Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-06
CRAMTON FORESEES
MILLION FOR PARKS
1929 Appropriation to Top
Budget Bureau Figure,
He Believes.

Prediction that Congress would ap.
propriate 100000 for park land pur.
chases this year in spite of the fact
that the Budget Bureau has recon-
nnended but $500, 900 for this purpose
was made by Representative Cram
ton of Michigan. who apparel before
the Federation of Citizens Associations
at its meeting last night in the Dis
trict Building board room.
Representative Cramton addressed
the members of the federation in sup
port of the bill he has introduced INTO
Congress, which calls for loan OF $40,
10000 from the Federal Treasury to
the District government to purchase
park land within and in the vicinity
Of the District. The money would be
spent on five-year park land buying
program and be repaid to the Treasury
in Is annual $1,000 900 instalments.
Other sections Of the bill call Tor
the development OF the George wash
ington Memorial parkway from Alex
andria to Great Falls on both sides OF
the Potomac River, including boule-
wards on each side, the acquisition OF
the Chesapeake g. Ohio Canal and
Analostan Island and the extension OF
Rock Greek and AnacoStia Parks into
Maryland along the valleys OF ROCK
Greek and Northwest and Sligo branches,
respectively
He Outlines Advantages.
The advantages of his bill, Mr.. Cram
tom said, were that land could be
bought cheaper now than later, as the
value of park lands increased approx
nnately 9 per cent per year. Many of
The lands desirable for parks will be
oil %
not purchased now. The passage of his
bill would give the use of the land
to the people Is to IS years sooner than
If the present system of piecemeal
purchases Is followed, he said.
H. X. Bush-Brown told MIR. Cramton
he would favor the bill If the Federal
Government would pay half the price
of the land to be acquired in the Dis
trict. Mr.. Cramton said that by vir-
tue of its lump-Sum appropriations and
the fact that no interest would be
charged on the $16,000,000 loan, the
Federal Government would make a SUBJ
stantial contribution to the purchase
and that he believed the bill with such
a clause would never be passed by
Congress, whereas the bill as written
stands a good chance to be passed at
this session.
William NICK. Clayton said that the
100000 for purchasing the proposed
George Washington Memorial site along
the Potomac in Maryland and Vir-
ginia was underestimate, as he had it
on good authority that the Potomac
Electric Power Co. values the land it
owns on either side of Great Falls at
$4,000, 900, including riparian rights.
Applause Greets Remarks.
SfF i
have been made with regard to our
mandate to the Federal Power Com
mission not to allow power develop
ments at Great Falls until we have
acted on the question" Mr.. Cramton
replied. "You will have to have a new
generation of Congressman on the Hill,
gentlemen, before we allow power de-
velopment at Great Falls The re-
marks were greeted with loud applause.
A passage at arms between President
George G. Havenner of the federation
and Mr.. Clayton broke out shortly aft
erward when DR.. Havenner rose to a
point OF high personal privilege to an
swer attacks against his choice OF men,
bers Of the federation's committee on
public utilities 1t had been charged
that the washington Society OF Engi-
neers withdrew from the federation
appointing his new committee after his
election, had not reappointed any OF
the engineer members OF the committee.
DR.. Havenner read a letter from Charles
B. Hawley, president of the engineer
society, stating that the withdrawal had
been recommended in the report OF a
Special committee to the society on
september n, 1928, before DR.. Haven
Ner was elected.
Proposed Changes Read.
B. A. Bovles, chairman of special
committee 70 report on the work OF the
federation, read report calling LOT
several changes involving amendments
to the federation's constitution. Inc
report was ordered to wait until the
next meeting. Among the Recommended
fions were creation of an executive
committee to have full power to act 1or
the federation, appointment OF cor
responding secretary by the president,
establishing a new committee on auolC
Of expenditures, and keeping commit
eee reports confidential until they are
presented to the federation. A commit
zee was appointed to consider the nee
essary constitutional changes, consist
ing of Robert Bailey, DR.. w. P: ke-
neatly, w. nj. Mclean, Lewis Goldman
and L. s. Trumble.
The federation adopted committee
reports recommending an increase IN
the nay Of Assistant engineer Commits
sioners to $4,000 per annum, extension
of New York avenue from Florida ave-
nue. to West virginia avenue northeast,
condemniug theNse of glaring head
lights on auS2mobiles and lndorsing the
orders of Capt. w. G. Stott of the third
vracinct tn his men to keep out OF
rambling establishments while off duty.
Trafic Director tWilliam H. Harland
and Assistant Traffic Director NJ. O.
Eldridge, urged the federation to APP
prove the leIt-turn rule now in effect
for vehicles at intersections controlled
by traffic lights or officers in opposition
TO the left-turn system proposed by the
Hoover safety conference. The fedora
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