Evening star., 1923-10-10
NEW j. s. BUILDINGS.
NEEDED At ONCE
Col. Sheriff. Tells Board of
Trade of Present Unsatis-
factory Conditions Here.


adequate public building program
governmental employees had already
outgrown available Office quarters in
the District, Col. c. o. Sheriff.. su-
perintendent of public buildings and
grounds, speaking last night before
the Board of Trade, urged the or
ganization to cooperate in getting
the proposed program through Con-
gress.
Other speakers at the meeting were
Maj. ]. Franklin Bell. recently ap-
pointed Engineer Commissioner of the
District, and Maj. Gen. John A. Le-
jeune, commandant of the Marine
Corps. Two committee reports were
presented and adopted: that on parks
and reservations, Fred j. Coldren,
chairman, and on streets and avenues,
George c. Shinn, chairman.
Cites Expansion of Activities.
Citing the steady growth of Wash
ington and the continued expansion
of governmental activities. Col Sher-
rill. called the attention of the board
to the many temporary war struc-
lures and asserted that these build
ings were on heir last legs
"The repair alone" said Col. Sher-
rill, Ito make the buildings usable
year after year costs a staggering sum.
They have rapidly reached the state
where they will have to be abandoned
as unsafe. Even if an adequate build
ing program was decided upon, con-
struction of new buildings could not
keep pace with the demands for new
office quarters.
Five new buildings are needed at
once. the speaker asserted. They are:
A new structure for the bureau of in
ternal revenue, the controller gen.
eral. Department of Justice. an ar
chives building and building for the
Department Of Agriculture.
Mai. Bell Praises ID. c. Government.
Maj. Bell, in a brief address. COM
plimented the board on it's city gov
ernment. You may be sure" he said.
that you have a government in which
every man is honest and one. in which
every man earns his salary" &.
He touched briefly on the. work Of
the coming commission, and said the
aim of the commission was to retain
the residential aspects of the city of
Washington. He also spoke on taxes
and what the public receives in re-
turn for them. and the boulevard sys-
tenn Of fast traffic. which, he said
seemed to be need Of the near fu-
ture.
Gen. Leteune'S Address.
Gen. Lejeune, after giving some
early history of the Marine Corps.
said that when he was appointed to
his present office he determined that
the policy of the corps should be eco
nomical, of as much use to the public
as possible and be the finest body of
military in the world. He urged that
the city of Washington be run some-
what on the same lines-that its ad-
minfstration be as economical, that it
become of as much use to the pa
triotic American public as possible
and that it be made into the most
beautiful city in the world.
The speaker. said he did not believe
that the Americans living outside of
Washington knew the needs of their
Capital city, and that il they did, sup
port for needed improvements would
be speedily given.
Committee Recommendations.
Four accommodations were made in
the REPORT of the parks and reserva-
tions committee. They are:
The acquisition for park purposes.
Immediately, of the Klingle Ford
parkway, the Piney Branch parkway
from the Tiger bridge northwestward,
widening the Piney Branch parkway
from 18th street westward and the
acquisition of the Patterson tract.
That appropriation be urged for i'm
provement of the AnacoStia flats
above BenningS bridge.
That the undeveloped areas already
purchased for connecting roadway
between Rock Creek Park and Po-
tomac Park be made productive of
the planned result by appropriation
for it's immediate Improvement. ..
Passage of the bill for permanent
park commission as recommended by
the board last year.
The streets and avenues committee
made two recommendations: That the
board urge Congress that funds be
appropriated to provide adequate
Fairgrounds and play spaces for the
children of. the city and that. until
relief is afforded by Congress. such
measures be adopted by the District
government, consistent with law, as
will minimize the danger of accidents
to children in the streets.
Edward f. Colladay, president of
the organization, presided.