Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-12-10
CITY AND DISTRICT.
A GREATLY NEEDED WORK.
Improvement Of PennsyIyania Avenue
East and Bridge at its Foot.

To tho Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
The Commissioners are doing a good thing In
the grading and Improvement of Pennsylvania
avenue east This splendid avenue has been
lying in state of nature until this time. from
9Th street east to the Anacostia river. The
principal reason for this is that since the burn
ing of the bridge at its foot to keep out the
British. in 1912, all travel into Maryland has
turned OF at Sth street and crossed the river at
the Navy Yard bridge
When the avenue is improved to the river
the next step will be to build a bridge over the
railroad and channel, TO connect with cause
way across the fats terminating at the mouth
of Majors run. aud from thence road will be
opened up said run over property owned by the
Majors and Mr.. Wormley. to intersect the old
Marlborough road at the point where the Suits
vile road comes into it. This road would
shorten the distance from the Marlborough sec
tion OF Maryland some miles, and would give
trotting grade from the river to the old road
instead OF the long difficult grades of the pres
ent roads leading from Benning's and Navy
Yard bridges.-It will at once become one Of
the principal thoroughfares leading to and from
the city. and one of the most delightful and
popular drives for pleasure. There is no better
road In the world. take the season through,
than the old Marlborough turnpike.
This improvement will be OF more value to
Capitol Hill, in a business poirt of view. than
anything ever done or proposed. 1t will also
add greatly to the value OF property in the east
ern section and over the Branch. In fact. the
addition to the taxes from increased valuation
viii In q Few years pay for the whole outlay for
these important improvements. Il is ascer-
tanned that the proprietorS OF the land ueces-
sary for the road on the other side Of the Branch
will give the right of way. The gravel will also
be given for constructing the causeway across
the fats; and the whole expense will not probG-
bly, exceed S100.0C0. EAST WASHINGTON.
To Prevent a Presidential Vacancy.
To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
Much has been said and written upon the
subject of the succession to the Presidency in
the event of vacancies occurring i'll the offices of
President and Vice President OF the United
States, and various propositions have been adj
vanced. possessing features Of more or less
merit. yet there is one mode of providing for
such an emergency which ] have not seen sug-
gested. but which appears to me to be the
most practical as We'll as the most FEAST
BILE way Of providing for the filling of such
vaeancies.-one, too, which is not open to the
objection of the people being represented in the
presidential office by one not selected by them
for that purpose.
The plan which / would propose is as follows:
That instead of one we have three vice presidents
named first. second and third vice pTesi-
dent, respectively; and it light constitute part
OF the unwritten law of the land that they should
be selected from the three great divisions of the
country,-east, west and south
In this way not only the succession would be
amply and surely provided for. but even the
possible contingency of an epidemic disease pre-
vailing at the seat Of government and sweeping
Off the President and Vice President simGltane-
ously would be guarded against, naSmuch as
the other two Vice Presidents would actually be
residing in other sections of the country, not
likely visited by such epidemic.
The necessary amendment to the constitution
could provide that the succession to the pres-
dency, as well as the presidency Of the Senate
should deyolye upon the vice presidents in their
regular and numerical order
The question as to salary could be easily ad-
justed. possibly by making those of the second
and third vice presidents somewhat nominal in
amount. r.. G.