Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-03
AGAINST POWER PLANT
UNLESS GIVEN APPROVAL
Chevy Chase Civic Body Wants
Plans Passed Upon by Fine Arts
Commission and President.
Surprise Expressed That Citizens of
District Are Not Informed Of
Dealers in Unclean Milk.

Opposition to the beginning of any
work on the central power plant until
the fine arts commission and the Pres
ident have approved the plans was eX-
pressed last night by the Citizens As
ISOLATION of Chevy Chase. D. c.. held in
the Elizabeth V. Brown School
The resolution was introduced by
E. F. Colladay and, in addition to in
dorsing the Senate amendment to the
urgent deficiency bill providing that
work shall not be begun until the fine
arts commission and the President
have acted on the plans. petitions the
President mot to approve the said
plans until there shall be eliminated
therefrom the chimneys now provided
in the plans. and effective provision
made to prevent the emission of smoke
or gas from the said plant
Mr.. Colladay said that he had been in
formed that it was practical to eliminate
the high stacks and to prevent the ennis
sion OF smoke and gases from the plant.
Bulletins Confined to Best Reports.
Following an address of DIR. Joseph J.
kenyoun of the District public health de-
partment, telling of the difficulties in the
way of getting an absolutely pure milk
supply for the District, Mr.. Colladay
made a motion that the health office be
requested to send copies of its bulletins
containing the reports of milk inspections
to the Elizabeth V. Brown School, where
they could be posted for the use of all
the citizens of the section. DIR. Kenyoun
explained that an effort was made once
before to get at what he termed the dirty
m dAn IarS- in trt.,
came down to the District building and
threatened to get out injunctions and do
everything else to stop il. Now, he said,
there Is a standing order requiring that
only the best reports shall go on these
Mr.. Colladay expressed some sur
prise at this and said that if the citi-
ZenS could not get the benefit of the
Soclatlon should md out why 1t is
the duty of the health department to
me citizens of the District, he said, to
inform them on such dangers to the
pubiic health. He also amended his
nrst motion by adding that a copy of
II should go 10 the false advertising
ISOLATION.
Complains of Sidewalk.
W. V. Wallis complained of the con-
oicon of the sidewalk on Livingston
street, declaring that it had been in a
shameful condition for four years and
explaining that all efforts to get it re-
paired had failed.
The danger of the lives of children
at the concrete cistern at MCKINLEY
street and Chevy Chase drive was
pointed out to the association by r. II.
sargent: IL child should fail in il
ne would certainly drown, he said. for
IL would be oifncult even for a man
70 get out, once having fallen in. The
matter is to be called 10 the attention
OF the Commissioners
Mr. Colladay announced that as presi-
Gent or the Federation of Citizens As
sociations ne had received letter from
the pubic utilities commission favor
ing the completion of the physical val
uation OF the railroad before giving
consideration to their consolidation
The association voted to instruct its
delegate to vote before the federation
saturday night in favoring submitting
the prohibition squestion to a refer
endum vote of the citizens of the Dis
tiict.