Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-12

asked that industrial space be al
lowed along the tracks from the Ana-
costa yards at least to the Bennlng
bridge or further northward toward
kenilworth
Mr.. Mcke emmy also objected TO the
restriction of fifty-ftve feet, which.
he said. has been placed on the height
Of buildings on both sides of the
Pennsylvania tracks from Long bridge
to District line north of Benning: He
contended that q greater height limit
'h S b si sersa pfsDssszid
adjacent to railroad fl4nes. Believing
the limit should be at least seven
stories. or eighty feet.
John H. Hanna Heard. ~ <
John H. Hanna. vice president of
the Capital Traction. Company, rep
resented that corporation. He said
that one difficulty of the traction
companies in Washington was that
the greater part Of the population
was employed in government de-
partments located near the center
Of the city. He urged the establish
ment Of industrial areas in outlying
sections. SO that street car traffic
would be more diversified and bet
ter service given. All territory ad-
jAcent to steam railroads should be
classed as Industrial or second COM
mercial. he said. particularly along
the eastern shore Of the Anacostia
river. So
Mr.. Hanna suggested that the zon-
ing regulation be altered SO that car
barns and substations might be es-
the approval Of the Public Utilities
Commission. AS the regulations now
stand. they may be admitted to com
mercial districts on the approval of
the utilities commission. but are
barred from residential districts, The
witness said he thought the judg-
ment of the Public Utilities Commits
sion could be trustea In any situation
that might arise, and thought the
question should be left in it's hands.
Shop Facilities Needed.
The greatest need Of the Capital
Traction Company. ,as. well as of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company. was for proper shop facili-
been trying to get hold Of a piece Of
land adjacent to steam railway tracks
where shops and yards might be con
structed. but without success. He
asked that in coming the city consid-
Grafton be given to this problem.
thought car barns should be permitted
to occupy the entire area Of a lot
purchased for that purpose. Commits
sioners Brownlow and Kutz said they
thought provision for that could be
made IN the regulatfons, as has been
James s. McIlhenny, engineer of the
Washington Gas Light Company,
asked the coming commission to allow
as great a height limit as possible TOR
sasholders or class them in the same
category with smokestacks. which are
subject to approval by the Commits
sioners Of the District.
w. II. e. Counsel Heard
S. R. Bowen, counsel for the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany, presented q series of objections
to the height and use restrictions
which have been placed around GER
tain property of the company in diff
ferent parts of the city.
He asked that the old Graceland
cemetery site. bounded by Benning
road. Bladensburg road and 18th
street northeast. now zoaed second
commercial be changed to Industrial.
This property is now unoccupied and
presumably is desired by the company
for some structure in future.
Citizens associations in the north
east section appeared before the COM
to the coming Of this property for in
dustrial purposes.
District Six Recommendations,
District No. was called for hearing
yesterday afternoon. The boundaries
Of this district are: North, Calvert
and Euclid streets: east, 18th street,
Florida avenue and 18th street; south,
g street. and west, Rock Creek.
The advisory committee appointed
for this district did not appear, hav-
ing previously submitted the follow
ing recommendations:
Extend the business district at Co
lumbia road and Biltmore street to
take in the Stellwagen property, for
the reason that part of this property
fronts Columbia road. and when 1t is
changed, to business. and present
house is converted or destroyed it
would be developed as one property.
Extend the business property on
Adams Mill road from Columbia road
to Lanier place.
Extend the business frontage on
Columbia road to Quarry road. and
include the fatiron block immediate-
ly opposite.
Include - business property the
frontage on Connecticut avenue be-
tween Florida avenue and Bancroft