Evening star., 1932-04-10
THOUSANDS TO SEE
CHERRY BLOSSOMS
Rains Delay Maturity oil
BIoomS-SpeciaI Traffic
Plans Made.

Flowers Of Old Nippon, on the cherry
trees around the Tidal Basin, were
ready today to lure thousands of visitors
to the National Capital This is
Cherry Blossom week" in the city, and
the single varieties of blooms are ex-
pected to be at their best about Friday.
The Tidal Basin will be the magnet
that will draw thousands of automo-
biles from near and far all this week,
for the cherry blossoms already are
making a goodly showing of bloom
Capt. r. c. Montgomery, U. S. Army,
superintendent of the United States
Park Police, has made the necessary
traffic arrangements to handle the
crowds, with traffic being directed to
travel clockwise around the Tidal Basin.
Traffic to the Tidal Basin will be
mainly by way of Fourteenth and
Seventeenth streets. The Lincoln
Memorial has been designated as the
exit for most of the cherry blossom
traffic.
Aid in New Bridge.
Traffic from Virginia is to be routed
into the city by way of the Mount
Vernon Memorial Highway and the
Arlington Memorial Bridge, and Off
cials expect that for the first time
famous here motorists will experience
little trouble. The recently opened
Arlington Memorial Bridge affords a
new traffic artery that will be watched
by officials with interest to determine
its effect upon the Potomac Park stu
alton.
The American Automobile Association
has placed signs about the city direct
ing visitors along the best routes to
the Tidal Basin. Traffic must travel
one way north across the Inlet Bridge
and one way south from Constitution
avenue. along Seventeenth street, turn
ing left at the John Paul Jones statue
Temporary roads just south Of the
Lincoln Memorial have been made
passable by contractors in cooperation
with the Office of Public Buildings and
Public Parks. This route will be avail
able to the public for traffic coming
away from the Tidal Basin area.
Capt. Montgomery announced yester-
day that the various oil companies in
the vicinity of RoSslyn, Va, which Gus
tomarily haul oil and gasoline on Sun
days TO the downtown service stations
here, are cooperating today to make
their deliveries before the anticipated
traffic rush about 2 o'clock this aft
ernoon.
Blossoms Retarded by Weather.
The cold weather of Friday night and
yesterdays chilling rain have held back
the full bloSsoming of the trees. The
officials say that warm spell after all
the rain would make the buds unfold as
If a wizard waved his charmed wand
over them.
Over in Anacostia Park the crabapple
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The officials believe that within a cou-
pie Of years the crabapple trees will
put on display that will rival that of
the cherry trees. They are beginning
to show color now.
Originally, the officials OF the park
division Of the Office OF Public Build
ings and Public Parks with an eye on
the weather predicted that the single
blooms would be at their best about
Wednesday. Due to the cold weather
Of the past few days, they now say that
II viii be Friday before they reach their
peak unless an unlooked-for spell Of
balmy weather visits the National Cap
ital and coaxes out the pink and white
blossoms.
The double bloom trees are expected
TO display their blossoms in about three
weeks, These trees are. for the most
part. along Riverside Drive. in East
Potomac Park
Arrangements were made yesterday by
ofiicials OF the Capitol Traction Co. with
Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant. Sd. director of
Public Buildings and Public Parks, to
augment their bus service in Potomac
Park, commencing tomorrow. The
buses, which will give increased service
during cherry blossom time. will start
from Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue