Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-12
IMPROVED STREETS
URGED BY CITIZENS
Protest Against Borland
Amendment Does Not Affect
Recommendations.
WIDESPREAD RESPONSE
TO REQUEST FOR LISTS
Eleven Out Of Sixteen Civic Asso-
Citations Include Highway
Work Estimates.

Although numerous protests have been
voiced by citizens against the Borland
to the current appropriation
law taxing property owners with half
the cost of street improvements. eleven
out of sixteen citizens associations have
included street work in recommendations
for improvements recently submitted to
the Commissioners.
They are the Northeastern Suburban,
Brightwood Park. Connecticut
Avenue. Cleveland Park School and Com
General, Petworth. Rhode Island
Avenue Suburban, Randle Highlands.
Pinehurst and Park View Associations.
The associations making no recommen-
dations of this character are the North
Washington. Piney Branch, Georgetown.
Deanwood and Chevy Chase associations.
Statements by the North Washington
and Georgetown organizations are to the
effect that these bodies have had no OPP
portunity to sound sentiment in their re-
spective localities as to whether street
are desired under the Bor-
land law.
The Southwest Association forwarded
list of street improvements recommended
in 1918, but asserts that it deems 1t UNI
wise to recommend the improvement of a
particular street without the consent OF
the property owners" who will be af-
fected by the operation Of the Borland
law.
Signify Improvements Wanted.
Widespread response has been made
by citizens associations of the District
to the request of the Commissioners that
they signify what improvements are con-
sidered most needed in the sections over
which they have jurisdiction. When the
Commissioners begin work on the esti-
mates. September 20. they will know
what improvements q majority of the
residents of the District desire to be in
corporated in the budget.
Following are some Of the principal
recommendations of the associations:
Northeastern Suburban-Construction Of
bridge over Baltimore and Ohio railway
tracks at intersection of Franklin and
2Sth streets northeast: macadamizing of
2Sth street between Franklin street and
Bladensburg road and Evarts street be-
tween Goth and Odd streets: continuation
and Improvement of Evarts street to its
intersection with Rhode Island avenue.
North observation-disclosures Of school
facilities in the Bloomingdale section
construction of new building: construc-
ton of bathing pool at Mcmillan Park
playground.
Southwest-Improveme of D street be-
tween 6k and It'll: F between 10th and
nth; X between Az and Water; Union
between NJ and n: School between AZ and
9Th; L between AZ and South Capitol: ID
between X and n; N between LIST and Sd
Delaware avenue between 6 and N.
Brightwood Park-Grading and improve
inc Of of Inn, OF N of Ia on.
nedy east of Sth: Illinois avenue, Ingra-
ham to jefferson; 9th, Ingraham to JEFF
ferson: 18th. Jefferson to Shepherd: 5th,
Jefferson to Longfellow.
New Calvert Street Bridge.
Connecticut avenue-New bridge across
Rock creek in line of Calvert street; new
bridge on Connecticut avenue at Klingle
Ford creek: surfacing of Woodley road
east of Connecticut avenue; widening OF
Cathedral avenue from Connecticut ave-
nue. to woodley lane: resurfacing of Bath
street from Newark street to Woodiesl
lane; widening of Newark street at Its
junction with Connecticut avenue; resur-
facing of .Klingle Ford road from Rock
creek to McComb street. and from bridge
at Connecticut avenue to Cathedral ave-
nue.; extension of Albemarle street TO
Rock Creek Park; resurfactns OF keoRuk
wisconsin avenue, and eastward to Mill
tary road: surfacing of Joselyn stree.
east of Connecticut avenue; grading anu
resurfacing of Legation, Livingston, Nor
rison and Mckinley streets between COIL
necticut avenue and Belt road.
cleveland Park School and community
on Lowell street between
34th and 35th streets; elimination OF
sink hole filled with stagnant water
north of Highland avenue near SD
place; improvement Of 34th street from
Woodley road to Lowell street: side
walks at John Eaton School and along
Highland avenue between 33d place
and 34th street: enlarge drain under
Highland avenue and Newark streeL
and larger sewers for carrying OH
drainage at the fill on Newark street at
the old crossing of Reno road.
Centra1-Resurfacing of LIST street
from G to i and H street from LIST to
4th; new arc. lights on H street from
LIST northeast to 4th northwest and on
North Capitol street from Massachu-
sets to New York avenues.
Piney Branch-Extension Of sidewalk
on 14th street to Taylor and Webster
streets; installation of additional
lights on east side Of 14th street be-
tween Shepherd and Decatur streets.
Comfort Station Wanted.
Georgetown - Construction of public
comfor tstation at intersection Of Wis
consin avenue and NJ street and estab-
lishment of separate swimming pools
for white and colored children in the
Georgetown area.
Deanwood-Installatio Of lights on
Browning street, from Sheriff road to
Meade street; Kane from Browning to
4Sth street; 4Sth from Sheriff road to
Meade street; 44th from the electric rail-
way to Sheriff road, and on Minnesota
avenue.
Observation-Disclosures Of brick addi-
ticn to Petworth School; acquisition for
park site tract lying north of Upshu'
street and west of Soldiers Home
known as Libby Park; macad-
amizing of Upshur street from New
avenue to Soldiers Home
grounds: New Hamp shire avenue from
Randolph to Upshur treets: 9TH
street from Georgia avenue to Kansas
avenue and Allison to Buchanan streets;
sth street from New Hampshire avenue
to Shepherd street and Webster street
to Buchanan street: Taylor street from
New Hampshire avenue to ROCK Creek
road; eth street from quincy
to Taylor streets; Varnum street from ,
It'll to 9Th streets; construction OF eaten
basins at Kansas and Georgia avenues.
eth and Varnum streets. Georgia avenue
and Webster street Georgia avenue and
Allison street and 9th and WEBSTER
streets.
Rhode Island avenue suburban-Im-
proyement of Rhode Island avenue. |
South Dakota avenue to sSth street;
Rhode Island avenue. 2Sth 10 5Id
,troot. Tnorna, street 18th street to |