Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1929, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1929. SUBSURFACE AUTO PARNG 1 RGED Engineer Proposes Garages Beneath Mall and Ellipse South of White House. Underground daylight garages, fed- | erally or municipally owned, to be con- structed beneath the Mall and the El- lipse south of the White House, with- out altering landscape conditions on the surface, are proposed as a solution | of Washington's present and future automobile parking difficulties by Car-' roll Beale, civil engineer of this ecity. Since he first broached this subject about six months ago Mr. Beale has worked out a plan, showing proposed locations, cost and other detalls. Mr. Beale is a member of the firm of Meigs, Long & Beale, engineers for the bridge to be built across the Po- tomac River at Great Falls. He has long been interested in traffic condi- tions in Washington and believes he | has devised a parking plan that is en- | tirely practicable and that will take care of all cars in the downtown area of the city up to the year 2000. important feature of the plan is a provision for pedestrian subway | approaches, starting at six points on K | street and equipped with moving side- | walks adequate to transport in & few minutes the drivers of all the cars that would be parked in the subterra- nean areas. Fee For Storage Advised. | In order to discourage persons from Jeaving their cars in the underground | garages overnight Mr. Beale proposes that a fee for storage be charged in such cases. “According to the latest census,” says Mr. Beale, “Washington has a popula- tion at present of 564,000, an increase of 26 per cent in the past eight years. At the present rate of increase the year 1950 will see a population here of about 900,000, “There are at present registered in the District of Columbia about 170,000 automobiles, or one car for every 3.3 persons. On this basis the year 1950 will see registered here approximately 273,000 cars. With due allowance for duplication of license by transfer of title, etc., it is fair to assume that the year 1950 will see at least 200,000 cars operating on the streets of the District of Columbia. While the number of cars in actual operation does not exceed, perhaps, more than two-thirds of the cars actually licensed, due consideration should be given to the cars entering the city each day from the neighboring States. “If the automobile is to remain the vehicle of transportation for business, £hopping and other purposes in the con- gested district of the city, it is obvious that some provision must be made for parking. Without this provision the car of the average business man will become a burden rather than a con- | venience. While the staggering of busi- ness hours. the reduction in the size of the automobile, etc, will greatly ame- liorate the present highly unsatisfactory | condition, they will by no means solve | the parking problem. The only way to solve the parking problem is to find a place to park. | Moving Sidewalks Proposed. “ “Increase the present traffic conges- | tion 66 per cent and you will have the true traffic picture of the year 1950. In the year 2000 the condition will become intolerable " | Mr. Beale's plan contemplates the utilization of the subsurface of portions of the Mall and the White House Ellipse | in conjunction with pedestrian subway a " says Mr. Beale, ‘will be four moving sidewalks, two of them moving north and two south. One « of each pair will be a slow moving side- walk and the other a fast-moving walk, in order that a passenger may accelerate | his speed by stepping from the slow moving one to the fast moving one and | walking forward, if he cares to.” | The time required to travel from K street to the Mall on these moving side- | walks, Mr. Beale estimates to be less | than 5 minutes. Stair entrances to the subways would be provided at each street corner and other convenient lo- cations. Drives to Reunion Alone. PORTLAND, Me., September 9 (#).— Joby Howland, 79, has motored from Denver, all alone, to attend the na- tional G. A. R. encampment. He says he enlisted with the Union forces at the age of 12. NOTE - INARED FORTION MEREUIATS ConsTRUCTINN - Reauiwre fex Soon ca o, Anea 1 CANAL OFFICIALS FIGHT MOSQUITOES Complete Eradication of Malaria Carrier Is Doubted by Re- tiring Health Chief. BALBOA, Canal Zone (Special).—De- spite the remarkable decrease in dis- eases caused by flies and mosquitoes in Panama, once 50 unhealthful that many ship masters refused to put into her ports, health nfficials wage a continuous battle to hold the ground they have gained. ‘With a decrease from 821 out of every 1,000 Panama Canal employes who had | malaria in 1906 to 14 in 1928, the mos- quito threat continues to break out frem fresh sources. Malaria still is the larg- est single cause of admission of Canal employes to local hospitals, Col. Weston P. Chamberlain, chief health officer, who finished a tour of duty last month, declared, and that it was doubtful if malaria ever would be, as yellow fever was, eradicated here. Pessimistic as this may sound, the | Canal Zone and Panama cities prob- | ably are healthler than many sections | of the United States. Few houses out- | side the Zone are screened yet flies are | rare. Unusually large numbers recently were noticed in Balboa and Ancon, Zone towns., Investigation proved they were brought here in a larvae stage in straw wrapped around a shipment of building tile. Anti-mosquito work on the Pacific Coast during the last two years has cen- ‘tered largely in New San PFrancisco. a | suburb of Panama City, and Bella Vista. ‘The 1029 Health Department report | will say that New San Francisco, which | “two years ago was full of malaria, es- pecially among the school children.” Sow'dh“ “little or none among its resi- ents.” Toots His Horn Too Much. HAMILTON, Ontario, September 9 ()—They get after honkers here. Allen Graham has been fined $4.50 for mak- mobile horn. B INDISPOSED, HE knowing woman no longer submits meekly to regular, systemic suffering. 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