26 ESTABLISHMENT OE A NATIONAL. BOTANIC GARDEN. 



and things of that kind, which makes the northern approach to 

 the city narrow and inadequate. It seems perfectly reasonable to 

 expect that Maryland Avenue can be extended to connect with 

 avenues in the proposed gardens on the Mount Hamilton tract and 

 connect with the Reform School property. This would give a very 

 worthy and magnificent entrance to the city. 



Mr. Moore. There is one short stretch to connect Anacostia Park 

 with the Bladensburg road beyond the Reform School property. 

 The commission has secured from the private owners of that tract 

 a roadway skirting the Anacostia from the District line to con- 

 nect with the Bladensburg road. That will be added to the Mary- 

 land highway system because it is in Maryland; but we wanted an 

 outlet from the upper end of Anacostia Park, and have secured it. 



Senator Knox. As I understand it, the entrance to the south is 

 a very dignified entrance over the Long Bridge and through the 

 park system. 



Gen. Harts. Yes, sir; as soon as you get into the District of Co- 

 lumbia from the south you are immediately in a park area; that is, 

 a very handsome and dignified approach; and, of course, when we 

 get the Memorial Bridge it will add to the dignity and beauty of 

 the approach from the south. 



Senator Knox. Similarly to the west there is an excellent ap- 

 proach, is there not? 



Mr. Moore. Senator, we are working on a plan now — Sixteenth 

 Street has become the great central avenue of the District of Co- 

 lumbia. We are consulting with the Maryland authorities to get 

 an extension of Sixteenth Street out into Maryland so as to con- 

 nect with the highway to Baltimore. At the present time when you 

 want to go to Baltimore from say Meridian Hill, you have to come into 

 the city and go over to the other side of the Capitol and out Mary- 

 land Avenue. There should be a direct road from the end of Six- 

 teenth Street to Baltimore. The Commission of Fine Arts has sug- 

 gested to the Roosevelt Memorial Committee that they locate the 

 memorial to Theodore Roosevelt at the entrance to the District of 

 Columbia on Sixteenth Street. 



Senator Knox. Will that Baltimore road be by way of the Fred- 

 erick Pike? 



Mr. Moore. Very nearly; there would be two roads, one going to 

 Frederick and the other going to Baltimore. 



Senator Knox. Xow. we have had the entrance on the north, south, 

 and west. The east entrance. I suppose, is the one over the hill 

 acr< ^s the river at the end of Pennsylvania Avenue, is it not? 



Mr. Moore. Yes. 



Senator Knox. That is a good entrance, except for a little way, is 

 it not \ 



Mr. Moore. The Maryland roads generally are good. Speaking of 

 the entrance from the south, of course there should be a boulevard 

 from Washington to Mount Vernon. The road from the end of the 

 Highway Bridge to Alexandria and to Mount Vernon is not ade- 

 quate; it should be much wider. 



Senator Knox. I was not speaking so much of the highways as the 

 general environment: it is fine, from the south, as T understand it. 



Mi-. Moore. Certainly. 



Now I would like to have Dr. Coville address the committee. 



