Evening star., 1938-11-19
{. and 0.CanaI's S
Restoration
Is Approved
Two c. c. c. Camps
Are Set Up at
Carderock

Restoration Of the newly acquired
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal from
Georgetown to Seneca. Nd, was ap-
proved by the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission at the
closing session Of its November meet
ing today.
The restoration will include repair
and filling of the canal, repair of
locks and gates and repair and OPEN
ing OF buildings, including old tav-
erns along the waterway.
Plans for the project were submit
ted by C. Marshall Ftnnan, superin-
tendent Of the National Capital
Parks, who reported that two Civil
ian Conservation Corps camps have
been established at Carderock, Nd,
In preparation for the work.
The commission appointed Chair
man Frederic A. Delano and Ex-
ecutive Oficer Arno B. Cammerer
as a committee to consult with the
Civil Aeronautics Authority on plans
for rerouting the Mount Vernon
Highway around the Washington
National Airport at Gravelly Point.
Members of the commission were
to attend ground-breaking cere-
monies at the airport today.
Parkway Meeting Planned.
Mr.. Delano and Mr.. Cammerer
also were instructed to meet with
the county board of Arlington
County. Va, before December Is to
determine the status of the proposed
purchase of land for unit No. Of
the George Washington Memorial
Parkway. The commission now has
500, 900 available for this purpose.
The State has contributed $4,000,
which under the law must be
matched by an equal contribution
from the county. The commission
wished to determine whether there
Is any prospect of the county rails
ing its portion of the funds during
the current fiscal year.
After prolonged consideration OF
plans for the new District Municipal
Center and of the War Department
building group In the Northeast
Rectangle, the Park and Planning
Commission and Fine Arts Commits
sion, in joint session, called for re-
study Of both plans.
Would Preserve Harmony.
The War Department plan was
sent back for further study to har-
monize the proposed giant building,
for which initial funds are now avail
abale, with the nearby Lincoln Me-
mortal. The chief question to be set
tied. however, Is that Of the mass
Of the building facing the Lincoln
Memorial and, IN this connection,
whether Twenty-third street NV.
shall be closed or bridged by the
new building.
Nathan C. Wyeth, District munic-
ipal architect, presented a model of
the Municipal Center, including not
only the two administrative units
about to be constructed but also the
proposed new Central Library and
Auditorium Buildings. It was agreed
that the library building shall con-
form to the line Of PENNSYLVANIA
avenue on the south side. The Joint
commissions, however. disapproved q
plan for opening of a new street run
ming northeast and southwest and
entering Constitution avenue just
east Of John Marshall place NV.
Location of the proposed Albert
Gallatin memorial statue at the
north end of the Treasury Depart
ment instead of on the more crowded
west side was voted by the two COM
missions. Details of the exact loca-
ton and form of the base are to be
worked out by the Procurement Dr.
vision and submitted at a later
meeting.
The two commissions called on the
Smithsonian Institution to make a
thorough study Of its future space
needs SO that it may be determined
whether the proposed construction
Of wings at either end Of the new
National Museum Is feasible or
whether an entirely new building
should be planned. 1t was pointed
out that Congress has authorized
preparation of plans for a new
building south of Constitution ave-
nue. between Twelfth and Fourteenth
streets, but has not yet appropriated
funds for such a study.
Highway Extension Study Ordered.
Maj. Gen. Julian L. Schley, chief
of Army Engineers, was named q
committee of one to study and re-
port on a proposed extension of the
Memorial Highway between Wood
lawn, Va, and Mount Vernon to
Fort Belvoir and Gunston Hall. The
proposed plan calls for a road of q
type somewhat similar to the Mount
Vernon Highway to run from Wood
lawn to the ruins of Belvoir, the
home of Lord Fairfax, in the Fort
Belvoir Reservation and from there
to the site Of the home of George
Mason, Gunston Hall. This eventu-
ally would become part of q pro-
posed memorial highway extending
from Mount Vernon to the BIRTH
place Of George Washington at
Wakefield, Va.
DR.. George r. Bowerman, District
librarian, appeared before the COM
missions to discuss details OF the
plans for the new Central Library
Building In the Municipal Center.
Congress has provided $4,000 for
preparation Of construction plans
and specifications and is expected
to consider appropriation of funds