Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-19
FRINGE OF THE DISTRICT.
HOMES ALONG THE BORDER
Desire of Many to Go Out Beyond the Region of
Dwellings in Rows to Where They
Can Have Detached Houses.

population and then the advance guard,
/ the forward movement leading the way
to a freer life in the country. After a
while this intermediate region will be
filled up. but at present the population
of the District, to large extent. is
over flowing its borders into the adjoining
states.
i The Northward Movement.
The northward movement does not stop
at Silver Spring, for beyond are the set
Elements of Woodside, Forest Glen and
kensington, and. in fact all along the
| road to Rockville, eighteen miles away,
the suburban movement continues and
has an influence upon that center. But
Silver Spring is the latest addition to
The number of settlements In that local
ity. and 1t has had an astonishing
growth. In the meantime Takoma Park.
ITS neighbor to the south, has not been
standing still. and this spring, as usual,
| the sound of the hammer is heard
throughout the glens and breezy heights
and In the cluster of oak trees
Several houses have been built by w
Il. Hill along the car line leading from
Georgia avenue to the business center of
Iakoma. Examples of the bungalow
type of house to be seen as well as the
other varieties.
ii. l.. Thornton recently bought five
acre tract of land on Blair road about
| one square from the terminal of the cleo
trio line in Takoma Park which he has
subdivided into lots fifty feet front by
! a depth ranging from 40 feet to 300 feet,
which will give a good place for gar
den and chicken run. The lots fronting
on Blair road have water, sewer and
gas.
Mr.. Thornton is preparing plans for
three houses which he proposes to build
at Takoma Park. These houses will
have large lots.
The New Suburban Line.
| \ number of houses are now being built
in various portions of the park and addi-
| tional railway facilities will be soon pro-
vided when the new trolley road is fin
| ished. which is to leave the center OF
| Takoma Park and, passing to the south,
will run, along Kennedy street to the
| west as far as the extension of 14th
street. thus touching the trolley lines
!, both on Georgia avenue anad on l4th
Estreet' The line has. thus far been built
| from :. Takoma Park to Georgia avenue
and Kennedy street.
| This new line has been built with
money furnished by the company of local
and Maryland investors who purchased
tracts of land east Of Georgia avenue and
extending practically from the grounds
OF the Soldiers Home to Takoma 1t Is
also proposed to develop this property
| for residential purposes, and there is a
! probability Of progress in that direction
| in the coming months.
| The course of building has started south
from -Takoma. Park, and Il number of
houses are being built on the east side
of Georgia avenue by s. 81. Widdup along
streets that run east from that thorough
fare. An improvement for that section
and for the convenience OF large num-
| Der of residents east of Georgia avenue
is the opening of Rittenhouse street from
the Blair road to Georgia avenue. The
roadway has been macadamized and, II
| is believed, will become the center of
| building.