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Phone National 0650 G e N'KTED STATES HOOVER PLEDGES REGIONAL PLAN AID Letter Read at Meeting Says| Nation Will Work for ‘ Greater Capital. ! - | | (Continued From First Page.) minister, but to determine the facts and | to plan, | Continuous Study Held Necessary. “A continuous study of the char- acter and probable growth of this city, with intelligent anticipation of such growth, is today a first necessity of city progress and of the great national function of our Capital. The determi- nation of the scores of problems of transportation, of abolition of slum areas, development of park and recrea- | tion facilities, provision for the needs | of the school system and for the safety | of children, co-ordination of govern- mental, industrial, and residential sec- tions, and, above all, beautification, pre- sents a combination of problems for | which_there must be not only advance | plans but also constant guidance. This commission has made a notable record in all of these directions. “It is our national ambition to make a great and effective city for the seat of our Government, with a dignity, character, and symbolism truly repre- sentative of America. As a nation we | have resolved that it shall be accom: | plished. To succeed in the fullest measure we have need for planning not only within the District of Colum- bia, but also for co-operation from the adjacent States. Igreatly appreciate the presence here upon this mission of the Jeaders of both Virginia and Maryland.” The gathering at Constitution -Hall was called to order by Mr. Delano shortly after the close of a din- ner at the Cosmos Club, tendered by the American Civic Assoclation to the visiting landscape archi- tects, members of the Fine Arts Com- mission and National Capital Park and Planning Commission and others, in- cluding ~ distinguished ~personages in official and civic life here. Many Sen: tors and Representatives participate while Mr. Delano spoke briefly. Calling attention to the large number of local and national societies inter- ested in the welfare and development | of Washington and surrounding regions, Mr. Delano offered this explanation of the commission and its work: “Under act of 1924 a park commis- sion was created by Congress, composed wholly of officers of the Government having to do with congressional ap- propriations for park land and with the upkeep and maintenance of those lands. In 1926 an amendment to this legislation was enacted which changed somewhat the composition of the org' nal commission. It retained seven ex officio members and added to it four private citizens from different sections of the country, men who by their ex- perience and training were qualified to contribute to the work of the com- mission. Eleven Comprised Commission. “The new commission consisted of 11 men and came into being in July, 1926. The work of which you are to hear this evening is chiefly the work of that commission. “I shall not attempt to describe the work done by this commission. That will be sufficiently presented in what follows, but it is important to under- stand the main conception of this leg- islation. “Pirst, by the make-up of the com- mission to secure the maximum of co- operation and co-ordination of effort among the different departments of the Government having a share in the preblem. “Second, combining with that the experience of men who have worked or are working in other cities, and therefore can give valuable advice. “Third and last, there was a direc- tion to the commission as to how it might co-operate with our neighbor and patron States in developing the region around Washington. We shall have more to say on this feature of the subject, but this is perhaps enough to say at the present time.” The letter from President Hoover was read by J. C. Nichols of Kansas City, a member of the Planning Com- mission. On the platform were Sec- retary Mellon, Gov. Albert E. Ritchie and Gov. John Garland Pollard, Horace M. Albright, director of the National Park Service, Interior Department, an- other commission member; Commis- missioner Dougherty and others. In introducing Gov. Ritchie, Mr. Del- ano sald: “Soon after organization of the com- mission, we took up with the authori- ties of the State of Maryland, and espe- | cially with our friend, Maj. Brooke Lee, the matter of working out some sort of co-operative effort. We were | met with most cordial assistance, and the necessary legislation was secured in Maryland setting up a metropolitan area in the three counties bordering the District of Columbia on the north, with a highly competent commission and able director.” Ritchie Pledges Co-operation. Promising close co-operation with the National Capital on behalf of the State of Maryland in the development of the regional plan, Gov. Ritchie as- serted that the section of Maryland adjacent to the District has a common cause with the Capital and that the same is true of adjacent Virginia. These three groups he