Evening Star Newspaper, October 19, 1928, Page 4

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. CROSSTOWN ROAD | SYSTEM APPROVED Spider Web of Speed Routes | [ to Connect Radja) High- ways to Capital. L P. KENNEDY. that deta by the State com- tion is not to mal certain dia- grams and file them away or publish them in a book, but is all the time ex- | erting pressure toward the execution | of its plan. The commission is espe- cially fortunate in that it includes in its membership the Engineer Commi siorier of the District, the chief of E gineers of the Army, who has to dn! with the development of the rivers and reclamation of the flats, and the di- | rector of public buildings and public | parks. Each of these, as an executive | official. can do much toward securing | the carrving out of the composite plan * which as a member of the commission | he helped to develop. This map shows the major thorough- | fares of the D from streets. It is desirable, from the | standpoint of determining street right- | of-way widths, the width of paving, the | character of paving, the character of | lighting and all publie improvements of | that nature, to have in mind certain | streets as thoroughfares. While the | &treets in a certain section bounded by thoroughfares would be purely local in their function. a man living in this area | and wanting fo go to any other part of the District would get on one of the | thoroughfares and follow it to a point | which is near his destination and then | get on a Iocal street. Therefore the blocks within the thoroughfare boun- daries would be absolutely free from all through traffic. Al thoroughfares would be through routes. After you got on a | thoroughfare you would not run into a dead end By working out this plan the com- mission gives us a picture of the streets whose development is of primary im- portance. because they are not just local in their functions but are thoroughfares | of the Natfonal Capital, linking up with | the great radial highways which lead | into the mighty avenues of tourist travel to all parts of the country. Gives Quicker Access. This map is of deep interest to most | of the residents of the Capital because it shows proposed cross-city routes | which will materially Telieve congestion | and give readier access to certain sec- tions. For example, along the line of | Franklin street northeast a thorough- fare is to be cut between Trinity College and Glenwood Cemetery, cutting direct- Iy east and west across the northern portion of the closely populated city, to connect with Bladensburg road on the east and Sixteenth street, Connecticut avenue and Massachusetts avenue ra- dials on the west. Considerable interest centers in the Pproposed treatment of Columbia road | and Park road, both of which should be thoroughfares or cross-town routes, Un- | fortunately, they are within the areca | which grew up without a highway plan, and therefore the width of these two roads is_inadequate for thoroughfare | traffic. Each of these streets should be | 120 feet wide between buildings. As a matter of fact. they get down in some places to 50 fect. That is direct evi- | dence of the lack of planning. ! If 2 highway plan had been made b fore Columbia Heights was subdivided it would undoubtedly have provided ade- quate width for the development of | those two streets into maip cross-town routes. A detailed study was made, with the result that the commission de- | cided in this new major thoroughfare | system to utilize as a part of a main cross-town thoroughfare the combina- tion of Columbia road and Harvard street east of Sixteenth street, each as a one-way street—Columbia road west- bound and Harvard street eastbound— in preference to the widening of Colum- bia road. A similar problem remains to be worked out at Park road, But there are few such problems in the street layout of Washington. This chart, it will be observed, calls | for two new bridges across the Anaco tia River—one on the line of Massachu setts avenue extended eastward, and the other to be known as the South Capitol Street Bridge, cutting diagonally across | the river to connect with Howard street north of Bolling Field, St. Elizabeth’s | Chart showing new bridges proposed across Potomae and Anacostia Rivers, high-level crossings of Rock Ci k, new crosstown routes and cross-connections between radial highways to facilitate the flow and distribution of traffic. This map is to be the model for all street improvements in the District of Columbia, | as a guide to priority on work, levels, widths. etc. rict as distinguished | tem of thoroughfares for the District | to provide for all future traffic, al- though the plan is subject to modifica- tion, depending upon new conditions that may arise The commission’s studies of the plan will continue with a view to indicating the width to which the various streets in the plan, which are not already paved, should be improved, both ini- tiaidy and ultimately. Furthermore, the sections whose width between building lines is not already definitely fixed by xisting construction may be subject to modification on the highway plan in order to provide more adequate widths. However. all the lines shown solid are streets which are now open or provided for definitely on the highway plan. ‘The dotted portions only are as yet un- | provided for or in uncertain state. In the tentative form in which it has | existea for the past year or more this plan has already been in the hands of the municipal authorities of the Dis- trict for consideration in connection with their program of street improve- ments. As now developed, the plan will s a guide for future programs, v insuring consideration of the relative importance of streets from the standpoint of the general traffic of the ci In other words, it shows which are the streets of major