The Washington times., 1916-03-02
NATIONWIDE FIGHT
WILL Be WAGED ON
LOCAL HEAT PLANT
Plans For Campaign Outlined at
Meeting Of Committee Of
One Hundred.

Plans for nationwide and unre-
hitting campaign against construction
OF tho central heating. lighting. ana
power plant in Washington on lines ap-
proved by the Treasury Department, are
belnE laid by the committee OF one hum
dred on the development OF Washington.
Tho campaign was launched at a
meeting OF the committee last night at
the home Of Hennen Jennings. zzzl
Massachusetts, avenue northwest.
Men and women prominent In business.
the professions. and the arts made ad-
dresses, in which they scored the site
selection and the plans tnat call for
stacks that will. It is declared. be
smIrch and besmudge" the Washington
Monument and the other beauties OF the
city contemplated In the Park Com
migslon plan.
A resolution approving the Park Com
mission plan and asking reconsideration
OF the plan and location for the proposed
power plant near the center Of the park
plan, was unanimously passed.
urges Appeal To states.
The meeting was opened by Glenn
Brown. chairman Of the committee.
who assailed location OF the plant at a
point where the stacks would be cen
trail In all psrsrt ctives In the great Po-
tonac Park area. He said that an ap-
peal should be made tn every State
Legislature that had placed stones in
the Monument to aid In the fight Ia
preserve the purity of this structure.
Mr.. Jennings gave a detailed analysis
OF tho technical engineering side OF the
plant. and presented figures to prove
plants would be a real economy to tho
l. Government. The Capitol plant. hC
said, was nearer the radial center %
| Government consumption OF heat, light
He suggested that the Navy lart
plant be made central electric plant
and the Capitol plant lie devoted L
heating purposes for all buildings
Letters Condemning Site.
Letters condemning the site wer,
read from Mgr. VIM, T. Russell, OF st
! Patrtck's Church: r. w. Watrous: A
Crawford. OF Seminary Hill. Va: Johl
Lawrence Moran. Bishop shahan. o
Catholic University and others.
I
| treatments In Paris and other Frencl
cIties
VIM. ]. Eynon read paper from
James Dudley Morgan. onothe value o.
historical monuments.
A. s. worthington told of the develop
ment OF the city's. beauty and the re
striction placed by Congress upon pri
vate building to prevent the marrinl
OF Government structures.
l. Yet" he said. the Governmen
Proposes doing that which 1t would per
NIT no private individual to do"
ID. ]. Callahan told Of the hopes o
men familiar with the city water from
for system Of municipal docks an
other structures to take the place Of tn
dilapidated buildings that now cove
II.
After attacking the proposed location
OF the plant, DR.. Wallace Radcliffe de
clared 'it is sin for men to thus pro
fame the Monument and other beauti
ful structures In Washington"
Mrs. George. Smallwood, spoke of tn
power plant In relation to the d. A. r
building and other structures in Sew
enteenth street
John l.. Weaver read a number OF let
ters from prominent business men o
other cities In protest against the plant
After unanimous passage of the reso
luton of protest. approval was givei
the appointment OF the following com
mittees to carry the fight to business
fraternal. patriotic. professional. an,
other societies and organization
throughout the country:
John l.. Weaver. real estate eS
changes: George Oakley Totten. alumr
societies: Richard b. Watrous. civic OF
ganizationG: DIR. James Dudley Morgan
historic societies: A. s. Worthingtor
patriotic societies: John Poole. bankers
associations: Edward F. colladay. locs
civic associations; F. q. Coldren. Stat
associations: Ernest Y. Bricknell. Re
ness organizations: Frank w. Hacket
Loyal Legion; George w. Harris. 70
tary clubs: Cass Gilbert, architecture
societies: Theodore w. Noyes. Wash
ington Monument Society: Miss Leil
Machlin. art societies; f. p. Merit:
, county papers: Merrill Il. Gates, educa
tional institutions; DR.. C. w. Richard
son. medical societies; Frank II. Sut
| ton. englneorln socIeties.