described as “partners in a common enterprise.” Gov. Ritchie Jaunched into his ad- dress after the Marine Band Orches- tra had playd “Maryland, My Mary- land,” and remarked that this was the first audience outside the State of Vir- ginia to greet its new chief executive. Knowing something of the difficulty of getting away from a State capital when a Legislature is in session, Gov. Ritchie sald he wondered how Gov. Pollard had done it. but ascertained that it was ac- complished by bringing the Legislature with him. Members of the Virginia Assembly were guests of honor and at- tended the meeting in a body. Recalling that the present District of Columbia was once part of Mar; land, the governor said that he pro- posed to tell of the co-operative work and common counsel with the District, because _ Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties were linked with the Capital by suburban development. These units, he said, are no longer self- reliant in the sense that they can plan without reference to what is being done on this side of the District line. Citing the modern systems of high- ways and the advent of the automobile as potent factors in American rural life, Gov. Ritchie asserted that the District line can no longer be consid- ered a barrier between the Capital and adjoining Maryland. “There must be co-operation, worked out for the common good of both, for they are interdependent,” he said. Virginia is Third Party. — Virginia, he said, is a third party in this plan. Calling_attention to the creation of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Gov. Ritchie said that it has co-oper- ated with the local commission and that for two years property in the ad- joining section of Maryland has been enjoying the advantages of an intelligent zoning system, the benefits of which are shown by an absence of attack on the zoning law’ itself or on its admin- istration. Referring_to the park system of Maryland, Gov. Ritchie said plans in this regard will dovetail in with plans of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, so that now new parks are about to be established and THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY JANUARY; 18, 1930. * A3 GOVERNORS GREET EACH OTHER i i | outline plans for a greater Washington. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland (left) and John Garland Pollard, new Governor of Virginia, photographed here last night, where they attended the meeting arranged by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission to —Star Staff Photo. be preserved for park purposes. ‘The work of the Washington Subur- ban Sanitary Commission was cited by the governor as another index of the interest that Maryland is taking in the development of nearby areas, with ex- tension of water and sewer facilities. Maryland, he said, is now in the midst of a pretentious highway development program, the most ambitious in a decade. The Washington-Baltimore Boule- vard, he recalled, has been widened to 40 feet between Baltimore and Laurel, adding that in the coming Spring and Summer it will be widened from Laurel to the District line. The extension of Rhode Island avenue from the District line to Hyattsville, Md., the extension of a road from a point near Laurel to connect with Sixteenth street at the District line, he characterized as “ex- cellent contributions” of his State to progress in this vicinity. “This spirit of co-operation we want to continue,” said Gov. Ritchie. Gov. Pollard expressed similar senti- ments, after he had been introduced in this language by Mr. Delano: “I need not tell this audience that the relations of the District of Columbia with the State of Virginia have, from the start, been most important, con- sidering the fact that five of the early Presidents of the United States were all Virginia men. Washington and Jefferson were particularly interested in developing the National Capital, situ- ated as it is above midway between the territorial extremes of the original 13 States, and = the head of navigation on the Potomac River. The only re- grettable thing in that long and in- teresting history is the fact that in 1844 the men of that day appeared to have less vision, or less courage of their convictions, than the men who lived 50 years before them. They urged, and Congress consented to, the retrocession to Virginia of that one-third of the original District of Columbia which was south of the Potomac River. There were undoubtedly good reasons for fit. “We have long had reason to re- gret that action, and even if it is im- possible to turn backward the hands of the clock, and I am not here to suggest it, many of us see, perhaps we all see, that it is important now to build up a better system of contact and co- operation than ever existed when the areas on the two sides of the river were under single control.” In jocose mood, after the band had saluted him by playing “Dixle,” Gov. Pollard told the audience that he found himself in striking contrast to Gov. Ritchie, for he had been in office only 48 hours and Mr. Ritchie has been Gov- ernor of Maryland for a time “whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.” 