Evening star., 1926-08-19
NORTHEAST OPPOSED.
Belt Line Feared if Market site is
located in section.

Belt Line cared II harket SHe -
Located in section.
IF Washington's new wholesale mar
ket district il. locatcd in the northeast
section. the hulk of perishahle food
Stuffs coming here viii have to he
shipped over rirCuitous route -
miles longer than their present Jour
neV resulting in considerably IN
creased prices and the ultimate estah
rshment of belt line railroad
around the entire city, Wrisley Brown,
president Of the Potomac Freight
Terminals Co. informed Maj. Carey
H. Brown. chief engineer of tn" Ma
tional capital Park and Planning Com
mission in letter received today.
The letter was in reply I" some
questions Mai. Brown had asked the
terminal company president, who
pointed cut that the hauling distance
from the Potomac yards tn The South
Washington terminals, which now
get the bulk Of this freight. Is only
about four miles. If the market We're
relocated in the northeast. the same
shipments would have {" he sent
through Wa shington. out to Rennlng
Junction. on to Hyattsville and then
back to the terminal yards AT ECkinS
ton.
southwest as tnETai SNe.
THE establishment of the whole
sale market district IN northeast
Washington" Mr.. Brown concluded.
would soon create a highly unsatis-
factory traffic condition, and the In
terstate Commerce Commission would
have to adjust the relief TO the o"-
Casion. This would eventually bring
into being the pro jected belt line
around the city on the north. which
public .opinion has condemned as
rnenaCe to the civic and economic vel
fare of Washington.
The southwest is the logical site.
he contends.
Mr. Browns letter follows:
The Bureau Of Ae"icuturai Eco
nomIcs reports mnloads ~ fruits and
Vegeta blee IN Washington during the
year 1925 (car lots. including boat re
ceiptS reduced to car LOT eQuiVa lent 81
In the total amount oC $50 car lots.
classified by States of origin. From
the shipping territory of the North
there were 9S4 car lots: from the
West, 637 car lots: from the South.
"s94 car lots; imports, - car lots.
and from unknown origin. loo ear
lots
During the wear 1928, from the New
England states the Middle West and
the Pacific Coast there were CON
signed - Washington for psnnsyi-
vania delivery and unloadod At the
wards in the southwest section Of the
CITY 3,osS cars o. fruits and vege-
tables During the year there were
2e21 cars of fruits and vegetables.
mostly originating on the Atlantic
sea aboard hauled through Potomac
Yard destined for Washington. nf
this freight movement 2,3Nt ears were
consigned fer Pennsylvania delivery
in southWes: Wa ashington. and 81
cars were cons lened for Baltimore and
Ohio delivery in MORT heast Washing
ton. There WAS Il partial failure Of
crops in Florida last year so thEt the
shipments from this region We're sub
normal.
Reliable records - the total I'M
loads Of fresh meat and dairy products
destined TO Washington during the
wear 1925 are. not presently aVallahle.
From the North and Nest there were
l4-O cars of fresh meat consigned
to Washington for Pennsylvania de
livery. and there We're ~ cars of
fresh meat consigned from the South
Through Potomac yard for Pennsyl-
vania delivery In addition there We're
2Ss cars Of dairy products consigned
10 Washington for PENNSYLVANIA de
livery from the North and West.
1881 I drS OF fertShabIeS.
Thus there WAS volume Of 1854
cars of perisha BILE freight. exclusive
Of less than carlot shipments, I'M
loaded at the Pennsylvan Railroad
Yards in Southwest Washington dur
ing the wear 1925
Shipments Of perishahle freight
from the North and from tho West
over the Pennsylvania system and the
Baltimore and OHIO Railroad are prar.
tlcallV on z rarity So far as routing
and terminal delivery are concerned.
But according to the present geo
graphical layout Of the trunk lines pf-
flcient and economic delivery of perish
able freiehf from the South Atlantic
seahoard can he made only at the
Pennsylvania Railroad Yards in South
west Washington,
Yet an organized effort is being
made TO swing this whole movement
~ perishahle freight from tho South
Washington terminals 20 the ternninal Is
ot the Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad ny
the proposed relocation of the whole
sale nlarke' district in Northeast
Washington.
IF this Mere accomplished il would
rea n that over -.ooH ca riots NJ perish
able freight annually moving through
Potomac Yard and now unloaded in
Southwest Washington. at a ha aul!nE
distance of about miles and within
two hours after movement out Of Po.
tor1ac Yard. must needs he hauled di-
r~a~tlv past the Mater street terminal
at the end of Long Rridce. through
South Washington ana across the
Eastern Branch to Henning Junction
thence 10 HyattsNille and hack 70 the
Baltimore and ohio terminal Yards At
Eckfnc1on-a distance of anout -
miles
This circ uitous routing would carry |
the same freight rate hut IL would in |
vo!ve congestion resulting IA verZ !
SOW de!!veriss-probably "a average