Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-14
Controller General to Be Ask
red to Pass on Agreements
for Memorial Projects.
MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA
WILL SHARE IN EXPENSE
Great Falls-to- Mount Vernon Pro-
posal Provided for in Capper-
Cramton Act.

Controller General j. II. McCarl Will
be asked to approve proposed work
ing agreement, under the Capper-
Cramton park purchase act, through
which the States of Maryland and Vir-
einia are to cooperate with the Federal
Government in the creation OF the
George washington Memorial Parkway
from Great Falls to Mount Vernon, Va,
and Fort Washington, Md, on both
sides of the Potomac River, and for the
preservation for park purposes OF vari-
Gus Maryland valleys adjacent to the
National Capital.
Lieut.. Col. u. S. Grant, Sd. vice chair
man and executive officer OF the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission made this known today as
the result of q conference held late
Yesterday between Mai. E. Brooke Lee,
speaker of the Maryland House of Dele
gates. and Irving C. Root, engineer OF
the Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission and the local
commission. ...t
Col. Grant explained today that
agreements must be entered into on the
value OF the land TO be acquired under
the park program contemplated by the
Capper- Cramton act so that there may
be an equitable apportionment OF Fed
eral funds with those coming from State
sources. There must be an agreed-to
appraisal of the property, and to bring
this about it Is now proposed to set
up a board for appraisal TO pick these
values
Must Reach Agreements.
Under the act. there must be aSsur-
anceS from the two adjacent States or
political subdivisions of them to con-
tribute funds toward the purchase OF
the proposed park lands. The question
of the type of assurance to be asked by
the Federal Government has yet to be
settled. The commission will draw up 4
proposed form of agreement on these
questions and submit them to the con-
troller general to see If they satisfy the
requirements of the new law.
The same sort of arrangement pro-
posed for the Maryland authorities will
be entered into with Virginia, Col.
Grant said, If that is found suitable.
The National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission desires to get proper
Interpretation of the law from the CON-
troller general with reference to the
handling of funds and the ways and
means of putting the new legislation
into effect. Mr.. McCarl will be asked
to rule on the legality of the proposed
financial set up under the act. AS
this is an administrative matter, 1t will
be referred to the controller general,
rather than the attorney general.
Maryland is ready, within its posi-
bility, to enter into commitments from
that State to carry on tire work of put
ting the new act into force, the commits
sion gathered from Msj. Lee and MIR.
Root. AlrAi
/ Maryland is anxious TO extend the
, parks existing in the District of Co
ilmbia into the region northward, the
commission was advised.
EIfy,asvnoffAva - II
west Of the bridge plaza on Columbia
Island as the terminus of the Lee High
way was favored by the commission,
which adopted q report of a study and
recommendation made by one of its
members, Frederick Law Olmsted of
Brookline, Mass, in conjunction with
the staff. Instead of the circle the COM
mission suggested an easy curve Oh Co.
umbi2 Island to link up with the
Bridge proper, on Columbia Island. The
Fine Arts Commission is represented as
.favoring the circle to the west Of the
proposed circle that is to mark the end
of the main bridge on Columbia Island
The park commission Endorsed a
recommendation of its staff for the
aet-up of regional highway committee,
based on similar organizations which
studied the needs for water and sewer
facilities in the metropolitan area for
the next half century. Included in
this study to be undertaken by the
proposed regional highway committee
will be not only the question of
beautiful plaza at the Rosslyn end Of
the Key Bridge, but also all the ap-
proacheS to the National Capital
The commission was shown a pro-
posed plan drawn up as a result Of the
ShipStead-Luce act, under which the
Federal Government is given power to
control the types of buildings to be
erected in the vicinity of Government
buildings and parks. This plan, which
contemplates jurisdiction over the north
side of Pennsylvania avenue, opposite
the public buildings development in the
triangle, will be sent to the Fine Arts
Commission and the District Commits
sstoners, who are charged with carrying
tout the law, for study and suggestion.
Approve Airport Plans.
! Plans for greater Boiling Field were
approved by the commission, when 1t
Endorsed study made by its staff and
agreed to eliminate from the highway
plan some 80 tentative streets in the
affected area.
I Legislation is now pending in Con-
fgTess to authorize expansion Of Boiling
Field.
/ The commission heard a report from
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stee meeting, held with the Fine Arts
sCommission group in New York, few
days ago, with reference to the pro-
fposed new War and Navy Department
buildings. The commission adopted
the report, in principle, and authors 4
yitS staff to make studies of other avail
table sites. 1t is known that the area
Tin the region of the Interior Depart
.ment Is under consideration and that
Eanother potential site is near the b.
Etanic Gardens in the shadow Of the
sCapitol
Several items of land purchase came
up for consideration, but in keeping
with the customary policy of the com
omission, no information on these wa
made public, because of the price ques'
ttion involved.