Evening star., 1934-01-13
CITIZENS PROPOSE
MOVING OF POLES
BrightWood Body Again Will
Take Matter to Transit
Company.

Removal of the remaining center troll
ley poles on Kennedy street east of
Georgia avenue and on Third street to
Takoma Park will be sought again by
the Brightwood Citizens Association, it
was decided at meeting last night in
the Paul Junior High School.
Attention was called to what was
termed dangerous conditions along the
line Of the Capital Transit Co., with its
numerous sidings between Georgia ave-
nue. and its terminus at the District line
in Takoma Park. The poles have been
removed on Kennedy street west of
Georgia avenue and the removal of the
rest of the poles, it is said, would reduce
automobile accidents and permit i'm
provement of that section of Kennedy
street between Georgia avenue and
Third street.
The question of permitting passengers
with passes to enter street cars by the
front door, thus facilitating traffic dur
ing rush hours and at the same time
distributing the people in both ends of
cars, was discussed and will be taken
up with the transit company officials.
An invitation was extended from Mai.
E w. Brown, superintendent of police,
manding officer of the sixth precinct,
for use of space in the station house by
the Brightwod Citizens Association. A
special committee. composed of William
NICK Clayton, C. E. Bogardus and
Charles W. Ray, was appointed to con-
slider the matter.
Traffic Report Made.
A report was presented by the spe-
cial committee appointed to investigate
the. charge that unfair arrests were
being made by traffic police. In the
opinion OF the committee. after con-
ferring with traffic officials and in
Specting records, no evidence was found
that officers were picking out any par
ticular class Of drivers or lone oper-
ators to arrest.
A. J. Driscoll, president of the Mid
city Citizens Association and chairman
of the membership campaign inaugu-
rated by the Federation of Citizens
Associations. addressed the meeting on
the slogan of the drive, Double your
membership" He stressed the point
that 1t was not necessary to be prop
erty owner to become a member of the
various citizens associations, as was
the impression among many people.
tertainment Committee announced that
at the February meeting of the aSso-
citation two sound films would be shown
in the school auditorium on Parks in
the National Capital and Future Park
Systems for Washington and Vicinity
Capt Dram Speaks.
Capt Hugh P. Dram U S. A. of the
District Engineers Office addressed the
meeting on application Of the Zoning
Act and Regulations to Residential
Communities. The speaker explained
in detail the early history of the Dis
trict's zoning act and the manner in
which it had been administered up to
the present time.
The District, he said. was one of the
earliest cities in the country to regu-
late the height of buildings, and through
its laws had brought about better resi-
Dental types for those desiring protec-
ton in this connection. There are now
over 1900 cities in the United States
with zoning laws, New York being given
| credit for being the first to adopt the
| idea and appoint a zoning board. This
city, he continued, was overzoned at
one time due to the selection of thor
oughfareS with street car lines for this
purpose.
The manner in which changes in
zoning were brought about was also
explained and proposition to change
the area bounded by Georgia avenue
and Third street, Quakenbos street and
| Concord avenue, from residential A re-
| stricted to semi-restricted was dis
cuSsed. Capt. Dram followed up his
remarks with maps showing the pro-
posed change and suggested to the
property owners to prepare a petition
with this object in view. The associa-
| ton recently protested to the Zoning
| Commission against an apartment
building being constructed which. it was
| claimed. was in violation of the Zoning
| law At the conclusion of his address
he was given a rising vote of thanks
and it was also voted to send letter
! to Maj. John C. Gotwals, Engineer
Commissioner, for his interest in the
matter.