Evening star., 1914-10-18
THE JAIL, LOOKING TOWARD NORTHEAST.

land to be reclaimed. cultivated and
built on by the prisoners. The work
house is in successful operation at
Occoauan, and the creation of the re-
formatory was delayed by the contro-
versy over its location after the site,
the Belvoir tract. had been acquired.
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With that proposition not yet brought
to conclusion there remain in the
jail. and are committed to the Jail.
prisoners not proper to be sent either
to the workhouse or the United States
penitentiary at Leavenworth or At
lanta. The completion of the reforma-
tory will leave the jail as only house
of detention, which, according to the
views of many men, is inconveniently
located for that purpose and would
be costly to maintain for so few occu-
pants.
Mingled with the many reasons why
this reservation should be redeemed.
came to be the suggestion that II
would serve as an imposing site for
the new Eastern High School and Ng-
tional Stadium. The need of new
plant for the Eastern High School
after agitation covering more than q
decade came to be duly impressed on
Congress and an appropriation was
made for the purchase of site. Dis
agreement of opinion as to the site
developed and this gave strength to
those who had proposed that when the
new Eastern High School should be
created 1t should be on reservation
No. 13.
This plan has now received sundry
important Endorsements and on Feb
ruary 16, this year, the East Washing
ton Citizens Association drew up Q
statement of its views on this matter.
The association said that the eastern
section of the city had for ten years
striven for enlargement of high school
facilities; that the purchase OF new
site for this project had been delayed
pending the selection of one that would
be of ample size and accessible to all
parts of the eastern section OF the city
and that the transfer of the workhouse
to Occoquan and the almshouse to Blue
Plains had taken away the largest
proportion of the unfortunates from
the reservation and that This asso-
citation has unanimously approved OF
this reservation numbered thirteen IS
the hest site available for the proposed
Eastern High School-thus saving to
the government large sums necessary
to procure any other site equally ecu
trai, but limited in area
The association further expressed its
views of this question as follows: n
This reservation numbered thirteen. extene-
ing between 18th street cast 10 the AnacoslA
river, will supply the lons-,iesired s te for tie
long needed Eastern High Scloo and Its co
related educational institutions. The two brick
structures parts of the unfinished workbonse
structure) can be adapted for laboratory I1E.
noses Mt small expense, and when the t9ll
structure is no longer put to its present ant
quatcd and needless!y expensive use II can se
conye yerted into gymnasium In connection WIN
the new high school .
And on this reservation can also be piareH
the proposed stadium. with seating caiaeiy
of from 20 600 TO 10000 people-thereby supply
ing to this great and growing city opportunity
to witness competitive contests OF schools anN
colleges of this and nearby cities-as Well e
other great open-air functions which great mus.
tftudes are drawn as in other cities OF the wor@