Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-15
PARKING PROPOSED
/ UNDER new PARK
| SOUTH OF AVENUE
Merchants for Grass-C Covered
Street-Level Roof Between
14th and 18th.
BOARD TAKES STAND
AGAINST GAS TAX PLAN
Resolution Also Adopted Urging
School Contract Award to
D. c. Contractor.

The conversion into an underground
parking place of the square Of property
on the south side of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets, where buildings are now in the
process Of demolition to make way for
a park, Is proposed in a resolution
adopted late yesterday by the board Of
governors Of the Merchants g. Manu-
facturers Association.
Citing the fact that most Of the
ground Is already excavated, the naer-
chants group pointed out that the park
idea might be carried out in conjunc-
ton with the basement garage, by the
construction Of roof over the under.
ground parking area, level with the
street, which could be sown with grass
and other necessary plant life.
The plot Is ideally located for the
convenience of theater crowds and
downtown shoppers, and would relieve
materially the parking problem, the
board declared.
Commission To BE Told.
Letters setting forth the recommended
ton VIII be sent to the National Capi-
tai Park and Planning Commission.
to the District Commissioners and other
authorities.
The naming Of new thorouehfare.
being constructed to link Union station
rlaza with pennsylvania avenue and
y street, as Washington, avenue, was
proposed by the board. Pointing olIt
that because Ohio avenue was being
omitted in the streets plan under the
revised Government buildings program.
this State as well as Louisiana and
other States, were bidding for the nam
ing OF the avenue, the Merchants Board
brought out that only one small street
IN the District is named after the father
OF his country, this being q two-block
tnoroughfare between Fifth and Sixth
streets.
Buildings in the path Of the proposed
new avenue, most Of which are ante
quated and delapidated in character,
are now being RACED.
The board adopted q report Of the
Traftc Committee protesting the recent
Recommendation Of the District Trafic
ADVISORY Council, proposing to double
the gasoline tax and registration fee on
automobile and to increase the taxation
on the gasoline tax and registration fee
on commercial vehicles.
Tax Proposal Opposed.
The committee reported that the pro.
posal to levy taxes On commercial We
hicles commensurate with their gross
weight would practically make it pro-
htbitory for some merchants to continue
operating. The registration fee in some
cases would run as high as $500, the
committee reported.
The association approved the referen-
dunn OF the United States Chamber Of
Commerce recommending that the OPP
Grafton OF State waterways be placed in
the hands of commissions rather than
operated by the Government. The ref
erendum also recommends that the
Federal Government should leave to the
States all possible control over utiliza-
ton OF water resources within the States.
Other recommendation included In the
ballot are that municipality operated
utilities should be subject to the same
regulation as privately operated. iitil-
titles; that State governments should
leave development and distribution Of
power to utilities which they effectively
regulate, and that the Muscle Shoals
project should be sold or leased.
resolution urging that the District
government award contracts for the new
Roosevelt High School to local con-
tractors was adopted by the association,
A committee was appointed by the
board OF governors to make preparations
for the annual booster outing OF the as
ISOLATION next Spring. The committee
consists OF James Collifower, William e.
Russell, Arthur j. Sundlun, Bert Olm-
stead and DR.. N. @. Gibbs,