Evening star., 1930-05-21

elimination of the street railway static
This is one of the moves propose
interest in the Identification of high
ways.
Certainly nothing could add to the
pleasure of cross-country motoring like
the planting of shade trees native to
each locality through which the high
ways pass" wrote Senator Reed. II
have often thought in motoring through
Europe that we in this country in our
haste to provide hard-surface roads for
convenience and rapid transportation
have given too little thought to the
problem of making them attractive as
well as useful"
Senator Walcott described how the
Identification program in Connecticut
had been under way for five years.
The highway commissioner who still
is in charge employed an expert land
scape gardener" wrote Senator Walcott,
"who has been successful in keeping
the edges of the roads trimmed, pro-
tecting the roadside shrubs and wild
flowers, planting bare banks to make
them more slightly and prevent wash
ing, trimming away dead underground,
protecting the trees from mutilation as
far as possible wherever the highways
have been widened, and telephone and
telegraph lines moved or put in place.
We have kept at the roadside. signs
until we have reduced the number by
several thousand. This has been ,ac-
complished by progressive tax"
Mrs. McNary Tells of ID. C. Trees.
Reporting on trees in Washington
Mrs. Charles L. McNary, chairman of
the committee on trees of the Com
mittee of the National Capital of the
Garden Club of America, expressed the
hope that under the new Commission
ers may be formed more co-ordinated
plan so that procedure in the new plan
of work may be easier" The commit
tee, she said, considers that the trees
of Washington are a most serious and
important problem"
Mrs. McNary said that her commit
tee found difficulty in proceeding ION
account of the divided authority in the
matter of tree planting, Clifford Lanham,
the superintendent of the trees and
parking division of the District of CO.
lumbia, being directly under. the super
vision of Col. Ladue, Engineer Com
missioner of the District, Col. Grant
being the director of public buildings
and public parks" She told Of a meet
ing with Mr.. Lanham.
Discussing the plan for tree planting
in the District, Mrs. McNary said:
Criticisms OF the plan were offered and
suggestions made as to the kinds of
trees preferred and the suitability of
these trees to the neighborhoods mapped
out for the new trees to be planted in
the city"
Plans which already are under con-
for improvements of entrances
to the District of Columbia were pre-
sented comprehensively by Mr.. Eliot.
He predicted great changes" in the
Highway Bridge gateway from Virginia,
with early prospect of removal of the
south spans of the bridge and their re-
placement by an underpasS for the
parkway.
Concerning the Arlington Memorial
Bridge, Mr.. Eliot explained plans for the
on the Virginia side were
Highway along Columbia Island is un-
der construction" he said, but connec-
tions to the Lee Boulevard and to Mount
Vernon avenue have not yet been pro-
vided. A future connection to Analos-
tan Island and the Upper Potomac is
contemplated under the plans for the
development of the upper river. The
approach from the southwest from
Mount Vernon avenue involves new con-
struction across the experimental farm
to the plaza at the bridgehead. This is
approach around the north side of the
cemetery and Fort Myer, however, in
wolves the purchase OF land and con-
struction"
Describing the Rosslyn end of Key
Bridge, Mr.. Eliot said plan for the
immediate vicinity of the bridge ter
minus had been developed. This plan,
he said, involves construction of cir
Gle and the elimination of the present
street car terminal buildings. The land
necessary, he explained, is now owned
by the Government.
+, On the Washington terminus of Key
Bridge, many studies have been made,
the speaker said, most of which agree
in suggesting the acquisition of all of
the steep hillside lying between Thirty
fourth, Thirty-fifth, M and Prospect
streets, which faces the bridge.
Circle Is Proposed.
To relieve congestion at the intersec-
ton of Wisconsin avenue, Western ave-
nue. and Military road, Mr.. Eliot said a
circle had been proposed, but this re-
quired action by the District Commits
sioners.
Plans for development of Chevy Chase
Circle with a fountain as the central
feature have been completed, Mr.. Eliot
said, but the actual work awaits appro-
priations.
Touching on many other entrances to
the city, Mr.. Eliot described the new
Sixteenth street circle as very mag
nificent entrance and said that studies
of q plaza or a square were being made
for the Silver Spring Georgia avenue
entrance. The principal entrances to
the District from the southeast through
Anacostia, the speaker said, had not
been developed, although numerous
studies had been made for them in con-
nection with the Fort drive. In most
cases the entrance should be, he eX-
planned. "at the high point of the hills
when the first view is obtained of the
city"
Mr.. Delano declared that while the
avenues of trees such as existed bsfore
the war in many parts of France were
very beautiful, he thought that there
was opportunity in America of intro
oucing added interest and variety In
the problem I'm fiat prairie country
such as we have much OF In Illinois" !"
he explained, interest and variety can
be secured by using different kinds of
trees. It would be great pity" he
said "to follow any hard and fast rule
On curves he said 1t was "a mistake
to plant trees on the inside, which
blocks the view ahead, whereas 1t gives
pleasing background to view to
plant trees on the outside of the curve -
Also on the low side OF the road on a
hillside he suggested that shrubs be