Evening star., 1934-03-17
GLOVER PARK HITS
PARKWAY CHANGE.
Citizens Prefer Having Road
Opened Through Huide-
keeper Place.

The proposal to readjust the boun-
daries Of whitehaven Parkway at
Huidexoeper place by exchanging four
lots Of Government-owned land for Q
similar area In private ownership, as
proposed In the bill introduced In
Congress by Chairman Norton Of the
House District Committee, was op-
posed last night by the Glover Park
Citizens Association, meeting in the
Industrial Home School on Wisconsin
avenue near Thirty-seventh street.
The association members said this
program would mean four lots would
have to come out of Whitehaven Park
way in the exchange and that these
are more valuable than the land Of
fered to the Government in return.
Further, the association held this
would permanently close Huidekoeper
place south, If this were turned into
a park. The association hopes to have
the street put through, II 1t Is not
dedicated to park purposes, thus pro-
viding another avenue to Glover Park.
May Build Sidewalks
William D. Harris, chairman Of the
associations Highway Committee, read
a letter from r. M. Brennan, chief
clerk of the Engineer Department OF
the District, in which he said con-
struction Of sidewalks In the vicinity
Of Calvert street and the Mount Alto
Hospital is on this Springs program,
if it is ordered by the city heads. In
response to the associat atton's request
that Huidekoeper place be extended
from w street to Manor place, Mr..
Brennan said the east part of Huide-
keeper place from Manor place to w
street is now under process of con-
demnation. In view of this. he said,
it Is not believed advisable to grade
this street until after the entire width
becomes public property.
A. j. Driscoll, president Of the
Midcity Citizens Association, who Is
leading the drive of the Federation
Of Citizens Associations for increased
membership among the civic bodies
here, compltmented the association
on its work. The Membership Com
mittee reported % new members. Mr.
Driscoll encouraged the group to fur
ther efforts and told his audience
that the membership drive over the
city is going along very nicely"
An address on the origin and de-
velopment of electric service in Wash
ington was made by George P.
Mangan, sales manager Of the Po-
tomac Electric Power Co, who told
his audience that the National Capt.
tai has available considerable re-
serve capacity in electricity now
Three main sources Of supply, he
said, exist at the Benning plant, at
the Buzzards Point plant and IN
the line to Elicott City, Md, that
hooks up with Baltimore, Md, and
the Susquehanna River hydroelectric
development.
History Of Firm.
Mr.. Mangan recalled that his firm
was organized in 1891. after earlier
companies had explored the field
and that the Benning plant was fin
ished in 1906 There are now 176,000
meters, with 10000 street lights
and power aggregating 100000 kilo-
watts, which is far above the city'i
present requirements.
There has been 81 per cent In
crease In the number Of employees
recently, due mainly to N. r. A.. he
declared. Electric rates are about
the lowest In this section of the
country, he said, and Washington
should develop electrically as fast as
any city In the Nation, and when 1t
does, 1t will do so cleanly," because
Of an absence Of smoke and other
disagreeable factors.
Dipping into the future, Mr.. Man
gan foresees the use Of electricity IN
pilot lights, In lights that will show
up the furniture at night, with the
so-called invisible light; the use OF
infra-red light and air conditioning,
among other things. He character
lied as the heroes unsung" the line
men and cablemen who go out in all
kinds Of weather to insure that
Washington will have an uninter-
rupted supply of electricity.
The association voted to send to its
secretary, Ben c. McQuay, who is Ill,
cigars and flowers. The group also
went on record as favoring a social
gathering at its next meeting, the
latter part Of April.