Evening star., 1925-12-01

! District of Columbia, a project that Is
! already in sight.
The Government already controls
! the road in front of Arlington. II
| controls the Military road leading up
| to Arlington. 1t controls the road
all the way up to Great Falls. / 6 miles
| from Washing on and 10 miles out
side Of the District OF Columbia, and
! ii IS doubling that road. So there IS
no difficulty SO far as Jurisdiction is
/ concerned and 80 far as control is
! concerned"
Mr. Moore, who has for more than
a quarter OF a century made n special
study OF city planning and park prof
| ects. says that he knows OF no pro
posed highway as really essential 10
| the park system OF any city as is
! the Mount Vernon boulevard to the
J National Capital.
Plan Revamped in 1901.
In 1901 the District OF Columbia
| celebrated the Tooth anniversary oi
he removal OF the seat Of Govern
ment from Philadelphia TO Washing
| ton. Congress had celebration al
| the Capitol. The President had eel
cbration at the White House. at which
the governors OF all the States came
together. Out OF that celebra tior
| grew what is known the plan OF
! 1901 for the Development OF the park
/ system Of the District OF Columbia
| That plan was prepared under the di
! rectlon of the United States Senate
and was published with A great wealth
| Of illustrations in 1902. In aCcorda nee
with that plan the railroad tracks
were removed from the Mall and the
| Union Station was built. The Lincoln
Memorial was planned and was built
in accordance with the plan. The
Memorial Bridge was located in that
plan and is now being built.
That plan of 1901 was not q new
plan at all, Mr.. Moore explained. II
was a reaffirmation of George Wash
! ington's and Thomas Jefferson's plan
OF 1892. The new plan was built on
! the founda tons of the old LEnfa NJ
| plan, but the first plan was carried
to its legitimate conclusion. In the
! days Of L'Enfant the City Of Wash
/ inGton extended only from Rock Greek
10 the Anacostia River and from the
Potomac River to Florida avenue
( That was all the area then planned
| In the course OF hundred wears
/ Washington overran those boundaries
md SO the new plan OF 1901 provided
| for the development of the whole Dis
| Jrict OF Columbia.
The time has come now, In prepara
! ton for celebrating the 20Uth ami
versary OF the birth OF George Wash
! iucton, to put in order the City OF
/ Washington. the capital OF the United
States: to carry ont It's legitimate
conclusion that plan Of 1901 based OF
the plan Of 1892. and TO make Wash
| ington a city that George Washington
would like TO see II he We're back OF
earth: To carry to the ultimate con
clusion George Washington own
! ideas as to the development of the
| National Capital.
Boulevard Planned i'm 1886.
The Mount Vernon boulevard prof
ect has been under sympathetic con
! sideration by Congress since 1885
when a bill was introduced calling for
an appropriation of $4,000 for sur
veys and estimates of cost.
That bill passed both bra anches ot
Congress and was approved by Presi
/ dent Cleveland during his first admin
istration. The War Department des
| ignated Col. Peter c. Hams, who
made that survey and A report tC
| Secretary of War Proctor. Secretary
| Proctor, during the Harrison admin
istration, approved the plan and rec
| commended that Congress at that time
acquire the right Of way.
| The main features OF this compre
| hensiVe development have been IN
dorsed by every President during the
| last Sc years by the Secretaries OF
War. by hundreds Of members Of Con
gress and by most OF the great ma
| tional organic tions.
Leaders OF public thought and en-
| terprise I'm every State in the Union
are supporting this comprehensive
scheme for preserving the natura
| beauty and historic landmarks OF
| Washington's vicinage and utilizing
them in the building OF magniflcen,
| approach to the National Capital. to
gether with the conservative develop
ment of unusual natural resources ant
| location into a much-needed industria
! zone. hard by the Capital and supply
ing the vast hinterland to the south.
Would Permit Memorials.
| 1t ia proposed that this Mount Yer
| non boulevard. linking the city which
| Washingt on founded with the City o.
Alexa ndria. which he helped so con
| spicuously to upbuild during his early
| manhood, and with the home ane
|
| Country" should combine the idea.
, of the Appian Way at Rome, the
Westminster Abbey in London and h'
a permanent national exposition of al
| the States in the Union.
Along this proposed highway would
be reservations for the States, wher,
each State could erect its own memo
| rial structure on a natural pedestal
silhouetted against the skyline. A
| present no State is permitted to Sc
up more than two statues of it's mos
distinguished citizens in the statuar!
hall of the Capitol. This Mount Yer
non boulevard would allow each Stat,
to erect in bronze or marble as man,
monuments as might be desired, thu!
making 1t a veritable outdoor West
minister Abbey.
The permanent home erected b,
each State on its reservation woulC
| be used as an exhibition building fol
the purpose Of advertising its educa
tional, commercial, mining. manufac
turing, industrial and agricultural ad
| vantageS, and to be used as q gather
ing place for State societies and Wis
itors from the States to the Capital.
is pointed out that the Federal Govern
ment and the several States have beer
appropria ting large sums of money t.
be represented by temporary building
and temporary displays at interna
tional and interstate eXposttions. Herr
would he permanent exposition, th
advantages Of the several States be
ing advertised, not in any perfunctor,
way, but by presentation from th