Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1931, Page 23

TdE SUNDAY STAR, WASELNGTON, WATER FRONT PLAN RESTS IN ARCHIVES Development Project Costing $3,691,000, Held Up in House Committee. The report on the proposed improve- meni of the Washington Channel water front has now been pigeonholed for more than a year in the archives of the House Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee and there it is likely to remain, unless some action is taken to trans- 1d%e the §3,691,000 program into reality. An_inspection of the Washington Channel water front convinces an ob- server that much remains to be done| there. A couple of the piers have been c-ndemned and a wide variety of rot- ting wharves greets the eye. Tt is now nearly six years since Con- gress, by the rivers and harbors act of March 3, 1925, directed the preparation of pians and estimate of cost for the beautification and terminal develop- ment of the water front on the north side of Washington Channel. Follow- ing extensive investigation by the United States Engineer Office, under the directicn of Maj. Brehon Somervell, former district engineer for the War Department for the Washington area, and by Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of Army Engineers, the Teport was transmitted on November 26, 1929, by the Secretary of War to Speaker Long- worth. Thence, it was sent to the Rivers and Harbors Committee. Development of Piers. Pier and slip development without railroad connections is provided for under the development plan, which has received the general approval of the Commissioners of the District and Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks. The plan contains a recommended division of the cost between the United States and the District of Columbia. Tt is proposed to replace all existing structures on the water front, with the exception of the Municipal Fish Wharf, with modern buildings. Head houses and transit sheds are to be of brick and tile with slate roofs and of a modified Colonial architecture. A total of six wharves is projected for immediate con- struction and a portion of the frontage avallable is to anchorage are included in the plan. ‘The Army officials who drew up the plan felt that Washingto marily an industrial city, nor will it ever be, so that railroad connections with the piers and slips were omitted. Such industrial developments as might require ship-to-rail transfers can be ac- | commodated in other locations, they say. Buzzards Point is being pushed as a | maritime commercial development. Water Street Widening. Under the improvement program, Water street is to be made a 160-foot | boulevard with separate lanes for boulevard traffic, street cars and trucks and marginal and central landscaping. The present four-line street car lanes on & portion of the street are to be re- duced to two. nection between East Potomac Park and crossing the Highway Bridge traffic and proposed just below the rallroad cross- ing at the head of Washington Chan- nel. In the opinion of sponsors of the plan, this will avoid the necessity of crossing the highway bridge traffic and will eliminate much of the traffic con- gestion now existing in that locality, particularly during the cherry blossom season and on Sundays. Maj. Somervell summarized his con- | clusions and recommendations on the water front improvement in part, as follows: That the cost of the entire project, estimated at $3,691.600, be divided be- tween the Federal Government and the District of Columbia, $2,392,280 for the former and $1,299,320 for the latter. That rentals from water front prop- erty be paid into a special fund to pro- vide for its maintenance, the surplus being covered into the Treasury and used to' reimburse cost of construction. the various holdings of the ‘Treasury rtment, District of Co- lumbia, and the Chief of Engineers along the channel be consolidated under the Secretary of War and the improve- ment intrusted to him, provided, how- ever, that the improvement of Water Sireet Ttaelf be under :uuu ers of District of Columbis. ASSOCIATED CHARITIES WILL HEAR L. B. SWIFT Beports and Election Will Also Feature 49th Anniversary Meet- ing Tuesday. The forty-ninth lflnhl'-fl Associsted Charitles, Ty. Brief reorts by members of the As- sociated Charities and the annual elec- tion of officers and directors nho m scheduled. Coleman Jennings, aem of the charities group, 'fil pre- $6:00 White Metal Frames $3.75 Beautifully engraved Hy-bridge frames with new type comfortable bridge pads that rest on side of nose. Durable, light in weight and ever so good looking. reserved for future | mdditions. Yacht basins and small boat | To permit of direct con- | Top: General plan of War Department officials for proposed improvement of Washington Channel water front, | showing the pier and slip system, without direct railway in terchange facllities. Middle: An example of the poor conditions along the Washington Channel water front, with its rotting piers and condemned wharves. The House Rivers and Harbors Com mittee now has had a plan before it for more than a year to rectify these unsightly conditions. Bottom: Proposed type 1 fied Colonial architecture, after the ‘I.Ioern of the Mllnlclpll Fish Market on “ller street. of new water front structures, to be built of brick and tile, with slate roofs and of a modi- - —Star Staft Photos. 107,000 ON FORD ROLLS TOMORROW “ . ;“Thousands of Others to Re- | the Jlnul.ry schedule calling for 70,500 sume Work in Industries " Supplying Plants.” By the Associated Press. DETROIT, January 10.—The ¥ord Motor Co., which yesterday announced | the recall of additional workers in its various plants throughout the country, today said the total pay roll strength on Monday will reach 107,000 men. Of these, 75,000 will be employed at| the Rouge plant here, The daily wage of the latter, the company" statement be in the neighborhood of $600,000. Most of the men ordered to return on Monday were laid off December 18, when an inventory suspension was an- nounced. For three months prior to that time they were on a three-day-a- week schedule. Today’s announcement made no reference to a change in that 'blg lh'ement -ld that simultane- ously with the re of produc- tion “thousands ol others will resume !mployment in the various industries supply Ford with parts and mate- rh.l& on the railroads and in other busi- nesses whose operations are linked with | those of Ford.” The most recent employment figures announced by the Chevrolet Motor Co. placed the total at 32,101 workers. W. 8. Knudsen, president and general manager, said today that the total was expected to reach 40,000, a normal op- erating force, during the current month. Chevrolet went into new-model pro- duction in November, when it turned out 45,000 cars. December production totaled 64,018 units, Knudsen said, with units. ARCHBISHOP INVITED TO BE BANQUET GUEST League of Laymen Retreatants to Hear Prominent Clerical and Lay Speakers January 21. Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Bal- timore will be guest of honor at the fifth annual banquet of the League of Laymen Retreatants at the May- Prominent clerical and 1.y .pe.nn T of abriel’s - eral chairman of the m charge of arrangements. Hl.rlellh a Hartman, vice chairman of the Public Utllitles Commission, is the Committee on Reception. George H. O’Connor, Washington entertainer, is chairman of the Committee on Enter- tainment and Anthony J. Barrett heads the Committee on Speakers. Willlam Joseph Neale of 8t. Ann’s and Dolen 8. Donohoe of BSt. eter'’s will recelve loving cups this Jyear. | flower Hotel January 21. SOCIETY OF NATIVES PLANS ACTIVE SESSION | Business, Entertainment and Social Hour to Feature Friday Eve- . ning RBrogram. Business, entertainment and a social hour will be features of a meeting of the Soclety of Natives of'the District of Columbia next Friday evening in |the Washington Club, Seventeenth and K streets. ‘The program will include a play by & local dramatic club, a piano solo by Mrs. Pearl Hauer, a soprano solo by Miss Caroline L. Reese, readings by Miss Lena Parks, a contralto solo by Mrs. Willlam T. Reed and a violin solo by Prits Hauer. The program will be under direction of Mrs. Ella C. Robinson, chairman, of the Entertain- ment Committee. ‘The society will aid in the debut of the newly formed Little Symphony Or- chestra, composed of 40 local musicians out of work because of the advent of “canned music,” on January 18 at the Jewish Community Center. Miss Helen Howison, Washin, soprano, will sing, “and the orchestra will be con- ducted by Leon Deshoff. The orches- tra will broadcast a program from Sta- tion WMAL between 6 and 7 p.m. today. 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