Evening star., 1922-11-21
TAK0MA RESIDENTS
| URGE STREET WORK
Council Holds Hearing on
Proposal for Surfaced and
Graded Thoroughfares.

A public hearing was held last night
in tho Takoma Presbyterian Church
| by the mayor and town council OF
! Takoma Park, Md, in connection with
the grading and surfacing OF ASH
| avenue, Allegheny. Westmoreland'
1st and End streets, in the Pine Crest
subdivision.
| The cost of the improvement was
estimated at SO per linear foot, the
total cost of which would be assessed
against the following property: Lots
to 20, inclusive, in block IA; lots l
| to 20, inclusive, in block Is; lots l
to 20 in block 16; lots l and IT to 81,
inclusive, in block II; lots / to 20,
inclusive, in block IS; lots to and
IL in block 10, in the Pine Crest SUBJ
division. and lots % to 30, inclusive,
block A, Fifield tract, and lots 20, %,
rs, 7s. 70, so and 81 in block 16. Gill
| bert's subdivision.
A large number of property owners
affected by the proposed improve
ment attended the hearing and in
| nearly every instance protested to
| the council not to proceed with the
work until spring. The property
!
no temporary surfacing at the. ex
pense of the taxpayers be made, as
it was believed the best interest of
| the community demanded permanent
concrete highways. The council took
the matter under advisement.
Town Treasurer's Report.
The report of Town Treasurer Ben
G. Davis for the month of October
was presented and approved. 1t
| Sh int
from general and special taxes, de-
posits, permits, etc, amounting to
s977.71, which, with the balance on
hand of $3.154.01, made a total of
s4,131.72. Disbursements during the
same period were made for street
work, street lighting, salaries, general
expenses and miscellaneous. amount
ing to S1,07S.92. leaving a net balance
on hand of S3.052.S0. The balance in
the special improvement fund was
The council was informed by the
| Washington suburban sanitary COM
mission that the commission had au-
! thorized the extension of the sewer
from it's present terminus to Sligo
| Mill road. When completed this will
remove the insanitary condition at
the outlet OF the Westmoreland ave-
nue. sewer. Owing to numerous other
| authorized extensions the commission
was unable to fix a definite date when
1
ised 1t would be pushed to compile
tion as rapidly as possible.
| Street Cindering Ordered.
| The council authorized the cinder-
| ing of Davis avenue between Central
and Garland avenues, Flower avenue
| below Jackson avenue. Maple avenue
| between Payne and Philadelphia ave-
| nueS; construction of cement sidewalk
| on Takoma avenue. and completion of
the culvert on Elm avenue east of
! Poplar avenue. The council also
| ordered that the town engineer es-
tablish a grade on Prince Georges
avenue between Ethan Allen and
Westmoreland avenues within the
| next week.
1t was during discussion of town
| improvements that the towns first
public alley on record was discovered.
Attention of the mayor and council
| was called to it by ]. ]. Edwards, who
urged the council to improve the twen-
| ty-foot alley in the rear Of his prop
erty at Carroll circle.
The town council adopted the first
set Of building regulations ever pre-
pared for the guidance of town Off
cials. The regulations. which become
F.! effective December l, were drafted
by the following committee: Council
man H. E. Rogers, Maj. w. H. Fischer,
| Col. William A. Kroll and John r.
| Adams.