Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-14
EXPERTS CONSIDER
HIGHWAY PROBLEM
Conference Today Planning
to Meet City's Future
Transportation Needs.

The report being prepared by ex
perts of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission on Wash
ington's future transportation needs
is being gone over this afternoon at
a conference between Maj. Cary II.
Brown, executive assistant to the
commission, and officials of the local
railway systems.
The track layout of the two COM
panies has been the subject Of care
full study for a period Of weeks by
Earl o. Mills, engaged as a consultant
by the commission, and he will make
his report to the Park Commission
during the monthly meeting, which
begins Friday and will continue until
Monday.
An outline given today by Maj.
Brown of what the park commission
plans to take up at the sessions be-
ginning Friday indicates that this
September meeting will be one Of the
most important the park commission
has held this year.
Major ThOrOughfares Scheduled.
The morning session Friday will
be devoted to further discussion Of
the plan Of major thoroughfares for
the future Washington. This sub
ject has been taken up at previous
meetings. but L. d. Tilton, the ex-
pert consultant on this phase OF city
planning, is ready to submit an ad-
ditional report.
The park and planning experts Will
meet Jointly with the Fine Arts Com
mission Friday afternoon to go over
proposed treatment of the ground
surrounding the Lincoln Memorial in
connection with the approach to the
Arlington Memorial Bridge.
The conference today is to lay be,
fore the railway executives in an
informal way an outline Of the work
of Mr.. Mills in order that they may
study his data and make recommended
tions to the Park Commission at some
later date.
Considers Physical Layout.
It is understood Mr.. Mills has con.
fined his study to the physical layout
of the various car lines and how
routes might be improved as the city
grows. The problem of how best to
afford transportation to and from the
Pennsylvania triangle when the Gov
ernment's building program has been
carried out also will form an impor-
tant part of the forthcoming report.
1t is not expected that the railway
officials will be ready to make. sugges-
tons at the conference this afternoon,
but they will begin study of the
Mills survey. The conference is to be
attended by William +. Ham, presi-
dent of the Washington Railway &
Electric Co, and John III. Hanna, head
of the Capital Traction Co.
The commission will devote all of
Saturday to the transportation report
to be submitted by Mr.. Mills. 1t is
understood that after receiving the
report the commission plans to wait
several months before taking final
action on it in order to obtain the
views and recommendations Of all in
terested groups.
Water Power Project Opposed.
Officials of the Potomac River Cor
poration of Delaware, whose applica-
ton for a preliminary permit to de-
velop water power on the upper PO-
tomao met with opposition from the
Park and Planning Commission on
the ground that it would prevent
preservation of a park of great nat
ural beauty along the river, will con-
fer with the park and planning au-
thorities during this monthly gather
ing. The desire for such a conference
was indicated by the power company
following the public
hearing recently at which the park
and planning board presented it's argu-
ments against the power develop
ment.
The final session of the commission
Monday will be taken up with miscel.
laneous matters that have arisen
lately.