New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-25

Ehe creek to sRed Top by this road the distance
"A about one and one-fourth miles MI WAY 70
Tween the two points Woody Lane Is in.cs'0'eU
by q new and excellent road winch ''A', 80
nas,arlv across Klinglc's Ford to the road wmcn
sr,o,sccts the one from Shoemalcrs Mill to wash
s,c,on The new road is through beautiful
wooded country and the drive is a charming one
at fhis season II will be remembered thaI uc
Tenallytown Road forms the western oouho"'s
nj RED Top The Mas achus ttsaNe eNten / N
win strike this road a fourth Of a mic uth Oh
"Red Top and the intersection Will DE mai'>eu
nv an ornamental circle Another road, 10 cohhec'
The new bridge at Kiln les Ford With the IehaN-
town Road will strike the latter fou tn OF mile
north of "Rcd Top 1t will be seen tfat 'ne
President now has the choice of four pleasant
drives whenever he wishes To visit his coIh' y
seat and when the rad has Ieen OF ened am
Massachusetts, ave extenied the number VIII De
Increased TO an even half dozen
Since President eveland AM Secretary y" nit
ncy became the owne.s OF property IN 'ha' hee"
borhood the 1enai ytown Road AM the roau WEI
Of it leading past Grass AM ma e oN'h mp M
Mt a COST of many thouail>.S OF cellars ahu are ho"
in ue,fect G. n iuon. In that respect tnc9 are
Infinitely superior 10 the ma thorouShldeS lea
ing to the city. over which the Ia meis ol u ie
surrounding country make their dalD IN 8 10 uic
WASHINGTON markets Indeed, the c luoh, oi
several OF the main roads is dis ia e u .i'e . % ID
krict and "a II to the aNelcr NihoSo Al
rnmpek him to traverse them bv M nj Even u
Fourteenth-st and Scvent st, vi hin sight ~ 'iie
rity limits one must en- ounter CLOUDS OF o o. Va
Cry weather an toll throu h mud N Inc , va nv
season and On some of the a enues an slreets
In the CITY itse T. which ned WIN reI'en' - -
and places of business the condition OF anaiS "
''' Tn the fortunate area bounded by Rock Creek
on the east tie prop scd ton ION OF MA ga IN, nv,
sctts-ave. on the south sOiass%a am po oaT ON
Sbe north, com, risinr about 900 &C es tere a. e
some 25 houses occupied nv 300 people NJ n np
nral estimate Not more than hair do7'n uS.s
have been built in twice that number Il wears
The assessed valuation in 1853 was an"u '
$4,000. and the an. o mt 'a'' for taN"s IN me
~ 400 a vear or $4,000 The ass ssmcn' made
Ihis wear Increased the tota' r. @bont s'o" WV.
includinr improvements which WI we =
tayation al Of the rrop"rtv rom" la>" ~
iaarricultrra, Another assessment viii ne
made rnt', the vear 1850 TIE rNa"s IN ,acsI
n,roaav buin an1 rro @ tod. incl"d th" WASH
cbnscfts-a~e evtcns'on vii Rave . st IN com
plcted moi loss III n s750 0O0 and the arn'le cHSt
Of maint"n"n"c an rNns,,s At oon m"T ne or The
low the exronees rrrst ho bore ~neh"lf nv w."
faynarers Of thr Distict f Co'"~h'a nj one-ra
NV tho ta~rave's of tn" country az h're c
nhacb opd necessity ~ surh 'arTe cNpNn''hroS
sbe,cforr he amp matte ~ gonora' rs won "S
local pubic interest That thee is m p cse't
m,bNc necessity for the nrop"sed evpon 'nre vs.
