The sun., 1900-12-23


raNroad ont OF tle PARK. 'l""r trends o.
he beautiful. who desire To have the rat lOual
capital all that il may be made. wish 70 carry
mrrovement stII iuither'
The chairman OF the committee appointed
oy the Institute OF Architects to prepare
o,i' LOT 'o,s' ''''' W. u. '''' u. IS ''',
Nad yesterday IN eNHutiiS tH" IDEAS ana
purposes OF his committee that the first
-,,Iisita j., th, r,,....., ..-,....,..t V-a.tir.-
.''"'S''' III '"' I'''..' N'.'' it'd" '' ,.''''t
ION was the "nI.''.' e.. "' % Las which should
prescribe general plan for taa development
-, tha ci,y So,h g. ,,, ,r,,..,,, ,f ,,.t',o
h,,nti,r,s g., 81, ,,,.s
ouno'nss aha IN ''e way Oh 'a'''''i" sAtd""-
of such A scheme sanctioned nv Iaw and po,v
9u''' d ssl'.' "l '""' anu no"
"hAe several matters 81 Improvement W"r"
lp FOR consideration wys a." time when -uch
ega enactment a. Gls necessary should be-
Procured 10 assist m tuIa tnr cpiAmittcc
was appointed.
Among the iro Ieo'"d Improvement. now
Oeihs con,idered. Lee Jd. are tr" enlarge
.ent ot the Na!'e i."u.'. ir" '..agsemenr
tAe construction OF memorial tIiG." over
~" Potomac 4 cost uI several millions
ot dollars. a !!tn approved u. t.o Mal be
9aIlu"nt Tor the iWir"N"w"i' Of tie Mall.
gnd tie development Il To-" iu't lo"; Park.
he g. iWlitlc- was 70 lraiu" 'IIl .nr tho
gstHh hu-Im"'t OF % commission 10 IrOCurp
ne'tS. ana 10 t." uarduiury as u tn" general
character and location oi all ,utnre AM royo-
o
~ MS Comui -.lpn. but 10 TDvidp a general
design i"r The development ot the cit, TO
.llCA all public works nIght hereafter COIl-
or.
IN tho Penn-vlvanil Railroad Company
gets the privileges outlined ia the bill recon-
U".i,i by tho District OF Columbia Com
n.tjec the Mall VIII bp in my Judgment
rg.ued forever Each department ~ the
'"yernmcut j. suprem" N it, own hAero
md has utilized Iiud and pv- ND buildings
A. Il has seen fi The digarett areuc.r-
may be doing we'll In themselves. bat their
hts been diverted from IT. tru" purpose
-houli he condemned and the Government
should resnln po-~e..ion Of uropcrrlo, which
Geurg. WH.h,t .fou Intended .LouIi be-
Used ~ pubic p.oportirs. between Pcnn-yl-
stnia and Marvlqrd avenues The CIV Hs
.lsncd bv Major Lnnfanh WI, or ginul
Paris. b.t h"lr, A moro ultimate rn.cIrhI1rca
20 lie old plln oi Arr"in,, WI.hiusron
alton, and land olf a capital bi. cno1sh and
broad enough Tho ns,i,,, / " rot adhered
o L'Infami's plan. but building. have been
p.aIed Wherever seemed best to the man
IN charr. Of Tho work Il i. 10 correct tEIs
,,ute of things that a commission is desired
This commi.,,"n should NJ, Itself tormu-
54t .h'Ild for.rIlaro ilo lcYulr.nc,.i., aud
"upIoy cvpert service, Tor drNcloIihs The
general scheme - rr,,rdrrr ri, br.t
.'rJi-'s nu'llntn.c -lnud thea rrcrarc de-
ign. for tha ,ifv .ii.rr by conn, ,.t,ripn or
~ app6intmont Inis cdmmi~-an should
pe small enough TO secure tic best results.
There Ought nSf t. Ln. shN,,ld think; more
han thres. or at most i've, member 10 . make
II piTective And tlcy Should ra,ort 70 tLe
qayt Congress n -.SS,pn far rl ,ui,y the
hest design, for an oil'liur # ,se ESneral
nrnCeitlrr Tho Gnsirr. thcn,.cI,os sbnnId
be made 1f,er III, r,r"r' Ias b'en g,,,'s sItcrad
The designs viii require murh -Imn md
,tuC,. 10 rre,'arr Itcy c1uIl NOS ne con-
prehonsiyrly made without u1.,l rr.lItuingrv
study and the propdrl'inn Dl dat from Which
20 Vork II tI., ,afnrc ,y.rIII I.. it.t,,....it,Ia
% report design 10 the rcx, ton4rc,.,'
1t il very irlUo-tlt, that nome of tho inn
rrovemant, now contnmrlated should pro-
s,.d Itr,U tba Government IA. IA ,n,nrr.-
Asnsiye pian for Tho entire District of t'1l-
pmnla Tho mark system should he core
lniad M once Tho 'city will very soon reach
10 and beyord the boundaries of the Dis,rlc, "
The Ilue'r1tion oi Mr. Parspus's uluf, shows
tho general Sch.mn of tho Mall n nark Of 0nn
acres c,tardiu., from the C,pifol 10 tlr White
Hons. md the Moniru.rIt fourteen acres
of which between SiXiffayd seventh streets
L IL pra,n, "A by one Inn now in ,,uf,rcS.
which l,. I.sn recommended by tho House
commit. on tic District of jolliubil to
give over 20 the Pennsylvania Railroad