Evening star., 1925-09-02
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had never brought II plans to the
attention of the Southern
There also was read a letter from
r. NJ. Knobel VINO represents about
IS per cent of the shippers and re-
ceivers OF perishable freight through
Potomac and Cameron yards. He
said that this freight Is moving freely,
and to establish a new yard such as
proposed at Loughborough would
only complcate the situation and
cause delay He said he was of the
opinion that the movement to build
the project was prompted without re-
gard for the requirements Of the
shipping public.
Present Facilities Ample.
Warren c. Kendall, manager of the
car service division of the American
Railway Association, said that the
only excuse offered for the project
was the expeditions movement of
perishable freight from Florida and
the South. He secuted this claim by
pointing out that there were 5000
more cars available for Florida ship
ments last year than could be used
by the producers He secuted the idea
that the Southeast Washington tunnel
was too small to handle the large
cars of today, pointing out that a
standard car had been adopted, that
it would go through this tunnel and
there was no intention OF increasing
the size of the cars.
Chara CT eriZing the project ~ pro
motion scheme, Harry King said there
Is more behind this project than has
gotten out to the public. lie moved
that protest he sent to the Mary
lor 1fS9f q .fnG ha ms ~
sion to exercise the charter rights of
the company. When A. Leftwich
Sinclair sought to have the resolution
sent To the manufacturers commit
tee for investig ton and report, Mi.
King again rose to his feet and
pointed out that delay might be dis
astrous. No investigation was needed.
He said that II any one read the
newspa perS, they would find that The
Star had Investigated every angle OF
the proposition thoroughly, and the
committee could not get any more In
forma ton than had been presented
by The Star Behind this. he said,
were the meetings held in Maryland
and Virginia at which the company
representatives appeared and could
not give satisfactory answers TO many
OF the questions asked thep---.
This project" continued Mr.. King.
IA HDSOhleIN uIlueSIidDie. III VNSi
way. There should be no delay. and
for big orga nZiation We ought to
voice our sentiments in time.
We should not allow thing like
this to go without our objection. We
are here TO protect the beauty OF
Washington" said Mr.. King, and
this project would seriously hurt II.
Delay Voted Down.
Mr.. SincIair's motion TO send it 10
a committee was rejected by Ito 3
vote. and Mr.. Kings motion, which
had been seconded by Isaac Cans,
was carried unanimously.
NJ. F. Leopold of the Bureau OF
Mines laid before the directors. a
proposition to make a film on Wash
ington. with the Chamber of Com
msrce as it's sponsor. Such film
would not cost more than $4,000 for
the making. and that would be the
only cost. The Department of Com
merce would handle its distribution,
he said NJ. A. Leese. chairman of
the board. was authorized to make
plans for furnishing the funds for
the project.
The following were elected to mem
bership, on motion of Ivan Weld
chairman of the membership commit
tee: NJ. SworZyn & Son, Inc; c. r
Nichols. @. Perry Leishear. Edward
Widmayer, l.. A Mossbur2. a. Bar
gar Smith and Leo A. Gertman.