Evening star., 1927-11-29
z|HLMAN PLANS
BATHING POOL BILL
Measure to Provide IL Tanks
and One to Beautify Poto-
mac Gorge Ready.

Two important bills. one providing
for preservation of the scenic beauty
of the Potomac River in the vicinity
of Great Falls and establishment OF
a public park there with connecting
parkways, and the other for construc-
ton of 12 artificial bathing pools at
an estimated cost of 100000, are to
be introduced by Chairman Zihlman
of e. the House District committee as
soon as Congress meets.
Bill Has Sympathy
Mr.. Zihlman is a. member Of the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning Com
mission. and so his bill for preserva-
tion of Great Falls is in hearty sympa-
thy with and carries the fullest CO.
operation of the Capital builders and
park planners.
His bill proposes that at cost not
to exceed $4,000,000. lin order to pre-
serve. just outside the National Capt.
tai, an area of outstanding grandeur.
scenic beauty and biological, scientific
and historic interest, including the
Great Falls of the Potomac, the water
falls, lodges and valleys of DIFFICULT
Run, SCOTS Run and Cabin John
Creek. bird and plant sanctuaries
noted among scientists, the remains OF
the river locks and the iron furnace
erected by George Washington, the
forested bluffs and the islands and
apids of the Potomac, and the canal
along the Maryland shore with its pic
turesque locks, thus providing for land
and water sports and a great variety
of outdoor recreation for the people
Of the Nation the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission be au-
thorized "to establish at this place a
public park and suitable connecting
parkways," and to that end, would
authorize the commission to acquire,
by gift, devise or purchase, and where
not so obtainable at prices reasonable
in it's judgment. by condemnation.
such lands or rights in land lying
along the Potomac, in Virginia from
the Key Bridge to and about the Great
Falls, and in Maryland. including the
lands acquired for the right of way of
the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. from
the line of the District of Columbia to
and above the Great Falls.
Would Transfer Land.
The Zihlman bill would transfer this
land to the director of public buildings
PupilC pains VI tLC ANeNtAOAAcAi
Capital, for custody, development and
maintenance, subject to the laws of
Maryland or Virginia. providing for
service of process of the courts of
said States. The funds required for
such control, development and main
tenance would be authorized to be ap-
propriated as may become necessary
from time to time out of any moneys
in the Treasury, and be accounted
for as a separate fund.
In explaining his bathing pools bill,
Mr.. Zihlman said:
During the last Congress I intro
duced and there was passed by the
House and Senate, a bill providing
for the erection of two artificial bath
ing pools, or beaches, in the District
of Columbiar-one for the white and
one for the colored race, and there
was authorized to be appropriated
the sum of $345,000 for this purpose.
Would Avoid Land Purchases.
'The act provided that no part of
the sum appropriated should be ex-
pended in the purchase of land. but
that the pools should be erected on
land acquired for park, parkway or
playground purposes.
THE National Capital Park and
Planning Commission were called
upon under the act to make recon.
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