Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-06
ARLINGTON BODY
ATTACKS ABATTO|R
Proposed Plant Would Be
Nuisance, View in Fedora
ton Resolution.

1
ton Resolution.
BY JOHN T. LIPSCOMB.
| CLARENDON, Va, February 6.-The
request of the N. Auth Provision Co.
of Washington for permit to establish
an abattoir on its property on Columbia
Pike, which has been attacked by many
organizations and citizens, received an
other blow last night, when the Ar
lington County Civic Federation adopt
ed almost unanimously resolution of
protest. The application is before the
| for public hearing February %. Only
one voice was heard in opposition to
, the resolution.
The resolution was offered by Frank
| G.. Campbell, member of the Virginia
Park and Planning Commission, and
was vigorously supported IN addresses
by Philip p Campbell, former member
! of Congress from Kansas, now a resi-
dent of the county: Robert E. Plymale,
one of the federation's delegates to the
interfederation conference; Arthur Orr,
prominent member of the federation;
| Col. Ford, United States Army Medical
l
Norman Draper, director Of the
| Washington Office, Institute of Ameri-
can Meat Packers, and George Yeat-
man, president of the Ashton Heights
| Citizens Association, spoke in support
Of the proposed plant.
| Claims for the abattoir that there
are no provisions for StockyardS In
| the plans of the company; that the
plant would be free of offensive odors;
that inspection by the Department of
| Agriculture would protect against in
sanitary conditions. and that cattle
shipped in for slaughter would be
given shower baths en- route, failed TO
impress the delegates.
Strength Of Opposition.
The Auth Co., according to Frank G.
Campbell, has repeatedly made the
statement that it would not press the
application for the permit If the same
opposition which met the proposal and
caused its withdrawal about a year ago
again manifested itself. With the fed
Grafton going on record as 1t did when
the project was first attempted, the OPP
position is just as strong, if not stronger,
| today it was said, as at that time. The
| Organized Women Voters of Arlington
| County, the associations of Aurora
Hills, Virginia Highlands and Oak
Crest, the Virginia Park and Planning
| Commission, the Woman's Club of Ash
ton Heights, the Fort Myer Citizens
Association, the Interfederation Confer
ence are others to register protest
against establishment of the plant, Mr..
Campbell declared. The territory IN
which 1t is proposed to erect the plant,
Mr.. Campbell asserted, is primarily in
dustrial, and it is desirable that the
county make every effort to make it
such, but care should be taken, he said,
to insure types of industry that will be
| credit instead of a detriment to the
county. Slaughter houses, junk yards,
soap factories, fertilizer plants and the
like are not to be considered at any
price," he said.
p. p. Campbell called attention to
the fact that the Federal Government,
in providing for construction OF the
Arlington Memorial Bridge and the
Mount Vernon Boulevard, had taken on
an expenditure of approximately S19,-
! 000, 900, and ventured the opinion that
| mot a dollar would have been appro-
priated had 1t been known that AIRING
| ton County would have allowed the es-
tablishment of a slaughter house within
the midst Of those two great projects.
Called Public Nuisance.
"The idea of a $14,000,000 bridge ter
minating at slaughter house!" he con-
| tinued "a slaughter-house Is public
nuisance. Everybody knows 1t. II peo-
pie want industrial development, they
| had better not start with slaughter
house, for 1t will keep out other indus
/ tries. No other business would want to
locate by or even near 1t"
Declaring that Arlington County has
been the dumping ground for Wasning,
| ton long enough, Mr.. Campbell ASKED
why the Auth Co. did not build the
plant on large tract OF land 1t owns
in Bladensburg.
| After telling of the abandonment OF
beautiful residential section of his native
state because of the presence OF a
slaughter house, Mr. Campbell declared
that If such a plant is permitted to set
tie in Arlington County permanent
stagnation will set in"
In defense Of the proposal, Mr.. Draper
said the modern packing house is not
slaughter-house in any sense OF the
word 1T conducts slaughtering opera
tons" he said, but these are merely
an incident Of the operation OF in
dustries tremendous in their size. All
operations in modern packing plant
are conducted with the very highest de-
gree of care and sanitation, and, more
i over, GTG COIIuUCICo IAAANA VAC SOA1OAi'AOAS
supervision of veterinaries and SANTA
ton experts, who are in the employ OF
United States Government" Mr.. Yeat-
man said his interest was solely In the
development of the county and that
from business standpoint the abattoir
would be good for the county.
Industry Not Opposed.
1.-THE federation" the resolution cites,
lis not opposed to industry in Arlington
County, but believes that such estab-
lishnlents as slaughter houses are in a
class by themselves, and should not be
permitted to locate in areas, where the
population is as dense as it is in the
county"
Continuing the resolution states:
I'VE are convinced, as we view the
progress of Arlington County in the past
10 years, that the next 10 years will
witness the growing together of the
various subdivisions in Arlington Coun-
ty, and the creation of the great City
of Arlington, on the Virginia hills, OPP
posite the National Capital. The area
In which it Is proposed to locate the
slaughter house will constitute the front
yard Of the coming City Of Arlington
It Is believed that the location Of q
slaughter house at the point proposed
will encourage other industries Of like
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