The Washington times., 1917-07-13
KUTZ MAPS
VITAL WORK
FOR CAPITAL
ASFAREWELL
Retiring Engineer Commissioners
Urges Better Garbage Dis
posal, Building Zones, and
Improved Suburban High
ways.
By BILL PRICE.

Lieut.. Col. C. W. Kutz, Engineer
Commissioner of the District, sur
rendering his work here today that
he may fight for his country in for
eign fields, after two and a half
years of close application to the
problems Of the District, gave to The
Times representative a farewell mes
sage that will be immensely inter
esting to Washington people.
"Many things would like to see
done for the District, but there are
three important ones, as l see them
today" he said.
Fer Garbage Disposal.
'First, probably, Is the establish
ment OF q municipal plant for the dis
posal Of garbage and miscellaneous
waste, replacing the present contract
system
"The District would be saved many
Thousands Of dollars each year and
the sanitation Of the city would, l
am sure, be immensely improved.
"Under the old system in existence
20 many years the contractor natural
~ feels that his bid must be sufficient
" high to enable him to reimburse
himself for the cost of the plant he
must put up, inasmuch as he may
lose the contract to a lower bidder in
n short time. The annual cost to
the District, It is apparent, is far
beyond what it should be, but can
not be helped.
Urres ZOninE System.
at am exceedingly anxious to see q
Eoning system established for the
Identification Of Washington, enab-
ling the Commissioners to limit the
character Of buildings in any given
zone. thereby stopping unfair en-
eroachments in residence sections and
tending to greatly besutify the Ma
tional Capital
New York has adopted q system
of that kind. It would certainly be
q step forward.
sAnother matter Of great import
anee TO the District is the paving OF
suburban highways.
Outdons By Maryland.
Maryland now has better roads
coming into the District than the
District has going into Maryland,
This ought not to be. The people
in the suburbs are entitled to the
best highways that can be given
them. 1 think these roads, too, should
be paved with something better than
macadam, which does not stand ur
as well as other materials. II Is
cheaper to put down permanent paw
ing"
with almost q last glimpse Of the
~
onsl Kutz added:
sWashinztou must continue to b.
the most beautiful city in the world
The people OF the nation want II
that way"
Valuations Not Affected.
Immensely important problems be
fore the Utilities Commission will not
be affected by the retirement OF
Colonel Kutz and the expected resig
nation Of Commissioner Newman, II
was said officially today. Commits
sioner Brownlow will become chair.
man Of the Board Of Commissioner
and the Utilities Commission, II is ex
pected. The prompt entrance Of Brig
Gen. John G. D. knight upon his new
duties as Engineer Commissioner will
relieve Mr.. Brownlow to some extent
It had been feared that the changes
IN official heads of the District Gov
eminent, thereby practically creating
q new Utilities Commission, might
cause q demand from the two street
railway companies Of Washington fol
new hearings on the valuation ques
ton, still uncompleted before th'
commission, but It was learned today
that the companies will consent Il
the new Commissioners reading tn,
testimony that has already been pre-
scented and listening to whatever new
testimony may be introduced. New
hearings would delay the final de
cision as to the valuations OF the two