Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-09
FIFTY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
Col. LwaleW Regards she Mssaaehssetss
Avenue Extension ~ the Beginning Of
the New Future City.

Col Iudlow's plan for the extension of MaSsar
chusetts avenue. as published In yesterdays
STAR, is regarded a. a very important step In
the future development OF the city. In SPEAK.
ing OF this matter today 10 STAR reporter
Col. Ludlow pointed 10 a map showing the city
and the surrounding country, and indicating
the city proper, he said: "This 10 the nucleus OF
the future city when there VIII be nfty million
OF people or so living here. The city proper Is
now, We might say, QUILT up, aud the history OF
the country ali around ms, This man of The ex.
tension OF Massachusetts avenue win result In
the most magnificent avenue In the world. Be-
sinnlug from the Eastern Branch, this avenue,
100 ieet wide its entire length, extends In an
almost straight line about four miles TO Dupont
Circle. The extension across the picturesque
valley OF Rock Creek 10 the Tenleytown road
Will add two additional miles 90 this avenue,
making a thoroughfare about six miles I'm
iengtn ana 100 feet wide the entire distance"
AS stated In yesterdays STAR Col. Ludlow
proposes only 10 extend the avenue from Boun-
mile. This extension will carry n through the
kalorama tract, then through a tract formerly
owned oy the Freedmen's Savings and Trust
20, ana now owned by a sy Indicate. reaching
Rock creek by passing through a small part OF
the lyons mill property. The syndicate have
already signified their Intention OF donating 10
the District sufficient of their land for the pro-
posed extension of the avenue, but the owners
on the kalorama property and the Lyons mill
properly nave not as Yet given their consent
Unless they agreed TO give their land the en-
tension cannot now be made, because a bill
Ing It's condemnation in the same way as the
land for the new library building site was oh
tanned. Col Ludlow hopes that the owners OF
the property will agree 10 give the land, as IL
will be the meanse II adding greatly 10 the value
OF the adjoining pr,perty as well rs be OF advap.
tage 10 the city.
The future extension OF the avenue from
Rock creek TO the Tenleytown road on the line
as laid down by Col. Ludlow Will be through
the following properties: The upper corner OF
q tract or twenty-four acres, owned by Mr. h
= L. Cissei, then blsecting the tract OF seventy
acres, purchased by the government for tho
use OF the proposed new naval observatory, and
then bsecting the tract OF eighty 81 xacres for.
meriy owned by DIR. snyder and now the prop
erty OF the same syndicate mentioned above.
This brings the avenue nearly to the Tenley.
town road which II reaches by passing through
the southern corner Of the tract OF sixty-eight
acres, known as Weston's. and owned by the
game syndicate. AT the point OF Intersection
with the Tenleytown road IL Is proposed 10 con.
struct a circle similar TO those In the city,
lhe country through which the avenue will be
extended is very picturesque and the scenery
ID very much admired. Ii the plan OF having
anational park along Rock creek Is carried out
this section will have additional attractions a.
u pleasure resort