Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01

When the Rock Creek Park commission
meets at the War Department this afternoon
at $50 every member of that body will be pre-
pared to vote finally On all the propositions
which have been made as to boundary lines.
So far as the eastern boundary 4 concerned
that has been practically q settled thing for
some time, and this afternoon the commission
will officially decide to locate the eastern edge
of the park right on top of the western build
ing line of 10th street extended.
That is regarded by the knowing ones as Q
clever piece of work, for if 10th street extended
was included in the park it would make a big
hole in the two thousand acres allowed by the
law. Under the present arrangement the COM
mission secures the use of the street Just where
1t needs a highway and neither its appropria-
tions nor its territory suffers therefrom. 1t 10
evident to the commission, as it is to every one
else. that that street-Executive avenue il Will
be termed-must before long be
EXTENDED TO THE DISTRICT LINE.
Already the commission has decided that its
northern boundary must be the northern limit
of the District; that is necessary 10
preserve the water of Rock creek pure and un-
dehled. On the western side the line will
deviate very considerably from a parallel with
Executive avenue. To include some of the
scenic beauties on the west side of the
point where the Broad Branch and Mill
tary roads merge wide sweep TO
the west must be made and then to compensate
for that the park must be narrowed consider
ably up somewhere IN the region of the Dam
iels road termination
POINT TO BE SETTLED.
II is anticipated that the greater portion of
this afternoons session will be taken up by an
interesting discussion. Some Of the members
of the commission want to include within the
park 1000 feet the Blagden side of
the creek, while others are actively favorable
TO taking a similar sized slice from the Kingle
property on the other side of the stream
On this point it is argued that il the
Blagden strip is taken it will include 1000 feet
of Plney branch and there will still be left the
scenic effects of the elevation on the
Klingle property, which will cost nothing and
cannot be despoiled by any one-it
would always be the site of some rich mans
home. The control over Piney branch is also
regarded by some Of the commissioners as very
desirable, otherwise the fine tim Der on that eide
viii be destroyed and the beautiful little stream
of necessity must become an open sewer
There is also strenuous opposition in the COM
mission to taking away any mans home TO de-
stroy il, and that is what would have to be done
in the case of Mr.. Klingle
At this meeting Capt Rossen will receive
hnal instructions as to the surveys. and within
two weeks the matter will probably be ready
for condemnation proceedings to commence.
The Presidents Trip Home to Vote.
The President will leave the city for Indian
apolis some time between nov and Monday
noon, arriving in his old town in good time on
Tuesday to vote. He will be accompanied by
Attorney General Miller. The exact time Of
starting is not announced at the White House
and probably will not be, bat it is likely that
the trip will be made on the regular express