importance for the orderly flow of traffic throughout the District as distinguished from those which serve local or vicinity needs. KOHLER, STALWART REPUBLICAN, LEADS IN WISCONSIN RACE ___(Continued_from First Page) is “through” politically in this State. When the time comes for the election of a governor again it is likely therefore that the race will again be staged be- tween the stalwarts and the Progres- sive group. Which will be the stronger at the end of the two intervening years s to be seen. In the meantime Progressives will continue to have the United States Senators in Washing- ton and nearly all of the members of the House, Senator La Follette, who was elected in 1925 to fill the unexpired erm of his father, the late Senator La Follette, this year is to be re-elected for a six. r term. His three y in the Senate have already given him a chance to develop as a leader in his State, and older Senators are predicting he will gO far in his public career.' In spite of his youth, he is today the senior Sen- ator’ from Wisconsin. Voters Educated by Father. Under the senior La Follette the voters of Wisconsin were educated to put their faith in Progressives and pro- gressive principles of government. The Progressivé party in Wisconsin has been a steady growth, and it is not likely to be overcome in' a_year or two years Furthermore, the La Follette name one to conjure with in the Badge State. These La Follette Progr have always held the; publicans “and have sought nominations as such fc The only time that the late Follette stepped out of his party regu- larity was in 1924 when he agreed to and wor public oftice | | Blaine's declaration or over Senator La | | governor, Frank W. Kuehl, is now sec- who has been active among the stal- warts, might have been put forward as their candidate as an independent. it is said. but Markham simply beat him to it, filing first. Kohler's nomination for governor, the La Follette Progressives claim, was brought about with expenditure of ex- cessive campaign funds. They have been trying to make another Newberry case out of it. An effort was made to have Kohler's name kept off the ballot on the ground that he had vio- lated the corrupt practices act of the State. But this failed. John Doe pro- ceedings have been started in order | to investigate and prosecute, if neces- sary, for the excessive expenditure of money by Kohler in the campaign. It has developed that about $107,000 was | expended to help nominate Kohler, though not by himself. His opponents charge that probably $200,000 was ex- pended. The Kohler people have re- taliated with a demand for an investi- gation of expenditures made in the campaigns for Senator La Follette and other Progressives. All of which adds bitterness to a political battle already bitter enough. The courts have refused to take Kohler's name off the ballots, and the election will go ahead as planned. The Republican State committee in Wisconsin is just not functioning today. Its executive committee is divided in its allegiance to the Republican na- tional ticket and in its allegiance to Senator La Follette on the one hand and to Kohler on the other. The Hoover campaign is carried on through the means of a Hoover organization and with the aid of the Kohler organization, both stalwart organizations. ‘The La Follette Progressives have their own organization suporrting Sen- ator La Follette, To make the situation still more complicated, there is the so- called Al Smith-for-President Repub- lican Progressive committee, which is aiding the Democratic national ticket, | ‘The last is the organization with which Senator Blaine is identified and of which his executive secretary while retary. Two members of the House at least Representative Frear of the tenth di trict, and Representative John . Shafer of the fourth district, have come out for Hoover, and it is reported tha several others are quietly supporting the Republican nominee for President, although they have made no speeches for him. None of the Republican pro- gressive members of the House are out openly for Smith. Milwaukee is repre- sented by Victor Berger, Socialist. Here in Madison the majority sentiment pro-Hoover, although there are claims that Dane County, of which Madison is a part, will go for Smith. That is denied by the Republicans. Blaine Prestige at Stake. Senator Blaine made his declaration for Al Smith without consulting his col- league, Senator La Follette. There is 1o quarrel between the two Republican Progressive Senators over Senator Follette’s silence in regard to Smith's candidacy, it is said. It is quite likely, however, that Senator Blaine would be glad to See his colleague take the same positionus himself in_regard to the presidential race. 1f Wisconsin goes ! against Smith, Senator Blaine may lose N I A ~LEGEND- ADOPTED ROUTES ROUTES UNDER STUDY, — PARKWAY ROUTES FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1928, herself with the Al Smith-for-President Progressive Republican outfit. Mark- ham, La Follette’s opponent for the Senate, who is treasurer of the Repub- lican State central committce, has an- nounced his support of Hoover. While these differences in the State central committee continue to cause trouble for the Republicans, all is not entirely peaceful in Democratic rank: John M. Callahan, Democratic national committeeman, and Otto F. Labudde, chairman of the Democratic State cen- fral committee, are at odds over the matter of authority in the Smith cam- | paign. Under all these circumstances, Wis- consin is today a crazy quilt of politics But, out of all the muddle at least twn things appear certain. One is the elec- tion of Semator La Follette and the {other is the election of Kohler as gov- |ernor. But whether Wisconsin's elec- |toral vote is to go to Smith or to | Hoover, despite rival claims, is still a mere matter of conjecture. Another | week may give some definite sign of a swing ecither to the Democratic or the Republican presidential nominee. Kohler has one advantage running in Wisconsin which Mr. Hoover does not have. He is a wet and makes no effort |to conceal it, although he is supporting | the Hoover ficket S% New Linen Collar INDIANS 0. K. SMITH. NEW YORK, October 19 (#).