The Washington times., 1925-12-05

= Approximately $50 national organ.
izations have adopted washington
headquarters. Many Of these have
Washington az national headquart-
ers. To my knowledge there are
seven religious bodies with their
headquarters here. The colossal
undertaking that in the recent past
was considered q newspaperman's
dream has taken definite shape In
the new Press Club enterprise TO
be erected at Fourteenth and L
streets, on the site Of the New Eb-
bit Hotel. It is understood that this
building will be complete for &C.
cupancy on approximately january
| 1, 1927. Already advice comes to
US that practically seventy per cent
| Of the offices In this building are
| taken as well as the theater and
| shops.
| Like Rise Of London
Washington's development, / think
can be compared with that Of Lon
don, only the American enthusiasm
of commercial enterprise will make
| this development an unusually rapid
one and with this development Will
come a larger Washington, demand
! ing the best that the nation and the
world affords. And consequently
| tremendous suburban and home de-
velopments. 1t is appropos to quote
j CONGRESSMAN Wingo's statement
made recently at a meeting OF the
New Corners Club, when he said;
'I see a Washington with popu.
lation of 1,00O, 900 inhabitants, and
a washington that is the greatest
canitaI In the world. / look for this
within the next twenty years.
; The rapid erection Of national.
buildings, memorial edifices, ana the
development of a park system I'M
eoualled in this country, make Tor
an unusually attractive atmosphere:
This contemplated growth Will Dc Oh
worldwide attraction and where our
national historical background Is
limited to approximately three Gel
turtles, still our growth Is one ina
is incompatible In its immensely
a ma ranidity compared with the OLD
World rational capital developments.
A recent resume OF traffic informs
us that within the past ten years
! thu influx by rail and motor has
triHlad This development can prob
| ahiv he felt most in the increase OF
n,.ica If foot land in the business
section and Connecticut avenue more
1han in anv other place. Huge hotel
,ievelonments both active and under
construction are made necessary by
this influx.
Capital I'm 1850
The IMAGINATION must be an active
one to conceive Washington in 1850
l-iudgine by the rapid growth In
the past twenty years. Those Wash
InRtonians who have lived here for
n quarter Of q century win recall
that II has been only in recent years
that 1900 block r street was not
rarity residential and Connecticut
avenue In its busiest section was
entirely 30. The development known
as Wardman Park was undreamed
Cf, as was also Georgetown devel-
opment: both sections were consid-
cred decidedly rural and inaccessible.
| The installation of the ne street
bridge. however. makes Georgetown
no more difficult to reach than is
Sixteenth and M streets.
With the influx Of new financial
interests. new social interests, and
1ew fraternal National organiza-
tions. will come a suburban develop
ment equal to. II not surprising that
! section in Philadelphia known as
Chestnut Hill and the Main Line"
| Washington's geographic location is
particularly advantageous for beauti-
full suburban development There
is no place in the world that is
more adaptable to gentlemen's coun-
try estates than the valley of the
Potomac and adjacent counties in
Maryland. London probably is the
only other city that boasts such
| beautiful. carefully planned and ex.
ecuted. INTELLECTUALLY lovely areas.
A conversation in. my office re.
Centlv with a real estate owner ex.
presses a sentiment that il nation.
al of his ownership Of a large tract
Of ground near Washington, that is
| mt this time inactive and I incurred
as to it's value and to the advisability
! Of his retaining 1t, he replied: at real.
; ize that this ground at the present In
Of no immediate value, but I am sat
isfied since It is tangent to the Ma
tional Canital." The subtlety of this
remark expresses very well, I think
; the generally felt sentiment through.
out the United States.