1In Virginia, he said, *we do not elect governors for a lifetim because “no man is big enough to hold &e governorship for longer than one Tells of Land Gift. Virginia, he asserted, had made a gift of land to the Nation for the new National Capital, but it was thought so little of that it was returned. Capital planning, he asserted, was begun by Washington and Jefferson in Vfl"(lnll. but the original plan of the Capital City contemplated only a growth of over 70 years. But now, he observed, the city has expanded far beyond its original boundaries, into Maryland and Virginia. “We in the Old Dominion are espe- cially interested in the development of the National Capital across the Poto- mac River, for within those lines lie the homes of Washington and Lee,” Gov. Pollard said. ‘The Virginia chief executive asserted that he knew of no better way of cele- brating the George Washington bi-cen- tennial in 1932 than by putting into full force and effect the plan of the Father of His Country. Virginia authorized Arlington County to set up zoning or- dinances to aid in this plan, he said, and roads are being constructed to keep pace with the growth of this city. “I say to you that the people of Northern Virginia, the General As- sembly and I as chief executive, will do our part in making this beautiful dream come true,” Gov. Pollard asserted in closing. Arthur A. Shurtleff, president of the American Soclety of Landscape Archi- audience that “if this plan can be real- ized, the American people want it first, last and all the time and they are will- ing to pay for it.” Mr. Delano introduced Mr. Shurtlefr' in this wise: “One reason for fixing this meeting on this particular night was that a all over the country were visiting the Capital at this time, where they have had a two-day meeting. to see for them- discuss the problems of their profession. “These meetings are largely attend- ed, not only on account of the profes- sional interest in the work our com- mission is doing, but also because these have a share in the ownership of this National Capital. I have great pleas- ure, therefore, in introducing to you the president of ‘the American Society of Landscape Architects, Arthur A. Shurt- leff of Boston.” Pleads for Beautiful Capital. The president of the group of land- scape architects cited the cases of the incompleted _ Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial and their subse- quent development as proof that Amer- icans can develop beauty. Washing- ton, he insisted, has inadequate parks, for 'they are not what they ought to be in the National Capital. Washington, he said, must not only be beautiful to the eye, but g:rfecl in utility. Each bullding must be related one to another, the surroundings and approaches must be as perfect as human ingenuity can make them and the great arteries and parkways and reservations of scenic beauty must be perfect and unmarred, Mr. Shurtleff told the audience. In_introducing Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, vice chairman and execu- tive officer of the commission, Mr. De- old ones extended. He spoke of the proposed development of Rock Creek into Maryland, of Sligo Valley and Cabin John Run as parts of the pro- rozed park system. The w valley lano paid him high tribute in’ this lan- guage: “The man who deserves most credit in accomplishing these results is the gentleman I am now privileged to pre- of the Potomac River, he said, nhouldl tects, In & brief address assured the | large group of landscape architects from | selves what is being done here and to | gentlemen are American citizens who ! sent to you, Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission.” Grant Tells of Work. Visualizing Washington as “America’s highest attainment in the art of city building,” Col. Grant, outlined for the au- dience the progress that has been made toward this goal. He reminded his hearers that a regional plan cannot at any time be made final and complete, “any more than a single suit can patterned to permanently clothe a growing child,” and asserted that Washington must not permit the C: tol dome to be dominated by high buildings or other structures. Col. Grant told the assembly his commission “believes that present con- ditions in this city already justify the contention that even the 130-foot limit is too high, and that the 110-foot limit originally established by the Zoning Commission should have been ad- hered to.” Giving an account of the commis- sion's work during the three years of its existence, Col. Grant took as his topie, “The Plan for the National Cap- ital and Its Environs,” and divided his subject into these sections: Highways, railroads, water _terminals, airports, parks within the District and regional parks. Picturing Washington as the hub of a great urban development in this area, Col. Grant said that “high-level