The Washington times., 1908-07-26
CONDEMN PROPERTY
TO WIDEN STREET
Commissioners Aid the Plan
of the Traction
Companies.
WILL CUT THROUGH
@ STREET CIRCLE
Tracks to Be Strengthened, to Make
Direct Line Into the New
Union Station.

matter OF interest to the thousands /
OF people who daily make the trip from /!
northwest sections to the Union Station !
by way of the G street cars. and also !
TO those who have occasion 10 take the |
Seventh street line, is the plan to widen |
G street at it's junction with New Jersey
avenue northwest
Not only some OK the property on
this street to be taken by the District
by condemnation proceedings, but the
big circular reservation in the space
formed by the junction of New Jersey
and Massachusetts avenues. where G
street intersects, is 10 be cut through
by the street car lines. 4
The District Commissioners have di- !
rected the corporation counsel to in
stitute condemnation proceedings to &C
Quire certain property In square 626.
part Of which Is shown at the right Of
the accompanying illustration. on the
farther side OF New Jersey avenue.
To Straighten Tracks.
The buildings Will be destroyed, in
order 10 widen C street. The extra
width is needed TO permit the straight !
ening Of the tracks OF the City and
Suburban railway at this point so as
TO make a direct line to the new Union
Station.
The present line on G street. known
as the Brookland line, starts at Fiji
teenth and q streets and runs east
on G street to New Jersey avenue.
where 1t circles n public reservation ard
continues along G street to North Cap
:tol street and thence north to Brook
land.
When the land referred to is acquired
this line will be changed 50 that the
I present G street line win continue IN
a straight direction from New Jersey
avenue. at the corner Of g street. to
Massachusetts avenue, and thence di-
rect TO the Union Station.
The portion OF the line on G street be-
tween New Jersey avenue and North
Capitol street will be abandoned, and
the tracks On North Capitol street Will
be EXTENDED southerly 10 Massachusetts
avenue, connecting there with other
tracks authorized on this avenue.
Properties Taken.
In widening G street. all of lot 50.
Containing I,22O square feet and owned
. by Timothy Brosnan, VIII be taken by
condemnation proceedings; also part of
4 lot 81, containing 1,H4 square feet,
owned by Sabina c. Steinle; part Of
lots Il, p, and %, owned by John Con-
nor, and containing 1,744 square feet;
y part of lot p, owned by Patrick Dillon.
ana containing 81 square feet and a
fraction.
The cost Of widening the street is to
be paid by the Anacostia and Potomac
4 River Railroad Company. The author
ity for the action OF the District Com
missioners in requesting that cOndem-
nation proceedings be instituted is given
by an act OF Congress, approved May
%, 1905 providing that certain extern
EiOns be made of the lines Of the Ana
costa and Potomac River Railroad
company, the Washington Railway and
Electric Company. the City and Suburb
Sn Railway of Washington, and the
Capital Traction Company"
The net provides that the Commits
sioners shall acquire by purchase or
condemnation so much OF square 626
s'as lies north Of the north building line
of square So extended, as they shall
deem necessary for the purpose"
Change in Car Line.
The Capital Traction lire from the
northwest section Of the city will come
down New Jersey avenue from Seventh
street and Florida avenue to the inter
section OF New Jersey and Massachu-
sets avenues and by an easy curve will
of these two avenues and thence pro
coed along Massachusetts, avenue to
the Union Station.
This Will involve the removal of the
fountain now in this reservation and
the forming Of two triangular reserva-
tons In the place Of the present cir
cular one, but leaving the area reserved
3the same. This is expected TO be a de-
cided Improvement to the locality, the
while Il will remove the dangerous
tracks which now run half way round
this circle The street lines at this
point Will. also be much improved
The new extensions authorized by the
act mentioned will involve a rearrange-
ment by the street railway companies
Of the routes OF the different lines, and
he matter of arranging these routes is
now under consideration by the COM
oanies.