Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-19

NEW BUSINESS BUILDING
PLANNED FOR GEORGETOWN
Glass and Iron Front to Replace Old Structure
Winding Streets for Large Section Adjoin-
ing Connecticut Avenue Extended.

The building now at 3140 M street
northwest, and owned by George w
! WISE. is to be torn down. and-en this
tsite is to be erected a four-story bust
| ness building from plans prepared by
| A. B. Muilet & Sons, architects. It rs
to be planned for the business of j
F.. Darcy & Co, occupying q building
on the same block, who>'will take pos
session Of the new quarters as soon
as completed.
| The entire front will be of iron and
glass. from the ground floor to the
| top. SO as to give not only an abundance
of light and air to the interior, but
also affording a chance to display
| goods The building will have a depth
of nearly one hundred feet.
About the first Of May the erection
of an addition. on 10Th street to the
curity and Trust Company, at the
northwest corner Of Pennsylvania
avenue and 18th street will be begun
from plans Ds is ntended to-
| supply needed room for the force or
| bookkeepers.
Congress has recognized in two bills
that were passed at the present IS session s,,,a
portions of the country about this
city. cannot be made to conform to
rule The highway law has been sas,
pended in these instances, and instead
of carrying out the rectangular system
| of streets with transverse avenues, IN
accordance with the plan OF the city,
the streets are to be suited TO the
and filling up In order to make city
| blocks where nature placed ravines and
Rlens, the streets are to be MADE TO
conform to the natural contlguratlon OF
the country, and to- wind In and out
| SO that atcess cam be had to the houses.
which. it is expected, are to be pullt
as soon as the means are prepared TOT
reaching them, and also Tor provluihS
| the necessary conveniences of living.
Along Connecticut Avenue.
This legislation provides that an ex-
ception shall be made to the highway
law In the case of the tract OF land COM
prising some five hundred acres along the
east side of Connecticut avenue to Rock
Creek tark, extending from the Zoologi-
cal Park or the Klingle road to Ellicott
street some two blocks north of Grant
road This stretch of land has all the
characteristic features Of the Rock cree
region, and is what IS called broken
that is, there is no regularity In the ne
surface There are the steep sides or
hills and the precipitous deScents or
valleys, and while the views are at
tractive and interesting, especially as
ed for larger estates, 1t would be an ex-
ceedingly expensive undertaking 10
transform such land into suitable build
ing sites Of the smaller size.
These considerations led Congress to
consent to a deviation from the highway
law which applies to the city plan OF
streets throughout the entire District.
In fact, map has been prepared
which shows In outline the streets and
avenues throughout this entire area,
but thus far that is the only place where
a number of the sstreetsfare to be found.
Now however, a plan of subdivision Is
being prepared for the Chevy Chase Land
Company which Is the principal owner
of the property, by David J. Howell, civil
engineer which adapts the streets to the
ground and avoids the heavy, practically
prohibitive expense of bringing to a uni
form grade such an irregular stretch of
country.
The system of streets in this section
will be winding and what are generally
known as park roads, SO as to bring into
use the available building. sites.
South of Massachusetts, Avenue.
Another tract of land which by the same
authority recently granted is to be SIM
iIarly treated comprises some hundred
acres lying to the south of Massachusetts,
ayepue and extending from Rock creek