Evening star., 1937-06-02
SLAUGHTER HOUSE
DELAYED
BY QUORUM LACK
Mrs. Norton Puts Of Get.
ting Date to Weigh "Nui-
sanCe" Law.
10 MEMBERS ATTEND
TAX BILL DISCUSSION
Hopes to Have Full Committee
Hold Sessions on Zoning
Measure June Is.

Unable to assemble quorum Of the
House District Committee, Chairman
Norton today postponed setting a date
for hearings on proposed legislation
prohibiting the operation Of slaughter
houses and various other so-called
nuisance industries" in WASHINGTON.
Ten members Of the committee were
attending hearings on the District tax
bill.
Mrs. Norton later said she hoped to
be able to have the full District Com
mittee hold hearings on the revised
zoning bill on June Is and to report
it out in time for consideration in the
House on District day. June %.
Meanwhile public hearings were be-
gun by the District Zoning Commits
sion on Al requested changes in prop
erty classifications, one of which would
restrict to residential use a 65-acre
tract in the Benning area, lying within
300 yards of the site of the slaughter
house planned by Adolf Gobel, Inc.
This case will be heard tomorrow
morning.
New York Firm Applies.
The applicant for the Benning re-
striction is the National Insured
Homes Corp. Of New York, which
plans to erect a private loW-cost hous-
ing development there. The tract is
bounded on the north by Benning
road, on the east by the line OF Ken
nllworth avenue and on the south by
Anacostia Park. The owner deferred
his housing plans last Fall when he
learned the Gobel Co. had applied for
the slaughter house permit.
Mrs Norton said she intends to re-
introduce the anti-nuisance bill a
revised draft Of which was submitted
by Corporation Counsel Elvood H.
Seal. This new measure was drawn
up at the direction of Mrs. Norton
following action last week in with
drawing the original anti-nusiance
measure from the House calendar.
Only two days will be devoted to
the hearing, she said, one day for pro-
ponents of the measure and another
day for those opposed to it.
She expressed determination TO press
for action on the bill at the earliest
opportunity, stating that unless
legislation passes both Houses before
Congress adjourns nothing could pre-
vent opening of the Gobel plant in
the Benning area
Only three other members OF the
committee in addition to Chairman
Norton were able to be present today
After brief conference, they decided
to postpone consideration OF other
committee matters until the next reg
ular meeting day. The other members
attending were Representatives Palmi-
sano of Maryland, Randolph Of West
Virginia ard Quinn of Pennsylvania
Senate Bill at Standstill.
No date has been set as yet for the
resumption of hearings on the anti
nuisance bill before the Senate Dis
trict Subcommittee, which has had
the matter under consideration for
several weeks.
one OF the first cases discussed at
the zoning hearing was an applica-
ton for the granting of commercial
use to property at 1909 T street, where
grocery now is housed in q nom
conforming store. The request, urged
by W. GWynn Gardiner, as counsel for
the owners, was opposed by several
property owners. 1t was supported
by several other witnesses.
Request for raising the legal height
from 80 to ITO feet for property on the
north side Of I street between Eight
zenith and Nineteenth streets, was
made by Michael J. Keane, represent
ing the Doctors Hospital, Inc. No
one arose to voice opposition.
The commission initiated the pro-
posal to bar commercial development
from the area bounded by O. @ and
Twenty-eighth street and Rock Creek
and Potomac Parkway as means of
protecting the parkway drive from
nearby commercial building.
Speaking in favor of the change
| was John Nolen, jr., for the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion. Opposition was registered by S.
r. Bowen, attorney for the Capital
Transit Co. and by Harold e. Doyle.
real estate agent. One of the old
street car barns formerly stood on this
tract.