Evening star., 1911-01-31
HAS LAND FOR SALE
District Is Without Use for
1,5OO-ACre BeIvoir Tract.
FORMER OWNERS UNHAPPY
Didn't Want to Sell Their Land at
Price Awarded Them.
MONEY NOT YET PAID OVER
Court Expected to Order Distribu-
ton as Soon as Commissioner
Makes Awards.

| Representative Carin'S resolution. which
was adopted by the House yesterday ana
which forbids the District Commissioners
! from establishing a penal institution at
the BelyOir tract because of its proximity
/ to the tomb of George Washington. leaves
the Commissioners with a large vacant
plot of ground for which they have no
earthly use-except to make a park of II.
| This latter suggestion is not to be taken
with much seriousness although it was
mentioned at the District building today
that a nice name for the 1.5U0 useless
acres would be "Carlin Park The Com
miss toner's said today they do not know
what will be the outcome of the situation.
but have hopes that the Senate may come
4 to their relief.
| The Belvoir tract was chosen by COM
mission selected by the Attorney Cen
erals office. and not by the Commission
ers OF the District of Columbia, as is
supposed by many who had no knowledge
of the original proceedings
Money Now Looks Good.
After selecting this site for reforma-
tory. the land was condemned by the
United States and the money paid to a
Ger of the District The District now
owns the title to that land, and Commits
| soner Judson says he sees no way to
turn that title back, although he would
| like to see the District recover its s42,OOD
/ II reformatory is not to be placed there
Commissioner JudsOn gave out the fol-
/ lowing statement today in regard to the
Carlin resolution:
| THE House recognized the fact that
| there was very strong sentiment all
over the country against the use of the
| site purchased for reformatory. distant
| from Mount Vernon in an air line three
and half miles, and by the shortest
| land route six miles. How the sentiment
came to exist was probably regarded as
| without Importance.
Looking to the Senate.
The Carlin resolution passed by the
House creates an area of 314 square
miles. centering at Mount Vernon, within
which there can be expended upon a
| reformatory none of the money appro-
priated in the present bill. The bill
passed by the House leaves us without
| provision for new reformatory site
and without funds to establish rcform-
atory, whereas the amount of money ap-
| propriated for the workhouse at Deco
quan in the House bill is much more
| than is required.
1
| ter will doubtless be made when the bill
is acted upon in the Senate
Many Opposed to Selling.
The former owners of the Belvoir tract
are anxious to know what action the
government will now take. The govern
ment has purchased the property and
the Indications are that as soon as
Judge L. c. Barley of Alexandria passes
on the matter in his capacity as COM
missioner the money will be awarded
| the owners of the property.
Judge Barley said this morning that
his understanding was the government
had purchased the property and that
he, as special commissioner, would pro-
ceed with the work of determining what
each claimant is entitled to, after which
the court, through Judge Edmund Wad-
dill, jr.. of the United States court for
the eastern district of Virginia would
award the money for the land which is
now in the custody of the court.
| Most of the owners of the property
were opposed to disposing of it at the
foregoing price, and it is believed most
/ Of them would be glad to regain it.