Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-17
THE NEW HIGHWAY BILL
All Proceedings Under the Act of March
1893, Set Aside.
Owners of Lands Covered by the
vised Plan of Extension.

The bill to amend the highway act which
was introduced in both houses of Congress
late yesterday afternoon, provides That
the act entitled An act to provide per-
manent system of highways in that part
of the District of Columbia lying outside
Of cities. approved March 2, 1893, and
amended by the act approved January
81, 1885, be and the same is hereby, re-
pealed, and all proceedings had hereunder
are hereby set aside and made void, and
all plans, plats and maps made under and
in pursuance of the requirements of said
act, as well as those on file and recorded
In the office of the surveyor of the District
of Columbia as those on file in the office
of the Commissioners OF the District CT
Columbia or elsewhere are hereby can
ceied and annulled and are declared to be
OF no effect upon or as affecting the title,
right of possession, use and occupation Of
the lands so covered by the several owners
thereof, and shall in no wise impair or
restrict the right of the owner or owners
thereof to convey or incumber the same.
ana the owner and owners of all lands
covered by said maps or plans shall hold
thelr title and right of possession as fully
to all intents and purposes, as if said act
mad not been passed and as if said plans
and maps had not been made or filed
New Extension Plan.
THAT the Commissioners of the District
OF Columbia are authorized and directed
TO extend and open the following streets
avenues and roads from their present re-
specuve termini on the straight extension.
sc far as practicable, of the lines thereof
as now established in the city of Wash
ington, namely:
Sixteenth street west, with a width of
160 feet. to the northern boundary of the
District of Columbia
of 30 feet, from Florida avenue to Howard
avenue.
"Massachusetts avenue. with a width of
1Vo 1eet, TO the western boundary of the
District of Columbia.
en-, connecticut avenue, with a width of
10 feet, TO the northern boundary of the
District of Columbia
columbia road, TO be called Columbia
avenue, with a width of 100 feet from 18th
street to 14th street west.
new hampshire avenue, with a width of
l2o feet, from Whitney avenue to Bright
wood avenue.
with a width of 16O feet to Brightwood
avenue at Its Intersection with Rock Creek
Church road.
Superior street northwest, from 18th
30 feet "-0'A VI
on thirteenth flat street west. with width of
w teet, to spring road.
Columbia street. from 18th street west
nue.. 1--WE
kenesaw avenue. with a width of 90 feet
from the geological Park to the Soldiers
Home Park.
New Jersey avenue, with a width of 100
!eet, from 9th street to 10th street west at
Its intersection with Piney Branch road.
Kansas avenue extended, from 14th
street to Spring road, 10 feet wide
Lydecker avenue extended, westwardly
20 feet to 18th street. 80
Grant street. extended and widened to 90
1eet from Florida avenue to 9th street.
Erie street, extended and widened to On
Feet IRON 18th street to University Place.
sherman avenue, extended and widenei
70 ~ 1eet frcm Florida avenue to Whitney
avenue
Bladensburg road, extended and widened
from Florida avenue to District line. 10
feet. -e' ~
North Carolina avenue extended. from
6tn street and to Eastern branch, 100
feet wide.
MARYLAND avenue extended to Eastern
bran ch 160 feet wide.
New York avenue. extended from Florida
avenue to Reform School, 100 feet wide.
Rhode Island avenue extended to Dis
trict line, 100 feet wide.
r street northeast, from 18th street to
Benning road. 80 feet wide
street. from lexington to Eastern
hr6ilch 80 feet wide
Eleventh street east, with q width of oG
trict of Columbia
Benning road. with a width of 100 feet.
from 18th street east to the eastern bound.
airy of the District Of Columbia.
the other provisions of the bill. occupy-
Ing sixteen printed pages of the bill. desie-
nate the method Of procedure for the con-
domination Of the land