Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1929, Page 12

TRADE BARD PIRS 8 LOCAL BULDINES FORMERT AWARD Recognition to Be Given| Owners and Architects at ! Meeting Wednesday. PROJECTS SELECTED FOR EXCELLENT DESIGN ST | Action Is Teken in Line With| Movement to Promote Beauty of Capital, Eight local building projects of widely | varied character, completed during the period running from January 1. 1926, to January 1, 1928, have heen selected as subjects for awards for meritorious design made blennially by the Wash- ington Board of Trade in the interest of encouraging architectural develop- ment here in keeping with the dignity and beauty of the National Capital. Recognition s to be given to the owners and architects of the eight proj- ects selected as the miost meritorlous of the 300 or more developments sub- mitted for examination during the past | year. Certificates of award are to be awarded at the April meeting of the | Board < of Trade to held next | Wednesday evening at the wmum; Hotel. Presentations are to be made by Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The program of awards is conducted by the municipal arts committee of the trade body. of which Appleton P. Clark is chairman, and the selections were made by a jury of prominent architects. | Jury of Awards. The jury consisted of Edward W. Donn of this city, a fellow of the American Institute of past president of the local chapter of the institute and formerly an official of the institute, and G. Corner Fenhagen and William D. Lamdin, Baltimore architects, prominent in activities of the Baltimore chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The buildings or developments se- lected for awards, together with the names of the owners and architects, are announced by Chairman Clark as follows: The Carlton Hotel, Sixteenth and K streets, owned by the Wardman Con- struction Co.,, and designed by M. Mesrobian. The Young Women's Christian Asso- ciation, Seventeenth and streets, owned by the association and designed by_Arthur B. Heaton. The Mullen Memorial Library of Catholic University at B d, owned by the university and designed by Murphy & Olmstead. - The chapel, cloister and garden of Fort Lincoln Cemetery on Bladensburg road northeast, owned by the cemetery organization; and designed by - Horace W. Peaslee. ‘Wesley Heights Development. ‘The residential development in Wes- ley Heights as continued during the biennial period, owned by W. C. & A. fi. ‘llumer and designed by Gordon Mac- eil. The Reno Water Tower and other muniéipal bufldings, owned by the Dis- trict Government and’ designed by Albert L. Harris, municipal architect. A residence at 2425 Kalorama road, | owned by C. D. Drayton and designed | by T. J, D. Fuller. A residence at Twenty-fourth street and Wyoming avenue. owned by Justice Edwin B. Parker of the German Mixed Claims Commission and designed by Wyeth & Sullivan, For this biennial period the awards ‘were open to developments in suburban areas of the National Capital as well as the District, #nd selections were made after consideration of architectural de- signs, combination of materials, suit- ability of the structures to their sites and purposes, landscaping, treatment of rear yards, penthouses and other fea- tures. Statements of Jury. The jury made the following state- ments regarding the eight projects se- lected for awards: “Carlton Hotel—The design of this building expresses dignity and elegance, palatigl in its aspect, and is appropri- ate to its purpose of a high-class hotel. The treatment of:the space to the south of the building as a tea.garden is at- tractive. 3 ¢ “Young Wonmien's Christian Associa- tion—This building ‘is suitably treated and is quite the opposite of the preced- ing examples; the Y. W. C. A. carries with it a homelike feeling, which is imparted by the simple treatment and materials of the colonial style. The dif- ficulty of giving such a character to a large building has been happily over-! come. “Mullen Memorial Library—The ar- chitectural’ design of this' building im- mediately suggests itself as a university building; # is pleasing in proportion, simple ‘in ‘outline, and the a: in the second story forms a strong feature and gives it distinction. - The detail of t‘:; ornamentation is unusual and pleas- umlnfl .h c!o'.hhel ;:a build- ing for s cemetery in an arci jurally beautiful and interesting design is some . thing of an achievement. This has been accom| in the ‘The receptacles for ashes are placed in curved cloisters ' inclosed garden. Reno Water Tower Named. “Wesley Heights Development—The award in this case is made for the gen- eral appearance of the development, in- ‘building some developers ha into interesting spots. “Reno Water Tower and Other Dis- trict Structures.