Evening star., 1926-12-16
REMEDY PROMISED
!. FOR FLOW OF MUD
Chevy Chase Citizens Told
Conditions Near AIbemarle
st. Will Be Corrected.

Assurance was given in letter
from the District Commissioners, made
public at meeting of the Chev!
Chase Citizen Association. in the E.
V Brown School, Connecticut avenue
and Mckinley street, last night, that
the undesirable conditions existing on
Connecticut avenue in the vicinity OF
Albemarle street after each heavy
rainfall would be remedied in the near
future.
The Chevy Chase Land Co., conduct.
ing the operation Of cutting down
the hills and filing up the lowlands,
has agreed to cut trenches along the
inside OF the curbing to catch the
flow of mud, sand and wafer and pre-
vent from washing onto the road
way, making automobile dI'iv ng dan
gerous and sometimes rendering the
thoroughTare. impossible. The land
company has agreed TO grade and seed
with grass the area of its operation
next Fall ana has assumed part OF
the expense OF installing two addi-
tional catch basins to Intercept eX-
cess fiow
They have agreed, according to the
letter to allow the northwest corner
of Albemarle street and Connecticut
avenue to remain below grade for
the purpose Of maintaining a sump for
the reception of water and mud from
the cutting operation. A culvert will
be connected to the sump to care for
the overflow.
Traffic Problems Discussed.
II. V. Schneider, chairman of the
committee on safety, gave an illus
trated talk on the work of his COM
mittee in endeavoring to reduce traffic
accidents in the section. It Is plan
ned, he said, to have automatic signal
controls for direction of traffic at prin.
cipal crossings of Connecticut avenue
and to have guards between blocks to
warn pedestrians against crossing as
jay walkers, with members of the
schoolboy patrol to care for pedes-
trians at less important intersections.
1t is hoped to have 15-mile speed
limit established from the circle to
Legation street.
The association voted to request the
director of traffic to permit a 30-mile
speed limit on Connecticut avenue
where it is not built up. President
Francis j. Moore commended an ar
ticle published in The Sunday Sta
by former Commissioner Brownlow,
in which the value of citizens associa-
tions was stressed. Other actions
taken were requests for a sidewalk
on Connecticut avenue from Grant
road to Van Ness street, placing of
car stop at Legation street, erection
Of street lamp at Thirty second and
Mckinley streets and repairing of the
roadway on Quesada street from Thir.
ty-third street to Broad Branch road.
SO Names Submitted.
The membership committee submit
ted SO new names, which were elected
TO membership, as follows:
Rev. Fred c. Reynolds, w. Ulman,
John B. Williams, John. r. Galloway,
Frank A. Allmuth, Mrs. F. A. All
muth, Howard r. Jones, Fred w.
Swanton, William A. Green, w. j.
crime C. Mitchell, Col L. S. Miller,
Miss r. E. Miller, Miss Jane Carter
Locker, Irving e. Koch. Mrs. Burton
Macafee, Charles III. Stratton, Mrs.
Charles H. Stratton, c. d. Snow,
Frank l.. Simon, Edwin III. Rosengar-
ten, DIR. William o. Boss, Charles
III. Morrison. Maj. Gen. Mason M. Pat.
rick, Mrs. Mason M. Patrick, ID. J.
Kaufman, Mrs. D. j. Kaufman,
Charles, P. Smith, Ernest r. Holz,
John J.. Kolb. George N Brown, Mrs.
george N. Brown, j. Frank Kelly,
C. c.. Stauffer, Frank Salisbury,
George p. Parton. Mrs. Katherine III.
Walters. Miss Charlotte c. Duvall, E.
*. Morris, Willard A. Black, ]. M.
Rails, j. w. Jacobs. A. B. Dickinson,
Mrs. Charles FriedIander. Edwin c.
Ardesser, jr.; DIR. G. F. Conion, Mrs.
g. C. Pierce, C. c. Pierce, r. r.
Geller, Otto w. Benson, Dr. w. I.
Ogus, E. j. Mccormick. Richard D.
Daniels, Mrs Helen w. Jameson, Mrs.
w. Bradford, Eugene Young, C.. w.