Evening star., 1922-02-16
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West|ake Declares Eastern
High Plans Violate Dis, !.
trict Building Code. =.


Asserting, that the District Commits
sioners In approving the altered plans
Of the Eastern High School auditorium
had approved plans in fragrant opposi-
ton to the requirements of the District
building code, the Connecticut Avenue
Citizens Association. meeting at All
Souls Church last night. passed a reso-
luton requesting the Commissioners
Of the District to place the plans be-
fore a committee Of competent archi-
tects, engineers and builders for in
spection.
President Westlake Of the association
declared that the auditorium under the
changed plans provided for q seating
capacity Of $500 on the main floor and
q gallery with a seating capacity Of
arate stairways leading from the gal
lery to the street. no open passagewAys
with side entrances leading from the
main floor to the street. no separate en-
frances leading from the stage to an
alley or opening. and that no adequate
provisions for fire protection wefe con-
tained In the plans. Explaining that
the auditorium floor would be twenty
feet above the street and that 1t, would
be necessary for the entira 1900 people
In the hall to descend from the audi.
torium to the basement Of the build
or street. he said tho building, II built
according to the. approved plans. was
q hretrap Of the worst kind. all Of
which, he said, was in direct oppoAtion
to the specific, requirements Of the Dis
triet building, code. :, f,
Condenn TIVE Bridges. 49,.
Deploring the condition Of sthe Cal:
vert Street and ,Klfngle Ford bridges,
the association appointed = committee
ate and House District committees
and the District Commissioners. They
also made. further resolutions In re-
gard to the structures, frs request
ing that the. association. be furnished
with REPORT Of the engineer en-
bridges in question; second, that the
Commissioners employ the services of
a competent structural iron and steel
bridge engineer to examine both
bridges and furnish the; association
with copy of the report; third. that
projection should be furnished at the
brldgeheads to see that the traffic re-
quirements in reference to the limit
Of loads crossing the bridges are
carried out "a -, -, -.
Mr.. Lewis. member Of the associa-
tlOIs ueCIATcU thAt nc PRESUMABLY OOs
served three cars. containing about
one hundred people, linked together
and run across the Calvert Street
bridge.
Act On Kaickerhocker.
A resolution was adopted ,deploring
the Knickerbocker tragedy and ex-
tending theyasseeiatton's 'sssYmpathy. to
the injur ed and bereavedj and assur-
ing them. that the efforts Of. the asso-
citation would be- directed toward pre-
venting the p1ssibility Sof aS,recur-
|. Upon. ). motion twenty-three new
members were admitted They are:
DR.. George IT.. Sharp, r.. 8. French.
Edward White, Capt. F. sT:-. Norcross,
@. tE. Chadsey. Mr.. and Mrs. William
c. Hunt. Frank E. Cupningham, Miss
v. L. AriedEe. a; L. Morton. Leo s.
Schqental. Rev. Thomas "A. Walsh. F.
S. Robinson, Paul Z. Q Reed. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lucian ;Boggsr Charles N: Bryant,
W. N. McGehee. Stanley D. Willis. Ed
ward Preble. w. NJ Gilbert. r.. Thom-.
as Robinson: and Rev. H.: D., Sterrett.