Evening star., 1922-12-25
TWO SECTIONS HIT
BYPAv|NG NEGLECT
Heavy Traffic Puts Anacos-
tia and Congress Heights
Roads in Bad Shape.
MUD OR DUST MENACE
Sections of Minnesota Avenue and
Other Thoroughfares Need
Funds.

Anacostia and Congress Heights
sections of the city have suffered
greatly and still are suffering from
the failure of Congress to provide
funds for street improvements. Even
the main arteries carrying travel
through these sections are badly in
need of improvement, in order that
they might bear the heavy traffic to
which they are subjected.
Judging from the kinds of road
ways found on many of the streets in
those sections, those making the ap-
preparations see<h to have forgotten
them most of the time while making
up their lists. For the most part the
roadways in these sections are of
sand and gravel, making a fairly
good surface in good weather, al
though rather dusty for those who
have to live along them. They are
bad in wet weather.
New Cobblestones Needed.
One of the great needs III this south
east territory is the replacement Of
the many-year-old cobblestone road
way on 11th street southeast. From
Pennsylvania avenue to the Anacostia
bridge the roadway is paved with
Belgian blocks, and it carries a heavy
passenger vehicle and truck traffic
from and to points in southern Mary
land. The Commissioners this year
asked for an appropriation for the
pavement of at least part of it from
Potomac avenue southeast as far as
the bridge. The budget bureau al
lowed it to go through, and the hope
Is expressed that Congress will also
allow 1t. Paving of this section would
provide much relief, as vehicles could
use any of the other north and south
streets in the vicinity which have
smooth roadways
Good Hope road. from Minnesota
avenue to it's junction with Alabama
avenue at the top of Good Hope hill,
is paved with badly worn and broken
macadam, which the repair gangs
nave been striving to keep in some
sort of smooth condition. However,
this is much more costly than repav-
ing in the case of road as badly
worn as this. and recommendation
for an appropriation to repave this
roadway has passed successfully
through the various channels to the
House committee.
Minnesota Avenue Needs,
Minnesota avenue, from Good Hope
road to Pennsylvania avenue, a COM
Meeting artery between these two
highways, is in a bad condition and
should be improved to withstand the
heavy traffic which it bears. Nichols
avenue, from the south gate of st.
Elizabeth's Hospital. and Sheridan
road, from Nichols avenue south. also
are in bad condition. the latter almost
impossible in bad weather. There is
an estimate in the budget bureaus
recommendation to Congress for an
allowance for paving that part of
Nichols avenue from the hospital to
Portland street.
In Congress Heights proper there
are many streets the surfaces of
which are of the stone and gravel va
riety. Alabama avenue from Nichols
avenue to its junction with Good Hope
road Is in a bad condition. This is
another highway connecting two main
highways and is much used by all
kinds of traffic. AZ the Congress
Heights end it is the scene of much
new building work, and the heavy
truck traffic incident to hauling mate
rials there has cnt it up badly. Such
roads. it has been proven, cannot
stand up under modern traffic condi-
tions during the winter months.