The Washington times., 1921-06-22
TO CLOSE
14TH ST. OPPOSED
BY SUbURBAN|TES
Takoma Park Citizens to Make
Vigorous Protest-6uading
Projects Menaced.

Vigorous protest will be made to-
norrov before the Highway Com
mission of the District of Columbia
over the proposed closing of Four
teenth street extended.
Representatives of property own
ers in the northern part of ths Dts
trict ard that part OF Montgomery
county, I'd, In the vicinity or silver
Springs, will appear before the COM
miasion and submit copies Of petit
tions already filed with Congress-
man Fred N. Zihlman ana Senator
10. e. Weller. of Maryland. protest.
teenth street
BUILDING PROJECT INVOLVED.
The closing OF Fourteenth street for
the development of the proposed Wal
ter Reed Hospital project will hold
i'm and probably permanently pro-
hibit improvements In the District
of Columbia and In Montgomery Coun-
ty valued at $4,000, 900, 1T Is esti-
mated by those asking the opening of
| the street and extension OF the Four
teeuth street car limo into Maryland.
Property owners In that vicinity
claim that more homes were built In
| that section to solve the housing prob
| lem than in any other part of the Dis
trict of Columbia Railway COM
panies have already Expressed
| the desire to extend the car
lines as soon rs extensive de.
velopments are made. The building
of hundreds Of houses for Washing
tonisns 10 temporarily held UP by the
announcement from the Capitol that
the Military Affairs Committee Of the
| House has favorably reported a bill
for the closing of Fourteenth street.
J. Bond Smith. corporation counsel
for Takoma Park, Washington 8
largest suburb, has been instructed by
the mayor and the town council OF
Takoma to appear before the commits
sion and officially protest on behalf
of that community. He and others will
contend that the extension of Four
teenth street through what is known
as the Walter Reed tract would not
interfere with the proposed hospital
plan ~ approved by Surgeon General
NJ w. Ireland
CITIZENS SIGN PETITION.
The following petition. signed by
! more than 1000 residents of the
northern part of Washington and
| sent to Congressman Zihlman. will be
submitted to the highway commits
sion:
Fourteenth street extended does
not pass near the hospital grounds on
the Walter Reed Reservation. These
\ buildings are now iocateu well to the
east line of Fourteenth street on the
Georgia avenue side of the rescrva-
ton. The proposed Walter Reed extern
sion plan recentiy one Iiie ~Itn lhe
War Department contemplated the
erection of a medical sch ool museum
officers quarters and similar build
ings on and near the line of Four
teenth street extended The erection
OF buildings of this type viii In no
sense properly conflict with the ex-
/, tension of Fourteenth street. which
extension is so vital to the general
public good.
'The development along Fourteenth
street south and east of Walter Reed
has in recent years been the largest
single source of supply of homes to
the people OF Washington The
blocking of Fourteenth street at the
Walter Reed Reservation will In the
near future much more seriously con-
| gest the housing situation of WASH
ington city.
''The development of Takoma Park
has been very seriously retarded by
the closed reservations of the National
Soldiers Home and the General City
Filtration Plant The creation of
another closed area stopping -Four
| teenth street will soon make Georgia
avenue, the only through north and
| south rapid transit street connecting
the populous sections of Washington
city and our vicinity. the most con-
gested line OF travel north Of Wash
| ington."