Evening star., 1922-12-30
|STREET REPAIRING
NEED Of DISTRICT
Board of Trade Committee
Reports Results Of Study
Of Conditions.
WILL INFORM CONGRESS
Automobile Tour Of the City to
Disclose Defects Proposed for
House Members.
WILL INFORM CONGRESS

That Congress has appropriated
money for the repaving Of streets In
good condition in the District and
neglected "mud-holes." and\streets in
tke'settled part Of the city which are
In desperate need Of repair. was the
sentiment expressed yesterday after
noon at a meeting Of the streets and
avenues committee of the Washing
ton Board of Trade, in the board
rooms in The Star building.
The committee under the leadership
or George c. Shinn. chairman. has
been making an exhaustive study OF
tho street condition in the National
Capital. The members believe thai
members. In order to legislate for the
real needs of the District, should take
| the time to drive through the city and
observe the condition Of some Of the
, highways.
Tour Of City Planned.
All members of the committed
possessing automobiles have in the
last weeF put these machines at the
disposal of congressman who would
! care to look further into the situa-
e1on. Among those who have agreed
to make the trip of inspection with
members of the committee are Rep
resentaoves Ben johnson. 3. X.
Eocht. "; +. Oliver. Frank Murphy.
Walter Magee. Harvey Wilkinson
and e. Lowrey. These representa-
tives have indicated their interest in
the matters of streets for the District
to Mr.. Shinn and are expected to
prove of assistance in getting through
adequate appropriations for this i'm
portant local need
Committee members Feel that with
the aid of. these men the real facts
in the local situation can be laid
before Congress.
Streets Neglected.
The committee feels that the fol-
lowing streets are in far more need
of repair than those ci.ed for worl
Cpshur between I'd and 4th north
west. Narnum between Cd and 4th
northwest Webster between I'd street
and Rock Creek Church road north
west. Sd between Upshur and Web
ster. lngraham between Georgia ave
nue. and 18th street northwest. JEFF
ferson between Georgia avenue and
18th street northwest. 1th between
Na-num and Webster northwest. 18th
between Madison and Kennedy north
west. 18th between East Capitol and
A streets southeast, Fl street between
18TH and 18th streets southeast llth
street continued northwest and Sth
street between Crittenden and De-
catur streets northwest
ClnsAed as "Mudholes..
These streets are said BY commit
tee members to be nothing better
| than mudholes: that traffic in wet
! weather is almost impossible and that
extensive building operations make il
imperative that they be put into the
proper shape for househo!ders.
Resolutions were adopted by the
committee favoring changes In the
methods Of marking streets in the
District and thanking the newspapers
OF Washington. especially The Even
ing Star. for support in the street re-
pair program.
The committee feels that the pres
ent method of marking streets should
be changed so that person approach
ing corner would be able to tell
what intersection he was coming to.
At the preSea: time, members say, the
name of the cross street cannot be
seen until after the corner is passed
The committee also feels that street
campaigns conducted in The Star and
other newspapers have been of much
assistance in it's work. The resolu-
tion was unanimously adopted