Evening star., 1926-06-18
GEN. TAYLOR HEADS!
PARK COMMISSION
Body Considers Eight High
way Changes After Perfect
ing Organization.

Eight changes in the existing high
way plan were considered by the Ma
tionai Capital Park and Planning
Commission at its orga MIA tion meet
Ing today in the Navy Building fol
lowing. the election of Maj. Gen. Harry
Ia ylor, chief OF Engineers. as chair
ma n Of the commission, Lieut.. Col. J.
Franklin Bell. Engineer COMMISSIONS
OF the District. as vice chairman. and
Fred q. COldren. an empl"ye of the
Office of Public Buildings and Parks.
as secretary. Gen. Taylor will he re-
tired from the Army shortly and Will
be succeeded as chief of Engineers
a nd as chairman of the commission
by Brig. Gen. Edgar G. Jadwin. now
a ssista mt chief of Engineers.
Only two members of the commits
sion were absent at the initial meet
ing today. Frederick A. Delano OF
Washington, president Of the Amerl-
can Civic Association. one OF the four
citizen members OF the commission. Is
in Persia on official Government bust
ness. and Stephen T. Mather. director
Of the National Park Service, was
una BILE to attend.
He was represented by Arno X.
Caemerer. assistant director of the
Park Service.
Members Who Were Present.
Members Of the commission present
were Gen. Taylor, Col. Bell. Maj. L.
6. Grant, Sd, director of Public Build
ings and Public Parks; Senator Cap
per Of Kansas, chairman Of the Sen
ate District committee; Representa-
tive Zihlman of Maryland. chairman
of the House District committee: W
3. Greeley, chief of the Forestry Ser
vice: Frederick Law Olmstead OF
Brookline, Mass; j. c. Nichols of
kansas City and Milton B. Medary,
jr, of Philadelphia.
Members of the commission held
short informal meeting early this att
ernoon and then set out on an auto
mobile tour Of the city TO acquaint
themselves with the highway cha nges
proposed and discussed at the initial
session.
The cha nges are: Nebraska avenue
fron Conduit road, TO include the old
road and provide better grade with
less cut and fill.
Queens Chapel road and Bladensburg
road. to provide for an overcross at
Queens Chapel road and widening Of
that road, 40 that new territory in
this area may be commercially de-
veloped.
Woodley road and Wisconsin ave
nue., to provide for elimination of the
highway plan within the Protestant
Episcopal Close. Commissioner Bell
explained that ii was brought out at
hearing in May that no highways
proba bly, ever would be constructed in
this area.
Foxall road, north Of Reservoir road.
the old Ridge road: A change Is rec
commended to preserve the existing
grade in Foxall road.
Changes are recommended on ALI
son. Crittenden and Emerson streets
and Fort drive to permit better de
Of this territory.
Changes in Piney Branch road. Pea
body, Quackenbos, Rittenhouse and
Thirteenth streets: To be made so
that Fort Stevens may be preserved
and a parkway provided connecting
the fort site with Sixteenth street.
Changes in the streets adjacent to
Foxall and Conduit roads to facilitate
subdivision of this property lin
practical way
Changes on the site of the old Ben
ming race track, involving Hayes. Jay,
King, Lee, Meade. Nash and Thirty
ninth streets northeast. to provide for
a border roadway on the proposed An
acostia Park. The commission said
the site of the old race track is now
ready for subdividing.
Meets Again Tomorrow.
While the highway changes con-
stituted alomts the sole topic of dis
cusssion at the orga nization meeting
today, the commission will meet form
ally tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock
q nd discuss several matters inherited
from the National Capital Park Com
mission. which the present commits
sion supersedes. These matters in
clude the duty of acquiring land for
parks, parkways and Fairgrounds. Ac-
ton as TO several pending purcha ses
a nd condemna tions is necessary. Mem
bers believe that these. like the high
way plan changes, should he dis
posed of before the commission un-
dertakes the general discussion of
plans and policies.