Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30
EXTENSION OF THE CITY IN
THE DIRECTION OF ROCKVILLE
Settlement of the Long Stretch of Country
Between the District Line and County
Seat Of Montgomery County.

The extension of the city TO the north
west follows fairly we'll the road to Rock
vile for ten miles 1t is of course largely
suburban in character, especially the
farther one gets away from the closely
built-up part OF Washington. In fact, 1t
is claimed. and not without good reason,
that the suburbs of the city now extend
still some four miles farther cut so as to
include the town of Rockville, which 1t
is thought can now be properly locked
upon as within the range of the suburban
influence of the city.
At any rate there is no question of the
character of the settlement of the long
stretch of country between the District
line and the county seat Of Montgomery
county. The changes that have taken
place there and the additions to the popu-
lation may for the most part lie traced
directly to the overflow of the city in that
direction. Naturally, therefore, this
growth follows pretty closely the line or
the trolley road even when the latter
leaves the turnpike and seeks more
direct course through the fields and the
woods of the unduating country, which
forms landscape of much charm.
Just beyond the line Of the District one
pa Ses the attractive groups of homes
with their lawns and shrubbery and wide
cool-looking porches, where the citizens
of Friendship Heights and Somerset ana
DrummOnd dwell, while on the opposite
side of the road stretch the smooth eX-
panse of the golf course of the Chevy
Chase Club, with its quaint clubhouse
standing on the rise of the grounds, haro-
ly to be seen through the trees which
shade it from the western sun. Both on
the north and the south of the club prop
erty the demand for homes has pushed
the line OF building farther and farther
toward the Rockville road SO that now
the course of suburban development along
Connecticut avenue has practically joined
that which has taken parallel line
farther to the west.
Where Bradley lane meets the Rock
Vile road such a juncture in the build
ing of homes has been made, as the new
houses along that thoroughfare and in its
vicinity now extend far west as that
point. Still farther north the houses
dwindle perhaps in number, but combine
the examples of both the old-time coun-
try house, with it's surroundings of ample
fields and the modern suburban home,
with, as a rule, more limited lawn
space.
At the Parting of the Ways.
Presently is to be seen what is known
in that locality and is recognized an
important station on the trolley road the
blacksmith shop, standing at the part
ing of the ways. where the old turnpike
continues on the right and the new turn
pike on the left. The trolley line chooses
the latter course for while at least,
and so have those who have built homes
In that section of late years, at least for
the most part, as there are more houses
on the trolley road than on the other.
But just before the fork in the roads
is reached a subdivision has been made
which is mainly in evidence through a
To- .r1 y, inb syiy-GG nf lnfc
for sale. A succeed house which is
about completed is near the road, built
by Randall Hagner, and beyond, and es-
pecially along the old pike, there are to
be found similar announcements. There
IS quite cluster of houses at and near
the apex of the triangle and some new
ones are going up. In this locality the
snort of the steam horse can be heard
occasionally. for the new line of the
b. & o. railroad to Georgetown passes
under the pike here, and in the course
of time it is expected that the line will
be fully in operation, but it is not
thought that an attempt will be made