Evening star., 1925-08-06
$4,000 CROSSING
PROJECT FAVORED
HyattSviIIe Mass Meeting for
Rhode Island Avenue Ex-
tension Plan.
SPECIAL Dispatch to The Star.

HYATTSVILLE, Md, August e.
At n mass meeting of upward of
900 citizens of College Park, River
dale. EdmonSton, Bladensburg, Brent
wood, Cottage City, North Brentwood
Mount Rainier, Hyattsville and other
towns, held in the National Guard
Armory here Tuesday night, 1t was
voted to recommend to the State Roads
COMMISSION, as a means of eiimfnat-
ing the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
grade crossing here, the plan which
provides for the extension of Rhode
Island avenue from the District line
to Hyattsville along the north side
of the City and Suburban Railroad.
The grade crossing would be closed
to vehicular traffic, but with a foot
way Tor pedestrians under the railroad,
and a road would be built from Rhode
Island avenue under the B. & ..
Bridge between Hyattsville and North
brentwood to connect, after running
parallel with the Northwest Branch,
with the Washington Baltimore Boule-
ward near the bridge separating
Hyattsville from Bladensburg.
The cost of this project, exclusive
of right of way or property damages,
is estimated at S206,731. The Rhode
Island avenue extension would be
20 feet wide. This was one OF four
plans submitted by the State Roads
Commission to citizens of the various
communities at a meeting recently
held in Baltimore.
Opposed by Edmonston.
Citizens of the following towns
voted for recommendation of the plan,
one vote being allowed for each 500
estimated population: College Park,
Riverdale, Bladensburg, Cottage City,
Brentwood, North Brentwood. Mount
Rainier and Hyattsville. Citizens of
EdmonSton and those south of the
grade crossing here withdrew from
the meeting and refused to vote, con-
tending that the adoption of any of
the plans would depreciate the value
OF their properties.
After the taking of this vote John
n. Mackall chairman of the Mary
land State Roads Commission, stated
that the commission would consider
a plan which has just been prepared
by Robert Morse, chairman of the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission, designed to bring about
elimination of the grade crossing and
extension of Rhode Island avenue
without undue hardship upon the
people south of the crossing
This plan provides for the construc-
ton Of a tunnel under the electric and
steam tracks just south of Anderson
street here, several hundred Yards
above the present grade crossing, with
road from the terminus of the tun-
mel through Bowen's lumber yard to
Wells avenue, traffic then TO proceed
along this avenue TO the Washington
Baltimore boulevard south of the
grade crossing. Another feature of
this plan would be the construction
of tunnel under the tracks of the
Alexandria branch of the Baltimore
and Ohio to provide an outlet for the
citizens OF EdmonSton. The total cost
of this project would be about $273.-
600 A road to the Washington Bal
timore boulevard from the tunnel
near Anderson street and traversing
the Lillard property and a passway
Tor pedestrians under the tracks at
the grade crossing are also a part of
the plan.
All Crossings 10 90.
Mr.. Nackall stated that all grade
crossings in the State must go and
gave it as his opinion that the elimi-
nation of the one here and the exten-
sion of Rhode Island avenue would
be realities within a few wears, re-