Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1926, Page 3

o o a1 BOULEVARDROUTE ADVANTAGE SEEN Maj. Brown, in Tour, Shows Beauty, Convenience and in_view of the uproar in Arling- ton County immediately following an- nouncement of the route that had been designated by the Lee Highway Association and its conferees for the new Lee boulevard to the Shenam doah National Park, a reporter for The Evening Star accompanied Maj. Carey H.. Brown, Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, and engi- neer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, on a tour of the proposed site. : Contrary to general belief, it de- veloped that the route, which has aroused to much resentment in cer- tain towns in Arffngton County. was scouted out by Maj. Brown, who as- sisted the Lee Highway Association With the consent of his superiors. In authorizing _publication of this fact, Maj. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of pub- iic buildings and parks, added that he had reviewed the 'results of the sur- vey and that he had fully approved the conclusions of Maj. The plans for the boulevard as out- lined by Maj. Brown have not, how- ever, been submitted to the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion in an official manner. This, it is expected, will be done within a short time M order to determine whether the suggested program for | town of Penrose, through a cornfield th the | apd a beautiful stretch of woods. the Lee boulevard fits in v ssion’s other extensive plans development of these of Maryland and Virginia are adjacent to Washington. Southern Route Chosen At the out 3 ed, the so-called *'s " T st selected not only because it avoided | the congested and narrow main streets of town, where traffic would | be bottled up at frequent intervals, {but also because the construction of ta short road up the south side of Ar- lington National Cemetery would con- inect the Lee boulevard with the pro- posed new highway to Mount Vernon. | !The mere widening of the present! froad along the cemetery, he said,i ; would suffice to complete the link be- | f1ween two great highways of the fu- { ture. $ < But instead of studying Maj. {Brown's description piecemeal, lét's i take a trip over the route of the new Lee boulevard with him, and see the! ! engineer’s dream of the future. At | {present it is nothing but a trackless | line of corn fields, berry thickets, for-| | ests and a few scattered settlements. | A decade hence, however, if present | plans mature, it will be the model highway of the world—200 feet wide, with a boulevard in the center for| through traffic and lovely parking separating this from narrower roa which Borah Going West Tomorrow on Tour Of Speech-Making By the Associated Press. Having determined to spend a considerable part of the Summer in presenting his views in opposi- tion to American adherence to the Worid Court, and on other sub- Jjects, Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, will leave here tomorrow for the West. He will go first to Kansas City, where he 4gain will outline his position on t{he prohibition amend- ment, and later at Denver will dis- cuss the World Court. From Den- ver he will go Idaho to make that State his headquarters until Sep- tember. Hatfield, too, he said, that the con- necting road to the Mount Vernon boulevard could be brought. Would Provide Circuit. Such a link, Maj. Brown ddded, would not only connect two highways which are sure to win exceptional popularity in the future, but it would | provide a_complete circuit for Wash- | ington and Virginia motorists starting out for a short drive. The Washing- i ton motorist could speed out to Co- lumbia Island, turn up the north road- way to the Lee boulevard, continue out to Hatfleld, turn east to the Mount Vernon boulevard and cross to Co- lumbia Island at its southern tip and on back home over the Memorial Bridge. But to return to the Lee boulevard. En route to Hatfield, sevéral of the old forts that were built during the Civil War to protect Washington from invasion from the South are passed. At Hatfleld the route turns toward the Up to the time this forest is reached, the tp of the Washington Monument is constantly in view over the brow of the hills of Arlington, a striking and infallible road-sight to the National Capital. Near Penrose the engineers found an exceptional opportunity to cross the tracks of the Washington and V. ginia Electric Railway by means of a bridge at a minimum of expense. The banks afford just the proper elevation. Thence the Site down a narrow val- ley through some old and beautiful estates. One of these is the colonial Shirley estate, now owned and oc- cupied by Robert BE. Wright. Mr. Wright is parking his entire estate. Enters Henderson Estate. The Columbia Gardens Cemetery is missed by a good hundred yards and the boulevard next enters the old Henderson estate, now owned by Percy W. Pickford of Washington. Mr. Pickford has not only dedicated the land for the right-of-way through his property, but presented the Lee Highway Association with a valley of 21 acres of woodland besides, where a park is to be established. The Lee boylevard cuts through this park. landowners nearby have given 0 more acres of their property jurposes, so that an exten- k can be created through ways on the side for traffic intendin 10 stop or travel slow. i At no point between Washington ! #nd the Shenandoah National Park, it is planned, shall the through boule vard be crossed or intersect with any other highway; not a grade crossing will add danger to its beauty. Where' other roads are met, they will either | be bridged over or tunneled under. with the side roads remaining to offe inlet or outlet to these feeders. roads will be treated similarl nec v to have these plan: you to understand better v designated route was selected. i Crosses Memorial Bridge. i The route from Washington to the ! Lee boulevard, under present plans, | would lie across the new Memorial as far as Columbia Island, | now being constructed. Here | aveler would turn left, run down | @ short inclined way to the island and proceed north to its end. 