The Washington times., 1904-05-02
NEW SPEEDWAY
OPENS ON MAY /
This Time Program Will
Be Carried Out.
ENGINEERS PLANS ALTERED
Only Part of Roadbed to Be In
iured by Dredging
Operations.
ENGINEERS PLANS ALTERED

Whether or not the new Speedway
is to be opened on May II, or at all, is
a question which has been puzzling those
in charge and on the inside for some
time. Every assurance is now given
that this time the program will be car
ried out.
The Speedway, q beautiful drive along
the river front, with dirt track, and
ideally constructed under the direction
of Col. Thomas W. Symons. Super1n-
tendent of Public Buildings and
Grounds, end the Road Drivers and
Riders Association. of the District OF
Columbia, has been completed.
The opening was originally set for
May 9. Then, like a clap OF thunder
from a clear sky, came the announce
ment, official and apparently final. that
the Speedway lay along the very por-
ton Of the river fats. which the En-
cheering Department of the army was
to fill in. in accordance with plans
adopted long ago.
In Way of Dredging Plan.
The Speedway begins at the foot of
Nineteenth Street. extends along the
river to near Twenty-third Street, where
1t curves to meet this street The gen
eral plan OF the Engineering Depart
mont of the army contemplates the
dredging Of the river along this area.
and the dumping OF the mud thus OBJ
tanned on 100 acres Of the lowlands
The purpose Is TO bring the level of this
area twelve TO fourteen feet above low
water mark.
The chances are that the Speedway
would have been buried in six 10 twelve
feet of Potomac mud had IL not been
that Col Alc1andar NJ IN, oh
OF the engineering work. and Gen. Alex
ander Mackenzie, his superior oliver,
were both Of a reasonable turn of mind.
A compromise has been effected. The
Speedway will be opened, not on the
date originally set. May 9. but on the
compromise date of May IL, and will
pulled off with all due honors.
Line of Parade.
A detachment Of the buglers Of Fort
Myer will be loaned by Colonel Wallace,
commanding officer of Fort Myer. who
viii lead the procession. After them
Will ride Colonel Symons, and then will
come the officers of the Road Drivers
Association. In the following order:
President, Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles;
| first vice president. Hon. James D. Yoe-
mans: third vice president. Commander
Cameron MGR. Winslow; fourth vice
president, Hon. y. B. Scott; fifth vice
| president, Jesse Brown; secretary, P. V.
DeGraw; treasurer z. II. Droop.
Others in line Will be Gen. F. c. Aims
worth, Samuel Ross. L. Z. Payson.
Hugh Legare. Henry L. West, Robert
Callahan, Peter II. Heiskell, Frank K.
Raymond, Louis Shoemaker. B. F. Nc
Caully, Ed II. Neumeyer. j. o. Gheen.
r. Z. Joyce, Dave Moore, Allison Major.
Plans Have Been Changed.
This does not mean that all of the
troubles concerning the Speedway are
over Sure as fate a portion of the
| Speedway will be covered up with nice
/ black mud
But Colonel Miller, with the approval
of General Mackenzie. has altered his
/ plans. Only a small portion of the drive
| will be buried, and that not so deeply
/ but that il can be reconstructed at small
expense and at light grade over the
/ beautiful mud.
With this assurance the opening will
/ be pulled off on schedule time, though
/ he an hos