The Washington times., 1923-07-24
CHASE To
HAVEF|NEST
ROADWAYS
Thoroughfares of Exclusive
Section of District Will Soon
Be Reconditioned.

With the resurfacing of several
of it's cross streets, the summer
oiling of others, and the complies
ton of the improvement work under
way along Connecticut avenue by
early fall, Chevy Chase will be
able to boast of the finest system of
rOadways in the District Of Column
bia.
Work being done by the traction
company in paving its right of way
along Connecticut avenue is being
pushed as rapidly as possible. When
it is completed the District authori'
ties will proceed with the other i'm
proVement features.
Cross streets declared to he
badly in need of repair and which
it is said, will receive attention OF
the Commissioners include Morrison
street from Connecticut avenue to
Thirty-seventh street; Mckinley
Nevada avenue; Thirty-eighth stree.
and Reno road from Huntington tC
keokuk street.
Summer OiIing Starts.
Summer oiling of other highways
in the Chevy Chase section is under
way. Among those to be treated
are Grant road from Chesapeake
street to Connecticut avenue, Hunt
ington street from Connecticut
avenue to Belt road, Ingomar stree;
from Connecticut avenue to Belt
road, Jenifer street from Connect
cut avenue to Belt road, Jocelyr
street from Connecticut avenue tC
Reno road, Kanawha street from
Connecticut avenue to Thirtyninth
street, Keokuk street from Thirty
seventh street to Forty-first street
and Livingston street from Con
necticut avenue to Thirty-sevenLt
street.
Completion Of all of the highway
improvements in the Chevy Chase
section, it is said, will be accom-
| plished by fall.
Credit for the extended highway
| Improvement under way belongs, i
J is declared, 10 the citizens associa
ton, which has consistently insisted
| that the streets and avenues of it!
section Of the city must receive
proper consideration whenever high
way improvement funds have be%r
available. OF the $4,000 recently
set aside by the commissioners fo
street repair work, Chevy Chase. i
is said, will receive a liberal per
centage.
To Beautify Streets.
we have every reason for max
ing Washington's streets second t.
none in the world" said one of tn
largest property holders in tn
| Chevy Chase section today.
In no section of the city il
there any excuse for permitting thu
existence Of worn out highways
| Well paved streets are the bes
economy investment any city eve
made. Every citizen recognizes thi
while the strangers, visiting for ;
| short time, are invariably impressed
| by the difference between smootl
riding. properly graded and drained
| streets, and those showing all of tn,
| Indications OF neglect. If the Ma
| tional Capital was financially un
able to pay for the best highway
| to be obtained the Government
might reasonably be expected t,
take over the burden, for the Ma
tional Capital Is and always mus
remain symbolical and expressly
in all it's features of what tn
Government is willing to coun
One of the most beautiful, unit,
being developed in the Distric
centers around Chevy Chase circle
The developments underway are o
a character to insure it's becomint
an imposing unity to be ranked
among the Capitals show sections.
Offset by thanking lawns, well KEEP
and in many instances delightful,
parked, the streets through Chow,
Chase comprise a picturesque drive
and when the resurfacing work i
completed will be among the favorit
driveways for local and visitinl
IautoistS.