Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1919-05-10
AREA WILL
SOON Be ENLARGED
More Space Must Be Secured.
While NJ Extension Of Made
Ground Is Possible
TO TAKE CITY BLOC KS

ID TAKE GaI 4 Il II q Y h :
sitaation has sea ps ssl VIII
male Il iie II 4 yks ,ai tsIie
~ the lN,vesnRien III flia nitea
states 81 hassIn prnees ilgs s. ita5litife
Il asalas ii. lit aae;ii
ssit slsae square ars' aI the si3
ii:saei Is. III order s. atid Il to la pes
eli lv Aesl grsnrfis Ihis
SCI ION Rsss intended fo ee iileliiile ia
le hapils res in act:len.Y ,aaen
nistre an srllniit bagi iis.lfitg
slil Sas pii9 iti aetsii Ton Was pos
Banei TIE present Aea oll.l rs
,.aisll il hi three sides aud there has
1Assn no aouls That # wanIi be uiti.
nateli acQutIed fai the purpose
Tho II iiar nov pros enloa / thaf
ls sst ensy eonnsls saye been en.
aigetl BIS ni,leh as practicable and
'taW gr0HnA mas,e Iii AID ava;laile siis
fioils while additional ground ii
needed f0t buildings which must be
oeied On The portions bounded BIS
lie Severn river aaa Annapolis har
eof tie seawalls E,sye been carrie
$50 as feep writer as practical lle and
He sstnsa tiiae College Glees. to tha
laftil. hos haen narrouef. IS Far
ha maintenance of the channel viii
erinit lle c. el1siea into Annapolis
t'lc asliy means of aeaisifiIig asi
enal grouna adjacent 81 the nfe ant
rounds
The precise thing which lI;ts ma ~
Ila aefnisitfon o1 this section ncees
ary is tlle ngonnTing gsaf d site for an
auditorium The sum of S2.Iae.oaa
Was provided FOR the pprpss SO of con
st tr;aetiag u building which shoald COM
.Dine an auditorium capable Of llol Ling
larger body than the wns,le number
DC Midsilinnten IN accommodations
fer lie department 81 seanlan silip. ~.
factory site could be founl within
the present academy grounds 2st'' 4
building 81 this size. ani a much
smaller building for the saanaarshsJ sJs
department onls Is now being built
Ii had been proposed To erect the
conbined huilaing on d site near tho
basin 10 facing tle Severn riyer.
TIC Fine Arts Commission inspected
the site, upon the request of score ars.
Haniciss and advised against il on
the ground tliat Il would crowd the
other buildings roo much and cut o4
~ water view from other parts Of
thr grounds The amount was diyids
ed and lie construction Of the sea
n,;iaship hailaing started wliile tho
5e~cetien of the auditorium Will have
10 lte post stpoiled until q proper site can
lie secured
There are other buildings than tho
auditorium which must shortly be
erected Tie post gragiuaie school
tho work of which. suspended b. the
war, Wiil 81 resumed on Iilly lst has
rs building of ITS own Its work Is
expanding steadily. and Il must have
increased accommodations The de
partnlent III eieetrical ergineering q
also greatly III need 81 quarters Of rs
own. While the present chapel Is en-
tirsiy inadequate Co the demands
With the greatly increased regiment
.of alidshipiaen ana ether Navel Aead.
enlg personnel put upon II
The fact of the matter - that the
new Naval Academy, even planned
upon the ambitions Ilan which was
adopted prior Ia 1905 has proved In
adequate To the needs of training the
officers OF The Navy Il has become
necessary 10 double the capacity of
bancroft IIall. tile Midshipmeil' quar-:
ters. and every department, 81 the
Academy was in need of moro room
ill tie available ground has been
ta Ken up: ft is not possible ~ eilcroach
further upon tile water and 50 Il Il
absolutely necessary to take irl moTe
ground from the city of Anunapolis Is
sell. That this viii be nladertak ker
shortly seems certain.
The portion which will he added ts
the Academy grounds consists Of thret
Ieity blocks between King George ans
Hanover streets. which run parallel 6
1.-THE Academy grounds III tie direction
of it's greatest length, and q portion
lef Tic present Academy grounds are
Wagner street Maryland ayenle an
College avenue run through the sec
tiou iii the slsorter direction The form
er leading 10 The main gate q tls
Academy 1t is about LIST feet Iona
land about 400 feet vide. The section
IL about as thicl1ly settled as any II
Annapolis ard includes at least twf
buildings Of considerable historic in
terest.