Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07
REGULATING THE GRADES
DRAFT OF ELL APPROVED BY COM
MISSIONER BEACH.
Provision to Encourage the Donation
of Land for Street Purposes
Other Features.

Captain Beach. the District Engineer
Commissioner, has recommended to his as
sociates that copy of bill prepared by
Mr.. VIM p. Richards. the assistant engi-
neer, for regulating the grades of 10Th
street and for other purposes, be for
warded to each District committee in Con-
gress with request that the bill be intro
duced and enacted into law. In exDlana-
ton of the measure, Mr.. Richards states
that it is particularly desirable to have
some action in accordance with the first
portion of it in order to do away with
certain excessive and dangerous grades in
the vicinity of Baltimore and Goth streets.
He is also of the opinion that some action
of Congress similar to that proposed by
the second section of the bill would be of
great benefit to the District.
The bill provides that. in order to regu-
late the grades of streets in the vicinity of
Wood1ey road and Goth street the Commits
sioners be authorized to abandon Hampton
place and shift the location of buckingham
place. in r E. Waggaman's subdivision of
Pretty Prospect, Widows Mite and ka1o-
rama, and to change the location of the
street line at the southwest corner of
Woodley road and Connecticut avenue ex-
tended, so as to make said corner round
instead of angular, al present: provided
that the land within the lines of Hampton
place and the land within the proposed cir
cular corner of Woodley road and Connecti-
cut avenue extended shall revert to the
original owner, or his aSsignees, and that
the land within the lines of the new loca-
ton of buckingham place and the land
outside the said circular corner of Wood
ley road and Connecticut avenue extended
shall be dedicated to the District.
Facilitating Extensions.
The second section of the proposed law
provides that, in order to facilitate the ex-
tension Of streets and encourage the dona-
ton of land in accordance with the plans
for the permanent system of highways
the Commissioners be authorized. wherever
In their Judgment it may seem proper to
accept the dedication of streets shown on
said plans, and record the same under the
following conditions: Streets which are
shown as ninety feet in width on said plans
may be accented with a width of not less
than sixty feet, provided that the parties
dedicating the same agree to establish
building restriction lines to agree with the
street lines as shown on said plans, and
streets shown on said plans as 12o feet, pro-
vided the same agreement be made as to
building restriction lines.
Ground for Parking.
This same section also provides that the
space between the street lines as estab-
Eshed under the terms thereof and the
building restriction lines shall be considered
as private property, to be set aside and
used for parking purposes, with this addi-
tional provision; that the parties so dedi-
eating shall agree that said parking shall
be subject to the regulations of the District
Commissioners in regard to the height of
the parking and projection of buildings be-
yond the building lines. and that the Dis
trict shall have right of way through said
parkings for sewers and water mains free
of cost. and to lay thereon sidewalks if, in
their Judgment, the space between the
street lines is not sufficient to admit the
construction of such sidewalks within said
lines.
1t is understood that Captain Reachs
recommendation will receive the approval
OF his associates, and that the Commits
sioners will endeavor to secure the proposed
legislation.