crossings over the Rock Creek Valley are needed—at least one immediately— to stop the danger and prevent the carrying all crosstown traffic 140 feet down hill and then again up the same height on the other side.” Stresses Inter-City Connections. Sensing the development of plans in the National Capital and in nearby Maryland and Virginia as “a single, seamless garment, so that we may have here a region that is a living, growing organism, each part of which fits into and collaborates with adjacent parts” Col. Grant declared that “the direct connection with our nearest metropoli- tan neighbors on the north and on the south—Baltimore and Richmond—are of first and special interest.” Sketching for his audience the pro- posed great inter-urban highway, Col. Grant pictured the stranger as finding “a broad and adequate boulevard over which he can pass by the crowded city streets, skirting the hills of Montgom- ery County, and at the same time ob- tain, perhap, various impressive and inspiring views of the Capital City then over a bridge near Great Falls or near Little Falls and connect- ing with a good road in Virginia which will permit him to go on his way with- out being entangled in the more con- gested local developments near the river or overloading the terminals of the city bridges, evem if they were to be improved.” “Because highways _constitute the most important contribution made at public expense to the individual's life, because they are the arteries through which the life-blood of the community must circulate, and finally because they are the specific part of the city in which the conditions have changed most in a very short time, ‘the battle of the streets’” commands our full at- tention,” Col. Grant declared. “City planning studies naturally begin with a consideration of the highway system, and the work done in the past—that is, existing conditions—is found to set certain limitations upon what can be done in the future. Lauds L'Enfant’s Foresight. “Fortunately Washington was origi- nally laid out on a scale amply ade- quate for a large city, and within the limits of the original L'Enfant plan a width has been reserved between build- ings which permits the streets to be widened at the relatively low cost of moving back the curb, extending the | pavement and_sacrificing one row of street trees. When we stop to realize that such street widening operations are costing from four to twelve million dol- lars a mile in other cities, where inade- quate rights of way have been retained, we appreciate the cash value to our x‘fnprmnn of Maj. L'Enfant’s fore- sight. “Washington also has been most for- tunate in having had since 1910 a law preventing the construction of buildings higher than 130 feet, for to the con- stantly more accentuated crowding of the land in most of our cities we must attribute a large part of their traffic congestion, which is gradually throt- tling the circulation essential to their yt‘cunamlc life. This commission believes that present conditions in this city already justify the contention that even the 130-foot limit is too high, and that I'hv 110-foot limit originally established by the Zoning Commission should have been adhered to. But even so, traffic conditions within the limits of the L'Enfant plan are still within bounds that can handled without recourse to such expensive public works as sub- ways, double-deck streets. overhead pedestrian crossings, etc. Where such devices are contemplated by the com- mission’s plans they have been con- sidered rather as steps that are or may become desirable in special locations than as something immediately re- quired. “Another reason for favoring the limitation of building heights in this city is the sentimental one of preserv- ing the dominance of the dome of the | Capitol as the chief characteristic of the National Capital, just as the dome of St. Peter's dominates Rome. It is, therefore, to be hoped that Congress will not further belittle the Capitol in which it legislates by passing special legislation excepting special buildings from the zoning law and permitting them to build to heights which look down on the roof of the Capitol in spite of the height of the latter's site, and so relegate the Capitol dome to a | competition for command with the tow- ers, pinnacles, penthouses and water tanks which ornament or deface our commercial buildings. “Unfortunately, the successors to the founders did not exercise the same un- derstanding foresight, many thn? ‘were done in discord with the original plan, to some extent it wl('orgatun. and waste of time and traction incident to | T with the great increase of population | following the Civil War subdivisions grew up outside the limits of L'Enfant’s plan wglch ‘were not at all co-ordinated with it. In general, the system of streets within the L'Enfant plan has been accordingly extended {o the corpo- rate limits. New Problems Arise. «But this highway plan was for the days of animal-drawn _transportation and to meet traffic conditions