Evening star., 1923-06-07
Eleuen Huge Auto Parks Here
Care for Thousands in Caravan

Eleven sites in Washington today
are accommodating more automobiles
than ever before in their history, and
perhaps more than they will see at
any one time In the future. Forty
Ave thousand machines are here.
They are scattered around at these
twelve parking places. in addition to
the garages of the city. which are
crammed to the bursting point with
visiting motors.
At Camp Meigs alone are 10000
machines Six acres Of ground at
Georgia avenue and Piney Branch
road Is literally covered with crop
of machines. Then, the old circus
grounds at 18th and II streets north
east. is a rendezvous of other cars.
When flock of $4,000 machines
comes to town. it behooves the civic
host to provide for them. This is
exactly what DR.. J. T. Prendergast
chairman of the automobile parking
committee: c. n. Wright. his aide.
and other members of the committee
have been doing.
The largest single task was watch
ing and checking up on the trans
continental caravan. They followed
them day by day. while the fleet OF
machines grew from an original 400
to the thousands before reaching
w H.
CAST sent two committeeman to act as
pilots from Frederick. Md, TO Wash
ington. AT the District line they
were met by DR.. Prendergast and
E. c. Snyder. chairman of the en-
tertainment committee. and escorted
to the city proper. Then Tuesday
afternoon, came the dedication of the
zero milestone at the north end of
the Ellipse. previous to which these
automobiles paraded through Wash
ington streets. and formed circle
around the Ellipee. It's big job,
ship. and many handkerchief was
drenched from the chairman's brow.
Other Parking Sites.
Three of the eleven sites where the
parking of automobiles is being
handled here already have been men
toned The other eight are: Wis
consin avenue. Friendship Heights,
adjoining the Mclean estate; Bladens-
burg road and Trinidad avenue north
east: Delaware avenue. at D and Z
streets southwest: property at 4th
and c streets northeast; plot at 5th
street and Rhode Island avenue
northeast: 18th street and Benning
road northeast; 165 acres on wilson
boulevard between Rosslyn and Clar-
endon, Va. and the Mausoleum prop
erty at Arlington.
The Wilson Boulevard Auto Park is
probably the largest stretch of
ground ever used for the maintenance
of automobiles in Virginia. To look
over this vast conclave of automo-
biles. one imagines he is inspecting
the annual output of a motor factory.
Hoods are everywhere. This park
and the Mausoleum property are the
official camping sites allotted to the
Shrine organization. The others are
simply sites.
The progress of an automobile from
an out-of-town road to the parking
place is interesting. Here's the way
most Of the machines entered the
District:
Upon arrival at Hyattsville. Rock
willie. Alexandria or other suburban
towns on the traffic arteries leading
into Washington the machines were
stopped and the operator requested
to register his name. The registrars
were selected from the convention or
ganization and sent to these outposts.
Upon registering, the motorist re-
ceived a card which gave him the as
signment of parking space. Then he
motored on. Arriving at the District
line, there was another hold-up. He
surrendered the card to others of the
committee and a pilot was appointed
to conduct him to the exact spot
where his machine could be parke ed.
In this manner virtually every visit
entering the city. A number OF stolen
fed by this means.
parking space. Arriving there, the