Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-12
CANAL COMPANY AFFECTED
Owns Much Land Along Waterway
Which Will Be Taken.
DRIVE THROUGH CEMETERY
Treatment of Oak Hill Dealt With
in Commissioners
Report.

ley of Rock creek, which provides tina
Rock Creek Park. Geological Park an
Potomac Park shall be connected by
parkway.
In addition to the wide general interes
in the subject. the particular interests Q
property owners who are affected al
being inquired into at the District built
ing and at the Treasury Department. III
Secretary of the Treasury is the chair
man of the commission OF cabinet off -er
who will carry out the new law
Notable among the questions that ar
being raised is how the act Will affet
the interests of the Chesapeake and OH
Canal Company, the Baltimore and OH
railroad and the owners OF Oak I'LL
cemetery The interests of many othe
property owners now are expected I
come up for discussion from day to da
pending the organization of the commits
sion which the Secretary of the 'Treasuf
will start as soon as he gets fully settle
in his new office.
Officials Are Undecided.
Inquiry at the office of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal Co. today devei2p.
cd the fact that the officials of thas com
pany are undecided as to just how the
new law will affect their large inter-
est in Rock Creek. This canal enters
the Potomac river by way or ROCK
Greek, and the canal company owns
much land along the side OF It's watel
way. which. the official map OF the
nroiect shows is to be taken by the
district and the federal government
for the improvements ordered 10 DC
made. ,- oal o7tt
From the point in Rock creek Ia.I
and X streets northwest, about nun
dred wards below the Pennsyivanla
avenue bridge, at which the canai en-
ters the creek. down TO the FotolaS
river the creek is the canal. under
tbe charter granted to the company:
The canal company keeps that part OF
the creek dredged and maintains ioeh No
in If and no boat of any owner Is en-
.it,ed To use it without paying Tolls 10
the canal company.
Officers in Control.
rho canal is managed by a board of
trustees in which the Baltimore anu olIo
railroad has the largest voice, THESE oil'-
GERS being all Baltimoreans-hush -
Rond. general counsel OF the b. q " u
r. Preston, general solicitor at the o.
&. O.. and George A. Colston. Inc Sen-
eraI superintendent Oh the eoips
ia G. l., Nicholson. ,n., =
II is possible, it was said today, py dn
official of the company, tnat me Saa'
company, if it finds that It's laho Is eon :.
demned and taken from II, may :
another point of outlet to the Potomac
farther up the river, and cut new piece
Of canal as a connection. Tnere Is Ine
question it was said, or Wnetner uhuel
the charter Of the canal company IL Can
be thrown out OF KOCH rin er1 haen establish
Cd there under recognized legal rights 1oi
so many years 49,, . .
question comes up because the plans Ioi
the omen valley treatment of Rock Creei
park. which the park-connecting law 3us'
passed makes mandatory. PROVIDE LOT
driveway through the cemetery. Inere
are two plans, in fact, In connection VIII
the coming parkway, system aHecuns
Cak Hin cemetery, alluded to in the re-
mort on the open valley treatment OF KOCH
Creek. which was recommended by the
Commissioners.
Report on improvements.
As to one. it is said in this report, de-
scribing the proposed improvements:
The main low level road branches out
into a second road about go feet south
of Massachusetts avenue. This latter roao
crosses the creek upon one-span con-
crete bridge and continues aprrox1mateiy
parallel to the creek. passing through Oak
Hill cemetery at an elevation OIL aoou'
0O~'
this road crosses the Lovers Lane branch
there will be rustic bridge having a
length of about 100 feet.
The taking of land for the low leve
road which passes through Oak Hill
cemetery will not interfere with 1.-THE
operation of the cemetery, as the grounC
taken is at low grade. Neither Will Il
interfere with any graves.
The taking line for this road is placed
at some distance from the neat line o
the road. so that in the future there vii
be no encroachment upon this road b1
any operations in the cemetery. patti
parallels this road, winding IN and on
among the trees, and vine-coveret
concrete wall will be built along the tax
ing line so to protect the cemetery ant
further to screen the view of the cemeter,
from those using this low level road.
Road to Be Attractive.
when this is done this road and patl
will be among the most attractive one
within the park area. Just before TIL
Lovers Lane rustic bridge is reached tn
main road on the right bank branches int
a second road, which passes up Lovers
Lane valley, connecting with Lovers Ian
and also T street in general way. Bot
the T street and Lovers lane connection
are excellent ones although Lovers Ian
will have maximum grade of about 1
per cent, which Is 2i9 per cent less tina
The existing grade of the lane. street
however, will connect at Wisconsin ave
nue. at easy grades"
The official map on file in the offic
of the Engineer Commissioner, whic
the recently passed park connectin
law states is to be the basis unde
which the commission shall carry on
the law, shows that the government in
tends to acquire the part of Oak Hi
cemetery above mentioned as To-
ground. and to make an entrance fror
2Sth and r streets to the Rock Cree
valley by means of the roadway de
scrfbed.
Again Refers to Cemetery.
Another allusion 10 Oak Hill GENE
terry. which. however. is not definitel
shown the official map, is made
the report. as follows:
A bridge is proposed between Mass;
chusetts avenue and S street in WASH
Georgetown. The bridge proposed fl
this location is "A steel arch with pier
of concrete. This connection is regar,
ed as very important one.
ut will. however. be necessary
order to build this bridge to reno,
about $50 graves. 1t is hoped that thi
will be effected at an early date. viii
there is yet time for reinterment
Oak Hill cemetery.
1T appears that this bridge should II
be built IL opposed by the people
Georgetown who have relatives buried
Oak H;li cemetery. The construction
this bridge would be manifestly bene
90 Georgetown. and almost solely
Georgetown, and IL they do not desire Il
building OF this structure il should
omitted from the plans.