incident thereto. With the advent of the auto- mobile and motor truck trafic con- ditions and requirements have changed. The need for differentiating between streets according to their use and pur- Dose, just as telephone lines, sewr lines And other public works are designed to et their special purposes economical- 1y, 1s being more and more generally appreciated. The differentiation be- tween thoroughfares or traffic arterics and the secondary streets or system o Veins to pick up local traffic and bring it into the thoroughfares permits cur- vilinear location of the latter, their re- Jation to the natural contours of the land and the preservation of attractive features of the topography of trees and of the natural surface soil, as well as the lengthening of blacks and other variations which not only add measur- ably to the individuality 2nd interest of each residential neighborhood, but also save materially in both the first cost of development and in the annual cost of maintenance and administration. “It is estimated that the changes which our commission, as the successor to the Highway Commission, has al- ready made, with the co-operation of the city officials, have reduced the ulti- mate cost of the street system by about $500,000; and that similar changes ap- Plied to the remaining undeveloped area of the District should effect an ad- ditional reduction of over $3,000,000 in first cost and a decrease of about $325,- 000 annually in maintenance. When 29.3 per cent of a city’s usable surface is reserved for streets and alleys, as is the case in Washington, the best possi- ble use of the land so placed in public hands is an economic problem deserving the most careful study, and which should not be left to be solved by the method of appropriation in compiiance With the loudest expressed local de- mands. Progress Made on Streets. “A major thoroughfare plan has ac- cordingly been prepared and presented to Congress. “A start has been made already in alleviating some thoroughfare shortcom- ings. Legislation was passed last year to permit the straightening of Michigan avenue, where this could be done at a relatively low cost, and some years ago provision was made for the development, under the Arlington Memorial Bridge project, of B street northwest as a great cross-town artery from the Capitol to the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway and the Virginia road system. A proj- ect to take the jogs out of Harvard street and permit it to be used in con- nection with Columbia road as a cross- town thoroughisre in one of our most inadequately planned subdivisions is being recommended this year. High level crossings over the Rock Creek Val- ley are needed, at least one immediately, to stop the danger and prevent the waste of time and traction incident to carrying all cross-town traffic 140 feet down hill and then again up the same height on the other side. The expendi- ture of funds to improve and continue in existence the present low level cross- ings is not only a material injury to an unusually valuable park project, but tends to perpetuate conditions which are dangerous and extravagant from the traffic standpoint. “A study of urban growth during the last 10 years shows a somewhat ecce tric development approximately follow- ing the octopus-shaped time diagram based on transportation facilities. In so far as the latter can be fitted into the topography and existing develop- ments the general growth of the region will be better balanced and distributed. This has been a major consideration in the location on our map of proposed radial roads leading into the adjacert a of Maryland and Virginia; that is, the foreseeing of a system which will make possible as nearly equivalent transportation facilities in every direc- tion available for residential or com- mercial development. Of course, as {ar as possible this system has been based on existing roads and their widening and extension as necessary and justified from time to time. The distribution of this inflow and outflow of traffic around the perimeter of the congested part of the city has also been cared for. State Authorities Co-operate. “Such special problems as the con- nection of Massachusetts avenue with the Maryland road system and of the Arlington Memori#l Bridge approaches with the Virginia roads necessarily in- volve careful working over with the State and local authorities, so that the solution may be arrived at which most nearly meeis the best interest of all concerned, and reconciling any conflict of interest there may be found to exist. In the solution of such problems—and many of them have already arisen and been worked out—the commission's staff has enjoyed the most gratifying collaboration of the State and local au- thorities. I shall not stop to explain the various views that have had to be harmonized or provided for in individ- ual cases, but ask you to let this wérk of thanks and appreciation apply to all cases—not only those which it will be possible to mention specifically, but also to all other cases in which the plans for the District of Columbia have had (o be woven with those of Maryland and Virginia into a single seamless garment, so that we may have here a region that is & living, growing organism, each par: of which fits into and collaborates witi adjacent parts and performs its duty and obligation with respect to all the more distant parts. “This mutuality of interest does not stop at the edge of the region, whatever the Pflnclple on which it is defined and limifed, but enters into the road system of the entire country. The direct con- nection with our nearest metropolitan neighbor on the north and on the south, Baltimore and Richmond, is of first d special interest. ‘But a good system of radial high- ways is not enough. It is necessary to provide adequate cross-connections, not only to permit easy exchange of traflic from one radial to another and for local hauling, but also to permit the by-pass- 1ing of congested areas. A few years iago the Washington region was par- ticularly lacking 'in such cross-connec- tions. Manifestly, for traffic from Bal- timore to Richmond to pass down one of the city of Washington's main thor- oughfares, through its congested busi- nes center and out over one of the most heavily traveled bridges wastes the trav- eler's time and adds to the existing urban traffic difficulties an unnecessary machine, usually driven by a stranger who has not acquired the higher educa- tion requisite to an understanding and successful compliance with the local urban traffic regulations and signals. It will therefore be of great mutual ad- vantage to all concerned for this hypo- thetical stranger to find a broad and adequate boulevard over which he can pass by the crowded city streets, skirt- ing the hills of Montgomery County and at the same time obtain, perhaps, varl- ous impressive and inspiring views of the Capital City, then over a bridg» near Great Falls or near Little Falls and connecting with a good road in Virginia which will permit him to go on his way without being entangled in the more congested local developments near the river or overloading the termi- nals of the city bridges even if they were to be improved. : Discusses Railroads. “The rallroads of the region consti- tute an important element in the eco- nomie life of the community, one which the city planner of today finds already firmly established and therefore intro- ducing an element of rigidity into the scheme of things with which he is con- cerned. Yet the possible need for addi- tional development and increased rail- road facilities must be considered and a full knowledge of their operating condi- tions is necessary for any adequate so- lution of such an intricate problem as that of locating & farmers’ market. “One of the immediate problems raised by the increased road traffic is the elim- ination of grade crossings within the What Community Chest Means to Us One of a Series of Articles on the Practical Results of * Co-operative Charity. BY F. V. THOMSON. Secretary the Boys' Club of Washington. I expect that every one who has to direct the activities of social work or- ganizations in Washington is more than happy in the success of the Community Chest. We at the Boys' Club are ex- ceedingly grateful to the thousands of contributors who made the Chest the success it is. The work at the Boys' Club this | year is more constructive and compre- | hensive than ever before, and this is | f 'largely due to the fact that those di-| recting the activities are relieved of | the financial burden and consequent | worry. The board of trustees also feels | this relief and can now discuss and plan the work instead of spending most of their time planning to finance the work. There is also a greater interest being shown in our club by the public. Cer- tainly we are having more visitors. The newspapers have always been generous to us in the matter of pub- | licity, but I think the Chest has taught us to tell our stories better, as we have had more publicity than formerly. | A successful Community Chest means a successful Boys’ Club. ~Our work will become more widespread and our ac- tivities will be made available to hun- dreds of boys as yet unreached. F. V. THOMSON. —Buckingham Photo. metropolitan region. The cost of each separation of grades makes the ques- tion of finding the best practicable method on each case a matter of pri- mary importance. “A plan which considers only ques- tions of beautification and public proj- ects having an aesthetic value, such as our great public buildings program, even though it may be artistically splendid, will n®t be complete economically in so far as it fails to provide for the less at- tractive and perhaps less inspiring, but equally or more important, utilitarian and commercial needs of the commu- nity. The rail and water terminals are most important elements of this kind. Upon their adequacy and wise location may depend the business life of the eity: while bad locations