Evening star., 1942-10-17

Final arrangements for the dispo-
sition of the steel support, brought
to climax after The Star pointed
out the scrap possibilities in the
structure, are expected to be COM
pleted today.
Mr.. Clampitt formally will notify
Horace Walker, executive secretary
of the District of Columbia Salvage
Committee, of the donation of the
metal to the Government scrap
cause.
The District Salvage Committee
announced it had obtained the serv-
ices of Harry Steinbraker, whole
sale junk jobber, to whom the steel
will be turned over free of charge in
lieu of payment of the demolition
cost.
Sunday Work.
Mr.. Walker pointed out that the
job of dismantling the structure
will have to be spread over two Sum-
day mornings because the steel must
be lowered into a parking lot which
fronts on Twelfth street.
Mr.. Walker says that permission
to use the lot on Sunday mornings,
when it will be clear of parked cars,
has been obtained from I. S. Loubet,
District manager for the Auto City
Parking Co., which operates the
concession.
Mr.. Steinbraker says he will start
dismantling operations as soon as
possible after he receives authority
from the District Salvage Commit
tee. He expects to use between four
and six helpers on the two Sunday
mornings.
Mr. Walker said that due to the
high cost of demolition operations,
there will be little, if any, profit in
the deal for Mr.. Steinbraker, who
must recover his labor costs out of
the sale of the scrap material.
Water Towers Abandoned.
Mr. Clampitt said yesterday that
the Union Trust Co. would under
write the liability insurance cost,
provided it could be kept within
reasonable" limits. Mr.. Walker
later reported that this phase of the
deal had been negotiated satisfac-
torily.
The water towers, Mr.. Clampitt
reports, once adorned the steel base
and served as the source of the
buildings sprinkling system.
The towers were abandoned sew
eral years ago when the sprinkling
system was changed.
On other scrap fronts, meanwhile,
there is new evidence that prepara-
tions for the Districts heavy" metal
drive next week are moving rapidly
in a stepped-up effort to help keep
the steel mills operating through the
crucial winter months.
Claude w. Owen, representing
several plumbing and heating supply
wholesalers. revealed that plumbing
supply interests in the District sold
between IL and IS tons of scrap
metal to local junk dealers in July,
August and September.
We're pretty we'll cleaned out" he
said today. but we should be able
to scrape up few more things for
the drive next week"
Laundry Owners to Meet.
Mr.. Owen cited broken and de-
fective sinks and bathtubs, broken
drainage pipe and defective fittings
as scrap possibilities to be con-
tributed by local plumbers.
George Walker secretary of the
District Laundry-Dry Cleaning Own
ers' Association. said the 18 members
of his group will meet Thursday at
2 pm. at the Willard Hotel to work
out program for the heavy scrap
drive.
I'VE, too, have been salvaging to
the limit he observed, "and there
may not be much left. Heavy laun-
dry machinery is like a heavy auto
mobile-it is turned back on new
equipment.
Mr.. Walker (no relation to Horace
Walker) said scrap odds and ends
and pipe would probably top the
launderers' contributions.
Rufus Lusk, secretary of the Build
ing Owners and Managers Associa-
ton, group affiliated with approx
mately 100 apartments and Is Office
buildings, says he is confident there
is plenty of scrap to be picked up
among the interests he represents,
but the transportation problem will
be knotty one