Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-03
PLAN TO CUT DOWN
MARKET MAY LET
u. S. BEGIN BUILDING
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likely that the building program will
get a substantial start within q few
weeks
One feature which must be kept in
mind. according to Assistant Sec
rotary Dewey. is that Congress has
appropriated The money for this
building for the fiscal year and ii
must be expended during this fiscal
year, before July / 1927. or it will be
necessary To 80 back to Congress and
risk the delay of getting money re-
appropriated.
Mrs. Henry I. Dimock. founder and
sponsor OF the movement for the
George Washington Memorial. is in
her Summer home in Maine, and could
not be reached today for an express
sion as to placing the farmers mar
ket next to the memorial.
Among the obstacles which has
heen In the way of progress with the
building program was an informal
opinion of corporation counsel which
held that an old law designated the
site for the farmers market and it
was not therefore available for the
Federal Government for building pur-
poses.
With the progress of negotiations
today, however. between District and
Federal officials. il WAS believed diff
Culties presented by this informal
opinion might be ironed out and a
way found to cooperate between the
Two branches of Government.
Hearing Is Concluded.
The Washington Chamber of Com
merce's committee on selection of a
permanent market site concluded its
hearings yesterday after six hours of
argument by proponents of various
! locations.
The committee several days ago
heard advocates OF the Fifth and l.
streets site and spent yesterday in
hearing the supporters of the south
west water front location and the Pat
terson tract site. Several organlZa-
lions and many individuals WED with
each other in presenting the merits
Of the locations proposed by them.
After hearing the arguments Ivan
g. Weld, chairman of the chamber 3
special committee, announced that 1t
would REQUIRE several days for his
committee to study the record of the
hearings before coming to a decision
II was pointed out by advocates OF
: aa southwest water front that the
Government already owns considerable
nd in that section. that there are
3L acres with 5000 feet Of water
front available. that the Municipal
Fish Market already is doing bust
ness amounting TO 81 .000.oo0 annually,
that the location OF the market on the
water front would reduce transporta-
ton costs and thereby the cost OF
food, that il would encourage an in
crease in trade from the Eastern
Shore and Virginia and would place
/ Washington in a more desirable com
petitive position with Baltimore.
Other Factors Cited.
II was also pointed out that re
frigeration cold storage plants and
railroad facilities were already located
there as we'll as water transporta-
ton.
c. s. Hoskins. divisional superin-
tendent of the Baltimore and Ohio
and one OF the railroads engineers.
however, declared he had surveyed
the water front site. and declared ii
impossible TO locate there the facilities
proposed because of lack of room.
Among those who advocated the
water front site were Richard l..
F.acho. j. +. Robinson. 6. F. Harrison,
representing the Fairfax County
Chamber Of Commerce. and w. A.