The Washington times., 1924-05-10
BATTERY ? ARK
SHOWS RAPID
GROWTH
New Colony Present Busy
Scene of Industry as Homes
Spring Up; 10 More Started.

Construction which has been
progressing steadily in Battery
Park all winter has been expand
ing rapidly in the last few weeks
with the advent of warm weather,
and the new colony on the Old
Georgetown Road and Wilson'S
Lane presents a busy scene OF in.
dustry.
Homes are going up on every
hand, crews of workmen are busy
paving streets and laying sidewalks,
sewer and water mains are being
extended and landscape experts are
surveying the property preparatory
60 beginning the work of making
u a suburb beautiful.
Ten Going Up.
Ten homes are now building in
the Park and work will begin on
as many more just as soon as the
first are finished. When they are
completed it will bring the total
built in the suburb since it's devel-
opment started, a little more than
a year ago, to rs. Major H. C..
Maddux, president Of Maddux- Mar
shall & Company, who are handling
the proposition, expects the paving
to be finished by midsummer. The
water and sewage systems and side
walks, for the most part, are al
ready in.
In line with the opening of the
Congressional Country Club, j.
Ralph Crutchfield, suburban sales
manager Of the company, has pre-.
pared an attractive map in leaflet
form showing the various routes to
the new club as we'll as the others
in the same locality. The best
route to the Congressional Club
from the White House, he says, in
asmuch as the Conduit road is par
TALLY torn up, making it somewhat
dangerous for driving, is out Massa-
chusetts to Wisconsin avenue, along
Wisconsin avenue to the Old George
town road. thence along Georgetown
road to Wilson's lane, which leads
right to the club.
Other Routes.
: Other ways of reaching the club
which are mapped out in the leaf
let are out Connecticut avenue or
the Military road through Rock
Creek Park to Bradley lane, along
Bradley lane to Wisconsin avenue
and thence out the Old Georgetown
road and Wilson's lane to the club
house. The time taken by either
trip, according to Crutchfield, who
has been experimenting is about
the same. The Conduit road route.
he admits, takes few minutes less
but this, he declares, is more than
offset by the scenic advantages of
the other section of the city, which
makes the trip through them de-
lightful.
The location of country clubs in
Chevy Chase and contiguous local
tiles has greatly stimulated the
growth of the city, and Crutchfield
believes the opening Of the Con-
gressional Club will add impetus to
the movement. A man living in
this section, he points out. has his
club right at his doorstep, and is
spared a long tedious trip from the
city to get to It,
Point Stressed.
Take. for example, our sub
urbs, Battery Park and Edge
moor" Crutchfield said, both
are located in the center of what
might be called the club district.
In fact, their advantages from
that standpoint were one of the
primary considerations in acquir-
ing the properties. The Con-
gressional Chevy Chase. Columbia,
Burning Tree, Bannockburn and
Indian Spring clubs can be
reached in a few minutes from
either suburb. and gives a home
I owner all the features of
country place with the modern
conveniences of city home.
We have stressed this point in
developing Battery Park and
Edgemoor and it has proved to be
one of our big selling features"