Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-05


Columbia. respectively, in equal parts. The
bill passed the Senate in that form. and, as
we are advised, without objection. In the
same form II vas favorahly reported TO the
mouse OF Representatives. by the commit
tee on the District OF Columbia of that
body. But in the last days of the session
OF Congress at which the bill was passed
II was amended in the House to
throw the whole burden on the land own
ers ard the District, and in that form. and
after going to a conference committee, it
finally passed.
The amended bill which we submit con-
taiNs provisions stringent justice to
the landowners permits for assessing upon
lands benefited their fair share OF the dam
ages allowed for land taken for highways.
whether in existing subdivisions or out
side OF them; and as 10 the remainder of
the damages. We leave them to be met I'M
der the organic act of the District, of 1878,
by the joint and equal contribution of the
United states and the DEtrict. So far as
We know, no one connected with the board
of trade of this city. and no one assuming
to represent any considerable body of citi
zens If the District, has ever urged street
extension on any ether basis. Much as
the correction of the disjointed and INSULT
Gent subdivisions made prior to the act ri
, 1883 is needed. We think it is practically the
universal wish of the people OF the Dis
trct that if they cannot be corrected un-
less the District pays the entire cost there
of, the project of correcting them should
be given up altogether. They grew up in
laid out no general plan had been provided
Tor the 'and owners to follow. They could
nave been corrected twelve years ago, wneri
the attention of Congress was frs; calico
to the subject, for one-third or less of what
ii will cost to rectify them now. That no
plan was provided in anticipation of this
difficulty and that these Subdivisions were
rot reformed at an earlier date when the
eXpense would have been irconsidCrabe,
was surely not the fault of The District OF
its people land it Is not just that they should
be required to pay the expense of erad.-
eating AN evil which they had no power
! tc prevent, and the growth of which, for
many years, they unaVailngly called upon
Congress- to stop.
A number of other amendments are sus-
Eested, but they are either of minor inn
pCrtance. or are made to remove objer-
| items by Incorporating in the act in plain
terms what is already in it by legal inpli-
cation.
On behalf of the board of trade We re-
quest that you will introduce this bill in
the Senate. and that if any objection should
be made 10 it. or to any of its provisions,
the board of trade. by its representatives
may he afforded cn opportunity before the
proper committee to insect the same.
A similar letter was sent to Chairman
Babcock Of the House District committee
The full text CT The bill is as follows:
T.:c Act.
An act to amend an act of Congress APP
proved March >. 1873, entitled An act to
provide q permanent system of highways
in that part Of the District OF Columbia ly-
| ing outside CT cities" and for other pur-
poses:
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America, in Congress assembled: That for
the purpose Of reducing the expense of car
ryins into effect an act of Congress entitled
An act to provide d permanent system OF
highways in that part of the District of
Columbia lying outside of cities" the Com
miSsioneTS of the District of Columbia are
hereby authorized to alter the map known
as section !, which was filed by them in
the office of the surveyor of the District of
Columbia on the 31st day of August, 1885,
10y emitting therefrom all changes pro-
posed within the existing subdivisions and
also in the unsubdivided land south OF
Piney branch, Spring road and Rock Creek
Church road and substituting therefor the
following changes, to wit:
North Capitol street, extend from street
to Prospect Hill cemetery; L, and W
streets, extend to North Capitol street anG
lie Droit avenue; Albany street, extend to
Capitol street; LIE Droit avenue, extend from
LIE Droit avenue; Rhode Island avenue eX-
tend between Florida avenue and North
Capitol street; lie Drot avenue, extend from
Films treet to Trumbul street; Trumbull and
College streets, extend through reservoir
grounds; Elm and Wilson streets, extend 20
9th street; 9th street, extend from Spruce
street to Pomeroy street; New Jersey ave
nue. extend from 9TH street to kenesa "
street; Grant street. widen and extend from
Florida avenue to 9th street; Vermont ave-
nue. extend from Florida avenue TO Gran;
street; Sherman avenue, widen and extend
from Florida avenue to Whitney avenue;
Ilth street, extend from Florida avenue to
New Jersey avenue extended; Columbia md
Steuben streets, extend from 18th street TO
Soldiers Home grounds; Sheridan street
extend and widen from 18th street to Sol
dlerS Home grounds; reservation, at Sher!-
dan street, Whitney avenue and Sherman
avenue; New Hampshire avenue extend
| from Rock Creek Church road to Whitney
avenue; Warder avenue, extend to Steuben
street and connect with 9Th street; Cam
mack and Ludlow avenues, extend to 9Th
street; Rock Creek Church road, widen and
extend to Spring road, Parkway (Spring
road, from New Hampshire avenue TO
ROCK Creek Park; Kansas avenue, extend
from Spring road to 18th street; Lydecker
avenue, widen and extend from Sherman
avenue to 18th street; Whitney avenue
widen from Sherman avenue to 1Ith street .
iotn street. widen from Whitney avenue to
spring road; l4th street, extend to Spring
road; 14th Street road, widen to Spring
road; Howard avenue, widen and extend
from 18th to 18th streets; Park street, wild
en- from 18th to 18th streets; Kenesaw ave
| nue., widen between 14th street and ZooIog-
ical Park; Columbia street, locate from 18Th
| to 18th streets; School street widen and ex-
tend from Park street to Kenesaw avenue;
Bacon and Binney streets, extend west
ward sixty feet in with to Columbia ave
hue; Euclid place, connect seventy-fiye feet
| In width with Erie street; Columbia road
widen and extend from 18th street to 18th
street; reservation, at 18th and Columbia
streets; Erie street. widen and extend from
18th street to Columbia avenue: Chapin
street, widen to 81 feet; Superior street
widen and extend from 10th street to 18Th
street; 10Th street, extend from Morris
! street to Spring road; 18th street and Gem
trail avenue, widen and extend from E,ori-
| ia avenue to Spring road; Ontario avenue
and Poplar avenue. widen from Columbia
road to Quarry road; 18th street extend
from Quarry road to Kenesaw avenue and
above Howard avenue; 18th street widen
at Champlain avenue shaft Adams Mill
road, widen from Columbia road to Zoolop-
lcal Park: 10th street, extend from Cincin-
natl street to Adams Mill road; Kalorama
avenue, extend at Columbia road and to
Prescott place; 20th street, extend at Co.
| lumbia road and Wyoming avenue; Wyo-
ming avenue, connect at 10th street and
Columbia road and at I'D street: 18th
street, widen from Florida avenue to CO.
lumbia road; Connecticut avenue, extend
from Florida avenue to Rock creek: 22d
| street, extend to S street; 23d street. ex-
tend from r street to street fifty feet I'm
width. street, extend from Phelps place
| to 23d street; Vernon avenue, extend to Co.
| lumbia road; Pfney Branch road CTakomal.
widen and extend to District line; Magnolia
avenue (Takoma), widen and extend; Tohoe
l street TlkOmao. extend tn Snrino rood