Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-20
SLIGO VALLEY TOUR
SETFOR TOMORROW
|. BY PARK OFFICIALS
D. C. and Maryland Bodies
to Inspect Proposed
Park Area.
COMMISSION TO HELP
LEE BOULEVARD GROUP
Capt. E. N. Chisolm, Jr., Engineer,
Says Officials Cannot Sponsor
ANY Legislation, However

The National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission and the Maryland
National Park and Planning Commits
sion decided today to start out from
the Cosmos Club at $50 am. tomorrow
on an inspection tour of the proposed
park development in Sligo Valley in
nearby Maryland.
MARYLAND authorities have submitted
samples of the proposed bonds that
will raise money for financing the
Maryland park development, and the
National Commission, acting for the
Federal Government. has approved the
set-up of the bonds. These will be
Autographed Immediately and submitted
by December /.
Railroad Report Heard.
This morning the National CommtS-
sion, entering the second day OF its
three-day session, listened to a report
from its railroad expert, William j.
Heiser of New York, who laid down his
recommendations concerning trafic
crossings over the railroad tracks north
Of Union Station.
The Heiser report was not imme-
diately made public.
The commissions executive of1icer,
Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, Sd, and Fred
eric A. Delano, its chairman, were ap-
pointed as a committee to confer with
the District Commissioners on legis-
lation affecting both groups.
The commissions engineer, Capt. E.
N. Chisolm, jr, made it clear his or
ganiZation will assist the Lee Boule-
ward Association in furthering its pro-
gram, but cannot stand sponsor for a
bill designed to complete that thor
oughfare in the vicinity of Wash
ington.
The commission endorsed the project
of a parkway from Woodlawn, Va, to
Mount Vernon, to link up the Jeffer-
son Davis Highway with the Mount
Vernon Memorial Highway.
Backs Virginia OfIiciaIs.
While the National Commission lacks
jurisdiction in the Woodlawn area, 1t
is backing the Virginia State authori-
ties, who are now making survey, as
it believes the project is meritorious
one.
The War Department Is DESTROYS of
giving UP its Jurisdiction over the roads
in the vicinity of Arlington National
Cemetery and has asked the director
Of public buildings and public parks
to assume responsibility for them. The
National Commission, however, thinks
the department should retain them for
while longer, until the whole problem
can be threshed out.
The commission favors setting back
the proposed new central heating plant
near the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, some as feet from the street
line and lowering the building down
into the ground. The preliminary plan
for the plant showed it on the street
line and above the legal coming height.
Col Grant and Mr.. Delano were
named as a committee to confer with
Treasury Department officials and the
architect on these notifications.
Legislation designed for introduction
in the coming Congress was presented
to the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission at the opening Of the
session yesterday by its secretary,
cluded the omnibus street closing bill
and the alley dwelling measure.
The first considered dealt with the
Roosevelt Memorial Association and its
proposal to erect suitable memorial to
the former President on Analostan
Island, in the Potomac River near Key
Bridge. The bill as presented would
allow the association, to erect its memo
rial on the island and provide it with
suitable access.
The commission sent to the District
Commissioners for comment and action
measure designed to straighten out
Harvard street and eliminate the offsets
in the region of Fourteenth street.
Will Study Alley Bill.
The measure drawn up to eliminate
gradually Washington's alley dwellings
was presented to the commission and
will be sent to the Co-ordinating Com
mittee for study before it is returned to
the commission. The District govern
ment, which is keenly interested in the
measure, has its representatives on the
Committee, which COM
prises interested District and Federal
governmental agencies and a represent
alive OF the general public
The District Commissioners and the
Co-ordinating Committee will be sent
the land transfer bill, under which land
in Government ownership could readily
be transferred from one department OF
the Government to another.
The commission approved the omni-
bus street closing bill, through which
streets not deemed necessary might be
done away with without the necessity
OF going to Congress each time, as Is
necessary at present This measure, the
commissions engineer, Capt. E. N. CHS
ohm. jr., said, is in accord with the gen.
eral highway plan.
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