Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-19
TRUCK|NCGR0UP
BL0CKSPROPOSED
ZONE EXTENSION
Exceptions Filed Against
Order Establishing Met
ropoIitan Area.
DISTRICT LINE HELD
PROPER TERMINATION
Legal Definitions of Words Con.
tiguous' and Adjacent"
Are Involved.

The District Trucking Association,
Inc, has effectively blocked, tenn
porarily at least, the proposed set
ting up OF metropolitan zone" ex-
tending into the outlying areas OF
Maryland and Virginia. recommended
TO be established under the motor
carrier act by the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
The association has filed formal
Receptions" to the order, which had
been recommended by I. c. c. Elk
aminer Paul Coyle. The exceptions,
dated April Is, but not made public
until today. will be followed, it was
predicted officially, by action Of the
commission, which will hold up the
effective date Of the order. It would
have become effective April IS had
exceptions not been filed. The asso-
citation was the first and only out
At to object officially to the proposed
order with formal exception.
The examiner, in his original report
and recommendations, found that q
Zone adjacent to and commercially a
part of Washington and contiguous
transportation by motor vehicle, not
under a common arrangement for con-
Nnuous carriage or shipment to or
from 4 point beyond the zone, is at
present partially exempt from regula-
tions," under the motor carrier act
includes certain areas in nearby Mary
land and Virginia.
For District Lime Limit.
The Trucking Association, in it's ex-
ceptions, claimed the termination Of
the limits of the zone should be the
District line, instead of a territory
reaching far out into nearby Maryland
and Virginia. The association based
Its argument on two points principally,
claiming the nearby sections were not
contiguous, in the first place and that
they were neither adjacent to nor
commercially a part" of Washington
The disputed zone outside the city
includes Garrett Park, Md: Kensing-
ton. Nd, Bethesda District, Mont
gomery County, Md; that part OF
Wheaton District, Montgomery Coun-
ty, Nd, south and west Of the high
way extending eastward and south
eastward from Garrett Park, Md,
through Kensington, Wheaton, Chest
nut Ridge and Four Corners, Md, to
the Montgomery County-Prince
Georges County line; Chillum, River
dale, Hyattsville, Bladensburg, Seat
Pleasant and Spaulding Districts,
Prince Georges County, Md; Alex
andris, Va, and Arlington County, Va.
The proposed extension Of the zone
grew out Of an action by the COM
mission itself, under the motor car
FiH act. The matter was referred
10 Examiner Coyle, who held hear
mSs on 1t. Although other agencies
had protested the extension Of the
Done before the hearing, the associa-
ton was the only one to file formal
exception in time to prevent the
order from going into effect automa-
tioally.
Definition Emphasized.
The exceptions filed by the as
ISOLATION were brief The proper laid
emphasis on legal definitions of the two
words contiguous" and adjacent"
IT also claimed that, while some Of
this outlying area may be claimed
- residentially q part Of the city, few
OF the points listed could be con-
sidered commercially 4 part Of the
eity."
Evidence presented at the hearing
BY those favoring large zone, pro-
tested the trucking association, was
wholly and definitely to show that the
territory outside Of the District of Co.
fumbia boundaries is residentially a
part OF washington, D. c. It was
pointed out that thousands of those
who work in Washington reside In
such areas, purchase in Washington,
and that deliveries are made by the
stores in their own equipment to such
areas.
I'm particular, we would call atten-
ton to the inclusion Of the city Of
Alexandria within this recommended
none. Alexandria Is neither con-
tiglous' nor adjacent within the
meaning Of those two terms and it Il
. commercial entity in itself, not de-
pendent upon Washington, D. c."
To confine the area to the District
OF Columbia boundary line, the truck
ing association commended, would SIM
plify administration Of the motor car
rier act. The exceptions were signed
by Charles g. Morgan, jr., assistant
secretary Of the trucking association