Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1927, Page 5

FARMERS' MARKET Advocates of Mideity and| Southwest Locations in Splrlted Controversy With a mass of testimony before it regarding various proposed sites for | a new Farmers' Market, the Senate District committee will meet within a few days to decide whether Congres should specify the loc the House biil, which allows the Com- missioners to make the, selection. The final hearing yésterday after- moon developed a spirited debate be- tween a mideity and a Southwest site, with the main point of controversy being whether the et should be considered as a whole Wrisley Brown, officlal of a storage plant and spokesman fon the Southwest Business Men's Associa- | tion, bore the brunt of the argument for that section of the city yesterday, contending that the wholesale portion + of Washington's food-distribution sys s being concentrated south of all and that the Farmers' Mar ntially a wholesale unit Says Farmers Would Suffer. Mr. Brown declared that with the id storage plants located in South- west and with the large Potomac frelght vards lying only a few mile beyond the city in that direction, a wholesale market area will develop in the Southwest in any event, and he predicted that the farmers themselves will suffer if they are placed in mid- city or Eckington he Southwest advocates had sev- eral Virgina farmers present to sup- port their arguments, but the Mary- land farmers reiterated their previous stand in favor of a mideity location, | near Fifth and K streets. Dr. T. B. Symons, speaking for the farm bureaus of Pr orges and Montgomery Counties. Md., testified that there are 500 farmers involved in the local market situation, of which number 350 come from Maryland, 60 | from Virginia and 35 from within the | District. He said his organizations | are convinced the best interests of the | farmer call for a midcity location, which would be accessible to the ma- jority of farmers and to the dealers and householders who buy from the farmers. Farmer for Mideity Location. H. A. Friday, a Maryland producer, told the committee he could mot un- derstand the interest taken in the farmers by those who advocate plac- ing them in the Southwest, adding that the farmers preferred to take their chances at a midcity location. . Toward the close of the hearing Jo- seph F. Robinson, advocate of the Southwest site, told Thairman Capper | that although the bill which has passed the House does not specify a | site, he understood the Commissioners have virtually decided to buy a square in Eckington for the Farmers’ Market and that they should have seid so. Senator Capper asked him on what he based his belief, to which Robinson said it was plain from the discussion | which took place in the House rela- | tive to the closing of a street in Eck- ington that it was intended to buy a site in that area. Robert Strobel of the Southwest Cit- | izens’ Association urged location of | the Farmers' Market in that sectlon. | Referring to the indorsement given the midcity site by the Citizens’ Ad- | visory Council, he said the Southwest | had no member o1 the council. Brown Quotes Acts of Congress. Mr. Brown quoted various acts of Congress for the past 40 years to bear out his contention that the tendency | fn Congress has been to concentrate | the wholesale food system of Wash- ington in Southwest and he argued the Farmers’ Market is a wholesale | agency. Dr. S#mons replied that in advocating a site north of Pennsylva- nia avenue the farmers are looking into the future rather than into the | past. | Traffic congestion entered into the discussion. Mr. Brown said there is no traffic congestion in the south- | west, leaving room for the traffic that | a market center would generate. Dr, | Symons argued that to place the. Farmers' Market in the extreme south- ern corner of the city would make it; necesary for the food to pass through the heart of the city to get to the market and be hauled back through | the business section by the buyers. | Referring to the indorsements given | |or three, artel | meeting to see Gov. | man | Commiss { posed Lee boule the midcity location by a large num- ber of citizens' associations, Mr. Brown questioned the extent to which | those associations represent their | communities and asked the committee to find out how many persons were | present at each meeting, if those in- dorsements are to be considered. Mr. | Brown also said he understood most | of these associations voted under the | impression that the Center Market | was to be moved-with the farmers’ line | to midcity, Whereas it now develops | that Center Market is not. to be dis- turbed for the time being. Senator Warns of Opposition. Senator Sackett of Kentucky ob-| served that there would be consider- | able opposition in Congress to leaving | Center Market where it is, and that | he did not think Congress would be | providing for new public buildings in | ¥he triangle If Center Market was to be left there. ‘A 3. Driscoll of the Mid-City Citi- | zens’ Association defended the action | taken by the citizens’ associations and said that nothing was done by him to give the associations the impression | that Center Market was to be moved with the Farmers’ Market. H. L. Bushong of the Columbia Helghts Assoclation sald he was under the Impression, When his association voted, that Center Market also would go to mideity. H. B. Derr and C. P. Jones, farmers of Fairfax, Va., advocated the South- west location. Fire at I.angworth Home. A chimney fire in the home of Rej resentative Longworth, Speaker the Hous: 09 Massachusetts av ne, yesterday, brought out firemen from No. 9 engine company to extin zuish the blaze. Little damage resulted. | Tess than a month ago firemen were called to the same house when a back draft filled the dwelling wiht smoke, but no fire was discovered at that time. (CREERON 'Between F and G Sts. N:W. 614 12th St. N. W. Advanced Spring Hats for Immediate Wear in Extra Large Headsizes 5.00, $7.50 to $12.50 Fashioned of belting, satin and taffeta, combined with lustrous straws In dress, tallored, and sport styles to suit the miss, young woman and youthful matron. Allthe new colors. Specialist on Extra Large Headsize Hats. CREEROQN, 614 12th St, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., FRIDAY, JAN UARY 28, 1927. Jingineers from the State Highway | Department of Virginia will be in Arlington County within a fortnight prepared to begin an immediate sur- | vey for at least one, and possibly two highways through the county, it was revealed at a meet ing of prominent citizens of the county held at the City Club last night at the call of the Lee Highway Assoclation. Support of the Governor's Park and Planning Commission, the County Su pervisors, the Arlington County Cham- ber of Commerce and all organ in the county behind the movement to provide at least two main highws through the county and their ~un|mn of a movement to perpetuate the op tions already secured by the Lee High. way Association for a boulevard were urged by Dr. S. Johnson, president of the associ A committee was appointed at the Byrd and Chair- of the State Highway fon at Richmond and urg upon the commission the necessity for immediate action on the location of 200-foot Lee M fon Shirley | artertal highways through the county, | because of the fact that many of the options already secured for the pro ard expire April 1. This committee is composed of W. J Ingram of the County Board oi Super visors, Ashton Jones of the Straight-to-the-Bridge Association, C. Ahalt of the Chamber of (vnlmfllnu E. L. Kirkpatrick of the County Civie Federation and son of the Lee Highway Association. Commission Is Urged. Formation of a commission in the | county similar to the National Capital Park and Planning Commission for Washington, with a paid executive officer, to further the entire program of county development was urged by MaJ. Carey H. Brown, chairman of the co-ordinating committee of Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Commission. His suggestion was backed by Frank Lyon, prominent realtor of Fairfax County, who de- clared that “we need some radical THE BOYS SHOP (@ ON THE SECOND PLOOR OF THE P-B STORE Two Important Sale Features for Saturday Grouping $12.50 to $15 Boys’ Two-Knicker Suits 5105 —and $18 to $25 Two-Knicker Suits to Sell for © $13.7 While Dad is buying his suit on the first floor for $25—and saving money on the transaction —son can select his from two sale groups and save as much in proportion. These two sale groups include about every wanted style and fabric. 18 years. Boys’ School Overcoats Were $12 to $35 Now $10.75 to $27.75 The weather reports only serve to confirm the fact that there are two full months of And this sale confirms the fact that such exceptional savings should be taken advantage of immediately. Winter ahead. Single and double breasted styles, English box coats—coats for school and dress occa- sions—for boys of 10 to 18 years. \ \ \ [ i All Heavy-Weight Sweaters Are Now _1/4 Off 'STATE'S ENGINEERS TO BEGIN RLINGTON HIGHWAY SURVEYS S"E IS BEBAIED Lee Assocxatlon Head Holds Virginia Offi- cials Soon to Start Work on Arte- rial Routes in County. i { ifl = | installed and also conduits, so that all | high tenslon lines and telegraph and | telephone lines may be placed under ground. As now placed, the opera tion of the service over these wires is interfered with by the growth of trees, resulting In the mutilation of treetops or the actual cutting down of trees, in | nces, centuries old. Hencefortk every tree of value should be pre- | served and the roadside should be beautified