Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-02
Marine Memorial Is Assured
at Farley Held on Bridge
at Boundary Channel.
MAXIMUM HEIGHT SET
FOR OBJECTS IN AREA
Lamp-Posts on Stone Span Made
Controlling Factor to Curb
Danger to Planes.

Plans for a development of the
southern half of Columbia Island, from
Highway Bridge to the Arlington Me-
mortal Bridge, which would prevent in
reference with air transport operations
from Washington-H Hoover Airport, will
be laid Immediately before the Airing
ton Memorial Bridge Commission. the
Bureau of Public Roads and the Com
mission of Fine Arts as a result of
conference held yesterday afternoon on
the span Of Boundary Channel Bridge
at the south end of the island.
Details of the development OF the
island, which are likely to constitute
distractions to air travel, were dis
cussed by representatives of the airport,
air transport operators, the Washing
ton Board Of Trade and the Federal
Government.
AS a result of this conference the
Federal authorities in charge of de-
velopment of the island parkway and
the Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard
will be asked to agree to a plan Of de-
sign and planting of the area adjoining
the airport which will eliminate OBJ
structions dangerous TO the lives of
passengers and pilots flying from the
commercial field.
Approach Columns Undecided.
The conference covered all details Of
the parkway and boulevard plan except
the two giant granite columns at the
island end of the Arlington Memorial
Bridge The fate Of these columns still
is in doubt. plans for substitution of
architectural features of type which
would not constitute distractions to air
navigation having been suggested to the
Commission of Fine Arts.
The boundary channel conference
yesterday afternoon was attended by
William P MacCracken. jr.. former
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Aeronautics. now representing a number
of air transport companies: Col c. E.
Fauntleroy of Federal Aviation Cor
poration, owners of Washington Hoover
Airport; Lieut. F. B. Butler. assistant
director of the Office of Public Build
mgs and Public Parks; Lawrence E.
Williams, chairman of the Aviation
Committee Of the Washington Board of
Trade. and Charles NJ. Saxelby, mem
Der of the committee.
Plans for development of the Island
area which were agreed upon as pro-
viding the greatest safeguards to avia-
ton will be laid before the various
Federal agencies concerned in the work
by Lieut.. Butler, Mr.. MacCracken and
Mr.. Williams.
Plan Maximum Height Zone.
These plans call for establishment of
a zoned area on the southern half of
the island, extending upstream approx
mately 1000 feet from a point just
above Highway Bridge. In this area
the controlling height of trees. monu-
mentS and other structures would be
the tops of the lamp posts on the stone
bridge over Boundary Channel at the
south end of the island. These lights
and those along the Mount Vernon
Boulevard for a distance of about a
of a special type, combining the func-
tons of street lights with those of aero
nautical obstruction lights.
Opposition to the construction of the
Navy and Marine Memorial on the
south end of the island was withdrawn
when it was learned that the top of
the memorial will be less than feet
higher than the lamp posts on the
bridge. while the monument will be 200
feet farther removed from the nearest
airport boundary.
Memorial Delay to Be Asked.
The architects in charge of erecting
the Navy and Marine Memorial, how
ever will be asked to delay putting up
the bronze sculptural group browning
the memorial until the combination
builevard and obstruction lights are in
stalled and put into operation. The
granite and concrete foundation for the
memorial now is nearing completion.
Landscaping of the southern end of
the island also was discussed at the
conference and the Bureau of Public
Roads, in charge of this phase of the
work, will be asked to restrict the plant
ing of trees and shrubbery to types
which will not rise above and mask the
double row of obstruction lights along
the boulevard and across the bridge
within the proposed zoned area.