Evening star., 1921-03-16
KUTz TO CONTINUE
AS ENGINEER HFAD
IN DISTRICT OFFICE
knowledge of Public Utility
Situation Strong Factor in
Decision Made.
CHANGE OF THREE POSTS
CONSIDERED UNDESIRABLE
Snowden Ashford, City's Architect
for 26 Years. Will Resign
Place to Enter Business.

Col. Charles w. Kutz. Engineer Com
missioner of the District. is not slated
for immediate transfer and probably
will continue in his present assign
ment for several months at least. IL
was indicated authoritatively today at
the War Department.
Because the District has two new
civilian Commissioners-Cun II Ru-
dolph and Capt James +. Oyster-the
War Department. il is learned he
lieves that the best interests OF th,
District would not be served IL a third
new man were added to the board in
the person of new Engineer Com
missioner.
Utility Matters Important.
Col. Kutz's knowledge of the public
utility situation and the hearings thai
have been held by the Public Utiliti
commission is one of the principal
factors. IL is understood, that weighed
heavily in favor of the decision thai
has been practically reached to con
| tinue him in the District service.
Commissioners Rudolph and Oystei
have not yet agreed upon a division
OF the municipal departments owe
which they will exercise special su-
pervision. 1t is assumed. however
! that Capt. Oyster will take the polio,
and fire departments and that Mr. Ru-
ments of which he had charge whcr
he finished his first term as Commits
sioner eight years ago.
snowden Ashford to Resign.
Snowden Ashford. municipal arch
tect OF the District for twenty-si
years. Will tender his resignation 1
the Commissioners in the next fe,
Gays. He has had the step in con
| temptation since last fall. when he In
f(rmal1V m n fod int
to Engineer Commissioner KutZ.
Mr.. Ashford will form a privat,
business connection in Washington
The Commissioners have not decided
upon his successor.
The municipal architects voluntar,
| retirement will relieve situatio.
that has caused considerable specula-
tion in view of the long-standing feu,
between himself and COMMISSIONS
oyster. Their differences arose at the
time tne commissioner was serving
| as president of the board of education.
| Mr.. Ashford stated today, however.
! that the appoi intment of Capt. Oyster
| to the Commissi0nershipi in no way in
| f1uenced him to hasten the carrying
out of his decision to leave the Dis
| trict service.
Work He Accomplished.
Coming to the municipal architects
Office in May, 1895. Mr. Ashford has
tion of every school building and
other District government owned
structure built since that time. The
value of these structures is estimated
to be between $15.000.000 and $2O,0 ,0O0,-
900.
The principal buildings erected un-
der his supervision are the Central
High School and Dunbar and Western
schools; the Eastern High School.
now in course of constructions: Gal
linger Hospital and the buildings in
cluded in the workhouse and reform
atory groups at Occoquan, Va.
He has directed the construction OF
about seventy grade school buildings
at a total cost of about five and a half
million dollars.
Mr.. Ashford is a member Of the
Washington Chapter of the American
Institute Of Architects and the Soci-
ETY. of Natives of the District. He has
been an active worker in the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations