Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-11
WANT SITE. DEDICATED
Commissioners Revise Bill for
Street Extension.
PROPOSES $4,000 SAVING
Thoroughfare From U Street to Co.
lumbia Road.
ALSO PROVISION FOR GRADING
Connection of Newton Place With
Newton Place Is Object of
Another Measure.
,LS0 PROVISION FOR GRADING

Extension of street from 10th street
near I street northwest westward to CO.
| lumbia road, and extension of Newton
place northwest from New Hampshire
avenue to Georgia avenue so as to con-
newt Newton place in GasS' subdivision
with Newton place in Whitney Close sub
division ar6 provided for in bills for
warded TO Congress today with recon-
mendations for their enactment
The bill for street extension from 10th
street near L street to Columbia road
is substitute for bill of similar pur-
pose referred to the Commissioners by
the House District committee
Report of Commissioners.
In recommending the passage of an
amended bin the commissioners say:
The area of land proposed to be CON
demned is about .1,1r1 square feet. and
the cost of condemnation is estimated AT
about $4,000. The Commissioners believe
however. that in order to reduce the cost
OF proceedings at least 20 per cent of the
land necessary for the street should be
dedicated before condemnation proceed
ings are instituted. and are informed that
the owners of portion of the land are
willing so to dedicate.
THE Commissioners recommend that
dedication condition precedent to open
ms this street. If this percentage is ded-
icated it would reduce the estimated cost
Of the ground to be condemned to about
$4,000
The opening of the street will afford
the residents on the east side of 18th
street, from Florida avenue to Columbia
road, shorter route TO the cars on Co
+. lumbia road. and divides the west front
of 10th street about evenly This front
i q cya iS 1 f,af nd tt,n al, -
road frontage of the same block is about
l,4JO feet, and there is no cross street
within this length
Property Owners to Pay.
THE opening of the street will also
be of advantage to the private property
In the square, in that it Will permit it
to be utilized for building purposes. The
bill provides that the total cost of the
opening shall be assessed against prop
erty benefited.
The grading OF the street when opened
is estimated to cost about 5000. This
grading is not provided for in this meas
ure.
''The bill as drawn is not in the approx
ed form of street extension measures, and
there are also errors in description. The
Commissioners have therefore prepared
and inclOse, an amended bill which they
recommend be substituted for the bill
under consideration.
1.-The highway plan provides for the ex-
tension of Il street through this block, as
| shown by dotted. black lines on the plat.
| If the street proposed by this bill is OPEN
| ed this extension of street should be
aba ndoned. The Commissioners have in
| cluded in the amended bill a provision
authorizing them to abandon this street
/ 1T Is highly desirable that the street as
shown on the present plan should be
abandoned, as there is an apartment
house now located in the direct line of the
extension, and the grades of the street
| under the highway plan would be steep.
The street proposed by this bill will serve
all the purposes proposed by the extension
of street."