The Washington herald., 1918-10-27

been properly arranged as a public
park. as was intended.
Twining City is named in honor OF
the first Engineer Commissioner of the
District of Columbia under the pres
ent form of government. Mai. w. J.
Twining, Engineer Corps. L. S. \.
This pretty and historic place may be
reached by taking the Capital Trac-
tIon street cars on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. which are placarded Seventeenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast" and transferring to the
little car which proceeds across the
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge and
through the center Of Twining City.
Motorists should follow Pennsylvania
avenue eastward and cross the bridge.
which is in reality continuation OF
the avenue.
Congress. Built Bridge.
Congress FASTENED the crystalliza-
ton of the Twlning City project by
appropriating s165.Ooo to erect "a hand
some and substantial bridge" across
the Eastern Branch at the then
Eastern terminus of Pennsylvania
avenue. The trustees of the Naylor
estate SuDOlNlueu lEAAN d o. u 1
fifty-two acres of the ancient farm.
In choosing names for the streets
those of the original owners Il the
sire OF the city of Washington were
first selected. and the streets and
public spaces were coded to the gov
crnmcmt. In paper in possession
Of Mr.. Bradbury it is stated that
the grand avenue passing through
the center of the ciIy (Fennsylvania
avenue eXtended) will have a road
way 100 feet wide, with thirty feet
on either side for sidewalks and
parking. The other streets will
have thirty feet roadways, with
spaces of fifteen feet on either side for
sidewalks and parking. The trus-
tees have proceeded in making the
subdivision with Pennsylvania ave-
nue. in as straight a line as pos
Sible to connect with the Suitland
road, to tap the Marlboro turnpike,
the main artery of Prince Georges
county, Md. BY this connection the
distance from Washington city to
Upper Marlboro, the county scat OF
Prince Georges. will be shortened
about four miles, thus directing
through Twining City and over the
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge the
travel and traffic that now reaches
Washington by other routes"
1t also was emphasized in the paper
that the new city and it's surround
lngs-Anacostia, Benning, Agassiz
Park, and the numerous other villages
east of the city-are destined, in the
opinion of the best judges, to be to
Washington what Brooklyn is to New
York City" Emphasis was placed on
tho farf that ssfha
dwelling houses in the county is
greater than the average cost of city
dwelling houses, which is due to the
fact that most of the houses in the
suburbs are owned by the people who
occupy them, while the land is cheap
er than city property"
Twining City is located on a plateau,
with rolling hills in the rear and the
river in front. Again, the venerable
paper in possession of Mr.. Bradbury
cites: This particular portion of the
District county was considered by the
earliest rulers and residents of Wash
ington to be the most important
suburb the city had, as is shown by
the fact that it was the first to be
connected with the city by a bridge.
This bridge was burned by the. Brit
ish when they marched against Wash
ington. After the original bridge was
destroyed it was later partially re-
built and used for foot passengers
only. 1t was burned the second time
accidentally. the accident occurring
when the last Henry Clay barbecue
was held in Bladensburg Some of
the celebrants were on their way up
the Eastern Branch on a small steam
er when a spark from the smoke
stack set fire to the bridge and de-
atrpYed IL When the Anacosfia bridge