Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1925, Page 13

- BEAUTIFICATION OF WATER FRO SOUGHT WITH CITY IMPROVEMENT Plan Would Conform With Other Projects to Carry Out L’Enfant Design—Attractive Avenue of Approach to Capital Desired. (Continued from First Page.) trict Commissioners,t he National Capi- tal Parks Commission, the Washington Board of Trade, the Engineer Corps of the Army, the Federation of Citl- zens' Associations and other impor- tant organizations will be behind the project for water-front development when this subject is considered by the proper committee of Congress. AS a result of studies made during the past Summer by all agencies in- erested in the waterfront develop- nt it is probable that the program mmended to Congress will contain hese feutuve: Boule beaut Park I frront ¢ on the past ard Proposed. 1 boulevard from Po- s, crossing the end of Chunnel, A rounds rossing t € wit River to con Anacostia Park | develop! ting with the | motor boulevard entirely surrounding This water-front boulevard | ink in with the “Boulevard of | ng B s eet from the Capi- | Memorial Bridge, | sed palis: drives on | - to Great | vith the proy hoth banks of Falls, with t boulevard to! wyond to Wake rshington front | S motorists a | \"the development skirting the Garden {rom wvenue south the —h Capitol otani west of | . monumental bridge | Hiains Point at the end park Fast or frem the | Barracks to the Anacos: | of the This is the | <t important 1 contemplated | a "t lington Memo- completed, inj he built Water-Front Tmprovements. lishment of a commercial | River be- | Railroad in =1 | ciage to | amount of | uch larger than Channel and | ymae water vacht and motor boat is a development made the rapid progress on for a ke the | ers 1o 1 | up Chesapeake Bay ver to the Capital. | trance to the Mall| rial end of the 1 Bridge has egs to accom tors. commercial th~ Georgetown and \aier-front, especially toward Alexandria. Frection of small bridze at | the point of W ashington Chanpel, just et of the existing railroad trestle, | s 10 swing the water-front boule- | vard l:ast Potomac Park onto 1long Water street, thus bad sireet car conges- reau of Engrav- and the Highway and much needed »r heavy traffic in that section. 1 avproved by Con h boat vi azement of from Rridge relief New Southeast Bridge. (3) YTirection of a new bridge to re e Pennsylvania. _Avenue < an outlet for the nroposed commercial zone. {10) Relocation of street <erving the water front. (11) Resurfacing of Water with modern asphalt payment to re- | “ulace the old grantine block pave | ment. thus affording a smoother rid-| ing surface, which would do much | tnward promoting vehicular traffic 2long the water-front boulevard. 117 Parkway beautification all along the waterfront. with the prin-| ipal plaza at Seventh and L streets, | with a large tria lar park where | car i | waterfront. | used tor fleid at |t the Capital. | | sight for such a development. | the | vania avenue, nor to have ramshackle | | ket on the water front where it would |ing ‘harborage | that street | likely to be developed is already being pretty well taken care of. So there 18 no reason for a big port or harbor on the Washington water front. If in the years to come it eventuates that a big port or harbor is needed, it would naturally be on the southern side of the river adjacent to railroad facilities, down the river from Washington toward Alexandria. Therefore, there is little or no rea- son for dockage, storage facilitles and rallroad terminals along the Washing- ton waterfront. Moderate docking and storage facilities will be recommended. somewhat larger than at present, but there is already a broad street serving the water front. If this is improved and the te v cleaned up, there isn't much more to be done there for commerce. i Government Arras. ! jan opportunity | Lee ¢ ) make Most of the large von which expansion of of the park s rvations—the m Monument grounds, rk, Washington Yard, Congressional Ceme. reas ould 1o port em or vther Mall s Po- Pa Navy tom the tery and the Jail, and on the other | pising Arlington Helghts side of the river St Elizabeth's and Anacos is little chance that th ficed for Bolling Field. o Park. T mercial expan- slevard and the | s nclusion is reached (a)| is not sufficlent commere warrant any ve great in port raciiities, and (b) <ha. Jr port expan he Washington Channe ation has been given eatlon of a double-deck or development along the city | ashington Channel, with the ower deck used for commercial pur poses and the upper deck used as boulevard, giving an elevated view of the Potomar. There is no reason in that here to crease in room So. outside of a_general clean-up and improvement along Water street, there fsn't much that can be done for business on that front With argument advanced for | the removal of the Center Market and | the sightly arkets along Louisi- | ana avenue when the Government | tarts to clean up the trlangle south | Pennsyivania avenue between the | pitol and Treasury backing against | Mall, the proposal has been ad vanced that the public market might | well. be located on the water front, modern facilities, somewhere the present picturesque fl,\h‘ While there is good reason maintaining a public market in a 4! location. convenient to ull the people, there is quite general recog- nition that it is not desirable to have | it on such 4 Boulevard of Heroes as is to be constructed along B street. nor among the monumental Government buildings to be erected along FPennsyl- « Is whero they are, right in the path of tourists visiting the Natonal Museum. the Natlonal Gallery of Art and other buildings in the Smithsonian zroup. Relocation of the public mar- be convenient for farmers bringing in their products and for produce brought up the river on boats will be given | serious consideration by Congress. Many Boats on River. Members