Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
MONEY FOR POTOMAC PARK
HOUSE GIVES $4,000 IN SUN.
DRY CIVIL BILL.
Other Items of Interest to the Dis
trict Passed Upon Favorably
Yesterday at Capitol.

Friends Of the District were tickled to
death last night when they learned that
the item of $4,000 in the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill for continuing the i'm
proyement of Potomac Park had been
adopted by the House without question.
The paragraph in question is of sufficient
interest to warrant the publication Of the
text, in view of the fact that the NOR.
is to be used largely in the purchase of
two whole blocks to be essce1 to the
Getty beautiful project she paragraph
reads:
"For continunr the improvement of
Potomac Park continue north B street
from Virginia Ienue westward to the
Potomac riv, IS park roadway along
the northern boundary of Potomac Park
according to plans prepared in the office
of public buildings and grounds includ-
ing the acquisition by purchase or con-
domination of squares 63 and 80 in the
city of Washington, to be expended under
the direction of the officer in charge Of
that Office. $40 900. Jurisdiction over that
portion of B street west of Virginia ave-
nue.. now under the control of the Com
missioners of the District of Columbia, is
hereby transferred to the chief of engi-
neerS, U.S.A.
Other items of interest in the sundry
civil appropriation bill We're passed upon
IaVOraDly Dy the House yesterday alteF-
noon before adjournment
Among these items are the following:
For improvement and maintenance of
grounds south of the White House, $4,-
OOO for care Of greenhouses and nursery
S. 600: for care of Lafayette Park, $1,000.
for care of Franklin Park 81 500: for i'm
provement and care of Lincoln Park ST.
600: for care and improvement Of Monu-
ment grounds and annex potomac Park
to Monument grounds. $1,000.
Erection Of lighthouses.
A legislative provision authorizes the
Secretary of War to grant licenses for the
erection of lighthouses along the banks
Of the tidal reservoir on the Potomac
river fronting Potomac Park, under regu-
lations to be prescribed by the chief of
engineers. Other items are:
For improvement. care and maintenance
of Garfield Park. $500: miscellaneous
under parks. S1s. $50; for improvement and
care of various reservations, $4,000:
Park, $500: cement and other walks in
various reservations, 81 600: broken stone
road covering for parks, $500; curbing.
coping and tagging for park roads and
walks, 5000; care and maintenance of
that part Of Potomac Park between the
causeway of the Pennsylvania railroad
bridge, the Potomac river, and the tidal
reservoir. $4,000: care and maintenance of
that part of Potomac Park along the north
and west sides of the tidal reservoir
IS, 900. ''
The bill makes available any unex-
pended balance of the appropriation of
$4,000 made by the last sundry civil bill
for constructing a macadam roadway
along the west side of section OF Poto-
mac Park and for improving the grounds
on either side of it.
Care of Park.
For care and maintenance of that part
Of Potomac Park extending along the
river side between the inlet to the tidal
reservoir and the foot of 26th street west,
$1,000 is appropriated; also for the addi-
tional expense of widening the founda-
tons and superstructufe of the tidal gates
over the inlet to the tidal reservoir in
Potomac Park. to permit the construc-
ton of roadway over it, $25, 600; for re-
construction Of the approaches and walks
In Judiciary Park abutting the court
house building. $500; for unwilling the
statue Of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan and
for laying out and improving the grounds
around it. $4,000; for improvement, care
and maintenance of grounds of executive
departments. $1,000; White House
grounds. $4,000.
In addition to these items mentioned the
usual appropriations are made for the
maintenance of the Executive Mansion
for the. lighting of public grounds for the
Washington Monument, etc. -.>
Sixty-dve pages of the bill remain to be
considered.