Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-19
Rapidly Approaching Completion.


The high earthen embankments of the 3p-
proaches to the new bridges run through
the beautified park. and these are to be
graded and sodded and made to correspond
with the remainder of the park, the Penn
sylvania railway acting in concert with
Col BromwellS office in improving the
railway embankment. To reach the ap-
proach to the new Highway bridge a spur
has been run off from the driveway. This
spur is about $50 feet long and forms a
portion of the curve bounding the oval OF
the playground. II rises on an easy grade
and gives easy access to and from the new
bridge. While considerable work remains
to be done to the park, Col. Bromwel
states that It will be ready for the public
about the first of next month, and by the
time warm weather comes again the entire
park will be completed and can then be
seen in all its beauty.
This particular plan for the beautifying
of the new park was adopted on account
of the elevated approach to the highway
and railway bridges, and the various pOr-
tons of the park were laid out with the
intention that they should be viewed from
the approaches to the bridges Standing
on the Highway bridge approach the en-
tire ground is before the spectator, in pan
Drama, as it Were. The playground is in
front the nursery on one side and on the
other is the graceful curve of the drive
way, with its surrounding lawns and paths
and the big flower garden, which in sum-
Inef Will De one Dig spot or color. Inc en-
tire effect is artistic and cannot fail 20
please The playground will please the
young people, for here they can do about
as they please, and as long as they do
nothing to harm themselves or others no
one will interfere with their sports The
grounds can be fitted up for all kinds of
games, and around the outer end of the
oval fine running track and bicycle path
could be constructed. 1t is prubabl that
these will come in time
The Cost.
To make the improvements in the park,
reclaiming it from waste ground, building
the fine driveway and its attending bride
and foot paths, laying out the various por-
tons of the grounds, sodding and parking
the parts not devoted to other purposes,
will have cost to December l about S52 600
of the $4,000 that was available for the
work, leaving a good sum TO complete it
as called for by the plans.
1t is the policy of the office Of the super
intendent of public buildings and grounds
to take up small sections of the big Poto-
mae park tract and to improve and beau
tfy it in accordance with the general
plans that have been mapped out for the
improvement of the entire park; but these
plans are subject TO change to suit each
particular locality. Col Cromwell is now
having worked. out plans for the beautify
ing of the section of the park lying TO the
east of the railway tracks. He proposes,
in the near future, to extend the new
driveway along the river and Washington
sides of the park back to the starting point
at the foot of l4th street, where the new
bridge over the tidal outlet is to be built.
The new railway embankment was built
with an arch in it through which the
driveway will some day pass. Beautiful
flower gardens. Fairgrounds lawns foun-
tains and trees will fill the area and wind
ing walks will run through It in all direc-
tons. When II is completed the capital
city will have a park worthy of it. and one
tn. Will rival in beauty, both of location
and scenic. effects, any in the world.
The laying out of the portion of the park
now about to be opened is but the begin
ming, the remainder will come in time and
the time is not very far distant.