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16 27 GOMMUNITIES WAYFORMNEW CITY liyattsvilie Group Names Committee to Study Con- solidation Project. Special Dispatch to The Star, HYATTSVILLE, Md., September 27.—A committee was appointed last hight at the September meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of Hyattsville, held in the public library, to consider consolidation into a city of 27 commu- nities in the upper section of Prince s County Iying between the Dis: on the south and Hollywood > north. The area includes nine sorated towns. It would embrace 5 square miles, would have a popu 0,000 and an assessable basie | of $15,000,000. It is proposed to name the city Maryland City. It would have excellent transportation facilities. The plan aroused much interest and there were 125 members, a record number, present from various communities. Gray, president of the cham- appointed the following to the Arthur P. Owens, president ber, committee: the b THE EVENING STA LIFE’S DARKEST MOMENT SA-AY, ARE YoU BLIND? yoo KNow THAT S MOTTH CLUB ,kw ! Now, HAMD ME of town commissioners of “hairman; Brice Bowie, > O, Univer- J White, Colmar Manor: McDonnell, College Park o Judge J. H. Shepherd, Berwyn. Ihlder and Gries Speak. Appointment of the committee fc Jowed addresses by John H. Ihider, manager of the Civic Development Department of the United States adensbur; Pooley, Chamber of Commerce, and Dr. John 1. Gries, chief Division of Bullding and Housing, United States Depart. | ment of Comme Mr. Ihlder stated that the zoning and planning idea and the consolila- tion of small municipalities into cities with a view to securing modern facili- ties economically sweeping the | ¢ v. Cities are realizing, he said, that provision must be made f parks and playgrounds and are aw ening to the value of having their aburhs planned in a way that makes for orderly development of the metro- an area. He declared that Was opportunity of becomin the most beautiful capital in the world through beautification of its suburbs. He said that it was in the hands of the people of this section which is now in the making and space for development whether the entrance to the Capital is to be made as beautiful as it could te. Mr. Inlder expressed the opinion that the proposed area would be large enough for a city capable of support- ang all modern facilities. Eliminates Misunderstanding. Dr. Gries referred to the tendency to combine small towns to secure ade- quate roads, water, sewer, fire and po- | lice protection and other advantages | and stated that with common inter- ests a section can accomplish much more. Consolidation into a moderate- sized city, he said, made for harmony in the area when often where there | were a number of small communities grouped there were misunderstand- ings. On recommendation of Dr. Thomas B. Symons, djrector of the extension | service of the University of Marylnnd- and a member of a committee of the Prince Georges County Pomonha | Grange, appointed to work for a lo- cation for the new farmers’ market in Washington that would be satisfac- tory to the growers and consumers of this section, the chamber indorsed the plan to secure Block 669 in the Eck- ington area near what is known as| the Patiterson tract as a site for the new market. He urged a fight against the movement to ve the market. al the ;water gront, which a2 iy hs'dlhip ‘upon he said wo the growers of Maryland 'who supply most truck produce to the market. Dr. Symonds pointed out that not only would thé Eckington site be accessible, but that it would be ad- Jjacent to a railroad and out of the most congested part of the city. It also, he contended, would be con- venient to most of the stores, hotels and other large buyers. He urged the chamber to make every effort to have the market located at least Copyright Press Publisbing Co_(New York World) 1927 AN BE QU‘CK ABOUTIT! RIGHT o~E | 5 WASHINGTON, —BY WEBSTER. of the rights already have been se-| cured and it was stated that if any of the remaining property owners re- fused to grant rights the land will be | sought through condemnation pro- ceedings. A resolution was adopted| thanking the committee for its work. J. Enos Ray and Irwin Owings are the other members. Otway B. Zantzinger, jr., of the publicity Committee reported . .that 110,000 pamphlets setting forth the ad- vantages of Hyattsville and neigh- | boring towns as desirable places for | residences and business had been | printed. They were placed in the | hands of the publicity committee, of | which William Moore is chairman, for distribution. Moore reported progress as to publicity. Upon request of Thomas N. Mohler the chamber indorsed the plan to have the Tuxedo road from the River road to the Beaver Dam Golf Club perma- nently repaired. The stretch is three- fourths of a mile. It was announced that the next regular meeting, scheduled October 24, had been postponed until;October 31, when the October booster banquet would be held following the meeting. