Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05
TRADE BODY VOTES
AGAINST BLOCKADE
FavOrs Changing Building
Plans to Keep 18th Street
Open to Traffic.

The Washington Board of Trade took
a Arm stand yesterday against the
blocking of Thirteenth street south OF
Pennsylvania avneue by colonnade
between two Government buildings to
be erected there under the plan for
the development of the triangle.
The board of directors, meeting in the
ORGANIZATIONS offices In The Star Build
ing, went on record as charging tnat
the architects having the design ana
Advancement of these buildings IN
charge have not given enough consider
alton to the handling Of trafflc in the
Triangle, which will house thousands
Of people In small, congesteo o's stat
and that "it Is the consensus tnat
serious error has been unintentionaily
committed by the designers OF the
buildings in this area"
The matter was brought before the
board by a communication from the
committee on streets and avenues, pre-
sented by George ". Graham, CHAIR
man, which was unanimously 1noorseo'
Special Committee Named.
The appointment of a special COM
Inittee composed of two members OF
each Of three standing committees, was
authorized. The special group follows:
Mr.. Graham, chairman, and Roland A.
Ribbons, representing the streets and
avenues committee; Robert F. Beres-
ford and Vincent A. Toomey, public
and private buildings committee, and
Col. A. M. Barber and Henry Z. String
er. trafic committee. This committee
Is to make q thorough study Of the Sit
uation and submit recommendations at
the next session of the board.
The letter Endorsed points out that
recently approximately quarter OF q
million dollars was spent by the Dis
trict Government in widening Thir-
teenth street and making it one OF the
city'S main arteries of traf1c. This
thoroughfare will be Of increased i'm
portance, 1t was asserted, when the
Federal buildings are erected In the
triangle and there is . daily rush Of
employees to and from their homes.
In addition, it was stated, the present
plan calls for the conversion OF B
Street into. one Of the principal thor
oughfareS Of the city, but II Thirteenth
street were blocked at pennsylvania
avenue the traffic which normally would
now from one street to the other, would
be shunted on into other and narrower
streets.
Would Link With Bridge.
B street, under the present program,
would connect with the new Arlington
Memorial Bridfefi serving large section
of nearby Virginia. The board pointed
out that II Thirteenth street and B
streets do not meet, this trafic would
be cut OF from O direct route to the
center of the city.
In arriving ut its decision the board
took into consideration the fact that
Thirteenth street would provide the
nj IN
Department of Agriculture, which can
take care of any considerable amount
of traflc.
Streets running north and south In
this section, it was said, are alterna-
lively wide and narrow. Thirteenth and
Eleventh streets are both broad. Eleventh
street is already cut off by the Internal
Revenue Building, and the proposed
colonnade would block. Thirteenth
street, while Twelfth street, which is
narrow, would have forced on 1t all the
other highways.
The letter to the board states that
the two buildings planned for either side
Of Thirteenth street at Pennsylvania
avenue are so designed that there would
necessarily be q slight Offset in the
street, but that If the colonnade were
not erected between the structures, the
now OF uafIlc would be unlmpeoed.
FavorS Pay Increase. So
The board voted support to the bill
for an increase in the salaries of po-
licemen and flremen.
Thirty-nine persons were admitted to
membership. They were Walter Beall.
James Z. Bobo. Louis G. Carrico, Floyd
8. Davis, william Douden, Walter c.
Drury, Dulin a. Martin Co., Harry Du-
lin, Wellstone White, James L. Ewin,
Frank I. Ferri, Henry c. Fisher, r. C..
Fulbright, C. F. Gibson, Arthur Grover
man, Hugh H. Groves, w. M. Harris,
Ford K. Herman, Clinton M. Hisle. jr.;
Henry G. Jones. A. w. Kaldenbach.
James H. Lee, John Marshall Littlepage,
T. Leroy Mcintosh, Isaac G. Maus,
Walter d. Middlekauff, Frederick II.
owen, Welding D. owen, Fairfax Oy-
ster, Selwyn L. Powers, C. Russell
Reilly, Ernest C. RuebSam, Norman C..
Schroth, Isadore M. Siegel, Arthur
Henry Sinclair, James r. rrimm, John
G. Webster and e. F. zaleSak.