Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-28
AIRPORT PROPOSED
IN CH|LLUM AREA
Plan for New Site Is Endorsed
by HyattsviIIe
Chamber.
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EVANSVILLE, Md, May 28.-An
energetic movement Is under way in
this section of Prince Georges County
to have the proposed municipal air.
port for Washington located in Chillum
district, a short distance west of this
place. The campaign received the in
dorsement of the Chamber of Com
merce of Hyattsville at its May meeting
last night in the municipal building,
when resolution was Endorsed upon
the request of the Exchange Club of
Prince Georges County which earlier
in the day had adopted similar reso-
luton. The resolution will be SUBJ
mitted to the Maryland delegation in
Congress, and efforts will be made to Sc
cure the support of civic bodies and
other groups in this section for the
proposition.
Samuel H. Harvey, chairman of the
airport committee of the Exchange
Club of Prince Georges County. in lay
ing the resolution adopted by that body
before the chamber with TIN request
that 1t adopt a similar resolution,
pointed out that the establishment OF
an airport in Chillum district would
mean the influx of new residents who
would be employed at the port, and it
would be a big thing generally for the
community. Mr.. Harvey expressed the
opinion that 1t was not unlikely that
Congress might be favorable to the Sc
lection of ports both on the Gravelly
Point site, also under consideration,
and the Chillum location.
Roughly, the proposed Chillum port
comprises 400 acres between the Riggs
Farm and the old corporate line of the
town of Mount Rainier and the Alex
ander Guide farm and a point short
distance west Of the Northwest branch.
Mr. Harvey believed that the needed
land could be obtained without great
difficulty.
It Is set forth in the resolutions
adopted both by the Exchange Club and
the Chamber of Commerce that mas
much as 1t is generally understood that
the Chillum location is being considered
as a municipal airport by the congress
sional committee having in charge its
establishment the Maryland delegation
in Congress and organizations through
out the section are asked to indorse the
project. It is pointed out the proposed
site is easily accessible from the heart
Of Washington, its topography is such
that the land could easily be put in
shape for port and that the wind and
air currents there have been pronounced
satisfactory by experts.
Besides Mr.. Harvey. members Of the
Exchange Clubs airport committee are
r. S. Cara and H. c. Fleming.
Committees Are Appointed.
A committee, comprising Maury n.
Brown, M. I. May and DR.. B. P. Rob-
ertson. was appointed by the chamber
to work in conjunction with the mayor
and town council in evolving sys-
tematic plan of trash and garbage col
lection here.
Irwin Owings, chairman of the roads
committee of the chamber, reported that
the contract for the extension of Rhode
Island avenue from the District line at
Mount Rainier to johnson avenue, Hy-
attsville, Is expected soon to be awarded.
The work has been held up, he said, by
various technicalities, but the way was
almost clear now for the beginning OF
work.
M. T. May, reporting for the public
utilities committee, announced that the
Maryland Public Service Commission
had heard the complaint lodged by the
chamber and other organizations in
this section with regard to the rates
of the Washington Suburban Gas Co.,
and that attorneys had been given until
June Is to file briefs. He expected
the commission would render a decision
not sooner than July /. 1t was decided
to appropriate money to further action
on the complaint.
DR.. Robertson, Dr. Charles H. Naylor
and DR.. r. v. Truitt were named to
study the simplification of the calen-
dar, a plan now being given considera-
ton by chambers generally, and George.
N. Bowen, Lemuel L. Gray and @.
Hodges Carr were appointed commit
tee to report on principles Of business
conduct, another subject being studied
by the national body.
DR.. Truitt of the University of Mary
land spoke Of the campaign to re-
habilitate the oyster and kindred in
dustries in the Chesapeake Bay. He
said that II the present ratio OF re-
duction in the annual oyster output OF
the bay was continued for 10 years
~Nre they would be practically extinct.
lie said that the oyster folk were
largely responsible for this condition,
as their methods of culture are not
conducive to increased production. and
for the most part they are not willing
to change their methods. The famed
Diamondback terrapin Is now nearly
extinct in the bay, Or. Truitt said. The
crab industry there, however, now Is
coming back and he predicted the price
of soft-shell crabs will be cheaper the
coming Summer. Canvasback ducks
also are on the increase in the bay
laid the increasing number Of crabs
and ducks to agreements between
Maryland and Virginia designed to
bring about such Improvements.
DR.. Truitt was elected to membership
in the chamber along with DR.. Frank
B. Bomberger, also of the University
Of Maryland, and e. J. Repetti Of
Hyattsville.