—A tele- gram to Gov. Smith from Indians of the Taos Pueblo in Northern New Mex- lico was made public last night at Democratic national headquarte: “We knew President Lincoln and we | understand you have the same things in mind that he had when he promised that our lands would not be taken away | from us and that our freedom w preserved.” the telegram said. | have been so many Presidents, but this the first time since President Lin- coln that we have heard things like you We thank you Faney Hand- kerchiefs 50c to $4.00 Styles Welsh- Margetson Neckwear from London COMMERCE BUILDING FOUNDATION STARTED Baltimore Firm Moves Equipment | Here to Begin Work on U. §. Structure. | Preliminary work started today on | | the $1,159,700 job for the foundation | of the Department. of Commerce Build- ing to be ecrected between Fourteenth | and Fifteenth and B and E streets as the Consolidated Engineering Co. of Baltimore began to move into position its equipment. | Actual driving of piles is expected to | begin on Monday in the bigges: founda- | tion_contract ever let in the District of Columbia. There will be eight, pile drivers, four steam shovels, a concrete construction tower and chutes at work |in the immediate future, concentrated on the task of driving 13,000 piles for the Department of Commerce Building | foundation | A. H. Hartman, vice president of the ! Consolidated Engineering Co.. will di- | rect the work, while J. H. Elgen will | be superintendent and J. I. Crout | engineer, | 3 g K |SMITH PREPARES SPEECH AND TOURS CHICAGO BY AUTO| [ (Continued from First Page.) | men, developed a lengthy debate on | Government economy between the in- |terviewers and the nominee, who charged Secretary Mellon with ducking | the issue in replying to his Sedalia, Mo., | speech challenging the Republican party to prove there has been a reduction in the cost of Government in recent years. The Democratic nominee said that Mr. Mellon, in replying to his chal- | lenge to Republican claims of economy in Government, had talked about tax | reduction and remained silent on the | question of a paring down of Federal | expenditures. | *Mr. Mellon entirely ducks the issue,” he declared. “He leaves that important word out of his statement that he put over the radio, and that was ‘reduction’ in the cost of Government. That was | not_brought about. | “There is a difference between | speech, his radio speech and this staf | ment. " He shifted his ground, because |in his radio speech he said that the | Democrats would not give the Republi- | cans credit, for reducing the expendi- | tures of the Government. I said no, because they were not reduced. But in this (Mr. Mellon's statement in re- ply). he just talks about tax reduc- tion. He said the Treasury Secretary also had misrepresented his position in ac- cusing him of ridiculing small econo- saving by some American consul. ridiculed the small economies not for the purpose of decrying them. I ridi- culed them for the purpose of show- ing the wasting of so much time of a public official and so much money in the Government Printing Office in printing these small economies, for a purpose, and the purpose was to try and justify the false claim of having re- duced the cost of government.” The nominee asked why “Mr. Mellon did not cite up a couple of big | mies instead of taking a $20 one, "l said he conceded the Secretary a $14 He then said the Republicans spoke of i $2.000,000.000 saving and added: “They have accounted for about $34 out of the $2.000,000,000.” Holds Tax Cuts Inevitable. Regarding the Secretary’s utterances on, gax reduction, the Democratic can- didate declared that “no one would ex- pect anybody in the possession of his natural faculties to continue war-time taxes long after the war was finished.” “There would be nothing else they could do,” he continued, “unless they stood up on the Capitol and threw the n;:nfy all around the City of Washing- The nomince was asked if he had any comment, on Mr. Mellon's reference ;n the fiscal affairs being a puzzle to him, “Yes,” the governor shot back. “If it is a Chinese puzzle to me with my experience in diving into governmental figures running over a quarter of @ century, what must it be to the fel- low on the sidewalk who is entitled to know as much about the Govern- ment as any one else? That is the an- swer to that. I frankly admit it is a Chinese puzzle. I do not conceal it. And he knows it is." The governor said that between the | years of 1921 and 1928 not a single | governmental department had | & decrease in expenditures, and added shown that the Republican national commit- tee’s texthook “says the cost of Gov- ernment, has gone up.” Silent on Marines. Further, the nominee went on. Mr. Mellon in 1925 when “there was no national eampaign on” gave credit to Senator Carter Gl of Virginia, Sec- retary of Treasury under Wilson, for starting the tax reduction. He gave the credit to Glass, the governor added. and in “so many words said that he was carrving out the system inaugu- rated bv his predecessor.” ‘The Democratic candidate was asked if he would leave American Marines in Nicaragua if he became President and the reply was: 2 “I do not know. That depends on how far the Government is committed.” In answer to further questioning, the nominee revealed that before the cam- paign closes he will discuss foreien relations and reorganization of the Federal Government. 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