Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-05
SCHOOL STREET BILL
COMMISSIONERS, REPORT ON PRO
POSED EXTENSION.
Suggested That Public Park Be Es-
tablished on 10th Street, Near
Florida Avenue.

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sent toody TO Representative bapcock,
chairman of the House District committee,
declared themselves heartily IN sympathy
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ochooi street southwardly from It's present
terminus with a width Of fifty feet to
Columbia road, and the opening of street
running eastwardly from School street ex-
tended to 14th street, forming boundary
OF the proposed park, which would, il the
Dill passed, be bounded by School street
extenoed The new east-and-west street
i4tn street ana Columbia road
The proposed park is more than half
mlie distant from any present established
PARK, II Is located approximately IN me
Hioate OF the pniit-up properly above .ne
crest or the NIL! and is about the same size
as aIragut ana Mcfherson squares, thousn
hot OF the same dimensions, peing longer
out not SO Wlde. II is In aadition me
naeural ste Tor PARK, as II is ALREADY
auolheu py ABOUT thirty magnincent DAN
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sedis 10 secure park at TINS locatlon' OUT
s s.. palk tnen proposea lnVoiVeo an eXpeh-
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poseo ioi park purposes
Cost Of Concentrations.
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"o losai es'Ahdteu Gust VI the con-
oenanation proposed by the bill for the
streets and park Is $150,OOO $4,000 of which
is for frame residences In the line of the
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tiiis .olai sum- $ol'oeo is estimated Tor the
extension OF School street and the pro-
posed street extending eastward TO 14th
street. The remaining $4,000 is the esti-
mated cost of acquiring the land for the
park which land is at present unin-
proved.
1.-The extension of the street and tho es-
Establishment of the park are both very
mus mueh desired es by the residents Of this sec
lishment of the park. While in the city
OF washington, there are numerous small
t paihs ana circles eXisting at the intersec-
trict which is oI,tsida of the old civ, iin,.
its proper, it has been solidly built up
so that no parks exist here. Parks are be-
Heyed TO be necessary for the purpose of
public health as well as pleasure
It seems that the BILL as drafted. pro-
vides for the District bearing a consider
able portion of the expense of the i'm
proyements and on this score the report
states:
'The Commissioners. while very much in
favor of both the park and the streets
believe that they should be provided for
in separate measures. The marks in the
city of Washington are the property OF
the United States and were acquired at the
expense of the United States. while the
commissioners have always recommended
that the cost of extending streets should
be horne equally nv the Tinted States and
the District of Columbia as other rnunici-
nal imnrovements Congress- has nv Ieejsia-
tion REQUIRED the entire cost to he maid
from district revenues. though the laws
nrox-ide thai Sometimes all and some
times a norton Of this cost shall he as
sessed on nronertv feneffed with marks
boweyer the acknowledgements helieve that
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IA 'Ns 'u.i'i As
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While the Commissioners are In favor
OF a park at this location, they believe
that one which would ba Of mora renera1
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dement, shouio DC acquired On the east sue
Of 18th street between Florida avenue and
Euclid street. This park, however. would
cover much larger area than the pro-
posed park, and the QUESTION OF this small
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