Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-30
large ACREAGE
ADDED TO PARKS
Proposed Extension of Dis
trict System Under Re-
cent Act of Congress.
Statement BY SURVEYOR
OUTLINING THE PROGRAM
Connection Of Three Reservations BY
Condemnation Prooeedings-Maps
of the Improvement.

One hundred and ninety six acres are
to be added to the permanent park i'm
provement OF Washington. according
to an announcement made today by NJ
c. Hazen, District surveyor
This large acreage will be needed to
carry out the law passed at the last
session of Congress which provides for
establishing a connection between PO-
tomac, Rock Creek and Geological
Parks.
The surveyors, Mr.. Hazen said, who
have been plotting the ground which
it will be necessary to condemn, have
now finished their work and the results
obtained have been embodied In two
maps of the improvement to be made.
one taking in the area north of Massa-
chusetts avenue from Massachusetts
avenue to Geological Park, and the
other taking in the area south of Mas
sachusetts avenue from Massachusetts
avenue to the Potomac river.
Maps to Be Inspected.
These maps, it is stated, will be sent
through the District Commissioners IN
about a week to the Department OF
Justice, which will submit them to the
park connecting commission created
by the last session of Congress for the
purpose Of carrying out the law pro-
viding for the proposed Improvement:
This commission, which is composed OF
the secretaries of the Treasury, War
and Agriculture. is expected to approve
the maps and return them to the De-
partment of Justice, when the work OF
condemning the land required VIII be
taken up by Morgan H. Beach, who
has been appointed special assistant
to the Attorney General to conduct the
condemnation proceedings.
With the maps, Mr.. Hazen said TO-DAY,
he expects to submit a report which
will show that of the 1876 acres re-
quired for the proposed Improvement
it will be necessary to condemn but
about 125 acres, as the United States
government already owns about nfty-
nine acres of the total area. There are
about ten acres in the whole proposed
Improvement in the bed Of Rock creek.
Possible Changes.
This report, which will be prepared
during the coming week, may recon-
mend that there be a change in the pro-
posed route Of the Improvement. 50 tar
as it aff .cts Oak Hill cemetery in George
town. The map on file for several years
in the surveyors Office Of the District
which Congress specified should be the
basis for the proposed improvement, pro-
vides for a street or lane through q part
of Oak Hill cemetery. but owners OF
burial plots and graves In that ceme-
terry have protested against disturbing
any of the graves, and their protest IL
being considered.
The report may also recommend
change in the proposed route OF the I'M
provement so far as 1t affects the prop
erty of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
along the route of the connecting part.
owing to protests made by the canai
company, which are also being sonsid-
cred.
Since the act was passed by Congress
providing for the connecting park. 1t was
stated today. q number of new houses
have been built on Goth street north or
Belmont street, directly In the line OF the
proposed connecting park. These, 1t Is
stated, may have to be torn down.
Parcels Slated for Condemnation.
The parcels of land which will be con-
demned to carry out the act are as fol-
lows:
On the west side of Rock creek, north
of Massachusetts avenue, 1,5S6010
square feet.
On the east side of Rock creek, north
of Massachusetts avenue, &1, ,5S2 Is
square feet.
On the west side of Rock creek. from
Massachusetts, avenue to street, 624,-
311.o7 square feet.
ON the east side Of Rock creek. from
Massachusetts, avenue to P street, l,O24,-
46S. 46 square feet.
On the west side Of Rock creek. from
p to NJ streets, 531 ,O34.47 square feet.
On the east side of Rock creek, from
p to NJ streets, Ala, ,345.35 square feet.
On the west side of Rock creek, south
of M street, 1S1 .599 93 square feet.
ON the east side Of Rock creek, south
of NJ street, l5S, 472.29 square feet.