Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-23
THE TRACK AND TINE PARKING.
Censiderations That Induced tho Adoption
OF the Recent Plan.

Considerations That Induced tho Adoption
OF the Recent Plan.
The plan that has been adopted Of allowing
the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Co.
70 run its new cable track through the parking
on the south side Of c street between New Jer-
se! avenue and LIST street, 10 not Q new one but
was suggested some years ago. II was
thought then not worth while to make
sne change and the plans and suggestions
nave been lying around the District buildings
ever since. In putting down these new tracks
the railroad company asked that the question
OF location be settled once for all. Capt. Ro,-
sell showed the various plans to Col Robert
and the parking plan at once suggested itself to
him as being the most satisfactory and feasible
one.
As II has been heretofore, c street cou,d
hardly be said to have been in normal condition.
oh ,he horth SIDE there is no parking at all.
while on the south side the parking Is un usually
WIDE, 80 wide in fact as to necessitate an inner
and an outer sidewalk. The outer sidewalk has
row OF trees on each side. The Metropol-
itan lines track is on the north side OF street
and the double tracks of the Washington and
Georgetown Company are on the south side
and very close to the curbing. Commissioner
Douglass plan was to move back the sidewa
on the south side OF the street so that all the
tracks might be in the street proper. Thi.
Plan, according to Capt Rossell. would involve
the removal Of one and possibly both Of the
rows Of trees.
The plan as adopted by majority Of the
board, Commissioners Ross and Robert. is for
the tracks to turn before they reach c street,
and crossing over the sidewalk on Isl
street to go up on the parking between
the inner row of trees and the
sidewalk in front Of the houses. IL will still
leave sidewalk and q parking of over thirty
feet between the houses and tracks-more
than Is usual on streets that have tracks
In the center. In this way, the ad-
yocates OF the plan maintain, the cars
Will not be much Of a nuisance to the residents
on the street and besides will give the road
plenty OF room for shifting its cars and for
keeping them standing near the Baltimore and
ONO station for the convenience Of the travel
ing public 1t will not be necessary TO remove
any trees at all in this way
Capt. Rosseli admits that there are two faults
to be found with this plan. One is that pede.-
TRANS going north on the east side of LIST street
Will have to cross the tracks before thew would
naturally expect them and before they get 70
the street proper. The second is that
the people living on q street will
nave 70 cross car track before
they get to the main sidewalk on the street
On the other hand IL is maintained that the ad-
vantages FAR outweigh the disadvantages. The
track will stop before they reach the New Jer-
sey avenue sidewalk.
The Commissioners hold that the parking az
1t now stands is nota permanent one but exists
simply because of an omission in the past TO
widen the street to it's proper dimensions.
Inis was the answer they sent today TO a man
VINO asked permission TO Use the parking on
South Carolina avenue for q tennis court on
the ground that the railroad had been granted
the right to use the parking on L street for its
tracks.