Evening star., 1934-10-14
GROUPS SELECTED
TOPUSH PROGRAM
FOR WATERFRONT
Eugene R. Black to Be Main
Speaker Before Board
of Trade.

Five subcommittee of the River
and Harbors Improvement Commits
tee of the Board Of Trade will func-
ton during the coming year in efforts
to put through the boards program for
the development Of Washington's
waterfront.
The subcommittee were named at
the first meeting of the new commit
tee Thursday at the ofices Of John
A. Remon, chairman, In the Tele-
phone Building.
Each will have charge Of a special
department Of the program, as in
dicated by their names.
The Washington Channel Commit
tee, headed by John Small, win be
responsible for considering pending
plans, or substitutes therefor, looking
to the improvement Of the north
side Of Washington Channel. The
matter has been under investigation
for a number of years, the last hear
ings on it being before the House
Rivers and Harbors Committee early
this year.
Briefly, the present proposal in
cludes the provision Of four yacht
basins, three commercial piers and two
piers for the use Of the District, the
total cost Of which is estimated at
81, 5000
The immediate problem for the SUBJ
committee will be consideration Of
whether the present proposal Is salts.
factory, and, If so, TO determine plans
for securing aggressive action toward
its fulhllment.
Members Of the committee include
j. s. Bardwell, Gilbert A. Clark,
Vaughn 3. Connolly, Edward Costi-
gan, Charles H. st. John and Wilson
L. Townsend.
Port Development Unit.
Henry A. Willard, 2nd, heads the
Port Development Committee, whose
duties it will be to assemble data on
and study the possibilities Of increas-
ing commerce in the port Of Wash.
ington. 1t is believed by board on.
cials that full possibilities of WASH
ington's water facilities are not being
realized, and they hope concrete data
may be obtained for expanding the
ports commerce. Mr.. Willard's coms
mittee includes Conrad G.. Smith, H.
s. Middlemiss, e. w. Sapp and George
E. Walker.
A third committee named by ReInon
is the Wharf Committee. with Kirby
Smith as chairman. This group will
cooperate with the District Wharf
Committee in drafting new harbor
regulations and in other matters OF
fynR
Robert F. BereSford, Maj. Lee r. Ham,
B. E. Kearn, I. s. Walker and r. M.
Brennan
The fourth committee will be known
as the Channel Committee, and will
be headed by Greed w. Fulton. 1t will
be responsible for originating and
sponsoring projects involving deepen.
ing, widening or extending river chan.
nels. The immediate project which it
is to sponsor is improvement Of the
Anacostia and Potomac Channels as
discussed recently by military author
tiles. -s's
Members Of the Channel Commits
tee are Walter K. Handy, Cloud Mare
shall, Lester 3. Powell and L. =.
Rubel.
The Law and Legislation Commit
tee, headed by r. A. Van Orsdel, com>
pletes the five subgroups. Its mem-
bers are Robert L. Bailey. John De La
Mater, M. o. Leighton, George r.
Shields and Daniel Thew Wright. It's
duties, as outlined by Remon, will in
clude preparation and assistance in
preparation Of proposed legislation and
assistance in bringing about its pas
sage.
E. S. Wilson is secretary of Remon's
Committee.