of Congress who have made a river inspection have been sur- prised at the number of launches, mo- tor boats and other small craft. pri- vately owned, which are already mak- along the Potomac frontage in the three channels—Ana- costia, Washington and Georgetown. The Washington Channel is a particu. larly fine place for a vacht harbor. it | will be explained to Congress, and this | would make a very desirable and nee ed development. = Already many pri- vate boat owners are making pleasure trips up the river, and when the in- land waterways project, which is al ready well along, is completed, there is certain to be much more pleasure traflic along the Potomac River, which will lfe over in the Capital if adequate harborage is afforded. It is argued fully much business would come to Washington in this way as could be worked up with costly port accommodation - water-borne com- merce. The developir Vanity Case or Clock 1 ao“'im New Accounts Central Savings Bank 710 14th St. N.W. Franeis M. Bavage, President £ Columbia Island, | F and G streets run to the boulevard | == ind smaller triangles between G and | i1 and N and Sixth streets. While Maj. O'Connor, the engineer oMcer for this rivers and harbors | Aistrict, interprets the law directing | him to make a survey of the water- front as calling only for a study of he comparativelv small stretch be ween the Washington Barracks crounds and the end of the Washing annel whers it is crossed by road trestle, the recommended improvements must work in h the general plans for jevelopment, especially with the park svstem. and must take care that this now unsightly and ramshackle lo calit which first catches the e)‘?! of travelers from the South, will pre- pleasing and impressive ap- “The | side of of Co g of the act is on the north n channel, District hich from » the end of restle), with » same and preparing d_estimates setion of an minal or terininals which | ide appropriate facilities ation and for in > between vesels | and highwa any recom- | “h may he deemed ad- iinating the full com- terfront and s with the Leautification is a4 prc water nice the respectively. mendations wh visable for co-o! meyefal he approaci hereof.” Dual Plan Sought. press looking for waterfront elopment pla co-or- dinated between engineering and ar features, utilitarian considera- | and harmony with the general parkway scheme, which will carry the istrict Commission- ational Capital Parks” Com- 1d the Federal authorities nd harbor work To have a port you must have com- , becanse 2 port does not bring but commetrce brings a Now there are no outgoing car- ym Washington and scant like- hood that there ever will be. We nave no industrial life here to furnish 1he outgoing cargoes, and it would be 1nprofitable to use port facllities prac- tically entirely for incoming ship- ments. The Washington hinterland is 1aken care of as regards water-borne i new | your hair. commerce to Baltimore. There s not much chance of shaking Baltimore's hold on the shipping business of th. sreat Middle West. Washington has H e business facilities or the industrial | elopmient to furnish outgoing car | ¥ : "he next prospect would be a port cargoes along Chesapeake Bay, and | !7.st mbout all that business that isi Gleamy, Thick, Wavy " Hair in a Moment Here is the easy, inexpensive way | to keep your hair stylishly correct, vouthful and simply beautiful. When combing and dressing your hair just moisten your hairbrush with a little “Danderine” and brush it through The effect is startling! 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Being eo intimatel bridge, it was thou e plans for the ultimate development of Columbia Island as a k should be included in the Bridge proj- ect approved by the last Congress. The axis of this island is almost perpen- dicular to the main axis of the bridge. ‘The intersection of these axes has sug- gested a plaza with fitting architec- tural adornment, supplemental to the Lincoln Memorial across the river. Two stately columns are to be erected here, framing. but not interfering with the view of the Lincoln Memorial from the direction of the ‘These columns and the South. mounted by statues of Victor columns are to be 166 feet practically the same height Colonne de Juillet in Purls. Lee Highway Important, The axts of Columbia Island affords Lo recognize the gieat ay undertaking and to it wn integral part of the whole composition. his highway, which present passes over the Francis <oy Bridge into Washington a cireultous and highly congested 1oule, I8 to be given a splendid direct approach over the Lrow of the im- exactly on the prolongation of the axis of the all [ tie Arlington Memorial Lrldge, the incoln Memorial, the Washington nument and the Caplitol will be enjoved Ly travelers enterinz the high, or as the bighway Natlon's Capital over the Lee high-|studies all along the shore and excur | tervesting way lome had its five roach-—che Flamir Aurelia, Ostiensis and the Washington has nore name. but in the propnsed memorial Loulsvard to Mount Vernon d in the terminus of the lee high- ¥ at the Arlingron b the tirst and most magnificent of all poesible entrances to the Naticnal C: will be created. S The Washington waterfron: devel- oprient has long end earnestly been contemplated by those in charge of carrying forward the original plans of Maj. L'Enfant while properly adapting them to changed ~onditions. In what is commonly known as the McMillan plan” for improvement of venues of nestin: Applan Gifts Worth the Giving’. Furniture makes an unusually acceptable ‘Christmas Gift, for it constantly calls to mind the thoughtfulness and good taste of the diver—in bestowing something of usefulness and beauty. Our large assortment :nlarges vour selective opporturities in the standard grades. & Windsor Chair This is a true reproduc- tion of the attractive Windsor pattern; it is of unusually strong