for such facilities may do incalculable damage to valuable resident property or- other potential uses. The regional plan must therefore provide spaces for future terminal de- velopment and refrain from setting up any strong counter interest in the lo- calities so indicated. For Washington the commissiom finds such potential possibilities in the Buzzards Point re- glon, together with a reconciliation of _water front and boulevard needs along the existing water front. Airport Needs Are Studied. “Aviation has forced upon our cities a new type of terminal of special inter- est to us today. The commission has made a very full study of possible sites in the Washington region and has made its recommendations, in accordance with law, to the appropriate executive authorities and to Congress. With a special committee of Congress to study this problem, we look forward to having authority at an early date to provide for the air terminal needs of the Na- tional Capital. With this prospect before us, we have been interested in designs | made by Mr. Gallison to illustrate the | possible development of the Gravelly Point site as a municipal airport. “The highway plan of 1893-98 was strictly a street plan and did not ex- tend into the new areas even the local oty parks so profusely scattered throughout the plan of L'Enfant. Al- though some important park projects were adopted individually, such as the Rock Creek Park, which retains a pic- turesque sylvan valley for the recrea- tion of the city in of the Potomac flats, where little less than a thousand acres have been re- claimed by the United States engineer officer and turned into & most important center of public recreation and athletics, comprising 6 nine-hole golf _courses, 2 polo fields, 14 base ball fields, 29 tennis courts, 5 foot ball fields, archery courts, a large basin for boating, etc., yet in general park needs were being overlooked. L'Enfant's plan, with its central axial avenue, was forgotten and many changes in this central system were being developed in & manner that would have soon made reversion to the original plan impracticable, when in 1899 my predecessor, Col. ‘Bingham, got the old pf’-n out of the files and started an uproar with the help of the Ameri- can Institute of Architects. 1In 1901 Senator McMillan, chairman of the Dis- trict of Columbia committee of the Sen- ate, secured authority for a study by experts of the steps that should be taken to develop and beautify the city in & manner appropriate its purpose. Submits Park System. «“Por the park system of the District of Columbia, which will be made pos- sible of realization when the Capper Cramton bill becomes 1aw, the commis- sion submits a general plan. The com- mission now has authority to acquire land for parks and an annual appro- priation which has permitted it to make Sonsiderable progress toward carrying out this program. However, if every dollar expended is to bring in its maxi- mum return in land, the whole capi al investment should be made within short period, say three years, to avoid the development for other purposes of the land needed and the excessive in- crease in cost. “There is economy in the purchase of the ~cut. valleys and their reten- tion as natural parks, since the use of the stream for surface drainage saves considerable expenditures for storm sewers, In the case of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway this saving | reaches several millions, not to speak of the high traffic value of & low-level Toad connecting the important residence district of the Northwest and Chevy Chase in Maryland with the Federal buildings and central area of the city without crossing at grade any of the street thoroughfares north of Pennsyl- vania avenue. Philadelphia a few yea ago spent nearly $20,000,000 to cut Just. such an artery through a wholly built- up section, and I am told is now deriv- ing annually an income equivalent to first cost on the appreciated ington, adopted 16 years brought now promptly to & conclusion. Outlines Extensive Studies. “For so great a purpose as the design of a general park system for the region | of our National Capital extensive stud- ies have been requisite. I can only stop long enough to indicate the character of these studies. To begin with, a map | showing ground having slopes over 15 per cent indicates the area so steep as not to be generally suitable for urban or even suburban residential develoj ment, and therefore the area which be reserved for park use with the least loss in potential development for other purposes, also the land generally most picturesque and interesting for outdoor recreation other than organized sports. With the help of the experts in the de- partments of the Federal Government we were able to plot on a similar map the places worthy of preservation ir their natural condition because note- worthy as bird refuges, or especially interesting to the botanist, biologist or geologist. A regional park system should certainly include such features