Evening star., 1928-03-18

where Washington and his wife ellie
| buried.
Construction Of this roadway has ad-
yanced far beyond the point Of a mere
dream, for 1t has been Endorsed by the
Commission of Fine Arts and the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning Com
mission. and engineers OF the Bureau
OF Public Roads have made extensive
! surveys of the route.
| The riverside roadway is favored
| rather than the road over the high
| ground a mile or more west of the river.
! II would start at noble plaza debouch-
| Ing from the Arlington Bridge and
| travel down through historic country 10
| the home of Washington.
Another project. hoped for completion
| by 1882. is u roadway from Washington
| or Annapolis. or rom Mount Vernon
| via Annapolis nu-th 10 the fartheSt
point In New England reached by
Washington. following the routes he
used In his travels during the Revolu-
| tionary War and utilizing all existing
stretches.
A MONG the physical projects pro-
posed for completion BY 1882. but
which are somewhat visionary at pres
ent. are the -looked-for Washing
ton Monument Gardens. involving
erection Of Substructure or terrace
to carry out the purposes Of the
sponsors for the nobleSt shaft ever
erected by man. Representative George
Holden Ttnkham Of Massachusetts
plans to seek early action on meas
ure to have the gardens completed BY
1892.
Such work would carry far forward
the Mall project for treatment OF the
great central composition around which
the city Of Washington Is built In ac-
cordance with plans prepared by Mai.
Charles Pierre L'Enfant, under the
personal direction of George waShing-
ton himself, Ii would also move far
! along the road toward completion the
treatment OF the area west Of Four
| tcenth street between the Washington
Monument and the Lincoln Memorial,
/ The Mcmillan report Of 1901 had
! this 10 say OF the Monument Gardens
The bordering columns of elmS tin
| the Maln march to the Monument
| grounds climb the slope, and spread~
! Ing themselves to right and left on en-
| tended terraces, form n great body of
green. Strengthening the broad plat.
! form from which the obelisk rises in
majestic serenity, The groves on the
! terraces become places Of rest, from
which one gets wide views of the busy
city, ot the White House, surrounded
by It's ample grounds; OF the Capitol
! croWntng the heights at the end Of the
broad vista, of stretches OF river wind
| Ing at the foot of the Virginia hills.
"Axial relations between the White
House and the Monument are created
by the construction ot a Sunken garden
ON the western side OF the great shaft.
the true line passing through The
| center Of great round pool, 10 which
marble steps 800 feet III width lead
down 10 feet nom the Monument plat.
form. Surrounded by terraces bearing
elnhs laid out with formal paths, lined
by hedges and adorned with small trees,
enriched by fountains and templelike
structures, this garden becomes the
center of The Mall system, seen fIom
the lower level, the Monument gains am
additional height OF nearly Is feet,
willis at the same time nothing Is suf~
Tered tn come so near aS to disturb the
isolation which the Monument de-
mandS,
"At present the immediate surround.
tngs or the Monument are sa made
uuate aS 10 cause the heholder near az
hand 10 lose that very sense ut etanaeur
which u tnspifeN when seen from dis
tanee, and the lack nf harmonious te-
ia'icnship between u ana the great