The Washington herald., 1914-06-21
BOAT CLUB ITEM
KILLED in HOUSE
Mann Wages Successful Fight
Against Proposed Potomac
Park Project.
DISTRICT FUNDS PASSED
Biggest Appropriations Provide for
Lincoln Memorial Work and Main
tenance Of Public Grounds.

After a sharp fght against the para
graph by Minority Leader Mann. OF
Illinois. the House yesterday struck
from the sundry civil bill, the provision
permitting boat clubs to erect houses In
Potomac Park under supervision Of the
Superintendent OF Public Buildings and
Grounds The largest District items in
the bill were adopted by the House, sit
ting in committee of the whole. The boat
house provision was inserted on the rec
ommendation of the Secretary Of War
with view to popularizing public parks.
Grant Memorial work.
Paragraphs appropriating $4,000 for the
completion of the Grant Memorial at
the east end of the Mall. together with
5000 TO be expended in the unveiling
exercises for the memorial; $4,000 for
continuation of work on the Lincoln Me-
mortal. and S2jO,O0 for the commence
ment of work on the Arlington Memorial
AmpitheateT, all were adopted by the
House.
Mr.. Mann, who got of on the wrong
foot somehow, and was not susceptible
even to the soothing ministrations of
Representative MondeH, OF Wyoming,
also managed to have striker from the
bill the $4,000 appropriation for the re-
taIning walls proposed for Meridian Hill
Park The items which passed were:
Improvement and maintenance OF
grounds south OF the White House, $1,000;
care of greenhouse, 5000; repair Of green
house, 5000: care of Lafayette Park,
s.. 600: care Of Franklin Park. 1850: care
of Lincoln Park. S2.OOO; care of Monu-
ment Grounds 5000; care of Garfield
Park $500: repair Of post and chain
fences and general work arohnd parks
and triangles, gardening, etc, slS,55O;
maintenance Of various reservations, in
cluding vehicles for officer in charge, SO,-
900: care of Smithsonian Grounds, 5000;
improvement and maintenance. of Ju-
dietary Park, $500; laying cement walks
in parks, 5000: bDoIen stone for road
covering, $500; cu+bing, 5000; care and
maintenance of Potomac Park, $1,000
Grading Potomac Park.
For grading Potomac Park, west of the
railroad embankEnent, SIS, 600; oiling roads,
$4,000; toward construction of per-
manent road around the entire river and
harbor front of Potomac Park, S2S,OO;
care OF the park, east OF railroad emoank-
ment, $4,000: care of Montrose Park and
continuing Improvement, 5000; maintain
ing diamonds, tennis courts, etc, -S10-
OTo: laying water mains in Potomac Park
$1,000
For improvement and care Of White
House grounds, 5000; skilled labor and
trees for Library grounds, $1,000; trees
etc. for Capital grounds, $1,000: employ
ment of an engineer by officer in charge
OF public buildings and grounds. S,4OO;
care of Executive Mansion, 5000; fuel
for White House, 5000; White House
greenhouse, $500: travelling expenses of
the President. $1,000; lighting and heat
ing for public grounds, $1,000; heating
watchmen's houses. etc, $3.50; Wash
inSton Monument force. $3.50; for sup
plies for Monument, 5000; extra services
to keep Monument open Sundays and
holidays, S2.jO0; for painting building
where Lincoln died. 500; for repairs to
fences at Wakefield, Va. where George
Washington was born, 500; expenses Of
Commission of Fine Arts, S5,OOo.