by the planting of trees, whose growth should not be interfered with by the wires. “In order to finance the program, I propos county bond elec n for as large an amount a legal itations will permit. This should be supple of the | mented by such funds the State the [ may be induced to supply securing the necessary land to widen every street that is now too narrow, %0 that before any more buildings are erected there may be a sufficient width of right of way to take care vehicular traffic ; vears hence, 50 3 hence and 1,000 vears hence, provided the face of the county remains unchanged and the Republic endures with Washing- | ton as its Capital. The selection of | the streets to be widened, together | with the width to be secured, should be made by expert city planners, and the assistance of the National Pa and Planning Commission should secured. - “It is apparent will include the widening out narrow tbroat at Rosslyn and widening as much as ible of lLee | hixnwavz through l')\»’n'\rlfl» u-u,«[ Assoclation Asks Support. the county. It Is also evident that a| . “Specifically, Lee Highway Assocla wide thoroughfare, as wide as pos- | tlon requests the united support of the sible, should be provided for the direct | Kovernor's commission, the county su- | route through Clarendon to Falls| pervisors, the Chamber of Commerce Church. |ana all "organizations of Arlington | v 5 " | County, in order that there be no de-| Favors Three-Year Prograr lay in ‘the execution of our program | “It goes without sayving that for Lee boulevard boulevard, as designated, should be | County This boule included in the plan, probably Glebe | with the assistance road also, and no doubt there are » engineers of the Nationa others. ark and Planning Commis “The paving as wide and it is reasonable to suppose with funds avatlable of the principal the Federal Government’s co roads opening up Arlington County |operation in the development of the | as & whole to vehicular traffic should | boulevard as we have planned it would | be a part of the program for comple 1nhl b | | Kk be | that this program | change over there, or we'll have a ter- rible situation.” Where the Lee Highway goes is a trifling matter.” Mr. Lyon sald. “The general question of highways is far more important to the county Declaring that Arlington County as a whole has benefited by the activities of the Lee Highway Association, Dr. Johnson said the designation of Lee Highway through Cherrydale, Falls Church and Merrifield to Fairfax Court House and the assoclation's ac- tivitles in opening up the road through Halls Hill to Falls Church are chiefly responsible for the ‘‘wonderful subur- in development, with its great in crease of assessibla wealth across that portion of Arlington County. “Lee Highway Association,” he sald, “with the officials of the ‘straight-to the-bridge’ route and the Arlington County Chamber of Commerce, havi been able to effect an arrangement whereby two and possibly three sur- veys are to be made across the county, entirely at the expense of the com- monwealth of Virginia. These surveys are not to be estimate surveys, but, as I understand, construction survevs, the cost of which will be several thou sand dollars, and when the field work has been done I understand the offi cers at Richmond are to work up plans and_specifications ‘upon which contracts for construction may be let. In iring these surveys Lee High way Assoclation has rendered a dis tinct service not only to the whole of Arlington County, but in particular to the development of a direct road from the Porter Woods through Clarendon to Falls Church. “I would suggest as the first step in county-wide development program RY CLEANIN AT WOODRUFF'S 1s of the ~Highest Quality and it costs yor TLength, Oniy 5. ith N.W. For Estimates, Main 1400, 1101, 7413 Bring or enciose this ad with order. and recommen forthcoming for a route differ- | tion within three vears, so that the|ent from the te which in their dedication of the bridge might include | judgment was best suited to this pur the dedication of the nes | pose in_ Arlington County. “It is further “Before this new paving is laid, and | that by official in order that it might never be torn|Capital Park and Planning Commis- up, a sewer system for the main arte-| sion has pledged its continued co- rial highways of the county should be rom the AVENUE of NI NTH aturday—Last Day of the e transit to be kept in mind action the Natlonal Glaves Anv. Still an excellent assortment of imported English broadcloths, woven madras and oxford cloth shirts —neckband, collar-attached and collar-to-match styles. Sizes 137 to 18 and 33 to 35 inch sleeve lengths. | the et Arlington | & boulevard development. It is further to be considered that there is no possi- bility of securing a 200-foot right of way across