Evening star., 1934-12-16
UNIT
SEEKING HELP TO
GET LARGER AREA
Want Impounded Funds to
Improve Inadequate
Sherwood Site.

In an effort to complete the pur-
chase of the Sherwood Playground
with impounded funds from the 1888
District budget which have been re-
leased, the Northeast Playground Com
mittee has sought aid Of the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations.
A. H. Gregory Of the Playground
Committee and Of the Stanton Park
Citizens Association has presented q
report and proposed resolution to the
federation and to the last Stanton
Park meeting in which it was shown
the Budget Bureau made $507 900
available to the National Park and
Planning Commission from the 1888
District appropriation.
The old Plaza Playground served
the children of Northeast for many
years, but was closed in october, 1880,
with no provision for replacement. The
Northeast Playground Committee was
organized in June, 1881, and is COM
posed Of about "A civic organizations.
nlStoIy 1S hCNlCWCu.
Briefly, the progress of the Play
ground Committee up to the present
time, in securing new playground IA
cilities for that quarter of the city Is
as follows: November 20, 1881, a hear
ing attended by about 40 representa-
tive members of the committee before
the National Park and Planning Com
,ok, = tfaa tryoc
formed to confer with the commits
sion on proposed sites.
On May l8, 1892, the committee ap-
oeared before the Senate Sub-Commit-
tee on District Appropriations to pro-
test the Collins amendment to elimi-
nate from the 1888 District budget the
81 100000 item TO the National Park
and Planning Commission under the
Capper- Cramton act. The Play
ground Committee requested a $780,
900 appropriation for the purchase Of
a square in the Northeast section for
! playground purposes and as a result
of expressed senatorial interest, the
| commission was enabled to allocate
funds to this project.
The square between F, G. Ninth and
Tenth streets northeast was selected in
July, 1882. at a meeting with the
commission as site for the pro-
posed playground.
Subsequently, however, the COM
mission failed to purchase the whole
square. 1t appropriated less than
half of the amount needed and pur-
chased only the central portion of the
proposed site which, the Playground
Committee contends. is wholly made
quate.
Houses Still Standing.
Only part Of the houses in this
central portion have been demolished
| to date and only relatively small
space has been made available for
play, without any playground equip
ment whatsoever.
The Northeast Playground Commit
| tee is convinced that the most essen
tial project under the Capper- Cram
| ton act is the completion Of the
purchase Of this playground with
funds from the S507000 released to
the National Park and Planning Com
mission by the Budget Bureau, and
! that the Senate Subcommittee of
| District Appropriations means that
the needs of this project were to be
fully met out of the funds allocated
to the commission, of which the sum
OF S507. 900 is the balance.
In the resolution submitted to the
federation it was pointed out that
the northeast section is one of the
most densely populated quarters Of
the city. there being about 1000 chill
dren in the area who have had no
adequate play space and equipment
for the past four years and several
of whom have been killed during that
time largely due to this lack.
The report and proposed resolution
was referred to the Federations Edu-
cation Committee of which Harry N.
Stull is chairman. for report at its
next regular meeting.