Evening star., 1925-12-05
Many Suggestions Made.

Many Suggestions Made.
Since il beca me known that Lieut..
Col. Clarence o. Sheriff.. engineer Of
ficer in charge of public buildings and
grounds and a member of the National
Capital Parks Commission. is hunting
for a site for the stadium his office
has been deluged with suggestions re-
garding a number of possible loca.
tionS. One of these is between Penn
sylvania avenue and Ma ssaChuSetts
avenue on the -Anacostia side.
Studies show that AT least - acres
are needed for this project. in order
10 provide for an attendance of 100,
Oo0 persons, and with adequate ter
mInal facilities and parking space
which would require 81 to 40 acres.
. 1t is roughly figured that one third
the people would come to the Stdaium
on trains. oue-third by bus and street
cars and one third by private auto
mobiles.
The National Capital Parks Com
mission now Is comforting with other
cities to get more definite and com
plete information in detail regard
ins their experiences. that the Ma
ti"nal Capital may profit thereby
Particularly iS an examination he
inG made of the plans of the Los
Angeles Sta dunn and the new Pasa
dena stadium, as the best types. Both
Of these, as well a the Yale Bowl are
formed partly by digging into the
ground and partly piled up earth to
provide seats. Both the Los Angeles
and Pasadena stadiums have good
architectural entrances of monu-
mental type. it is pointed out by the
National Capital Parks Commission $
planning board. They have arches
like the Coliseum in Rome and
shower, dressing and other rooms un-
derneath
The Los Angeles Stadium has 75.-
OBS seats and cost between $500. 900
and el.o00,o0o. The Yale Bowl akes
26 or - acres. with other parking.
Those who are making the studies
Tor the Washington stadium are plan
nlnS tor permanent, symmetrical
and systematic parking arrangement
which will permit the stadium to he
cmptied without confusion in less
than II minutes. That applies to per-
sons coming by train. street cars
huSSes and automobiles from the city
from the suburbs and from other
cities. The intricate problem OF han
ding great crowd is being studied
from all angles. especially within the
trafhc congestion Of a great city.
Studies Not Completed.
1t fs probable that somewhere on
the AnaCoStia shore between the
pennsylvania Avenue Bridge to Ana
costa and the Alaryla nd line good
site may be located that will meet all
requirements. Besides the area re-
qulred for the stadium and for park.
Ing. there are other complications be-
SIDES those of handling the traffic.
These include drainage, foundat tions
I'll.
studies have not yet been completed.
1t is argued that as the Anacostia
shore lies close to both the PennsyI-
Vania and Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road tracks the out-of-town attend
ants could be handled especially well.
1t is also pointed out that the water
front would allow water carnivals. and
In lhls respect the National CAPITAL
stadium and athletic field would have
great advantages over any other in
this country.
Will Seek Approval.
Legislation is To be sought from
Congress within a few weeks author
lZlns the use of Government land and
scheme for financing the stadium
from private funds. This has the sun
port of the Washington Board of
Trade. which has long advocated such
a civic improvement. and by the
Washington Chamber of Commerce
before whom Col. Sheriff. made an
address on the subject last month.
lhe structure as proposed by Col
Sherlll would require about - acres
o1 ground with facilities for parking
10000 to 15,000 automobiles. accom-
mediation for 400 to 500 street railway
cars and sidinGs for 10 to ~ railway
trains. 1t should have seating ca
, pacltY of 900, and would provide
! not only for foot ball games, national
athletic contests, Olympic games, etc,
! but also would serve for other pur-
| poses where large crowds would be
| gathered. The stadium itself could be
made an outstanding architectural at
| traction to the National Capital and
would possibly be built as near a
replica Of the famous coliseum in
| Rome as possible '
! Site Selection Provided.
i The bill, which is to be pressed t
the coming session of Congress, which
opens Monday. proposes that the di-
rector of public buildings and public
parks of the National Capital be au-
a stadium and to grant permission to
! 4 proposed Washington stadium cor
| pora ton" for the erection Of the struc-
ture on the grounds. The proposed
associa ton would be authorized to
erect and operate the stadium under
rules prescribed by the director of
public buildings and parks and that