con- struction and the finish is splendid. Special at $12-85 Rocker to Match at $14.25 into This Desiined to give p last. Special $4 related to the | th that t! the park system of the District, after & comprehensive survey and very care- ful study, edited by Charles Morse, now chalrman of the Commission of Fine Arts, special consideration was given to the waterfront as an integral part of the parkway system, saying: “It seems highly important that the waterfront Improvement should be utilised to the utmost in providing a southern parkway connection between o section of the District and Potomac Par] That rep made in 1902 and all of the Potomac Park development in the last 23 years, Including the Lincoln Memorial, th Arlington Memorial Bridge, the loca- tion of the Roosevelt, Titanic and Ericcson Memorials, has been based on a conviction that the waterfront would eventually be beautified in har- mony with these improvements. Plan Being Studied. This McMillan plan {s now being tudied by the three co-operating agencies, the Engineer Commissfoner, Park Commission and Army Engi neer in rivers and harbors work, o as to work out a comprehensive and harmonious development with the ap. proval of the Commission of Fine Arts. All four executive officers have had association with ng along the | L'Enfant plan and subsequent modifi cations for perfecting the Capital Beautiful. The Enginesr Comm ! sloner of the District, Lieut. ("ol . Is devoting himself assiduously to this work, because for nearly a quarter of a century he has been looking toward | the proper treatment of the water front and hopes that work may be | started before he is assigned away from Washington. The waterfront at From this point a superh view |tracted his first care when he bacame | ch | Diatrict Commissioner. He was sta- | tloned at Washlngton Barracks some 2go, and sgain about 1 ago. He made engineerin Iy | sions is | East to what Potoma now Pari the beautiful when it ,| nothing but niarshland. le has se | the entire developmer Potomac worthy | Park and the beautification of the | office | War College grounds. | much progress already made. he extrem hopeful that he v have a large part in the dev |of the cit nel. Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, ex- ecutive officer of the National Capital Parks Commission, has during the last 12 years done more toward ad vancing the all-round beautification and development of the Capital City than any other man of his time, with the single exception of Charles Moore, chairman of the Commission Viewing so opment y-side of Washington Chan Library Table Beil, | vet | of Fine Arts, who has for more than 30 years acted as n of the esthetic beauty of the Capital and co-operator in all monumental and memorial developments. Although crowded by pressing and perplexing duties In connection with the housing of Government agencies when there was not suitable housing avallable and with a tremendous dally routine, Col. Sherrill has persistently and un- remittingly pressed forward for the big developments and has been espe- clally zealous to preserve the natural beauties of ravine and woodland and suitable sites for parks and play- grounds and other recreation places before being despoiled by ruthless real estate devastation. Active in Projects. Col. Sherrill, hesides heing exec tive officer of the public buildings and grounds and secretary of the ational Capital Parks Commission, | has been in daily touch wlith ali| physical changes and improvements in’ the Nation's Capital by virtue of his official connection with such projects. ke has been an active member of the Arlington Memortal | Amphitheater Commission, Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission (and in | charge now of the bridge constru | tiom, Commission on Memorial ’\\'nnn-n of the Civil War, Grant Me | morial Commission, John | Memorial Commission, Meade Memor- 1al Commission, Public Buildings Com- | mission, Rock Creek and Potoma Parkwiy Commission, and the W | Ington National, Monument Soc Congress has every contidence in €0l Sherriil because of his long years of devoted zeal in this work, and his recommendations always have great weight with Congress. Col Sherrill's office »f the Potoma | 1t with the co-operation Mal. O'Connor’s office in filling in reclaimed |lands with dredgings to keep the channels open, has made several in studies of the possibilities |of improving the Washington chan | nel water fronts Maj. O'Connor for o operated and has @ thorough and sensi |ble understanding of the whole ! scheme of Capital upbuilding. e has discussed the water front problem in his annual reports. He finds that ;lhr‘l are about 440 feet of water | tront along the Washington and Vir- | zinla (Georgetown) channels for termi- facllities, and of this feet in use in connec aterway. > District of Columbia has built { four municipal concrete wharves on | the Washington channel at a cost of about §100.000 Maj. O'Connor's offive having had Park develop- the last 1 ith Col | | ar has alreads done & great deal of work in improv- ing the water front of the District, as, while dredging the channels, the soil has been deposited in reclaiming 623 acres in Potomac Park, 172 acree on Columbla Island and Anacostia Park (which is being developed as one of the finest riverside parks and recrea- tion centers in the entire United Btates), with a total expenditure of $3,346.027. Maj. O'Connor has also collected com mercial statistics as a guide in making ington water front is not doing very much business. This s largely due to the fact that Baltimore and Nor: folk, each about 200 miles away, with thelr big water transportation facli- tles, can serve the Washington mar- ket more cheaply than goods brought directly here by water could be deliv ered to consumers, because of heavy transshipment and unloading charges. 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