Evening star., 1895-04-27

curb Will mark the boundary, leaving the
roadway and one sidewalk and parking On
the District side. '--~'-'
North and South Streets.
"Of the pogth and south streets besides
10th street. 18th street has been extended
direct, while 14th. street. and .Brightwood
road provide Goptinuous thoroughfares.
Fifth and 7th streets can find their out
let's to the south by driveways to the west
Of the new reservoir into AZ street or
through the southwestern corner of the
Soldiers Home into LIST street. Other
meridian streets are more or less broken
and interrupted, or terminated before
reaching the District line, the general idea
being to leave the squares in the upper
half Of the section with their longer fronts
on the north and south sides, and of ample
size 80 that the squares can be subdivided
according to future demand without inter-
ference with the system of main thorough
fares At the same time the streets of ex-
listing subdivisions north Of the Soldiers
Home Influenced the location of new east
and west streets and Of meridian streets
between. and beyond these. subdivisions.
1.-The application Of a part of curved
street plan to the larger areas between 10th
street and Rock Creek Park is on account
of the rough configuration of the ground
and to graduate the straight line plan, east
of 10th street, to the roads and drives of
the park.
THE extension Of Adams. Mill road on
curved line from the southeastern corner
Of the geological PaGk is to provide park
boundary street Of practicable grade and
to permit some small enlargements Of the
park for special landscape and other rea-
sons The Messrs. Olmsted favored this
exact location Of the park-boundary street
The same rule and remarks apply to the
boundary street along the Rock Creek Park
In fact, the Messrs. Olmsted favored the
widening of the park at it's northern end
to 10th street. A letter from Prof. Lang
ley, secretary Of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton and in charge of the Geological Park
concerning the curved boundary street
along the Geological Park, is herewith and
marked inclosure 13.
A Wide Parkway.
"a prominent feature of the plan Is a
wide parkway along Piney branch and
Spring road from Rock Creek Park to the
Soldiers Home. This is on a nearly east
and west lne ard will form a belt con-
Meeting those grounds. The parkway Is
made UP of two ninety-foot streets and an
intermediate reservation, being $50 feet
wide over all west Of 10th street and 700
feet east of 1t. The reservation Is to IN
clude the creek, walks, parkings and u
riding lane. West of 18th street a fifty-foot
roadway on the south side of the parkway
and thirty-foot roadway on the north
side are contemplated; east of 10th street
the wider roadway is expected to be on
the north side A plan tracing of the park
way is herewith marked inclosure IA. The
closed The object of the sketches was for
fixing the boundaries and crossings of the
parkway; the highway plans, of course. do
not determine any method or character OF
IAN extension of the parkway by an ave-
nue. 16O feet wide from: the southeastern
angle of the Soldiers Home to the pro-
posed park along the upper part of the
Eastern branch Is included In the plans Of
the second section.
South of the parkway two direct street
connections between the Rock Creek parks
and the Soldiers Home are provided.
'.In this territory Of irregular subdivi-
sions the effort has been toward squaring
the blocks, connecting east and west
streets and extending the meridian streets
of the city. 1t is here. on account of the
small number Of north and south thor
oughfares and the contracted area between
the Geological Park and the Soldiers Home,
the travel would become crowded. Fff-
teenth, 17th and 10Th streets have been ex-
tended, with widths reduced for economy
from 10 feet in Washington to ninety feet;
It Is expected that the roadways, how
ever, will not be narrowed. Eighth. 9th
and 11th streets are opened for short dis
tances. Champlain avenue, which north of
Superior street will become 18th street, is
extended. Beyond Florida avenue some of
the non-extended Washington streets are
represented by short lengths, and Sherman
avenue. which more nearly corresponds to
10th street, and also serves as continue
ton of 9th street, has been widened from
| eighty-five feet in 9th and 10th streets to
100 feet: Sherman avenue will have an ex-
cellent grade. and Is a natural route for a
street railway. Twelfth, 10th and 23d
| streets are stopped at Florida avenue, on
account Of steep grades.
Meridian Hill Streets Strnightened.
From an inevitable cutting down OF
Meridian hill no reason remains for the
| curving Of the present Prospect and Cres-
| cent streets, they are. therefore. straight
| ened to better conform to the plan OF
Washington as the highway act intends.
Mr.. ]. c.. Olmsted. strongly recommended
the Strengthening. He pointed out that the