Evening star., 1920-05-18
CITIZENS INDORSE
!. TERMINAL MARKET
East Washington Association
Unanimously 3aQks Mu-
: /: .nicipaI Plan.

Unanimous Endorsement Of the plan
to establish Wholesale terminal mar
ket .along the river front near the
site:of the municipal fsh market was
'givsn by the East Warrington citi-
zens Association. at . meeting in East
was Shington Hall last night. DR..
.Cha1les NJ. Emmons, president. pre-
siding and c. Howard Buckler. sscrs-
tarE
An outline of the plan was obtained
from Salvatore Scalco, temporary
chairman of the committee interested
in the proposed market It is his
a terminal in that portion of South
Wa Shington will be a means OF great
ly reducing the high cost of living
,ands that it also will bsautify that
sPrOvfdes for Storage Plant.
The plan includes the construction
OF cold storage plant. long loading
PLATFORMS and railway switches and
Mr.. Scalco says his Arm alone would
save 100000 annually in drse-age. De-
lively from the storage plant would
save thousands of dollars' worth Of
fruits each year. and the saving, he
,statks. would mean benefit to the
cen3amer; ,3 o,., ,.
Chapman .Scalco wrote. should have
to be rented to the merchants making
Application for them Apples. onions
potatoes. bananas and other fruits
could be kept in dry cellars. while
coId, storage. eompartQents above
ietables requiring lower temperature.
Asks Street Improv ementS.
II think the plan is, an excellent
one. said DIR. Emmons, "and see nc
reason why il should not he put in
effect. The location is an excellent
one. putting the market where it vii,
nave the benefit of both train and
steamboat service. and thereby elm
Inate unnecessary handling of prod
suctS
DS Emmons called attention to
vrhat he termed the deplorabl condi-
.tions of many of the city streets. He
called special attention to the con-
ditl6n of 11th street northeast and
souuh east. where the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company has heen
doing work the past five months. The
a dangerous condition. because of
.failure to restore the roadway to it's
nor3ml condition. Several automo-
bileS have been damaged because of
,the present condition of the street he
declared
Attention also was called to the con-
'dit:on of the streets along the lines of
the street car coapanies
'Ssmebody has been lax in the mat
ter pf permitting the streets to get
in shch bad condition and remain SO
for 50 long time" Dr. Emmons de-
cIarsd. i
IF the authorities did not have
funds with which to do the work" he
added, they should have gone to
Congress and asked for II.
OEs motion of DIR. Emmons, the. asso-
ciattpn voted to insist upon improve
menA of the streets, especially by
.cilitSte their work. The resolution
,also.commended The Star for its cam
paign for street betterment
Increased Car Service Sought.
Attention was called to the con-
,ditions at Pennsylvania avenue and
.11th street southeast. whore, Dr.. Em-
,moN stated. many accidents have oc:
cufred. Five persons were injured
in a collision there a few days ago.
he said. and others will occur if
'theH is not change made In the
matter of street cars stopping at that
TIE association. he said has. urged
the designation of that intersection
as a car stop. but the Public Utilities
COM mission refused to heed the sug-
geston.
TIE association approved q recon-
merfation for increased car service
to 2he navy yard. made by COM
mittee of Columbia Lodge. !. A. NJ,
composed OF Robert E. Janson, chair
man$ James ]. Noonan. A. A. Lafor-
est. sJoseph c. Branuan and John r.
.ClaN<
GRorge Emmons favored the con-
struftion of additional tracks to the
nayt yard. and also the establish
'mena of a cross-town line along NJ
strekt southwest and Southeast.
The Capital Traction Company
should be compelled to give such
seryece." he said. He said the Cap
.ital sTraction Company is not as pub
lic-S,irited as the Washington Rail-
'waN and Electric Company. mention
ing Che non-paying subur ban branches
of the latter company.
The association went on record in
favsr of purchasing PROPERTY -ad-
iacept to East Washington schools
for Fairgrounds. Particular atten-
tion was called to the necessity for
..sucR grounds at Peabody schsol.