Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-24

with the treatment OF tne south side Of the
avenue, and this fommtte feels that Gen.
John NJ. WILSON, the chief OF engineers,
public buildings md grounds, will submit
plans to Congress, on the lines approved by
the chairman ot1ths ssna.e District com
States Z" -
RocksCreek. Park.
At meeting of the board of trade. March
. last, the 1fR Fl ?, III resolution was
Resolved, That the board of trade re-
specially and earnestly urge the Senate
appropriation coiamitteajto insert the item
OF soo,uu0 for care and improvement of
Rock Creek PARK, estimated tor by the
Commissioners OH the IAs.rict of Columbia
and which was not reported by the appro-
priations committee of the House of KEEP
resentatives.
Fiftee thousand dollars, one-half Of
the amount asked, was appropriated by
Congress, and with 1t Captain Beach, Dis
trlct Engineer Commissioner, has continued
the work of grading, regulating and macad-
amizing the driveway along Rock creek,
mentioned in our last report This drive
way has been extended from Military road
along the creek TO the Distt1ct line; and a
new road Is beng constructed to reach the
higher level ROAD near Broad branch. This
Will be great advantage to the public, now
learning to drive IN Rock Creek Park.
One of the most important roads leading
to Rock Creek Park frtm the east will be
Blagden avenue, Which extends along the
vaney south of the present Blagden Mill
road in northeasteriy direction for a dis
lance of nearly a mile. This avenue which
is no feet wide, was donated to the Dis
trict by Mr.. Thomas Biagden, one of our
public-spirited citizens, and when opened ii
will have a grade of about 2 per cent and
Will make it possible 10 abandon the old
and dangerous Argyle Mill road. The OPEN
ing of 10th street, proceedings for which
have already been instituted by the Com
missioners, will be of inealculable advantage
in developing Rock Creek Park. The COM
mittee cOmmends the action of the Com
mlssioners and the board of control for Sc
curing LEGISLATION for the exchange of
ground near the Brightwood reservoir Civ
ing an increased park frontage on 10Th
street.
The opening of Genessee street from
Rrightwood avenue to Piney Branch road
in connection with Illinois avenue and
Blagden avenue will make a most desirable
driveway from Rock Creek. Park to the
Soldiers Home grounds.
The committee recommends that the esti-
mates of the District Commissioners for
$50, 900. to be expended during the coming
year in Rock Creek Park, toward making
II accessible to the public, for whom 1t was
created. be Endorsed by the board of trade.
Attention is again called to the fact that
there are no parks in that beautiful portion
of new Washington north Of Florida ave-
rue for which an effort should be made by
all the citizens, especially of that part of
| the District. before all the indigenous trees
are leveled and the available ground dis
| posed of for building sites.
Fort stevens Park.
The committee is pleased to note the in
terest being shown all over the country in
| the establishment of a battlefield park at
Fort Stevens. to which reference was made
| in the report of last year.
The Associated Survivors of the 9th Army
| Corps has Endorsed the plan, as have other
| military Organizations A recent indorse-
| ment was that of the Union Veterans
| Union, representing over 100000 soldiers of
| the civil war, in the following resolution:
! Whereas memorial exercises held at Bat
| tleground National cemetery on May 30 and
| the raising of the'American flag at old Fort
| Stevens on Flag day. June II, 1900, by
| the daughter of the 9Th Army Corps mrs
| Rosa Wright SMITH has tended to call at
! tention to the fact thatit was the gallant
| action of the Union forces on this fed July
IL and II. 1864, that saved the capital of
our country from capture by the enemy;
| and .
Whereas it was on the parapet Of Fort
Stevens that Abraham Lincoln the mar
! tyred President, stood under fire and sus-
! tanned by his presence the efforts of the
| Union troops; 1s,H.
Therefore. be it resolved, That the Union
Veterans Union petition the Congress of
the United States to appropriate SUFFICIENT
sum Of money 70 purchase Fort Stevens
| and mark the only battlefield in the Dis
| trict' of Columbia, as 1t has periodically
+ done elsewhere
Resolved further That copy of these
resolutions, duly authenticated, be forward
| ed to the president pro tempore of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and that the members of
the Union Veterans Union. Individually,
urge their senators and representatives to
| support any patriotic measure looking to
! the acquiring and marking Of this his
1 toric fort"
The Evening Star of October g. 1860, edi-
| torially Endorsed this resolution as fol-
lows:
! The action of the Union Veterans Union
| in indorsng the proposition that the gov