The Washington times., 1929-08-10
MALL BUILDING
!. SEEN BOON TO
CAPITAL

The Federal building program
here, as epitomized in the vast Mall
development project. will recreats
Washington in the next 10 years
i and make It the most interesting
spot in this hemisphere.
5 This was the prediction made yes
terday by John L. Weaver, promi,
pent realty dealer and former presi-
dent OF the Real Estate Board in
an interview in which he ;imned
the National Capitals future with
a glowing surety of what is to
come
On the wall of his office hung a
huge map of the city, its streets
and squares dominated by the rep.
resentation of the Mall area, blocked
out in bod green
No Limit Seen
There are no limits to what can
happen here" he said. should
those OF us who think we know
Washington leave today and remain
away. for decade, strange land
would confront us on our return
The picture is SO elaborate that it is
beyond my vocabulary to paint 1t
In words @
But. visualize. first, this great
sweep of structures. boulevards and
) green's which will march from the
Capitol westward to the Potomac
I No other city in the world will have
such 2 thing. There will be no par
aHel to its gleam of stone. its sheen
Of lawns.
That is only tn e beginning.
Stretching back from it, the city
will build in kind. How colossally
it will hulld. will not dare to
prophesy, but it will build to a.
standard that the Mall will impose
on 1t "a finer standard perhaps,
than has ever been attained.
Population to Grow
, This will mean two things-in.
creased population. the finest sort
Aof population the nation can give us.
Vand increased values, The growth
IN our numbers will be. as it has
always been in the past, in direct
ratio with the growth of the popula-
tion of the nation at large.
But there will be added in
greatly increased numbers those
who seek the leisure and the cul-
ture of a cosmopolitan city. 1t
should always be borne in mind
that Washington presents a greater
variety of interests than any other
city in this hemisphere.
Washington has the normal in.
Sterests of American cities, but, in
addition. it also has those to be
found only in capital city How
much greater and more diversified
Will they become when this build
Ing project has gone through.
Quality Assured
Fortunately, 1t is. bound to give
us quality. rather than quantity.
OF population. On the day we at
tain a million inhabitants. we will
know that we have a million of a
type as high as the nation can pro-
vide.
Even now, Washington has the
finest group of wage.earners of any
of the cities. I refer, of course,
government, ranking from the eff
ffcient youngsters doing the
Mhumbler tasks. all the way up
through the heads of departments,
Cabinet officers, Representatives,
and Supreme Court justices to the
President himself.
"They are all earnest workmen
and women, more intent on a task
well done than on the too-prevalent
race for the almighty dollar
that is the spirit that has made
and is making Washington 5iffer-
ent-delightfully differentiation all
other cities.''
Higher Values Seen
This expansion must lead ines.
9eapably to higher realty values,
Weaver said-"a question very in.
teresting to one of my vocation. ard
easily answered" he added. The in.
crease will be more than ro:nmen-
surate with that of the past, he
declared, explaining:
"Heretofore it has always been
in direct ratio with the 2rowth in
population 1t may fairly be as-
sumed, however, that because of
the accelerated" influx of those with
completeness. which is sure to come
with the development program,
there win be a marked increase in
she ratio.