The Washington times., 1905-10-09
Mrs. Kelley Refuses to Go
and Delays WOrkmen.
HUNGER OVERCOMES HER
Annapolis Will Be Americas Show
Place When the SIo,ooo,ooo I'm
provements Are Finished.

tiVes of nearly every county in the
United States, and even one from far
eff Japan. Notwithstanding this fact.
few people realize that the new
Naval Academy. now in course of COM
pletion at Annapolis. is destined TO be
che of the show places OF the United
States.
Symmetry OF the classical period of
Greek architecture Is the keynote fol-
lowed in the vast scheme of reconstruc-
ton. of the Academy, begun with the
appointment of the Matthews commits
sion b. Congress in 1885. Ernest Flagg's
scheme OF construction was selected and i
the work of actual construction has been
in progress for six years Fully two
more years will be required to entirely
complete the work mapped out and |
then Annapolis must give up additional
ground TO enlarge even further the (
back yard" of Uncle Sans Academy.
Would Not vacate.
Strange though 1t may seem the work |
of remodeling the Academy for which !
Congress appropriated s10,O0O.000. was !
held up in one of its directions for !
months by woman. To carry oGs Mr. |
Flagg's scheme, additional ground was
required, and eight or ten city blocks
of Annapolis were condemned. In this
tAta HdS the nome OF OLD Mrs. Mary /
Kelley. of sturdy Irish stock, who knew
not and cared less of the right of gov
ernments to condemn home sites. She |
refused to obey the order of the Gov |
ernment and vacate. The work pro-
crossed until her home, little wooden !
dwelling was fenced in by the hand /
some enclosing wall square away, and 1
remained a monument to womans rights I
IN the big waste of cleared ground
All sorts OF schemes were tried TO get |
her out, and on one occasion she was
caught mapping, while out in Annapolis,
ana the windows and doors ba-ricadcd
she produced her Ratchet and hacked |
her way IN, amidst the cheers of The
workmen whose jobs were being head
up by her act. She finally succumbed to
hunger. after remaining for months shut
up III her hut. and vacated.
Parade Ground.
The land reclaimed from the road
makes magnificent parade ground
and athletic Held OF thirty acres. with
z water front OF 1000 feet To the
right the parade ground is thanked by
the massive granite armory, balanced
on the left by the boathouse, OF SINH
lar construction. Spacious colonades
connect these two with the nidship-
the three buildings, which are really i
made one, can be glanced through.
down the long corridors. giving an I'M
interrupted view OF over a quarter of
d mile al under roof, or a fifty ger
cent greater distance than the Capitol
at Washington
In this building are suites of three
rooms. two bedrooms and a study. for
the midshipmen.
The main entrance TO the Academy
enclosure is from Annapolis at the /
head of Maryland avenue, the princi-
pal residential street Of the ancient !
city, and opposite the long stretch of |
nearly a mile OF water front on the |
Severn river. On the side nearest the
long and high inclosing wall. over
which the middies French out" with |
out leave at night. and farthest from
the water front is the magnificent new |
chapel which, when completed will cost
S4OOOOO, the ground outline of which is J
IN the shape or a Grecian cross.
Where Paul Jones Will Lie.
Below the floor are ample crypts. I'm
the principal one Of which will rest the
body OF Paul Jones. which now rests
in temporary vault Immediately in
front OF the handsome structure. Above
towers the symmetrical dome reaching
10 Feet above sea level, and visible
Tor miles up and down the Chesapeake.
he marine corps group of buildings
IS situated on high hill overlooking
the whole Academy, from almost any
part of which 1t may be seen. From its
rear. where the Government property
Siops. TO the other extreme by the
shores OF the Severn. is a distance of
fully mile ard a half
Lying between Oklahoma aud ,he
chapel, and practically marking the d.
vding line between the buildings now
under construction and those already
completed, is the officers mess building
where are quartered the bachelor of3
GERS and instructors assigned 10 duty at
the Academy. The building which does
duty a club is two and half stories
high, although the stories are low and
give the building the appearance of a
granite bungalow, with its wide porch
running completely around the whole
structure.
Hospital on High Bluff.
A mile and half away from the rest
OF the institution is the hospital sit
uated on high bluff on the banks of
the Severn. which is fitted with all the
plans and devices known 20 modern
medical science for the lighting of dis
ease.
All OF the main group OF buildings in
the Enclosure are heated from main
power plant situated on pier of ground
reclaimed from the river. From this
plant all piping and wiring will be con-
veyed through large tunnels seven feet
high and nine feet wide. II necessary.
the whole brigade OF nearly 800 midship-
men could march through the tunnels In
column OF two from one building TO
another.
While the whole plan OF the Naval
Academy Is spacious, and gives the i'm
preston OF vast distances nowhere is
this so true as on the large terraces
surrounding the main quarters for he
mdshipmen. On this terrace collonades
lead 10 the armory and boathouse on
the right and left. In the former the
big social and official functions are held,
and at severaL OF the larger midship-
mems hops and the farewell balls over
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