Evening star., 1921-05-17
REMOVING
AQUEDUCT BRIDGE
Georgetown Association OBJ
jects to Retaining Structure
for VehicuIar Traffic.

Proposed retention OF Aoueduct
bridge for railway traffic. with the
Key bridge. now under construction.
TO be reserved for pedestrians and
vehIcutar traffic. is opposed by the
Georgetown Citizens Association
p'hs matter. which has agitatcd
Georgetown citizens for months. def
nitely was disposed of by the or
ganized civic body representing that
section when it voted last night 20 to
IA in favor of the original plan to
have Aqueduct bridge removed. This
plan was approved by Congress when
it made the appropriation for the Key
bridge.
Question Is Discussed.
The associations decision was not
reached until there had been A thor
ough discussion of the question by
several members. B. a. Bowles of
fered the resolution favoring reten-
ion of the bridge. John Hadley Doyle.
Frank T. Leetch and Albion X. Paris
were the principal speakers in oppo-
sItion. Mr.. Bowles said if Congress
would add 100000 to the sl3o.ooo it
viii cost to remove the structure.
Aqueduct bridge could be put in a
good state of repair to meet railway
demands for many years. He thought
retention OF the bridge would help to
distribute the congestion expected to
develop al gath and II streets when
the Key bridge is placed in commits
sion.
Those who opposed the Bowles
resolution based on their arguments
mainly upon esthetic considerations.
They thought the old bridge would
mar the beauty of the new one. 1t
was their opinion the Key bridge
would be able to accommodate all
traffic demands made upon it.
Other Business Considered.
The association. which met in the
Potomac Bank building devoted the
meeting principally to a discussion
of matters of interest to Georgetown
residents. a committee was appoint
ed to investigate the proposed ex-
places and report to which street
in its opinion, should be extended
for development purposes. II was
also voted to recommend changing
the name Of NJ street from 2sth to
36th streets. to Pennsylvania avenue.
Instructions We're given the execu-
tive committee to consider the prac-
ticability of enlarging the grounds Of
the Corcoran School, which will abut
on the proposed Rock Creek park
way. The committee also was direct
ed to make an effort to obtain COM
fort station for Georgetown.
Recommendations of the officer in
charge of public buildings and
grounds for a cleaner Washington
were indorsed by the association. The
executive committee was instructed
to call the attention of merchants and
residents to the desrability of dis
couragng the scattering of paper and
trash on the streets.
Favors S2,OOO,OOO School Program.
The s2.00O.0n0 emergency school ap-
preparation recommended to Congress
was indorsed and an appropriation of
500 for the Instructive Visiting
Nurse Society voted by the associa-
ton. Assistant Postmaster w. H.
Haycock spoke on the activities Of
the city post office. New members
elected were I. w. Ketchum and J.
r. Fullilove.
The meeting. which was presided
over by President J. A. Oliver. was
the last the association will hold un-
til October. It's affairs will be di-
rected in the meantime by the execu-
tive committee.