Evening star., 1937-08-14
RENEWAL Of WORK
SPURS FIGHT ON
SLAUGHTER HOUSE
Gobel Speeding Construc.
ton as D. c. Officials Seek
Nuisance Cure.
SEAL SEEKS METHODS
TO BLOCK OPERATIONS
King. Meanwhile. Bends Efforts
Toward Pushing Through Bill
to Restrict Industries.

Official Washington was KEYED tndav
to greater determination 10 preverp
operations of nuisance industries here,
after the announcement Of Adolf
Gobel Co. that it would speed con-
struction of a regional slaughter house
and meat rendering plant in BennIn7
capable of handling maximum kill
Of 489 live stock per hour.
News that work actually had bean
resumed on the Benning road site
after a suspension of activities for
nearly four months was met in Official
circles late Yesterday with mixed feel
ingS Of surprise and indignation. From
the Capitol also ca me warning that
protective legislation against the Gobel
Co and similar 'unGeslra oe' indus
tires would be pressed without abate-
ment.
Commissioner George E. Allen was
one of the first 10 comment. He shook
MS head and SAID: Il hate 10 see
slaughter house go no here. We've
got tC. see that The Gopel Co is made
10 meet every single requirement that
the District has imposed
To Be Ready in . Months.
An announcement by D. EDWARD
Clarke. local attornev for ne packing
firm "a id that construction would begin
in earnest at the size next Monday
The Turner Construction Co. Of Now
York. which was given The contract
several mont hs ago. expects 10 have he
entire plant housed in by the approa ch
of cold weather. Unless some un-
fOreseen obstacle arises, our Dia nL
should be ready 10 oegin opera tiOnS n
about six months" Clarke explained.
Despite The fact that the failure Of
The Krng-Norton snIinuisance bills
removed the last obstacle in the Wav
of construction OF the cOntroyerSia
Benning plant, Corporation Counsel
4 ElU ood H. Seal said yesterday be was
going hea d. with legal plans 10 block
! actual operation of the slaughter house
or in the failure of that, 10 protect
WasnIneton from The effects Of such
Z Industrial activities.
, Builds at Own Risk"
! The artirude of District sno REQ
eral officials indicated they fully ~
end 10 back up The recent warning
{ Of Seal that if the Gobel Co. de-
cides 10 go ahead with its plans III
must build al its own risk,
| District building inspector was m
the lob at the Bennlng site YESTERDAY
afternoon after rhe arrival here nt
NJ, J. Ros ch, engineer for the Turner
| Construction Co. The building m
spectors Office is under orders from
1 The Commissioners 10 see that ron
struct,on follows exactly along the ap-
proved plans.
The companvs attorney had no
fears, he indicated. on those grounds
The GObel Co. is going IN see 10 ~
/ that in The interests of The people of
the District of Columbia model plsnt
will be constructed despite the ap-
parent objections of the Commission
ers' Clarke said.
While he was making thai an-
nouncement, The Commissioners we're
discussing briefly in a board meetina
the 50 nitary report prepared in cor
nection with the new sewage dlsposa
plant. Secretary ICkes had warned
that the estimate waste from thff
Gobel slaughter house would over-tal
the capacity of the disposal plant, and
study was made at his request.
Meanwhile, Senator William H
King, chairman of the Senate Dlstrlc |
Committee and one of the authors q
the anti-nuisance bill. declared n |
would continue to press for its paSsaee
Senator Pat McCarran. chairman o
The subcommittee which SUSPENDED
hearings on the King bill on accoun
OF the Supreme Court measure, slSt
said today he wants TO complete m
record in the anti-nuisance case and
make a report to the Senate"
Work Confirms Intention.
The resumption of work Al Ben
ming, however, tended 10 remove
uncerta inty in the minds of many of
fcials that the Gobel Co really mean
business when il made its announce
ment several weeks ago that IL No,L
90 ahead. The statement follow
pigeon -holing of the anti-nuisa nc
bill by the House District Commit
after an attorney for the Gobel c.
said he would advise Frank NJ. Fro
Gobel president. TO Withdraw fro1
the Washington area.
Clarke explained that the New Hor
packing firm had waited this Ion
ont of courtesy to Congress" and ais
at considerable expense" but that thX
Executive Committee on August
had notified the Turner Constructed
Co it would wait no longer. Anothd
factor in the delay. the attorney es
planned was because rhe consrructio
company was Just completing a ne
slaughter house in New York
The first excavation permit was
sued bv the District building inspef
tors Office as far back as Sept EN- bt
II. 1896. Before operations wei
suspended in April. the excavation
and foundations had been completes
The engine room also had been Ar
ished and new ma achinerv in<ta lied
The construction companys eng
neer showed from the blue prints We
terday that the plant would have
maximum slaughter capacity OF 4ca
tie, $50 sheep. Is calves and 800 hod
per hour OF operation. This is m
same number estimated in a reeer
Public Health Service Report whic
resulted In an investigation TO d
termine the ability OF the sewage d,
posal plant 10 provide N tisfacto
treatment OF industrial waste on tt
above scale.
RAND CONCERT