Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-29
FORT WASHINGTON ROAD
IS ORDERED IMPROVED
Upper Marlboro Commissioners Vote
Funds for Work Following Plea
of Army Officers.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
| UPPER MARLBORO. April 2S.-Maj.
| NJ. c. Buckley. coast artillery, com
mandant at Fort Washington; Capt.
| Thomas Cook, Lieut.. James b. Gillespie
/ and Chaplain Julien E. Gates appeared
| before the county commissioners here
| Tuesday to urge the improvement Of
the road from Silesia to Fort WASH
iagton, known as the river route. to
make it passable all year round.
The officers pointed out that at pres
ent il is impossible for truckers to get
produce IN the fort. 1t was also argued
that the Improvement of the roao
would lessen the distance between the
fort and Washington about three miies
The officers did not say So ou.
understood the Improvement Is desired
primarily to permit rapid mosenl1ms N
troops from the fort 10 Wasnlnsto n a,
an emergency. Under present conui
tions troop have to be transports ~
the capital by boat. me aeie Tho
stated to the commissioner 80 an
fort had road Hers ana oinsi ~,
paratus that could be USED IN VIZ
provement The county comhiss s Tho
agreed to appropriate sSop i'i
work ..after
noon the case against DIR. LOUIS ~
Griffith of Upper Marlboro. nhoid
with failing 10 report CASE W
fever. was dismissed ,e<rs have
The following real estate Transfers 10"
been recorded here during the W,
Teresa Sauter to John n hay ouan
block ,, Mount Rainier; i'aea, res sur
and wife TO Isaac {. tusltt' . .h r.
rats district: Alfred q. ana sal al 49,
Shaw 10 Sarah Childs. lots ~, ~, Nv ~
H. North kenilworth; Lincoln Lan t. I'M
provement Company to Eil,,ne ph;,in
Scott, lots IA. 10. block G, Lincoln, Wv
Reels and wife ct al to Harry n. Ha III
Alstyne. 20 acres, Bowie district; Roy ~ ~
Pickford to Jeanne L. Birge, iots l. o.
39, 40. Al, AZ, 43, A. block 70, kIopps ~
dition to College Park; stony flii 90 ~
Company to Abram Weitz, lo.s Stony
block 90. Greater Capitol Heights' Stons
Hill Realty Company to Anna Ens ie,,h ~.
81, IS. block 80. Greater Capltoi aeiss'
Galen +. Green to William a ~ nnn ~
part of His Lordship's Kindness, ~
acres. Surratts district. mares ~ Gni,in
bown and Maud +. Lghtbown 10 Ia.V,i
w Hassell and Anne c. Hasseii' 10. D.
block 9, Johnson and Wine seIo'.u
dition to Hyattsville: Katherine l. spaiu
ing and Edwin w. Spaiding 70 Iouls ~
Stremer. lot IA. Rhode Island ave; secona
addition TO Mount Rainier; l.incoin Lauu
Improvement Company to Thomas II. M
Intosh. lot 3S block r, Lincoln ol~as r.
and Sarah c. Zantzinger to FRANK 1Wihss
lots 49, "A, As. block "A. Capitoi ie,shts'
~ ~ -" 1ohp Eox clinton Jarboe. Mary
lane Jarboe, Thomas ]. H. Jarooe ana
Susie Jarboe to Albert V, Green ana 1el
trude A. Green, SO acres. LONDONDERRY,
Louis o. Wissman and wire 10 lho,nas
+ Jatimer and wife. lots s. = cottage
square. Maryland avenue; the noine
Real Estate and Investment Company e.
al 10 John T. Spellman and Mary y
Sne,iman. lots 9, 10. block 8, Wien
Heights: the Lincoln Land Improvement
Company to S E. Monroe, lot ~ niock
F, Lincoln: Annie r. Collins to arthur
arshin lots "a. 50, So. 81, 3s, 81, 81. 6s.
"a Ok block 4. Columbia Highlands
W,r,e Jaeger and Carl Jaeger. her nus
hand. to Fife A Shea, 1884 acres, vans
vile district: Joseph W. WOOD anu + iol
ence r. Wood his wife. to Maude v; an
ming lots to II. inclusive. II TO ~ m
n,,. 81 70 81 Inclusive block "a. lots
/, .. >. block 80, Kropp's addl''oh 70 Coi-
large delegation appeared perere
,ha county commissioners Iuesday
and urged that a gravel roao oe ~.
structed from Bladensburs 70 Ma ipo. ~
Dr THOMAS f. Latimer OF Hyatts-
in. has been named by the state COM
mittee on medical preparedness SUI
committees of the council or haiohai
defense to organize the physicians IN
Prince Georges county.
Rufus F. Gibbs. president OF tne Iap
itol Heights town council 1ar nawnr
Gabriel have been nominated TOT magSr
~ mat Mace to succeed Maurice RACK
ey. who declined second term; ms
siaction will be held Monday. May =
Mount Rainier also will have an election
on May Z. when mayor ana
councilmen will be chosen a. a.;
Eifty-six applications are on ME IN
Timer Marlboro for liquor licenses ~
various sections OF Prince "eofses
county.