Evening star., 1925-11-15
Enactment of Legislation for
Beautiful Memorial Be-
Iieved Likely.
ROADWAY 80 FEET WIDE
WITH PARKING PLANNED
Representative Moore to Introduce
Bill for Construction-Backed
by Many Leaders.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.


Construction of a great memorial
entrance to the National Capital from
the South, unsurpa ssed historically.
sentimentally, scenically or for utility
anywhere in the world, will probably
he ordered by the incoming Congress.
After considering for 40 years the
project Of building the Mount Vernon
boulevard, to link the home and
burial place Of George Washington
with the Capital City of the Nation.
which he visioned and laid out, Con
gress seems disposed officially to au
thorize this as the Virginia approach
TO the new Arlington Memorial Bridge.
now under construction.
1t is anticipated that this Mount
Vernon boulevard will be completed
+ before the world comes to the City
, of Washington in 1882 to pay its re-
spects to the Father of His Country
AT his tomb on the Mount Vernon
estate. where he lived as country
gentleman before the Revolution.
Moore to Push Bill.
Representative r. Walton Moore OF
, Virginia, who represents the Mount
Vernon district and who introduced
, in the House the resolution, since
enacted into law. under which the
commission headed by President
Coolidge was directed to make pro
. visions for properly celebrating the
hicentennial of Washington's birth,
will promptly reintroduce his bill for
construction and maintenance of the
. Mount Vernon boulevard when
. Congress meets next month.
This legislation has the support OF
! Thomas II. Macdonald, chief of the
Federal Bureau of Public Roads; of
Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, presi
dent general of the National Society
| Daughters of the American Revolu
| ton; of Charles Moore, chairman of
the Fine Arts Commission, formerly
! secretary of the committee which il
| 1901 made a comprehensive report
i on the park system of the District
, of Columbia; of Lieut.. Col. Clarence
| o. Sheriff.. engineer officer, executive
! officer of the Arlington Memorial
| Bridge Commission and Of the Ma
| tional Capital Parks Commission:
! William Tyler Page, clerk of the
! House of Representative and eXecu-
tive secretary of the commission or
celebration of the bicentennial OF
! Washington birth: of the Wash
inSton Board of Trade. and scores
of other civic, patriotic and histor
ical associations.
The great desira bility of connecting
( Mount Vernon with the Capital by
an agreeable and dignified approach
! was recognized by Congress in 1889,
when the chief of engineers was call
ed upon for a survey and estimates
! for such a. rational road.
Urged in Mcmillan Report.
In the famous Mcmillan Park Com
mis- eli nf yxhir irh &c
| sidered a valuable supplement to the
! original Washington and LEnfant
! plan for the Capital, bringing the
| program UP 10 modern conditions and
changed topography, the Mount Yer
non boulevard is emphatically urged.
| the report saying: 1T would present
such a series of beautiful views of
! the broad portion of the Potomac
! Valley as would give it a priceless
| recreative value for the future popu-
| lation of the District, in addition to
! its sentimental value as linking the
Nations Capital with the home of its
| founder" That report was written
by Mr.. Moore, who is now chairman
of the Commission of Fine Arts.
whose chief function is to see that
the esthetic plans for development
Of Washington as the most beautiful
city in the world shall be carried
through consistently.
The Mount Vernon boulevard will
be the approach from the South TO
the new Arlington Memorial Bridge,
which is to be the most beautiful
bridge in the world. 1t will link in
with the new professional avenue
from the Capitol along the Mall TO
Lincoln Memorial and across the new
bridge to Arlington National Gem
etery. 1t will also link in with the
entire park system of the Capital,
with the riverside drive and the park
way drive entirely surrounding the
city connecting up the chain of old
! forts. 1t would connect with the new
Lee highway traversing the country,
and with the proposed palisade drive
on both sides of the Potomac to Great
Falls.
The Mount Vernon boulevard prof.
ect has had the sympathetic con-
sideration of Congress for nearly two
score years and has been persistent
| ly advocated by many of those mem
| hers who have farsightedly worked
! for the development and beautifica-
| ton of the National Capital, especial
J ly with a view to making it easier
+! for all the people of the country to
visit the home and tomb of Wash
ington. particularly in these days of
| general automobile touring.
Commission Soon to Meet.
| The commission to arrange for the
celebration of the bicentennial of the
birth of George Washington is TO
| meet here soon ;afte- -sngreSs meets,
| early in December. President Cool
| idge is chairman of that commission.
4! and Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio
is vice chairman. There are 10 mem
| bers. 1t is proposed that in this cele-
bration not only the entire United
States, but many other nations as
well, will unite. The Mount Vernon
boulevard project will be one of the
principal recommendations to be
made to the commission when it
meets. William Tyler Page, the ex-
ecutive clerk, is one of the most ar
dent advocates of the Mount Vernon
| boulevard as a proper feature of the
celebration. 1t is expected that the
! cooperation of this bicentennial birth
| day commission will greatly assist in
passage of the Moore bill.
Representative Moore himself has
received assurances from colleague;
| which show a growing sentiment in
all parts of the country in favor of
building the Mount Vernon boulevard.