Arlington County by any other route. “While we are in full sympathy with the desire of the citizens of Clar- andon, Ballston and others interested in the direct line to Falls Church, for the widening and construction of that road, our position is that this desire should not stand in the way early designation of the allgnment o | our "boulevard as a Federal or & aid road. We are prepared to pledge wur efforts to those who are working for the widening and improvement of the direct route to have the entire mileage of a direct route from the junction point in the Porter Woods to ¢ limits of Falls Church added to tho State ronds system, and we will further render all assistance in our power to have the same paved throughout by the bridge is completed, assuming that we will have thelr full co-operation in our program to have a pavement of re onable width ready for opening Speed Held Essential. W. S. Hoge, jr.. chairman of the right of way committ Highway Assocfation ha ward of a milllon dollar rights of way. “We must have wider T O O O O Hll =For Cornfort S Sake \! —and for the sake of suffering feet, we have provided a # modern Foot X-Ray Machine, with four licensed foot experts in attendance to Applianccs- are here, too! mu I, ‘cut-out” /,////////////////// s R Arch-supporting — effect. Black kid, patent leath- er. Similar style in broton Kid ... $6.50 444 to BE Wide 1 step-in arch-supporting shoe in black satin, patent leather or soft dull kidskin— All with beaded $9 00 buckle 310-312 &fllENlH SINW. Fifty-four Years’ Satlsfactory Service Saturday—Ilast day of the Neckwear Sale 65¢ $1.35 6 for $3.75 4 for $5.25 Hundreds of ties—patterns and shades for serge suit conservatives, and the sort for men who like color. Imported silks—handmade—at $1.35 Saturday—last day of the Sweater Sale $3.85 Regularly 35 to $8.50 Pullover styles, coat styles, crew-neck styles—many patterns. Plaids, checks, plain shades—all sizes, but not in every style. All sizes—from 10 to Saturday—last day of the Pajama Sale $1.85 Regularly $2.50 to $3.50 Flannelettes, madras, soisettes—in [French collar, V- neck and roll-collar styles. Plain and fancy patterns —solid colors, stripes and figured effects. All sizes. Boys’ Fancy Shirt and Blouses Now Yy Off *Trade Mark Regietered Official Headquarters The Avenue at Ninth * NATIONALLY for Boy A Barber Bill Shop Where Kiddies Enjoy a Hasrcut Saturday—last day of the Hosiery Sale 65¢ 6 for $3.50 Full-fashioned lisles, plain and fancy silks, plain and fancy wool hose. None worth less than a dollar a pair and some sold for considerably more. Shoes For Boys Sturdy Shoes for school wear. Boys know these famous Teck Shoes for their fine quality, style and fair price. Scout Equipment The Avenue at Ninth KNOWN STORE* l * NATIONALL of the | | Geographic S time the Arlington | Washington’s largestsstock of Comfort and Orthopedic Shoes, as well as the biggest variety of Wizard Foot ~FIT FOR ALL FEET ~ Arlington County a bond Issue for roads. is statement Dr. John Highway ,!h would s streets,” he sald the plan. and do it right in We must expand now o in a terrible me: Mr. Hog county have i expansion of Virginia. “We situation if we he said. Dr. W. J “speed is essentls aid =a ability and (h(- in the Sho ilevard mat- board of the Lee Highway said “never Mas a great come to any UNSURPASSED UALITY Pure ingredients compounded intelligent chemist 3 H the supe: to take, too. picture between County. I pred step Arlington Coun 1l mean as much to its future hway development.' Defends Bond Issue The tured by proposed_bond Judge W. U such a big bug-a-boo something to sell = county should be bonded up to cent of its realty v ation of & $18,000,000. An opposite view taken by Ashton who said E=® Wintry Weather Shoes for Boys and Girls Jones guarantee correct fitting. PED]C Stormfighter Of tan Elkskin, ‘waterproof soles_and beliows oneue A Big Jackknife tucl l’fl in @ pocket netuded with @ach b 9 1o 1315 Boys' Fam-li-pedic—in a very new inlay design trimmed in lizard effect. In tan kid, patent leath- er trimmed to con- $7.50 trast WALKI\(. and _growing wager. ver wafm'and_comforte ahle through many & mile!. Style shown, tan. with lizard trim 2. : Boys' High Shoes Oxfords for wirls misses oh. Arch-supporting Patent Leather Pumps. Similar styles, dlack kid or black $8-50 satin Wi —sturdy __construction. _welted soles—room for all tocs, as well as extremely styliab. 9 to 13%; FINAL SALE OF THE SEASON Parker-Bridget SUITS and OVERCOATS Continued Tomorrow—~8:30 A goodly percentage of The Star’s sub- scribers found last night’s Sale announce- ment as mtercstmg as the most important news item in the paper. We know they did—they came in and proved it. The sale continues tomorrow—still sev- eral hundred $35, $40 and $45 standard qual- ity Parker-Bridget Suits and Overcoats, $25.