6nno,ont from tho fol'ow'n- facts which n we'll
fnfni~re7 erSon VIII dlsnhite ,,
no Growth ~ POPULATION does not w
,nand IL The erpa ~ Wasl,'n ton within the c'fv
prorer is surR"ioni for AL tho rro"ir'"cn'S ~ an
,,rhan porr'aton ~ 600 600 while IN" ~ eS"nt
Sonu,ation Il wasr'n~tcn md Cor ct WI 6 con.
s;dernh,v less th"n 900. 600 IN 1850 'h' 'ot1,
Som,,ation of tho District w"s VS.. 600 in % n
iio1rcs Of which 100000 was 'orn' in NaS"''"'-
inc,uainr al in the rcman'cr of IN" "st"'"t
in that catero,v WIS ~ ooo This c"mpris"' TN"
population Of tho s''huhan VILLAGES n am r,S
of ITnioniovn H0hian'. N~nt"n" Joy Nny W
plcosart Pri~htwood Tona1vtown and nu'"her
of "additicns~ immediately iacent to IN" CITY:
inc"'n "ir Ut Pal" aH'oc IOWA nm mV@'s 81 10 o.
which date from twenty years 40. sine lsSn
pther ~addti0nsN ha o hem r'"dr "'' ~ w"'r"
hrc within p milo ~ tho civ h"'its casl" a G s.
sihle an1 Desirable for h''r' an 'o"eS n Al r'.
spects save that ne District arth rites n no {
cases have npr'o"t"d IN make t'e n""H"r Nh T.
improveucnts In 'hc s"vcr~l "a'd t"nS nom"f
nri ate enter riso has ended h"n 50 0'0,-
boo in the last few wears AM the pos"nt pop'la-
zion inc,udinq VT Pleasant l'ri htwood an
IL 600 souls Thus il win be soon that the
natural TENDENCY ~ rerS ms -scek'n' Suburban
homes is toward the hciThtS north Of N nc'r
b the CITY which ccmnrisc an area sufficient for
hN The rqnhcron's II a SUBURBAN POPULATION or
at enst a ralf million reop'e
mont have not -rct hcen found n'couate To rect
fhc rccuircucnts cth"r = the u ban "r suhlir'"r
noru1ation Of wash'n-ton For cvamp'e Nv
York ave from Seventh st TO North Ta"'toNst
Var within the CITY limits is a dust nix in DIV
weather and mu'h"lc in wet woatncr: and n
RtrptfhpS
JerSnv ave and othcr "nN Strc"ts arc
no better II is quite within hounds tn saw thai
not less than thirty ri'cs ~ stv"'s within the city
are in a worse con 'ition today than Al the CO. n
try ROADS in the ci~hhorhNod of "P"d Ton an
i"Graes,an'" Tho dS"raccfu' cen 't'on Of SOM
bf the main thcrou"hfarcs 'eadin' 10 Tho citv ha
been alrcalv mentioned II s n" vo'so than TIN
bf scores 81 suh,'hn streets within half NIL
bf the town MANY Of them without side
wa,ke enA IN rainy woatNcr they arc Almost I'm
passahle In those streets the homes I"
hrndrcSs Of rcon'e who raw taveS un"pr assesS
,nents two n siv tirncS hoa'v mn~s"'
lpon apea TOW" and "G~aes'an'T In $40 n
Of tho "aadti~ns tho nss"ss" cnt "f s'n"l
block of c,rD,n1 cvccn'e thnt f." 96n acro
an the vicinity II "Pe1 TON " and thp ap n
tavati~n sc 20 nor cont vi her "Pca TOD
hssneseS this year II az eoo Gov the land an
E2h0o for the innrovemonts AM tho tota a.
ner voar urtil the voar 1000 wiz he se1. r."
seeS --al" 90 "pc' Ton 20
The hcn~ft ~ which scrnc ca oOo IS 10 h" even %
I'M rna5c anI hriA~oS this voa~ is e = "a whic'
win viold n tav ~ et71 - nor voa~. Tho oNvne'
bf fhis rrorcrtv who mia s"e nnn fo~ II 'oss thai
four mcrtts aoc now ho'a ~ at eco ono
Tn ano+hor charto~ sNor Sovo1N~ some "+hN
kinou,ar ~ fhis sud 'en gal 70" ru''i
improvements NJ 'is'"n~o from the CITY limits