Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-24
SEWER COMMITTEE
TO Be NAMED SOON
Newly Authorized Group Will
Coordinate Construction in
Metropolitan Area.

Appointment of committee to CO.
ordinate sewer construction in the met
ropolitan area will be undertaken in
the immediate future, as the result Of
authorization given by the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion during its two-day meeting, held
last Friday and Saturday. Capt. e. N.
Chisholm jr., the commissions engi-
neer, and Charles w. Eliot, I'd, city
planner, are inviting interested District,
Maryland and Virginia authorities to
name the personnel of this newly al
thorized group.
Under the auspices Of the commits
sion, water committee is now at work
on the task of mapping out water re-
quirements for Greater Washington for
that the sewer and water groups will
work In close relationship, due to the
tie-up between these related activities.
The commission is giving further
study to its proposed official seal. Mr..
Eliot submitted several sketches to the
commission and one will be selected,
probably at the October meeting. Al
though the commission has been in ex-
istence since 1926, it has not yet adopt
ed an official seal.
Honor Paid Medary.
The commission passed a minute de-
death. of the late Milton B. Medary, ir.,
of Philadelphia, member of the COM
mission and former president of the
American Institute of Architects.
President Hoover is now engaged in
selecting an outstanding man to fl
the vacancy.
The legislative program proposed for
the coming Congress was laid before
the commission by Fred G. Coldren,
administrative assistant to Lieut.. Col.
U. S. Grant, Sd, the commissions ex-
ecutive ofhcer. The commission was
advised that the annual report is now
being drafted.
The Virginia approach to the Airing
ton Memorial Bridge was discussed.
Changes in the railroad tracks skirting
the Virginia shore of the Potomac River
near RoSslyn, Va, will have to be made,
the commission was informed, in con-
junction with plans for the proper de-
velopment Of the bridge approaches.
Plan Called Expensive.
The commission went on record as
being opposed to central parking plat
posed, basing this on economic, esthetic
and traffic grounds. The commission
felt that the cost of maintenance of
such parking at this point was expensive
and there would be restriction on an
arterial. It was considered the sense
of the commission that the pedestrians
should be protected by Islands" safety
zones or other means, If caught in the
middle of the street, but the details of
this were left to District authorities to
devise.
Capt. Chisolm made it clear today
that the commission is not opposed to
ton, for it Is considering this very thing
for the pretentious north portal to the
city, at Sixteenth street and the District
line.
A preliminary report was submitted
to the commission by John Ihlder, ex-
pert on housing conditions.
While the commission failed to make
public the contents of this preliminary
report, it was indicated that bill will
be drafted designed to better living
conditions In Washington's alleys.
Wirth Submits Report.
G. L. Wirth, landscape architect of the
commission, submitted a report on the
proposed changes Of names OF parks
and reservations in the Capital. These
changes were substantially approved by
the park committee of the office Of Pub
lie Buildings and Public Parks, Mr..
Wirth said Half a dozen recommend
atoms were made on the subject to the
commission, which took the matter I'M
der advisement.
The changes recommended in the
report, which were drafted by Capt.
Chisolm and Mr.. Wirth, were as fol-
lows: Small areas should be named
after bordering avenues and numbered
as the houses are numbered in each
block. Reservations containing memo
rails or statues should take their names
from such memorials or statues. Long.
involved names should be shortened.
Parks adjoining streams, forts or proper
ties Of fair size should follow these his
torical names.