'A short| right bend would bring him to a small bridge crossing to the Virginia shore | and the beginning of the Lee boule- vard. | The site runs along the east edge of Arlington National Cemetery, bend- ing a trifle from the axis of the Mall. As the road kradually climbs the hills to Radnor Heights, a striking pano- rama of Washington drops steadil Jower, until the entire National Capi-| tal is spread out below the traveler in | a gorgeous vista of pink, whité and green. At Radnor Heights, possibly halt a dozen houses stand in the right-of-way of the boulevard, and they will have to be acquired and de- amolished. Maj. Brown explained that the route had been selected up to this point for several reasons. First, it affords an exceptional view of Wash- ington, both coming and going; sec- ond, the presence of Arlington Ceme- tery along its side would insure a per- manent and beautiful reservation on at least one side, and, third, it is in/ an almost direct line with the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and the Capitol, forming a striking pic- ture for the wayfarer. To Extend Cemetery. At the present time the r] Eaperiment Station occupies tha Gon few hundred feet south of the site, but Maj. Brown pointed out that it is the purpose of the Government eventually to extend Arlington Ceme- tery all the way to the Potomac. Be- yond the cemétery limits, Fort Myer would continue to protect the boule- vard to the south, since it is to follow the northern limits of the fort. In addition, considerable of the property | it traverses hereabouts is owned by Arlington County, which has agreed 0 dedicate the re 3 1o lodicate the required footage to At the northwest corner Myer ihe designated route swl‘:atnpf‘: ward the south, and it 1s here that the views of Maj. Brown and the Lee Highway Association diverge with those of the citizens of some of the small towns in that viclnity. Maj Brown said the turn had been made purposely to avoid going through the highly built-up and developed terri- tory that lies straight ahead. It would be expensive to acquire the necessary property, he sald, and it would run the boulevard straight through congested aroas. e bend southward, which gave the route the name of “the southerly .route” carries the boulevard along the edge of Clarendon, through a ;cornfeld and on along the edges of | Lyou Park and Hatfleld. None of the houses in those towns would have . to be disturbed to cut the right-of-way { through, Maj. Brown said. 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One such reservation is established now at Glen Carlyn, Near the park donated from the Henderson estate the engineers faced | their most difficult problem, Maj. Brown declared. They had to cross not only Four-mile Run, which be- comes a rushing torrent in_flood weather, but another line of the Wash- | ington and Virginia Railway. The bridge across the run. it was feared, would prove a tremendously expensive proposition. Scouting along the run, however, Maj. Brown found a spot that gave him an opporiunity to bridge both the creek and the railway at the same time. Misses Dangerous Curves. This place is at a point near the| Vilson boulevard. The Wilson boule- v rosses the tracks at grade, so . Brown went 200 yards up the tracks and found two strong banks, squarely cpposite each other. From these, he taid, a bridge can be built across the tracks and the run at com- paratively small expense, and in such direction that the Lee boulevard would run_ squarely into the Wilson boulevard beyond a dangerous curve in the lattor. Since both the grade crossing and the curve in the Wilson boulevard would have to be eliminated eventu- ally, running the Lee boulevard along at that point would save the taxpay- ers and the State considerable money, From the point where the Lee boule- vard enters the Wilson boulevard, it follows that thoro fare out to old Fort Buffalo, a point exactly 6 miles from Washington as present roads run. The Lee boulevard would be a single mile further to the same point. Fort Buffalo, it is hopéd, will be made into another park. It is prob- ably the farthest out of the Civil War fortifications that defended Washing; ton. ~The old breastworks and the moat that surrounded them are intact and the forest that was cut down to give the defenders of the fort a clear view southward is just getting started toward reforestation. The present trees are growing up on the roots of the much larger ones that were de- stroyed by the soldlers, and the sap- lings are growing, as a result, in perfect groups of threes. The effect is an unusual one. Fnds at Fort Buffalo. At Fort Buffalo the new section of the Lee boulevard, s now surveyed, ends. It follows the Alexandria road a quarter of a mile to Falls Church and there contfects with the present Lee highway, which is to be widened all the way to the Shenandoah Na- tional Park to conform to the plans for the first seven miles, which con- stitute the new road. Summing up, Maj. 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