Evening star., 1942-09-22

= As District salvage chiefs perfect .
ed plans for the Sunday wfirlwind |
collection in Northwest and South
west areas, 1873 8,O00- gallon water
tank, expected to yield II 900 pounds
OF steel scrap for Americas war
effort, was demolished today at
Eleventh place and Alabama ave-
nue. Sc. '---..-ss
Engineer Commissioner Kutz, as
sisted by Commissioners Mason and
Young, touched an acetylene torch
to the steel beam supporting the r.
foot tank to start the wrecking
effort, climaxed when Charles r.
Jones, truck driver for the District
Water Division, toppled the tank to
the ground with the help Of tow
rope attached to his vehicle.
The 29-year-old Southeast land
mark, once one OF the chief sources
Of water supply for the area. has
been used occasionally since 1882 as
an emergency tank. but has not
been in operation for three years.
Permission to tear 1t down was
secured by the Congress Heights
Citizens Association and the Dis
trict Salvage Committee.
The association was represented
today by its president, J. Louis Gelb-
man. Ladies Of the Emergency Food
and Housing Unit OF Congress
Heights served coffee and doughnuts
after the wrecking ceremony under
direction Of Mrs Lillian Englert and
Mrs. George B. Stevens.
Among officials attending the
event were Col. Beverly c. Snow, AS
sistant Engineer Commissioner:
Horace Walker, executive secretary
OF the District Salvage Committee;
Humphrey Beckett, superintendent
of the District Water Department,
and j. B. Gordon, District director
of sanitary engineering.
Meanwhile, salvage chairmen of SO
emergency depots to be established
by Thursday morning in the North
west and Southwest sections Of the
city went to work on details OF their
part In supplying the Nations war
machine with scrap.
Representatives of the SO areas
mapped plans for Sundays closing
special drive at meeting last night
in the United States Chamber of
Commerce Building.
Leaders in the drive expressed
the opinion that the drive in the
western half of the city would yield
even more than the l ,638 900 pounds
collected in the Northeast and
Southeast sections OF the city two
days ago.
8 am. Stressed by Xanten.
From William A. Xanten, super
visor Of city refuse. came an urgent
appeal that householders have their
scrap at sidewalks by am. on
Sunday. Because many persons
did not do this until as late as /
pm. some of the trucks were forced
to 20 over the same route three
times.
Il can say now that trucks will
make a maximum of two round
trips Sunday" he told the civic
leaders last night. And If scrap
is placed on streets after l o'clock.
it stands chance of not being
collected
Horace Walker, secretary to the
Commissioners Special Salvage
Scrap Committee, stressed the i'm
portance of selecting emergency de-
pots sufIiciently large to accommo-
date as much as Is to 80 truck
loads Of scrap. Salvage depots al
ready in operation in various sec
tions for the continuing collection
of rubber. metal and other ma
terials will not be large enough,
he said.
Must Be Approved.
Scrap chairmen were given until
Thursday morning to select a site
for their emergency depots Mr..
Walker pointed out that each site
must be inspected by Mr.. Xanten's
office, and that in the event it
proved inadequate, another would
have to be found
Il can not stress too strongly the
need Of finding your depot early"
Mr.. Walker told the group. He said
1t should have one or more en-
frances and be located on level