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie has accepted an_invitation to attend and Senator Millard E. Tydings of Maryland, Senator Smith Brookhart of Towa and Representative Stephen W. Gambrill of the fifth Maryland congressional district will be invited. D Atherton, chairman; George Try This Before ’ north o fPensylvania avenue. A committee comprising Dr. H. T.| ‘Willis, H. Wilson Spicknall and M. T.| May was named to co-operate with | other committees in efforts to secure the site. | Bridge Project Assured. T. Howard, Duckett, a member of the committee of the chamber, ap- pointed to take up with other com- munities and the State officials means of eliminating the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad grade crossing here and ex- tending Rhode Island avenue from | the District line at Mount Ralnipr to Johnson avenue, Hyattsville, re-| ported that the bridge project is as- sured and that within 30 days it ‘was hoped to be able to report uome-l thing final regarding rights-of-way for Rhode Island avenue. Two-thirds | Edmonston No Branch Stores Exclusive Washington Agency Your Footwear Makes or Your Appearance —A well gowned woman with in- harmonious footwea and twisting her feet, object. - —You can sire and w ting Footw The best. Physical Cultu for any other good footwear, BUT YOU Edmonston & Co. No Bran CARL M. 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Sixteen new members were voted into the chamber last night, bringing the roster to 185. Those admitted last night were L. M. Walden, Dr. Charles H. Naylor, Maury H. Brown, Walter rent a Johnson electric floor pol- isher by the day or half- day « oo from your nearest GROCERY HARDWARE DRUG STORE FURNITURE PAINT or DEPT. STORE (] It polishes floors and linoleum ten times faster and better than is possible by hand. In half-a-day you can wax-polish every room inyour home. And the electrically produced polish is far more even, brilliant and wear-re- sistant because the brush revolving 2100 times a minute bur- nishesthe Waxuntil it gleams and glistens. RENT a Johnson Electric Floor Polisher by the day or half-day at a very low rate. Phone today and make your reservation. L. Green, H. M. Jodzies, and James W. Rogers, Hyattsville; Dr. C. A. Cary, Dr. William~ Burton Spire, Bushby and John H. Schaefer of dale; William T. Page, Milton M. Clark, Henry C. Ripple of 5 Pryor of Tuxedo: Kenneth A. of College Park, and J. Enos Chillum. | opposition | ditions, | ments | ment D. C., TUESDAY. LOWER TAXES ASKED BY MID-CITY CITIZENS Association Urges Eeduced Rate and Larger Government Contribu- tions to Capital's Upkeep. Mid.City Citizens' Association, At Its regular meeting last night, in the homson formally went on 4 in favor of a reduction in the tax rate and a more liberal contribu- tlon from Congres toward the ex- penses of the District. The organization also voted strong against any reduction in fons for the public schools. win B. Hesse, superintendent commended for his improve the traflic ordering wholesale ant traffic tion: means of further improving con- the association argued for the lighting sys- The efforts to extension of the trafl tem in the downtown section. President A. J. Driscoll, who pre- sided, informed the meeting that For- [ mer Engineer Commissioner Bell had glven assurance that work on the widening of Thirteenth street would not he undertaken until residents af- fected had an opportunity to present their views to Congress, The Board of Education, in a lett to the assoclation, stated tbat $1 had been allotted for the improvi of the grounds at Busine: ‘hool and that the: would go for s association had expressed interest in this project. Elroy H. High § HIGH SCHOOLS GROW. | Tncrease of 762 Pupils Enumed: at Opening Today. Washington's five principal high schools opened today with 762 more pupils enrolled than’last year at this time, it was announced at the Frank- lin School. Assistant Supt. of Schools Stephen 1. Kramer today will make a tour of the schools to inspect the pos: sibility of congestion. Every asc-. 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Members of the National Com- mission of Fine Arts, including a new member, ¥errucio Vitale of New York, are to meet in New York tomorrow to g0 over plans for construction of Gov- ernment buildings in the triangle with the architects. The Department of Commerce Building and the structure to house the Bureau of Internal Rev- enue will be the first buildings to be considered. Mr. Vitale, who succeeds to the post of landscape architect member of the commission, succeeding James L. Greenleaf, whose term has expired, is a landscape architect of note in New York. FIVE SHOT IN FIGHT AFTER RUM ARREST! Charlotte, N. C., Battle Follows At- | tempt by Friends to Rescue Prisoner. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C., September —Two rural policemen were shot, one perhaps fatally, and three other men wounded in a battle in the outskirts of Charlotte early yesterday when friends of a man arrested on a liquor charge attempted to rescue him. EDUCATIONAL. 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