Evening star., 1935-11-10
LEADERS TO PLAN
DEDICATION RITES
FOR CALVERT SPAN
Bridge Exercises Tentative.
" Set for First Week in
December.
SHINN Is CHAIRMAN
OF CITIZENS GROUP
$1,175,000 Structure Financed
Entirely by District Gasoline
Tax Revenues.

Dedication of the Sits 900 Calvert
Street Bridge, tentatively set for the
first week of December. will be
planned by a committee of 48 civic
and business leaders appointed yes
terday by the Commissioners.
George C. Shinn was named chair
man of the group. He is chairman
of the Bridge Committee of the Board
of Trade. District officials are CO.
operating with the committee, but it
was decided to place the ceremony in
the hands of a citizens spokesman.
The new span, the cost of which
was financed entirely out of the Dis
trict gasoline tax revenues, now is
virtually finished. The north half of
its roadway is open to traffic. The
old bridge, moved to the south of its
old site to permit erection of the new
bridge there, has been taken down.
Only few steel beams remain.
$50 Feet Over All.
The roadway of the completed new
structure will be 60 feet wide, with
l2-foot sidewalks on each side. The
span has an overall length of $50
feet and its roadway is 1873 feet above
Rock Greek 1t has three huge ma
sonry arches, with limestone facing.
Capt. H. o. Whitehurst, District
director of highways, calculates the
bridge will be completed and ready
for formal opening the first week in
December and the date for the cere-
monies will be announced later.
Committee in Charge.
Many high officials are to be in
vited to the ceremonies Members
Of the arrangements committee, in
addition to Chairman King, are:
Theodore w. Noyes, president Asso-
citation of Oldest Inhabitants; Mrs.
Clara Wright Smith. president. Ca
thedral Heights-Cleveland Park Citi-
zens' Association; Edwin S. Hege.
president, Chevy Chase Citizens AS
sociation; Allan Fisher, president,
Connecticut Avenue Citizens Associa-
ton; Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, president,
District of Columbia Federation oi
Women's Clubs. and president of the
Kalorama Citizens Association; L. A
Carruthers. president, Forest Hills Citi-
zens' Association: S. J. Flickinger,
president, Friendship Citizens Asso-
citation.
Robert J. Werner, president. Mount
Pleasant Citizens Association; j. A.
Bresnahan. president, North Cleveland
Park Citizens Association; G. E. Clark,
president, Richmond Park Citizens
Association: Ernest L. Stewart, presi-
dent, Northwest Business Mems Associ-
alton; Thomas Clark, president, Cleve-
land Park Business Mems Association;
Ambrose Swami, president, Columbia
Heights Business Mems Association;
Napoleon Van Meers. president, Upper
Connecticut Avenue Business Mems
Association: Curtis E. McCalip, presi-
dent, Federation of Business Mems
Association; Thomas ]. Llewellyn,
chairman of Streets and Bridge Com
mittee, Federation of Citizens As
sociation; George w. Offutt.
L. Perry West, John H. Hanna,
president, Capital Transit Co.; John
w. Cowper, contractor; w. A. Cru
man, contractor; Corson Gruman,
Curtis Hodges and Robert J. Cot
trell of the Board of Trade; Joseph
]. Malloy, department commander,
American Legion; Herman F. Carl,
Claude W. Owen, Harry H. r. Hell
wig. Linn c. Drake, Scout executive,
Boy Scouts of America: Miss Doro-
thy Davidson, Girl Scouts; Joseph D.
kaufman, Mark Lansburgh. Sylvan.
King, w. w. Everett, ]. j. Hasley,
John A. Remon, John B. Colpoys,
United States marshal; Arthur Clar-
endon Smith, George v. Graham.
Marcy L. Sperry. DR.. william Nc
Clellan, Edgar Morris. Richard M.
Ham, American Automobile Associa-
ton; George Keneipp, Keystone Au-
tomobile Association; T. E. Norris.
Gregg c. Burns and Frank r. Jelleff,
president, Boys Club of Washington.