Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
ABATTO|R- PROJECT
HIT BY CAMPBELL
Proposed Construction in Ar
lington County Scored as
Insult to Entire Nation.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
CLARENDON, Va, January 21.-
Aroused over the second attempt of the
Auth Provision Co. of Washington to
erect its abattoir on the Columbia pike
near Relee Station, in Arlington Coun-
ty, P. P. Campbell, former Representa-
tive in Congress from Kansas and now
a resident Of the county today launched
a verbal attack upon the project, de-
claring that erection of the abattoir
would be an insult to the entire Nation.
THE erection of the abattoir at this
point or in any other place in Arlington
County, a purely residential section,
should and will meet with the strong
est opposition by me and by many other
property owners" he declared.
Refusing to refer to the abattoir as
anything else but a slaughter house."
Campbell said that it will drive persons
now living in the county to Washington
and Maryland, where they will not be
compelled to live within an area perme-
ated by the odorS that must necessarily
emanate from such a place"
Refuses to Admit Necessity.
81 do not see," he insisted, why it is
necessary in this day Of motor trucks
and other quick means OF tranSporta-
ton to place an abattoir or packing
plant within 10 miles Of any city"
aIf a permit is issued by the board OF
county supervisors for the erection of
the abattoir, Campbell thinks, it will
probably result in refusal by the Fed
eral Government to contribute to the
erection of the proposed Mount Vernon
boulevard and will be likely to result in
abandonment of the proposals for the
establishment of huge park from Fort
Hunt to Great Falls on the Virginia side
of the river.
cit would be an insult to the people
from all sections of the country, the
people whose money is used to con-
Struct the roads over which they must
travel to Mount Vernon, Americas great
est shrine, to pass within stones throw
of a slaughter house." Campbell con-
tinued, land the reflection on the State
of Virginia would reach the utmost cor
nerS of the world, since many citizens
of all countries visit the two great
shrines. the other, the Tomb of the IN
known Soldier, beir 2 located in Airing.
ton National Cemetery. within the very
shadow of the proposed insult to Amer
lean pride"
Fate of Kansas City Cited.
In concluding his attack, Campbell
called attention to the fate of Kansas
OA1yt xAdLA. LlAo NAOJs 4IC OAHU, wac
once thriving community, but the city
of Kansas City, Mo-, pursued the great
packing house to establish themselves
on the Kansas side of the river. Within
a short time every other business and
a greater number of residents of the
Kansas side of the river had fed the
odors'
Campbell's attack comes on the eve of
a meeting that is scheduled for tonight
in the Jefferson District Firemen's Hall,
in Virginia Highlands. The meeting,
called to protest the granting of the
permit to the provision company,
promises to be lively affair, it was
learned today, because number of citi-
gems who rotested the company's last
application, resulting in its withdrawal,
have announced their attention Of sup
porting the project.
Tonight's meeting is to be under the
auspices of the Aurora Hills Civic
League, the Virginian Highlands Civic
League and the Hume School Civic
League.