Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-16
PROTESTS AGAINST CHANGES
Extension of Streets in the Second
Section.
Papers Filed Before the Suburban
Highway Commission Against
Plans of Commissioners.

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| fled with the suburban. highway commits
sion against the plan CT the District
Commissioners for the extension of the
streets in that section of the District
bounded by Florida avenue and the Dis
! trict line and North Capitol street and the
Eastern branch. The protests have been
referred to the District Commissioners for
investigation and report
The following are some of the protests:
Washington & Head, for Mrs. Florence
McDevstt, suggests that ist street north
east stop at Rhode Island avenue ex-
tended
W. ID. Davidge protests against short
street connecting Hardwood road with 4th
street, and against the east and west
street at 4;h street and Bunker Hill road
Robinson heirs protest against Fort
drive being put through the lanes owned
by them, especially the Robinson subdi-
vls1cn' anu against any part of 4th street
through subdivision, etc. II is claimed
the proposed changes are not legal
John T. Green. ID. D., for the Mar:st
society, objects to Plan of street extens .ou
Sc far as society's interests are concerned.
ana asks especially that the boulevard and
reservation scheme be dropped. Property
Was purchased for a school, and plan takes
nearly all of it,
Chas. G. Lynch requests that Vallejo and
Zenia streets be closed through the blocks
crossing the railroad. and that Wilmington
street be opened instead.
John u Johnson, agent for the Lynch
estate. protests against the Fort BouIe-
Vard unless some other street be efimin-
:.ted.
IL B. Moulton, for Mrs Jones, objects to
streets through the farm of Mrs C. NJ. b.
Jones, situated on the west side of Sar-
gent road
Reuben Cox and Jane Reihsad protest
against Dalgren Circle, Montana avenue
L hat
their present loo ation in South Bro okIand
ana insist that there is no right, power.
authority or justice in proposed changes in
that section.
George Truesdell objects to the extension
OF u street through block of lexington
He says there is public need of such
street; that its grade would tie exec ssive;
tnat II would entail cut of TWENTY-FIVE.
fest and destroy grove of very fire tree.
Fulton & Edwards, for Mrs. +. B. Good
Fellow, and Samual Maddox for Theodore
,dosher, protest against the extension of
Delaware avenue through the 1oungsbor-
ough tract east Of lexington, as it would
work Il great loss and injury to them with
out just grounds.
Lieut. Francis W.nzlow protests against
the extensions in the tract known as Brent
wood, on Florida avenue, and says public
heeds DO not require a subdivision of the
property at present.
Z; NJ Gallaudet. president of the Deaf
ana Dumb Institute, protests against The
pr.p se1 e ltens on through K ndail Green,
and says the property affected will be noel
ed in its entirety for the purposes of the
institution.
Lafayette c. LOOMS requests that Mon
tello avenue from I'D street to Albany
street be retained as a public highway
I. L. Holbrook, fer Washington Brick
Machine Company. protests against the
Plan for extending east and west streets
through the tract east of Trinidad. He says
that Trinidad subdivision was approved by
the Commissioners with the idea that the
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Bladensburg road.
W. I. Rosenbaum protests against extern
son CT * street. because it will greatly
damage his property.
a. b. Clark also protests against the ex-
tension of + street for the same reason
b. l.. Nevins objects to plan of widening
Gales street, and suggests that it could be
Mldened better by taking all from the north
side.
j. E. West and fourteen others protest
against any change in 10Th street through
Rosedaie. They state that they have pur-
chased homes on this street and it will be
a great handicap to abandon them
A NJ. Raymond and eighteen others pro-
test against the plan of widneing Gales
street. and against any change in nth
18th, 18th and 2Otn streets, between Gales
and Benning road, on the ground that il
would be detrimental to their property.
Jane Arnold protests against the extern
sion of streets in Metropolis View as the
plan would take nearly all of her land and
leave her no way of making a living.
Wright Rives. for Rives estate, protests
against the extension of Montgomery street
beyond the Bladensburg road, as it would
greatly damage his property.
The Potomac Terra Gotta Company re-
ouested the following changes in the PLAN
That the avenue west of railroad be ex-
tended parallel to railroad to Riggs road
that I'd street be made to terminate at Ter
IA Gotta station: that the diagonal street
running northwest from the railroad be
omitted. and that I'd street be extended
north. The changes are suggested as af-
fording better outlet for the company.