Evening star., 1922-12-18
MANY D. C. STREETS
FOUND IMPASSABLE
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street needs. these people will have no
relief for more than a year at least
Every effort is to be made to have the
items for street paving in addition to
those for the main highways.
Georgia avenue north of Military
road end as far as the District line IS
in a bad condition. The roadway is
macadam. badly worn. and 1t carries a
heavy traffic into and out of Maryland.
Between Georgia avenue and 18th
street, the scene Of much new home de-
velopment. there are many streets,
lined on either side by new homes.
which should have pavements, but
which now have only the mud.
Ruined streets Cited.
Jefferson street northwest between
Georgia avenue and 14th street is built
up on both sides. but the roadway at
this time is almost impossible. Sew
eral automobiles were seen blowing
through it today. but with difficulty
As the winter passes the condition will
become more serious. as the ruts are
cut deeper and deeper by automobiles
whose driver dare to venture through
the street
Thirteenth street. from Kennedy to
the mud base. and Ingraham street,
built UP on both sides between Georgia
avenue and 18th street, is in much the
same condition as Is Kennedy street.
From 18th street to 14th the street
is in particularly bad condition. and
building operations now are going on
which will fill it with houses. whose
residents will have to go without paved
streets unless Congress can be induced
to insert items which failed TO get
through the bureau of the budget.
In this section District street repair
gangs were observed today laying Bel
gian blocks at the street crossing SO
that the people at least could get across
there. The gangs are working in seas
of mud, and are laying the blocks as
high as possible to keep the mud from
covering them.
Cinder Bed Badly Cut Cp.
18th street, has a cinder bed, but this
has been badly cut up. Homes have
been on the lots bordering this street
for several years, but those In charge
Of the paving appropriations have not
yet seen fit to give them the relief to
which they are entitled.
Farragut street from Arkansas avenue
to 18th street is almost impossible. al
though houses I'LL the lots on both sides
of the street. Buchanan street from
18th street to Arkansas avenue, filled
with homes, not all Of which are yet
occupied. is in too bad a condition for
vehicles to be taken on it. and just
around the corner, 18th street, Allison
TO Buchanan streets, another 100 per
cent built street, Is in a particularly bad
condition from highway point of view.
Allison street west Of 10th street
shows marks of stranded automobiles
which had been caught in the deep.
! 14th to 10th streets. the scene of a
new home development, is impossible
to traffic, and Spring road from 14th
street to 18th street is in the same
! condition. Automobile owners now
| find it necessary to park their cars on
10th street and go on foot to the
houses on this street.
Street Full Of Holes.
Efforts have been made by the city
authorities to provide relief for resi-
dents of 18th street from Spring road
to Shepherd street by laying down
and rolling broken asphalt and con-
crete. While the muddy condition,
which was the source Of SO much
complaint last year, when a number
of children became mired in 1t, has
been removed, the street is full of
holes and rough. making it danger
Gus to automobile travel. At Kansas
avenue and Randolph streets today a
large District road gang was engaged
in filling up deep holes with broken
concrete, in an effort to overcome the
condition found there last year, when
it was necessary to put out buoys by
day, marked by lanterns at night, to
save the pedestrians and AUTOMOBILE
lists from injury.