—This is & group award lings erected by saef Bf; s Architects, af The elght new building developments illustras above have been selected as subjects for awards made biennially by the Board of Trade. They are: (1) 2425 Kalorama road; (2) 2001 Twenty-fourth street; (3) Carlton Hotel; (4) Y. W. C. A.; (5) Fort Lincoln Cemetery chap- el; (6) Mullen Memorial Library of Catholic’ University; (7) Reno water tower, and (8) onc of the new homes in Wesley Heights. OFFER TERMINAL FOR AUTO BUSSES New. York Firm Agrees o Build Market to Cost $5,500,000. A definite offer to construct a ter- minal for. motar busses engaged in in- terstate, transportation. as,part of a.pro: posed public market building was made yesterday to John W. Childress, chair- man of the Public Utilities Commission, by Irving Bloom, of the real estate firm of Adams & Co. of New York. Bloom did not reveal the site selected for the market project, which: he said would involve an expenditure of $5,- 500,000, but said plans already had been formulated and the financing arranged. The market, he pointed out, is to be dulged to replace the present.Center Marl forced out “of the |1 t when it is fc entire’ Bloom said, would be borne by the New York firm, and that plans for its erec- DY | tion ‘would be made if reasonable as- surance is given that the investment: would be warranted. - According to the lans drawn for the market, he ex~ plained, it would be possible to arrange to allow 60,000 square feet of stornge spdce ‘off the streets for the mol busses, and provide waiting rooms, ;::mldm bureau and other faciliiies Hudson - Hotel on H ORDER CONDEMNATION. ‘streets. between | Elopement Ends 35-Year Courtship ey ‘Deputy-Marsha] ‘James S. MeCarthy, known {o every one about the court- house as “Big Jim,” waited 35 years before ‘he had the courage to propose to Miss Mary I. C. Frayser. : Their courtship, which had its incep~ tion on May 12, 1894, cuiminated in an pement last Thursday to Baltimore. were married by Rey. W. T. Way. Mr. ucc"mysu now 58 years old, and: " Of Deputy U. S. Marshal McCarthy “Big Jim" ':,xpmna he simply lacked the courage ropose. F Mr. Mr:;:imhy};s from Mississippl and | CHANGES LIS BY COMMISSIONERS “Lparking in Front of Street congested « | one-hour parking is allowed, from L. street. on the north and from Sev- | HESSE AND PRATT . GUESTS AT DINNER | Home Defense League Mem- bers Ar_e Hosts at Testi- monial Affair. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, who recently 1ram'ed as ‘major and superintendent of police, and Maj. Henry G. Pratt, his successor in office, were given a testi- monial dinner last evening at 7 o'clock at the Occidental Hotel by the Home Defense League: At the conclusion of the dinner Odell 8. Smith, director of the Home Defense League and master of ceremonies, eulo- gized the retiring superintendent and the incoming chief and assured those present that the traditlons of the police department -would be upheld in the fu- ture. He am:’ id tril is an attorney.’He entered the United |ypq; States marshal’s office shortly after the ‘World War. . Before then he had.a aried’ career. From "1901 to" 1805 he v was private secretary to Senator- A, J. McLaurin of Mississippi.and during the war was connected with legal investiga~ tions of the United States Railroad Ad: TELLS HOW AND WHY . BEAVER BUILDS DAM Norman McClintock Ontlines “Nat- _ural Hja’tpry Facts” i_n Address Before Geographio Society. U. S. EMPLOYES’ UNION NAMES [RION LEADER Federal Workers .in Department of Agriculture Branch Elect ' ~Officers. mmm of officers of the Department. .|of Agriculture branch of/ Federal Em- ployes’ Union, Na. 3, ‘| & meef of the was al at electoral committee in Building, 710 Four- night. R William Phelps Eno, a director in the organization, told of the assistance ren- . Pullma) Demonet, O. R. C., referred to the ac- b A ‘paid tribute to the two police officials' were: Charles F. Roberts," fense League; Lieut. Howard S. U..8. N. R, inspector in the motor corps .division of the Home Defense ‘William P. Killian, !!omd'u De- Cross, Parker Swest, inct commanders in H. | street for Barricades Prohibited +. Under Rules. OTHER ALTERATIONS REFER TO PARKING | Two Streets Designated as llonle-‘ vard Highways—Speed Limits Raised. | The District Commissioners i‘m :m‘gh‘co:lm of which ex. | tends the tion, in which streets, the speeds Wi streets and bridges, and similar matters that are taken care of signs. - None of them motorist to learn anything new except for a regulation prohibiting parking streets. The egulations as approved must be adve: ised and become effec- has run. The regulations were recommended to Ilmu H. Harland December 17, 1928, with a report that the traffic council concurred in the recommendations, The reason given for extending the con- gested zone is that L street is fast be- coming & business street. Business men on this street petitioned the Commis- sioners to include it in the congested section, and the traffic director on con- sidering the petition came to the con clusion that the zone should be ex- tended as above. Two Boulevards Designated. Wisconsin avenue from M street to Massachusetts avenue and Eleventh street southeast from B street to the north approach to the Anacostia Bridge are made boulevard highways, and the arterial highway on Sixteenth street is extended from Alaska avenue to Kal- extension raised to 30 miles per hour. ‘The speed limit on Pennsylvania Ave- nue Bridge is raised from 15 to 22 miles per hour for passenger vehicles and to 18 and 15 miles an hour for pneumatic and solid tired trucks respectively. Parking is barred at all times on Con- necticut avenue from M to Eighteenth streets, on the west side, and the re- rday i 18- DINGHAM IS GIVEN by fUtne 0| prosident Urges Care o front of barricades set up to close | tive 30 days after the advertisement | the city heads by Traffic Director Wil- | mia road, and the speed limit to this | | Strait from Siberia and he plans to leave soon for Alaska to make further studies in this fleld this Summer. ARRELD REPORT Make District’s Field Model for Entire Country. The report of the District Commis- | sioners, ontlining what they regard as |the future airport requirements of | Washington, was delivered today to Senator Bingham, Republican, of Con- | necticut, and chairman of the joint air- port commissiol The lettes of the city heads was taken to the Capitol by Commissioner Dough- erty, president of the board. Senator Bingham was not in at the time, but probably will go over the report later in the day. The report is in response to the re- quest Senator Bingham transmitted { both to the District Commissioners and to the heads of several of the Federal departments, asking them to outline i their respective airport needs. Hearings Open Monday. ‘The airport commission, with Chair- man Bingham presiding, is scheduled to | start a hearing at 10 o'clock Monday | morning. Maj. D. A. Davison, assistant | Engineer Commissioner, who recently inspected the airports of several cmes,i will be the first witness. Borings conduct by the United States Engineer’s office at Gravelly Point, show that there is an adequate geologic foundation, and that the formation of striction on parking on the west side of Connecticut avenue between S street and Columbia road is removed on ac- count of the widening of Connecticut avenue in that section. Parking is for- |from North Capitol to Pirst street on the south side. Two hdur parking allowed on F street between Seventeenth and Nineteenth streets from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., on account of the street’s recently having been made one-way eastbound. Parking on H street between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets is restricted to two hours on the north side between 8 am. and 6 pm. No parking at any time is allowed on' the south side of M street between Wisconsin avenue and No. 5 Engine House. Parking. is also forbidden at.all times on Newton place from Georgia avenue stree:\ fmrth s on the no side: of Prospect avenue | from Wisconsin avenue to Potomac | s‘reet, on the inner or outer curbs of Thomas circle and on the east side of | Woodley place from Calvert street to | Cathedral avenue, i The restriction against parking at any. | time .on the east side of Tenth. street from F street to New York avenue is | removed on account of the widening of | Tenth street at this point. Widening of Thirteenth street was also responsi- hle for the climination of the parking prohibition on the street between Massachusetts and Towa Circle during rush hours. The no-parking restriction on Thir- bidden at any time on Defrees street | this is | completed. The investigation was con- to Sixth street, on the south side of Oak Sixteenth to Center meeu.!clnfll-\ the earth is satisfactory to support a| fill in conjunction with the proposed airport development there, Maj. Brehon Suervell, War Department Engineer for | said today. | -his office have not been ducted at request of Maj. Davison. President Hoover is convinced that ‘Washington is destined to become one.