Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1927, Page 11

TH FRIDAY, FEB UARY 11, 1927. WARDMAN PLANS HiEH BUILDING Seeks Permission to Erect| 130-Foot-High Office Struc- ture on Shoreham Site. The Federal-American “Efficiency right— with service in sight.” CLAFLIN EYE- GLASS SERVICE Eighty-five per cent of what you know is learned Through the Eye—statistics have shown |, Plans of Harry Wardman to erect a large office building on the site of the Shoreham Hotel, on the northwest Fifteenth and H streets, | d today in a petition to | ‘ommissgion for a change | restriction on this prop- | Is it import t then, that your eyes be ca ? d for? May We Serve You? | CLAFLIN | Onticians, Optometrists 922 14th St. | " Mr. Wardman asked that the height | {limit be raised from 110 to 130 feet. | His application, in addition to others, | will be considered by the commission at a public hearing in the boardroom Opposite . Franklin Squiire of the District Buflding on Febru- ary 23. ‘Another important change to be considered proposes to rezone the property west of Connecticut avenue between Sedgwick ‘and Tilden streets from residential C to residential A area in order to permit the develop- ment of a large apartment house group. Other proposed changes to be con- sidered follow: Change from residen- tial A, 40-foot height, to residential C, | 60-foot height, property at the south- west corner of Connecticut avenue and Macomb street; change from resi- dential C to first commercial C prop- erty abutting both sides of P street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets. Change from first commercial E to second commercial C property abut- ting the south side of Church street between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets except the Fourteenth street frontage. Change From Residential, Change from residential C 60-foot height to first commercial C 90-foot height property at the northeast corner of Fourteenth and Fairmont strests; change from residential C. to first commercial C property fronting on the west side of Thirteenth street E EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, HANNA SHOWS GAIN INBUS PIPIRTY Makes Annual Report to Board of Directors of Capi- tal Traction Company. The increasing popul motor bus as a mode of tra in Washington is shown 1 report of John H. Hanna, of the Traction which w board ¢ Comy as cited i company pital report re d 's carried in 192 as 63, of whom 1,307,334 rode in the port, “the peak year of traffic, 1926 showed a loss of 24.7 per cent in total by the District in obtaini mobile liccnse plates, we unable up to the present time to get figures showing automobile, licenses issued in 1927 to compare with fig- | a ures compiled in previous years. however, when ailable it will show a crease. cation or stricter traffic s | even more biles in the which dow will tend to red om this type s T Utilities the compa Comn made no refer. i nor does -l m to carry almost one-Half of the pas- sengers transported by the two street railway companies in’ the District. rcentage of the total of 1926 18, compared With 47.14° in the_total rail and bus pas- carriéd by the two street rail- tems, the report said, the a tion Co. carried 46,45 per cent in 1926, as compared with 46.65 n the preceding year. “The gain in passenger re enue,” said the report, “notwithstand- ing the loss in revenu explained by a the number of p our 25-cent bus increase in ngers carried on lines."” Tokens Show Drop. The use ‘of tokens, the- report de- clared, continued to show a decrease. In 1926 the proportion of riders usi) tokéns was 70.8 per cent, while pr ng in cent expenses for th $3,100,148. year amount Bus line e: cause of the operation of additional v e increased $105,512. Referring to traffic conditions, the nt, while back | - 11 | to the fact that “a large part of the | street area is used for garage pur- poses father than for the benefit of | moving vehicles.” be required to stop at points where the car lines cross boulevard street Mr. Hanna said that while the com pany has complied in some instances, it feels that its chartered right that stroet cars should be given the right ay over other vehicles is vital | and that the company is looking out for the interests of the large number of people who use its lines Bankers Invite President, President Coolidge has taken under | advisement an invitation to attend the opening session of the annual con-, verition of the New York State Bank- | ers' Association, to be held in this| city early in June. | Center Market 177 Dealers 500 Clerks to Serve Touching wn the request that cars | ! ving ayes Good Hope road to S dtteet, as _completed a} the afternoon wheh the ¥ enate accep mendment made to the bill House. It i9 ready to go to the President to be sighed. E | Always 100% A | Dependable 1 Whatever the job you intrust to this ‘organi- zation—Hea! ing_or PI you're a and service entirely in accord with the Col- bert reoutation for giv- ing one hundred per cent satistaction, e are ready to se & roe _NI;l-lrice J. Colbert Heating—Plumbing—Tinning 621 F Streel Phone Main 3016-3017 SRR AR R for a distance of 160 feet south from Clifton street and to a depth of 100 feet; change from residential A re- stricted to residential B. property known as the Smith tract on the west side of Foxhall road; change from residential C to first commerclal C property on the east side of Twelfth street southwest, between C and D ; change from residential C to ommercial C property at the t corner of Nineteenth and s; change from residential A restricted, 40-foot height, to second { commercial D, 60-foot height, property fing place east of Chestnut and change from second com- clal D and residential A, re- stricted, to first commercial C prop- erty between Spring place and the west line of the right of way of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. MOVIE AT EASTERN HIGH. Installment of ‘Casey of Coast Guards” to Be Shown. The fourth installment of “Casey of the Coast Guards” and a film fable, “Hearts and Showers,” will be shown free at the New Eastern High Build- ing tomorrow night at 8 o'clock, un- der the auspices of the East Was ington center of the Community Cen- ter Department. Special music, led by Mrs. Florence W. Noffsinger, with Mrs. Estelle ‘Walker as accompanist, will be in- cluded in the program. There will be a dance after the pictures. - To Cure a Cold in One Day . Hanna pointed out that the You ntinued during the company's motor bu: ompared with 191 And Now Comes the ‘Pa Pla Pennsylvan TIRES Washington, D. C. OPENING TOMORROW Saturday, February 12th * ANOTHER STORE OF THE | MEISEL TIRE COMPANY Stores in Principal Cities Originators of the Pay-As-You-Drive Plan on Quality Tires To make it more convenient to purchase highest quality tires for your car we submit our original plan— “Twelve-Pay-Plan” No interest—no extra charges of any kind. 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