Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-18
PLAN A NEW HIGHWAY
into NATIONAL CAPITAL
Prince Georges County Commission
ers Take First Steps To-
ward Construction.

AS the result Of the action taken by the
county commissioners here Tuesday it is
about settled that the people of the up
per section of Prince Georges county will,
in a few months, have direct means of
communication with Washington city via
Mount Rainier. A delegation from Mount
Rainier and Cottage City. headed by
Mayor Fred E. Weber of the former place.
Councilman H b. Lanning, Paul C. Nor
ris, T. c. Elliott and Henry Xander, ap-
peared before the county commissioners
and succeeded in having the commission
ers adopt an order authorizing the state
roads commission to have a survey made
Of a proposed state aid road, known as a
Shoemaker, road, to the District of Column
bia line 1t is proposed to bridge the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad tracks, it being
understood that the railroad company will
bear a part of the cost provided the rail-
road crossing at Brentwood is closed. 1t
is believed the citizens will agree to this
as persons using the present Brentwood
crossing will only have about 200 yards
to travel to reach the bridge over the
railroad on the proposed new road. Under
the Shoemaker law property owners abut-
ting upon new roads are compelled to
deposit 10 per cent Of the cost of the i'm
provement, and check for $50 on this
account was deposited as a guarantee Of
good faith. The state pays so and the
county 40 per cent of the work. 1t is be-
lieyed that the new road, which will
mateiy $4,000. The District of Columbia
authorities are now constructing the ex-
tension of Rhode Island avenue as far as
the District line at Mount Rainier
Funeral of Anna B. Kerr.
Funeral services for Miss Anna Belle
Kerr, daughter Of James W. and Mrs. Ida
May Kerr, who died Wednesday, aged
sixteen years, took place yesterday from
her parents residence. All 18th street
southeast Washington. Following serv-
ices, the body was brought here and in
tered in the cemetery adjoining Trinity
Episcopal Church.
Miss Katharine A. Pritchett, state
agent for the home demonstration work,
Department Of Agriculture, appeared be-
fore the board of education here Tues
day and explained the condition of the
work In Prince Georges county. Supt.
E. S. Burroughs was directed to make
provision for continuing the work in the
county, the amount to be contributed by
the county to be determined later. The
board appropriated money to have win
dow strips placed on the windows in the
Hyattsville graded school, and author
lied the trustees, John II. Wilson,
Charles W. Clagett and G. Sherman
James, to have the heating plant over
hauled The designations of Leonard f.
Mason. principal of the Bowie school,
and Maud f. Selby. teacher in the River
dale school. were accepted. Miss Alma
Wathen and Miss Mae Dashiells were
appointed teachers, and they will be as
signed schools by Supt. Burroughs.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following transfers of real estate
in Prince Georges county were recorded
in the clerks office here this week:
William H. Webb ct ux. to Effie w
Hastings, lots 81, 50, II, IS, block Q, F.
s. Carmody's subdivision known as Seat
Pleasant Heights; the Lincoln Land and
Improvement Company to Hattie E.
%. block 8. Lincoln. section l. Charles
Little ct ux.. ct al, to r. E Dimmick,
lots "a. 25, Sc, block Is, Kropp's addi-
ton to College Park; T. Howard Duck
EFT to Lizzie F. Shuey and George w
Shuey, lots and in the division OF
the estate of Lizzie Forney containing
ten acres near the Maryland College OF
Agriculture; c. D. and Massalons
Springston to James L. Looney, lots Al
~, 43 and 2, block 26. Kropp's addition
to College Park; James C. Rogers to the
Prince Georges Bank, lot 20, block s.
Rogers addition to Mount Rainier; Liz
zie F. and George w. Shuey to Eliza
beth s. Steuart of Baltimore two tracts
Maryland College of Agriculture; James
p. Gooch and Mary Jane Gooch to the
Hyattsville Building Association, lots
2, %, block l, Wilen Heights; NJ. Hamp-
ton Magruder attorney. to Robert P
Caruthers. lots s. II, block 81, River
dale Park: Anna r. Roby to David F.
Headley and Anna NJ. Headley, 1922
square feet of ground in Laurel; W. G.
Mills to Don L. Griffith, lots 1, ., ), 4
II, u, IS. IA. Is, SO, 81. 65, sc, 81,
block Z, Glendale Heights; Robert A.
Van Horn and Annie J. Van Horn to
James P. and Mary Jane Gooch, lots 1,
2. %, block 1, Wilen Heights; John
F. Welch to L. L. Richmond, L. NJ
Spear and S. NJ. Fisher. $685. acres, Ia
koma Park; T. Leo Haden and Annie T.
Haden, his wife. to Charles r. Weed
and Dollie S. Weed, lots 7, s. 9. block
9, Tolson Heights; Albert Burgess to
Emily Burgess, five acres, Surratts dis
trict; German-American Colonization
and Land Company of Maryland to
Laura A. Badenhoop, two-thirds of an
acre in Brandywine district; Hermann
knollenberg and Louisa Knollenberg,
his wife, Paul Johnannsen and Cora V.
Johnannsen.- his wife. of Baltimore to
the German-American Colonization
Land Company. twenty-Seven acres in
Nottingham district; Richard F. Car
men and Bessie n. Carmen to C. Francis
owens. trustee. Sitka Farm, lying part
ly in Montgomery and partly in Prince
Georges county: Robert Fulton Gates
sheriff, to Grover Cleveland Ward
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