to the nearness of Many Reasons Cited. street. This short stretch of street is | view of the fact that water circula- Wyne, Lawrence Rubel, Michael|season at its country home, Landover, Bollle T rilrond tracica on the east: that | ) Coot of eomstruction, It is| & veritable ‘bottle neck,’ carrying a | tion can be easily and cheaply assured | Schaefer, Williame Callahan, George | Md. tomorrow night with an inforel Salad o e Y 4 cabaret dance in honor of Guvler the hauling of fuel and. waste to and from a plant at that location would ndd seriously to the traffic congestion which now prevails ot R street be- not made known to us who had made representations in favor of the mid- square site, and our first intimation that that site had not been adopted was given by the appearance of steam shovels at the corner of Second and R streets excavating for the heating plant. We therefore ask the suspen- sion of this work and the revision of the plan to conform to the recom- mendation of the Commission of Fine “It develops that the reason for the location of the plant at the corner of Second and R stree#s were stated in a letter dated June 23, 1926, ad- dressed to Mr. Frederick M. Sackett, a member of the Senate committee on the District of Columbia, and signed by Lieut Col. J. F. Bell, engi- neer commissioner of the District of Columbia. It is felt that our case should be presented in terms of reply and rejoinder to that letter. We will consider the factors affecting the Second and R street site therein admitted in the letter of June 23 that the factor of cost of construction is in favor of the mid-square site. cause a smoke nuisance, then there is surely no reason why on this sc re the mid-square site should not be chosen. “(3) ‘Nulsance of Hauling’—It is not the case that trucks ‘can enter for service at A (Second and R streets) with little disturbance to a residentjal neighborhood.’ Such entry for service would be a decided nuisance to resi- dents close at hand. On the other Kinley School not at all and the Lang- ley School no more than at present. The haul to that site would be nat- urally from Lincoln road through Seaton street, with a minimum dis- turbance to schools or to residents. It may be noted that the Central High School has a power plant within the bullding, with no evidence of nuisance to any Interest swithin or outside of the school premises. The hauling of tuel and waste to and from a plant at Second and R streets would add serlously to the traffic_congestion heavy flow of traffic concentrating from Second, Third and R streets and Eckington place, with a double street car track, curving at Eckington Economy Also Urged. “(). ‘Cost of Maintenance.’'—TIt is admitted in the letter of June 23 that it would. be cheaper to operate one plant than two. This paragraph does not present any argument against the concentration of the heating plants in midsquare rather than at Second and R streets other than that ‘the Langley plant will be discontinued, so as to utilize the space and service We feel that this question should be answered. The sacrifice of the wel- fare of the residents of Eckington is proposed without any defined compen- sating advantages. It is noted in the letter of June 23 that the corner site is lower in level than any building to be served, and that this is an ad- vantage. The Langley site, we con- tend, if not now lower than any of the buildings to be served, can be made so in the course of the altera- tions which we urge to accommodate the two plants in one building. The by use of a small pump. “(6) ‘Appearances.—We deny that ‘the appearance of the whole of the group of buildings forming the two, is more to be desired for the conven- ience of the administration of the Langley School. We ask for enlight- enment on this point. HAs the Lang- le¥" School been harmfully affected by the location of its heating plant imme- diately in its rear? Was, then, a mis- take made in the planning of the Langley School? We contend that a greater mistake will be made by the location of the plant at Second and R streets, a mistake seriously prejudi- ing as well to a school plant that should stand as an ornament to the city.” — e PLANNING FOR SESQUI. Plans for the next meeting of the Cosmopolitan Club, to be held at the Lee House Thursday night, are being made by a special committee, headed by Frederick J. Rice. Other mem- Lucke, Michael Heister, P. F. Gor- don, James McKee and E. C, Gramm. At'a luncheon meeting of the club yvesterday William King and Mr. Mc- * Charged with making false repre- sentations to obtain poison, Mr: Mabel Louise Simms, 27 years old, of 1121 B street northeast, was arrested by Detective Charles Warfleld on her | discharge from Garfleld Hospital ves- terday after treatment for effects of what was reported as a self-admin istered doso of the poison. ‘Warfield stated that he learned the poison had been obtained at a drug tion made that the poison was for use in sterilizing a cut. When the case came up in Police Court today, Judge Robert E. Mat- tingly took the defendant’s personal bond, at the same time lecturing her. WILL HONOR METZLER. City Club to Open Season at Its Country Home. Metzler, leader in the club’s civic ac- tivitles, according to an announcement by H. J. Odenthal, executive secretary. : : 2) Smoke ‘nuisance. We regard : : tween Eckington place and Second | s place and also at Second street. This | schools will be better with the heating 3¢ Clark_R. Long, assistant director of 2 e statement that ‘'several times as s . & heating) Koe were instructed to make a report Ong, e gtreet, and that the appearance of the | the SIERERt tUC SETEree LA by |15 now a point of danger. With a | plant at A (Second and R strects).’ |, the question of the club being rep- the Engraving Bureau, and Mr: whole of the group of the buildings forming the two schools will be better with the heating plant in the center of the site. Copeland Backs Stand. At the outset of the hearing Com- missioner Rudolph read a telegram he recelved from Senator Copeland of | ;¢ ag stated in the Commissioner’s|trance to the athletic field. It is also 1 New York expressing his opinion it | jeiter, “the prevailing winds are from |acknowledged that the enlargement ippedrances ot fhe wholp (of tHe A Special No. 2Y> would be a mistake to locate the heat- | the southwest’” the smoke from the Sec- | of the Langley School plant would re- . e fng plant at Second and R streets.|ond and R street plant would be blown | quire but little additional, area. We Price for This Can Nenator Copeland indorsed the pro-|directly across the closely built section |do not agree that that additional area Week Only e the McKinley plant ‘The promised to mive the protest reful and sym- pathetic consideration.” Engineer Commissioner Bell explained that a restudy of the use of the McKinley site would be necessary in view of posal to combi the plans of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission to xs locate a swimming pool there. 1321 M st N w - ’ c The principal argument in support . N.W. e ©f the relocation of the heating plant was made by G. A. Lyon, who de- clared that the petition of protest was primarily an appeal from the de- eision to locate the plant at Second and R streets. Mr. Lyon also read the petition of protest. committee her embers of th |-nyL|)x"os’;xr1tlrl'\‘:'nl‘):;rw.:(lr’m: of Bcking- and bath only......... ton “were William G, ~ Henderson, e : 3 E. Tew, Robert H. Aleorn, &, K. Shechan and 3Villiam D. Single or double breasted Easy Walk to Busi Hurts the Xranking. Mr. Henderson empha- 'y 0 business Dirt, b ¢ Not a es first e keesinenualisiSousT o8 B styles of blue serge or blue Section and Departments ok ’H" de! L (3 ington in e Vi ty o the ne ‘hool and declared that he knew P the Hands! B e neasastsy for placing the power unfinished worsteds will be as H R HOWENSTE]N CO plant at Second and R streete. popular as ever this fall, . A\ s eti rotes LEH . The petition of protest follo 1311 H ST. N.W. Text of Protest. “We, the undersigned residents of Eckington, acting in behalf of those whose names are attached to a peti- power plant for the new McKinley iligh School at the corner of Sec- ond and R streets northeast, and plead for its location in the center of the site chosen and acquired for that institution in union with the heating and power plant of the ngley Junior High School already We base this protest grounds: | L located there. and this plea upon three That the location of the heating and power plant on the midsquare site would be more economical in con- struction and mainte that it Will be more sanitary, causing less | Juisance from the emission of smoke and that it will be less unsightly and | wrtistically _more in keeping with | the surroundings “We note that this matter was dis- cussed before mmittee of Con- ind that the suggestion® of mmissioner Bell and the request of .ertain members of Congress Inter- ested in District affairs, the question was referred to the Commission of Fine Arts, which after an examination of the premises recommended that there should be but one heating plant the B (mid-square) location as com- pared with the corner site as an error of fact. The mid-square plant would be a full block from any residence in- stead of the width of Second street if the plant were located at Second and R, with residences immediately con- tiguous on R street east and west. ot Eckington lying east of the school site, It is true that a smoke nuisance already exists in Eckington owing to the nearness of the railroad tracks on driveway opened to the power plant at the proposed site this danger would be greatly increased. ‘(4) ‘Utilization of Site’—It is ad- mitted in the letter of June 23 that the Second and R streets site, being in a corner, could be utilized in several ways for athletic purposes or for en ‘is of great value to provide for the completion of the Langley School.’ The plans for the enlargement of the School do not contemplate 45 From what viewpoint is the ance of the group to be taken? Irom the outside of the group, surt There can be no argument in favor of ob- truding a power plant at the point of main approach. 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