Evening star., 1926-01-21
.UNDERTAKER'S ROW
HIT At HEARING
Dupont Circle Citizens and
Doctors Oppose Opening
of Establishments.

Vigorous protests against The ope n
ing Of undertaking establishments on
Connecticut avenue were registered
by residents of the fashionable abodcs
in the Dupont Circle neiShborhood
and representative OF citizens as~o-
Citations at a public hearing today he
fore the IoninS Commission.
The testimony gave emphatic sur.
port to proposed amendment TO
the coming regulations designed to
prohibit the opening OF undertaking
cStahliShme in first commercial
areas without the written consent Of
75 per cent Of property owners With
in 200 feet.
Arguments cprosin- tho opening nj
undertaking parlors along 'onnecti.
cut avenue were that they were 4
would intensity traffic congestion with
funeral professions and that property
values would be deprecated.
Doctors Also Object.
A letter from the Washington
branch OF the American Medical IAsSo-
citation also WAS presented, pointing
out that undertaking parlors and fu-
neral professions would have bad
psychological effect on patients of ply
sicians IN the territory contiguous 10
such eStablie ehnientS.
Stanton &. Feelle made the chief
argument for the Dupont Circle As
Sociation John r. STORY = real es-
tale man. also voiced his approval of
the proposed amendment. declaring
that undertaking RStahli shmentz de-
pre"late property values
Clyde !. Nichols. principal spok es-
man for the undertakerS. denied that
funeral parlors were 4 menace to puh-
y III
.akers are deairous nf getting out Of
the Concested business section because
u traffic conditions. TRAFFIC condi-
lions downtown are 50 bad" he said
"underlakerS have cot To set away"
WASHINGTON loug-Sought bus ter
rninal would he built in the vicinity Of
Fifth and l. streets if the proposed rc-
ZoninG OF property in TN: vicinity
from first TO second comolurridl area
is appro owed. Harry !. jackson prom
1sed the commission. Mr Jackson
said he represented company, the
name OF which he did not reveal. that
has planned TO build a four.atul.y pub
lie garage if the loninS lcculati"n-
are changed on property located
about so feet east Of Fifth street on
The north side OF |. stree, and New
York avenue. Ths "oTpanv. lie "a id.
already has securpi an u,rccntnl
With 4 bus comptnv 10 make rhc pr".
posed garage its terminal.
Rezoning to BE Asked.
strong pleas for the rezonirc It =
large area stretching from Conduit
road 10 Potomac Heights ana ,he Di--
tlict Line in order 10 prohibit the
erection of row hOu 5cS or iniu~tl.i, ]
and commercial plans we're made l.,
representa- tiVes of the Conduit T;oI,.
Citizens .4ssocia ton.
The change proposed was to n,ake
all property in the wide territor, g
ceDt the commercial frunta-e on hot h
sides OF Conduit road, residential \
restricted area. The area is bnurdcd
by the line Of Wyoming avenue. Ari.
zano avenue, the Potomac River and
areas on Macomb stree, md the 20
lomac River flats also ui- inclu,lei III
the proposed change.
charles 4. Baker opened the argu.
ment in favor Of the change with
a vivid prophetic verbal picture Of The
section in future Years providing the
commission prohibits the erection Of
row houses and commercial and III
dustrial establishments. He especial
y protested the placing Of industrial
plants along the river front on the
Sround that they would destroy the
scenic beauties Of his visionary pic
ture with their smoke stacks helch-
Ing forth black clouds of SCOT
Opposes Row Houses
The territory. r. r. Evans. explain
ed. is best suited for detached and
semi-detached homes. Except in Fox-
al Village. he said. virtually all Of
the homes in the section are detached
Row house. he declared. would de-
stroy this uniformity.
Others vino argued in favor Of the
change included Charles !. Warden
Edgar +. Henderson. chairman of the
zontnC committee of the Fedora ton
of Citizens Associations: John ~
Smoot. II. NJ. Frampton. Rev. q. J.,
Randall and W. +. fiolSrevc
Represe ntatives OF several industrial
and CONNIE rcidl establishments owning
properly along the water front oh
iected 10 the proposed change Among
them We're Edmund q. Brady nf lht
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co. Louis
otteuberc and a representative nf the
Georgetown Gas Light 60.
Seeks TO Build Rows.
Mr.. Gutenberg pointed out that Nor
ris Cafritz had planned to dcvelop 2
large heart-shaped section lying be-
tween FoNhall road and Conduit road