Evening star., 1902-01-14
PARK COMMISSION PLANS.
EXHIBITION IN THE cORCeRAN ART
GALLERY.
Two Clay Models showing Proposed
Improvement Placed I'm the
Hemicycle.

The exhibit of the park commission will
be viewed from 4 until Q clock pm. to-
morrow at the Corcoran Art Gallery. This
first view of the exhibit will be open to
members of the District of Columbia COM
mittees Of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatfves and members of the press In this
city, together with their families.
A catalogue Of the exhibits has been pub
lished and contains the title of ITO separate
pictures or maps, all of which have been
so displayed at the Corcoran Art Gallery
that they, can be carefully studied by Wis
itors After the opening exhibition of to-
morrow evening the exhibit will be open to
the public under the same conditions that
the Cercoran Art Gallery itself is epen--
that is on free days there will be free ad-
mission and on pay days the charge or the
gallery will be required of those who see
the exhibit of the park commission.
1t was desired, OF course, in some way to
arrange that there would be no charge Ill
all at any time for persons desiring to see
in order to have done that 1t would nave
been necessary to confine the exhibition In
limited quarters at the gallery, and on days
when admission was charged to the gallery
itself persons visiting the exhibit alone
would have suffered Inconvenience Whicn
will be avoided under the present arrange
ment by which not only larger space Is
secured in which to display the maps ano
available for any visiting crowd to spread
through, and as the gallery can accommo-
date comfortably as many as three tnou-
sand persons. it is not likely that there
will be experienced any discomfort from
crowds.
Arrangement of the Exhibit.
The main portion of the exhibition is In
the hemfycle. In the center of which have
been placed the two clay models showing
yir.cr hnf maj
and, in fact, for the entire section from
the Congressional Library westward to the
Potomac river. These two models will be
placed so that they can be overlooked from
raised platform, allowing visitors to care
fully study every detail. Around the hemi'
cycle there will be perspective drawings
relating to what are designated the mall
division Capitol division, monument di-
vision, Lincoln division and Washington
common division. In the vestibule adJoin'
ing the hemicycle are displayed some very
old maps, and the apartment on the side OF
this vestibule opposite the hemicycle Is
also filled with architectural drawings. In
the center Of this gallery there are dis
played the maps showing the general parR
system Of the District, together with sucr
pictures as illustrate the proposed improve
ments, and on the four walls surrounding
are other illustrations.
The 40 illustrations to be displayed at the
gallery form portion of the report of the
park COMMISSION TO congress, anu give dill
excellent idea not only of the proposed i'm
provements, but illustrate the models that
have been obtained from the most beautiful
cities of Europe, and which have been stud
led and in part used by the park commits
sion in completing its work.
Report of Senate District Committee
The report of the Senate committee on
the District Of Columbia to the Senate on
the plans of the park commission has not
yet been adopted. but will be placed before
the committee at a meeting to be held to-
morrow morning at If o'clock. The COM
mittee, of course, has been in close touch
with what the park commission has done.
and it's members have had the progress Of
the work explained to them from time to
time, and have expressed their views on
the subject, but the formal adoption Of the
report Of the committee will not be reached
before tomorrow morning.