Evening star., 1926-12-12
PLAN TO CONNECT
COHORTS DOOMED
Land Purchase Delay to Stop
Some Projects, Planning
Board Announces.

Portions of the original drive pro-
posed in the Mcmillan plan OF ls"l 10
connect the many Civil war. 1orts Il"
the District Of Columbia Will nave
to be definitely abandoned. it was dis-
closed yesterday at the meeting oi
the National Capital Park and ran
ming Commission.
The portions of the drive TO ne
abandoned because of the long deiaN
irf acquiring land for the connecting
rbadways and the forts themselves
were not made public, as they nave
nSt been definitely determined Foi-
Lowing adjournment of the commls-
sion last night it was stated, however,
that certain portions in Brookland'
IN the vicinity of Bunker Hill. Will
have to he given up, as will also Fort
Simmer. located in the grounds OIL
the Catholic University. 1t is sun
possible to obtain Fort Bunker HILL
aid preserve some of the or1ginal
breastworks there. but not as the
ol&ginal park planners intended
Although parts of the proposeh
fort drive of the Mcmillan plan are
to- be abandoned. other portions VIII
bS included which were not proNloe"
fdl- in the original plan. Fort Slocuii
inc the vicinity of Blair road and Maal
sdi1 street. was not included in the
MCMILLAN nlan. but is provided for
in the new plans While little OF the
oiaginal breastworks remain, there IS
nevertheless valuable grove OF
trees.
{ Announcement Follows Study.
This. information was brought to
the commissions attention during
study made of the 1901 Mcmillan plan.
brought up to determine just how
much of that plan had been carTleu
ot1t: what parts not yet developer
should be considered in any new piah,
and what parts cannot now pe dG
ouired because the delay in purcnas-
ing has resulted in later.day COM
mercial development.
In connection with the study or the
Mcmillan plan, the commission had
before it a tentative plan for park
and playground development pre-
pared after personal study py
Frederick L. Olmsted, a. member OF
the commission, who also assisted In
the DEVELOPMENT of the 1901 plan.
This was placed before the commls-
sion to give the members blrd g.
eve view of the situation now and an
idea of the great park project uiti'
mately to be developed. Ine piaTE
ners will continue their study OF the
mark situation here. it was pointed
ont. and collect sufficient data for
the commission TO consider at It's
February meeting. when a dehnlte
project may be decided upon.
The authority under which the
present commission works is wider
in scope than was provided In the
Mcmillan plan. That project pro-
vided only for a great park system,
such as Rock Creek: Rock Creek ana
Potomac Parkway: Potomac PARK
and Anacostia Park. The new COM
mission. in addition to providing
parkways, has the duty Of providing
playground parks in various sections
<,f the, city, and these must be con-
etdered in the general project.
It is also probable that the regionaf
mark ulan, which is to provide a. pro-
gram for park development In the
metropolitan areas in Maryland and
Virginia, will be ready for considera.
ton at the February meeting. ana
may be considered in connection Win
the plan for the District of Columbia
proper
Tentative Plan Discussed.
The tentative plan for the great
national memorial boulevard from the
Arlington Memorial Bridge to Mount
Vernon was discussed with the COM
mission by Representative r. Walton
Moore of Virginia, sponsor of the
pro ject in Congress. and +. st, y.
Wilson, chief of the bureau OF pubic
roads of the Department of Agricui-
ture. The Federal bureau is work.
ing on the project at this time ana
has not vet completed its studies.
AS the plan is incomplete, the
commission decided to take no action
now. but to consider it in connection
with the regional highway plan. ex-
pected to be in definite shape for the
commissions action by June.
The commission was told that
three routes are under consideration,
and are being studied as to their
various advantages. One is the direct
or airline route; the other is proposed
to follow the bank of the Potomac
River, and a. third would lie between
these two, and Is known as the inter
mediate route.
The public buildings improvement
In the triangle. which 1t is proposed
the Government shall purchase, lying
between Pennsylvania avenue and the
Mall and Third and Fifteenth streets.
was discussed with the commission
by E. H. Bennett. architectural ad-
wiser on the governmental building
program. and Lewis A. Simon of the
supervising architects office of the
Trea sury Department.
The commission discussed the build
ing project in general, and particu-
larry the matter of providing trans.
portation into and out of the area for
the large numbers of Government EN-.
ployes who must he moved during the
morning and afternoon rush hours