ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN. 9 



on steadily step by step, in conformity with the plan of 1901. It 

 was not expected that Congress would adopt the plan; it was not 

 necessary to adopt the plan. All that was necessary was that as each 

 individual proposition came up, each location, the buildings should 

 he located according to the plan, and that has been done. 



The plan of 1901 called not only for the development of the Mall 

 and for certain changes in the interior of the city, but it also pro- 

 vided for park connections throughout the District of Columbia, for 

 the taking of those particular areas of land which were adapted for 

 park purposes primarily, and for park connections, so as to develop 

 an entire park system for the District of Columbia, just as the other 

 cities are having their park developments made according to a regular, 

 well-defined plan. In the plan of 1901 it was proposed to take Mount 

 Hamilton as a park, and therefore Mount Hamilton came into our 

 survey- 

 Senator Knox. Where is Mount Hamilton? 



Mr. Moore. Mount Hamilton is at the end of Maryland Avenue, 2 

 miles from the Capitol. 1 



Senator Knox. East? 



Mr. Moore. East and north. It is the highest point of land, I think, 

 in the District of Columbia. 



Senator Knox. Is it on the way to Bladensburg? 



Mr. Moore. It is on the way to Bladensburg, yes ; and on the way 

 to Baltimore. There are, according to the claims, at least six highest 

 points in the District of Columbia, and this is one of them. As a 

 matter of fact it is next to the highest point in the District, Fort 

 Reno being the highest. 



Senator Knox. Is Mount Hamilton between the city and the reform 

 school I 



Mr. Moore. Yes. adjoining the reform school- It also adjoins the 

 new Anacostia park, so that if Mount Hamilton shall finally be de- 

 cided upon, and the 400 acres available at Mount Hamilton shall be 

 taken, another 100 acres would be available in the upper portion of 

 Anacostia Park, for the purpose of a botanical garden. So that at 

 least 800 acres would be available. 



The Chairman. From this high point to which you refer, the 

 Mount Hamilton site, one overlooks not only the Anacostia River, 

 hut the land on the other side of it, and also the District generally? 

 You get a fine view ? 



Mr. Moore. You overlook the District generally. You get a fine 

 view of the entire Anacostia Park development, and you also get a 

 view into the superb Maryland hills which are beyond. 



The Chairman. That is the tract of land to which you took me 

 once, and which we walked over together, is it not ? 



Mr. Moore. Yes. 



Senator Knox. Does the view take in the Capitol and the Washing- 

 ton Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial as well '. 



Mr. Moore. I am not so sure about the Lincoln Memorial, but it 

 takes in the Capitol and the Monument. 



The Chairman. Was there any estimate made of the probable cost 

 of the plan of 1901 as recommended by the commission ? It did not 

 get that far, did it ? 



1 See map facing p. 64, vol. 2. 



