Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-28
recommendations of C. B.
Hunt, Engineer of Highways.
ELIMINATION OF DANGER
Would Have Grade of Roads Differ
From That of Railways. f.,
NEW JERSEY AVENUE BRIDGE
Early Consideration of Crossing at
Takoma Par k and Benning Urged.
Work of the Past Year.

To eliminate all grade crossings of
steam railroad tracks in the District of
Columbia. c. B. Hunt. engineer of high
ways, has recommended in his annual
report. submitted today, that the Com
mssioners secure appropriations in sue
cessive years to insure the early compile
ton of the work.
THE completion of the New Jersey ave-
nue. bridge over the Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Washington Railroad Com
pany's tracks. and the approaches there
to- Mr.. Hunt declares in his report, lis
the only considerable item to complete
this project except the paving with a
permanent materials Of the plaza and it's
intersectins streets. This latter work
must Of necessity await the settlement OF
the fill underlying them before the pave
ments can be laid with any justifiable
hope that their integrity can be preserved.
Il renew my recommendation of last
year that such grade crossings of steam
railroad tracks as still exist outside the
city limits be eliminated by progressively
securing appropriations for the purpose,
and would particularly suggest for early
consideration the one at Takoma Park
and the one at Benning.
Work of the Past Year.
In table accompanying the report, En-
gineer of Highways Hunt shows that
there are 453.5S miles of pavement of all
kinds in the District. an Increase of about
three miles over one year ago. The mile
age of the several kinds of pavement Is
shown by the report to be as follows:
1851 miles of asphalt and coal tar this
year, as compared with 141.63 miles last
year; 2S.32 miles of asphalt block this
year against 27.96; about l mile Of vitri-
fled block pavement. the same as last
year; 25.42 miles of granite, the same
as last wear; Ga miles Of cobblestone as
Of macadam. as against S3.11 miles last
year: 1885 miles of gravel and unim-
proved. as against 164.27 last year.
Appropriations for the Work.
The total amount Of funds appropriated
by Congress and deposited by corpora
tions and others for disbursement by the
surface division during the fiscal year
ended June 30 last aggregated about ST.
1000. Of which about 100000 was for
paving sidewalks and alleys in all parts
of the District of Columbia; $472, 600 was
for paving new streets and for repairing
and repaving old ones within the city
limits: about s2l1 900 was for construction
and repair Of suburban streets and coun-
ty roads: $4,000 for grading streets and
alleys; about S41 900 for the maintenance
and construction of all bridges in the Dis
trict: about s15OOOO in connection with
the elimination of grade crossings; while
approximately S161,O0O was spent in re-
pairing pavements disturbed by excava-
tions on account of other branches of the
District government and by various
corporations and plumbers.
The principal items of work under the
appropriation for repairs to roads" were
the following: Macadamizing Woodley
road between Cathedral avenue and S4th
street: Wisconsin avenue between Fulton
and Ga rfield streets: Connecticut avenue
between Pierce Mill road and Chevy
Chase Circle: Rock Creek Church road
from Riggs road to the Soldiers Home:
Nichols avenue between Livingston road
and Good Holk road.