Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-26
Work Started Few Weeks Ago.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


EVANSVILLE, Md. July %, 1913.
OF particular interest to Washing
tonians. especially to District AUTOMOBILE
lists, is the announcement that work on
the Queen Chapel road from the District
of Columbia line to a point just beyond
the Northwest branch, or McChesney's
corner, will be commenced within the
next week or ten days. The contract
has been prepared, and Is now In the
hands Of the state roads commission for
ratification. The contractor Is l. c. Mol
Ter. who is required to construct con-
crete road with bituminous surface six
teen feet wide. The contract price Is
s11 600, and the distance is practically a
mile. the actual figure being 80 Of a
mile. The state engineer has given Con-
tractor Moller until December to COM
n,ete the road. which is expected to be
one of the best in the state. 1t is to be
huilt under the Shoemaker act, passed by
th., Maryland legislature several years
ago Un0er this enactment the state pays
n, per cent of the cost. Prince Georges
county ~ per cent and the aDuIung
property owners 1U per cent.
lne money for this road was available
several years ago, to be expended by the
hoard OIL county commissioner Under
the Wells road law, passed In 1910, the
management of the pubic highways was
taken out of the hands of the county
commissioners and paced in the hands
Of lh. present board OF road directors
The commissioners declined to turn the
money over to the roau directors, and at
the session of the lesiS- Azure OF 1917 a
iolnt commission composed Of the county
Commissioners and road directors was
created 10 spend the money In the con-
struction of the Queen Chapel road.
Grading Sheriff Road.
Considerable grading has been done on
ths Sheriff road just outside of the Dis
trict of Columbia line, and several hills
=, the Fort Washington road in Piscat-
owav district. have been cut down. The
work OF the road directors will be con-
sne6 70 the construction of concrete
hr,apes. Three Of these will be built on
,ha Marlboro Croome road; one at Wood
80 in the Meuwood district; one on the
SS1.ar;ff road, in Kent district, and one on
~ Rowie road, In Laurel district. In
aaa;tion 10 this work the iron bridges in
Livarda.e, over the branch OF the Ana
anstia river will be repaired. Prepare
lions are now beng maue TO OIL hlegs
. .aa vest Of Hyattsviiie. tor distance
c abo,,t two miles. In connection with
VI a;Iine of roads, the work being done
.ne the streets in Hyattsviile is nole-
..l"rtby During the current Week. john
"oi ,,enue rom Maryland TO WINE
son VINE avenue from Wingross
a.en n,,e 70 FRANKLIN street; Spencer street
aVenu Maryland 10 Wine avenue. and
IRON ,a.on avenue from Wine to Luttrell
a Avenue lave been treated with "a coating
OF VS. nv a Philadelphia concern,
was was THE the supervision of Councilman Al
unoeu clark, chairman OF the road COM
Der. n over 1900 gallons Of oil have
Ssen used on the roads, Sss s.., alas. 49,,
Cnali rnad construction since becoming
oe zen. vi of the council and is convinced
Am nte the cost of the gravel roads con-
ina. IA in 1911 was excessive. These
s.suS cost about $4,000 per mile. and Ar.