| of the four or five leading airports in | the United States, and in anticipation | of this he advises that it care be taken in the selection of a local munci- | pal airport. A i Because of the President’s familiarity | with the subject of aviation, not only | as it relates {0 governmental activities | of the Army and Navy, but from its| commercial aspects, he has reason to| feel that it is inevitable for the National to become one of the air centers | | of this country. | | Mr. Hoover is represented as not only | being of this opinion, but as having offered in explanation that besides the ordinary col development of | | aviation, Washington | must necessarily occupy an important position because of the great development to be made in the .Government. ‘The various departments will find an increased need for aviation as a means of transpertation and communication, besides this, the Army and Navy and the Marine Corps must necessarily. in- crease their aviation activities. | Considers Site Vital. In addition to all this, Mr. Hoover; teenth street between M Ilnd Spring road. Is to be south to Kenyon street. tion is effective only on the west side from 8 to 9:15 am. and on the east side from 4 to 6 pm. The was due to installation ef traffic Hights at the intersections of Thirteenth street with Park road and Monroe street. Parl is to be prohibited on the east side of Sixteenth street for a dis- tance of 165 feet north of Columbia road at all times to allow two lanes of northbound trafic on Sixteenth street immediately north of Columbia road, one to make g left-hand turn into Harvard and Mount Pleasant streets and the other for through traffic. Parking is eliminated on the west side -of Seventeenth street between Pennsylvania avenue and H street from 8 to 9:15 am. and on the east. side between F and H streets between 4 and 6 p.mn. and on Twentieth street nues on the west side from 8 to 9:15 pm. between Connecticut and Virginia ave- | joint a.m, .and on the east side from 4 to.6 | has believes that the transcontinental lines now being developed will touch Wash- ington in their air routes. Moreover, he expects the many additional mail routes to include Washington in their itinerary. There is no doubt in Mr. Hoovfi‘s mind about the future of the Nationial Capital as a airport center, therefore- he is hopeful that those who are to be intrusted with the develop- ment of the local airport have in mind all of these things when they plan for the future. He considers it vitally important that great study and care should be given to the question of a’site for the locali airport. In making a choice the Prut-' dent is represented as expressing the | desire that there be no haste or im- patience on-the part of those who are to make the Parking Limits Established. The parking regtrictions on' Twenty~ fifth street between.G street.and Penn- sylvania ‘avenue and on Twenty-sixth o vnay | northeast. John Eynon, 5 m.pn-m E. Gibson and Maj. Charles Parking is forbidden on Rhode Island avenue northeast from Fourth to Twelfth street on the north side from t0 9:15 am. and on the south side 8 ried from 4 to 6 p.m. 8 forbidden at any time on }"?chlll avenue rromoAmm:t.nhn" 4 avenue to Thirteenth s el to through traffic from 10:3 3 a.m. to give children in nearby schools a place to ‘play during recess. lmont road is made a one-way ashington is prepared future needs of the National Capital the of an adequate “airport. has been represented as ! sj of the local air- seeing P for the rest of the country. Careful Study Needed. of ane Fede casion to study this subject, not only as it related to the country in general, but to the Capital City in particular. From the very beginning he has been eager to see Washington made ready to meet the situation. He has advised in ous conside! future as well as the immediate present. President Hoover at this time is de- Summer of Mount ed ADDITIONAL FUNDS SOUEHTFOR RS INDITRGT PARS Grant Studies Possibility of Sharing in Gas Tax Reve- nue for Roads.’ SEVERAL NEW PROJECTS UNDER CONSIDERATION Legislation Would Be Required for Diversion of Money, Director Believes. The possibility of sharing in the in- come of the District of Oolu‘;nbll 2-cent ity's parks engaging the attention of the office of fl::llc buildings and explained today = that more money is needed for construct- ing roads in the parks, as several new projects are planned. Col. Grant pointed out that his office is studying the projected roads in Foundry Branch Valley Park to con- nect Reservoir road and Canal road that will open this newly acquired rec- reational area. Lover's lane, mnear Montrose Park, in Georgetown, is an- other thoroughfare that needs atten- tion, he said, for with proper develop- ment this roadway will form a fitting connection with Rock Creek Park and a link between Massachusetts avenue and Georgetown. Roads also are need- ed in Anacostia Park, which is being expanded, and plans are in progress to construct a roadway between Bladens- burg road connecting with the Eleventh Street Bridge across the tia River and Bolling Field. Congress has made available $122,- 000 for the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, including money for new road construction and some $60,000 for sea wall construction. Some $25,000 has been apropriated for Anacostia Park improvement and $100,000 allotted to Meridian Hill" Park for development work there. The maintenance road fund mnow being used by the Office of Public Build- ings and Parks totals about $25000. The maintenance cost has been lowered through better construction of new In Rock Creek Park, it is pointed out, the old roads were not econstructed for the exacting automobile travel of today. Col. Grant made it clear that he does not believe his office can share in the out additional legislation explains that so long as a sufficient fund is pro- cured for the park roadwork, it matters little whence the money comes. e b ST SERIES OF BIBLE PROGRAMS PLANNED Students of Columbia Training School Will Give Addresses During April and May. There will be a_series of Bible pro- grams by the students of the Columbia Bible Training School in a number of the churches of Washington during April and May. Students who are studying at the school will give short addresses upon subjects which ve been of particular interest.to them dur- ing the year, Miss Elsie Wade Stone, principal of the school, will preside at these confer- ences and will tell something of the purposes and plans not only of the programs, but of the school, and of plans for future énlargement. ‘The ‘will be given at the eve- ning se in the following churches: Wallace Memorial United Presbyterian, April 7; Metropolitan Baptist, April 14 Columbia Heights Christian, April 21; Congress Heights Baptist, April 28: Pifth Baptist, May 5. ‘The program foll the Sweetest Name,” Alice Weston; “Great Doctrines of the Bible,” Anna A. Hutchinson; “The Most Beautiful Thing in the Pentateuch,” Rosa Holder: “The Prophetic Element of Scriptur=, William E. Bolls; reading, “The Palace Beautiful,” Sophronia Lasica: “Recent Archeological Discoveries,” Warren L. ; “A Resume of Christian His- tory,” Ethel M. Lucas: “Biblical Criti- cism as a Study,” William F. Burris “Read Your Bible Daily,” Pearl Y Sheldon. WOMAN'S FEDERATION NAMES NEW OFFICERS Mrs. John N. Culbertson Is Re- named President of Interdenom- inational Missionary Group. ‘Woman's Interdenominational Missionary Federation observed the twenty-ninth anniversary of the organ- ization yesterday afternoon in Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mrs. John N. Culbert- n:e,dpresidant of the federation, pre- Officers were elecied as follows: Presi- dent, Mrs, Culbertson; recording secre- ton n Church; corresponding lmmhry.nn. Nathanie! K. Gardner of Luther Place Memorial Church; treas- urer, Mrs. Washington Topham of First United Sretheran Church, first' vice t, Mrs, Hamilton E. Clark of Marvin M. E. Church South: second vice president, Mrs. John Paul Krech- ting of Reformation Lutheran Church, and third vice president, Miss Elsie ‘Wade Stone of the Methodist Episcopal %m&ml t of the Columbia Bible federation voted to affiliate with , headquarters in New York City, and Mrs. John Paul Krechting was: elected representative body. Mrs. Culbertson read a telegram of Arnold of McLean, Va., gave'a report the Fairfax County, Va. Inter- denmm:umn Union of which she is Pifty-two children under the eare of Miss Mattle Davis, director. of the 55 T S urel - Bible Scliool EDMUNDS HEADS CONTEST