Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-24
FAIRGROUNDS TO Be
OPEN FOR USE MONDAY
Administration Will Be in
Hands of Playground Asso-
citation for Coming Season.

Nearly all the public Fairgrounds in this
city will be open next Monday.
The Rosedale. New York avenue and
1st street grounds have been I'm operation
since Easter The Garfield Park. vir-
GINA avenue, Howard and Georgetown
grounds are to be opened Monday while
the Cardoza, Neighborhood House and
Juvenile Court grounds will be opened
July /.
1t is also expected that two new
grounds will be opened this summer, one
I'm Mount Pleasant and the other in
southwest Washington. The grounds will
the morning until dark and are to be in
charge of competent teachers, who will
not only instruct the children, but will
look after their welfare.
wading pool has been placed in the
Garfield Park grounds. while swimming
pools are to be erected at the Rosedale
and Georgetown grounds.
Supervision of the Grounds.
The Playground Association will con.
tinue temporarily the administration OF
the municipal Fairgrounds for the chill
dren OF the District, as it has done In
the past. A formal resolution to thai
effect was adopted at a meeting of the
board of directors Of the association yes
terday afternoon. But the board also de-
c1ded that II would relinquish control o1
| the Fairgrounds December 81, 1916, or a.
much sooner as the District Commission
ers may have in their hanas funds avail
able for the supervision as we'll as tn.
maintenance OF the Fairgrounds.
The reasons given for this action by
the board of directors were set forth in
the resolution adopted. which states that
at meeting of the board OK directors OF
the association, held Monday, December
q, 1908, the report of special commit
tee recommending that whenever the
government contributes the larger share
Of the expense the management of the
municipal Fairgrounds should be placed
under official control was unanimously
agreed TO.
The resolution also sets forth that Con-
gress has appropriated s24. 400 for play
ground purposes, $1,000 to be paid wholly
out of the revenues of the District Of CO.
lumbia, notwithstanding the earnest eff
forts OF the association and citizens and
taxpayers that the appropriation should
not be made in violation Of the organi,
act.
Conference With Commissioners.
It is pointed out that at q conference
between the District Commissioners and
the executive committee Of the assoeia-
ton. held Saturday, June Is, it was as
missioners. under the law, unless modi-
fed, the money must be expended for
playground purposes during the fiscal
year 1911.
At this conference it was determined
THAT inasmuch as the Commissioner.
were without power to use any OF this
fund for the general administration OF
the Fairgrounds. and were without
other funds from which to pay for such
administration. and as there is no au-
thority of law to permit them to ad
minister the Fairgrounds from funds
secured by the Playground Association
1t would be necessary in order to have
the Fairgrounds available for the chill
dren this summer that the Washing
ton Playground Association continue
to serve the community for the time
being as in the past.
1t was stated that the directors of the
Washington Playground Association sim
cerely regret that the appropriation was
made In violation of the organic act and
that 1t Is impracticable for the Commits
sioners to assume complete ofhcial control
at this time"