as the Great Falls of the Potomac, its gorge and tributaries. It should also include or give access to as many points of historic interest as possible and to points of architectural or engineering or other special interest. ong the latter we can number the single-span masonry arch bl’ld%l built by Gen. Meigs in '1864; among the former Washing- ton's home at Mount Vernon and across the river L'Enfants fortress of Fori Washington. Indeed, these two features form ideal termini for the Lower Potc- mac Park ject, the Mount Verncn half of which is already in courss of dweller, and the filling' | E construction, while, on_the other hand, the Great Falls of the Potomac and the femh:lm &: fltha oéd P'gt‘:mu Clr;ll. sald o have under the personal super- vision of Ofke ‘Washington, cmuflm the principal points to be reached by the North Potomac project. The exten- sion of Rock Creek Park is an impor- tant example of helpful co-operation from the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. “A study of the possible sources of water supply and their probable best utilization has naturally been an esser.- tial element in the preparation of the rekional plan. A similar study of the problem of sewage disposal has been undertaken with the help and co-opera- tion of the local authorities concerned. Progress made in zoning must be ascer- tained and kept up-to-date. “As rapidly as these varied studies are completed the results can be fitted into their proper places in the regional plan. Such a plan cannot at any time be made final and complete, any more than a single unit can be patterned to permanently clothe a growing child. As long as our country and our region continue to grow and develop this plan must be revised and altered to_accord with the changing conditions. It must be kept up-to-date at all times, and it must be developed and improved here and there as occasion arises or experi- ence indicates would be advantageous. “For the perfection of the plan as here laid before you, and for the work of keeping it up-to-date and further fitting it to the needs and best interesis of the entire region, the National Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission begs your sympathetic understanding, your criticism and advice, your collaboration and help, so that we may all have a hand in constructing the edifice, in finding what is America’s highest at- tainment in the art of city bullding.” ERRURERRRER North Tondridge CEOGRAPHIC HEARS CAPT, BARTLET Veteran Arctic Navigator Tells Colorful Experiences to Society. Capt. Robert A. Bartlett, veteran Arctic navigator, once companion of | Peary on his dash to the Pole, lifetime whaler. sealer, explorer and rescuer of expediticns from Wrangell Island around to Greenland'’s icebergs, last night told the National Geographic Society about his homeland, Newfoundland, and its picturesque industries, people and scenic wonders. “Capt. Bob,” as he is familiarly known where explorers get together, started with the catching of the tiny capelin, the “sardines of the North Atlantic”: showed the rigors of cod fishing, visited the Eskimos of Labra- dor and then explained motion pictures Dl’!':'l:e mod!rnu'h;ler. e projectile harpoon, the pneu- matic tube used to blow up the cal;:lu, the steam vessel, even the accompany- motor boat, have made whaling an efficient industry of the machine age. Plenty of Adventure. But there is plenty of adventure in the rough seas encountered by the Nor- weglans, who still dominate the indus. try, from Labrador’s shores to the far southern areas where Byrd's expedition hovers around the Antarctic ice bar- rier. ' And the sudden dangers of the most romantic industry of the high seas have not been eliminated when whales still can “flop” over on a boat and submerge it so suddenly that the crew barely has timie to escape the suction of the sinking ship. ‘The speaker started with his own “home town" of Brigus, Newfoundland. where his father of more than 80 years still lives, and where the long-lived generations before him have plied their precarious sea-going trade. Women of advanced years still work in the flelds while their men folk are at sea, in- cluding even the boys, whose Summer vacations are the whaling expeditions. Boats Like Bronchos. “And living aboard a whaling boat,” Capt. Bartlett said, “is much like liv- ing aboard a bucking broncho in the ider West.” Motion pictures showed Eskimos anc their dogs, still the major common car- riers of Labrador. When the visitors were seen smoking cigarettes the na- tives wanted some, and the more con- servative element among the native women promptly crumpled them up and put the tobacco in their pipes. In return for the visitors’ gifts of tobaccc they served them a ‘“hors d'ouvre” of raw fish, removed fresh from the dryire poles, and sportsmanship required tha' these be eaten as served—raw. S cent of Russia's tock. three per population is of peasant sf 21st and Randolph Sts. N.E. 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