Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-10
CURLING Of TRAIN
SPEED IS URGED
Commissioners Called Upon
to Use Power to Limit
Crossing Menace

the rade-cross,ns traseoN ~
Ao,ha am - - 'N''''af
VeicpHeh's inu"Hteu '"N '''
ZION of the lfStrict COMMISSIONERS
following The introduction Of leeiSl5
ton in CONGRESS Yesterday aimed at
elimination of All grade crossings in
wasbipcton ia vino mn those mon
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= me same '''h' Inc CIV he"hS
had before them proposal ny i.
Bond Smith. memher Of the Wash
irston suburban Sanitary Commits
sion. Who lives in Tak"ma Park.
tr..-nd, ,n inrorte ,o,;ce noue,S
$50 H., law IN The Eoar,I ~ con-
~.tssi,,,,er. ,n ra~,,Ista ,ba snoed 1T
tn.i, i,Li,, ,be nir,,io, ~ -
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commissioners t" Act.
Arousod Ia the ree,} for lnmedi,Ia
sbolit,or Of all grade crossings IN
tha Djsr,ict Win n,,t,lic or,i,s-;o, 10,
the elimination expressing itself in
several quarters the commissioners
announced their intention va civ,.
Snaria1 cop.idera t;n,, a, hard .s.Ci,,,.
nexr Friday 10 The question of ask
Ing Congress fn, snnronri,ti,ns :,
wine ON three oG the 6yo exisripa
DANGEROUS crossings
p.n.a..,,,,;,.n z:r,,r rI,:
,t H.-,I,d .h,i,,,,.,, ~ 49, IIle"a
nis,r;o, on,,',,,i,,a, onr, ,,-r
Commissioners yesterday prior /" in
,-;5ire for eIi,oi,.tiop 81 al d.roa,
o,Is grade CROSSINGS vitbin tho civ
firni,s Mr. Zib1n1sn lelrned ma, tbe
cost Of eliminating the grade crossings
N The civ would aDproximate $500.
600 of which about 5000 600 would be
borne nv the taxpayers or Washing
ton.
Rack Ijhimau Measure
The Cltlzens Advisory Council.
meeting At the District Building last
night. placed ltset sduare'N behind
me Nhiman ieSlsiatlon f"r ahoh'lon
o an grace crossings III me Guy.
M. 9Ill'h Saio III IeO.' I" me
CIV heads ne was convinced 'hH' me
Soli'iili 1si'ilelH .l'N. Al@'ius ~
nv
npee" W 'l6lh9 1919 ~, ~
So as |" p'"'e'' 'ne 'iNtN ~ peoeS
Trans anu ho.onls'S an" S'' "a
-.eIn ~ ~ - ~ IN r"o,.e
60 of $500 -, ,b D;.,,.io, tns
In,,,.d ~ ,,,,,,;.;,,,,a,.. - o,aot
49, 80 $50, 49, d,astic .aa,IaIton
ttfty, rtr-n ~ flrT ri m ht-3rD q =
trei,. 70 I'm s,0n hsto,e rrossine
.treets ,-syersed Nv strea, railways
rvi-hin ,be pistr;c, RI col,nobis
Running on Schedule.
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VI nv ~ nra n:i!,
SAniilloie anu p"'' ~" ",u' N'os.
Capltol Llmiteo Aiied AleHahoef
Dunn, bh-Year-old crossing Watchma n
AT Chestnut avenue. iak"ma farh,
and Alexander Gregory. S-vear-oid
schoolboy or Fakoma fark. MondaN
os ' .re ai,i,ad h., sohad,,Io 20 ,,a;n.
tntn certain speed through the Dis
tract. The Capitol Limited. due In
Washington al O'Clock. thunderS
through Takoma Park every morning
1t a speed approxinating a mile
minute
Although the Commissioners are in
favor of speedv elimination Of all
grade crossings II was pointed out
=, the Disrrie, building TODAY that
legislation for adjustment of the
Nichiran avenue grade crossing is
nor- hefore coneress and thar funds
.ya, +boueb insufscien, have been
.n.ron,.,.ted to- ronstruction Of a
i.S,at 49, ~. ,r,cEs ~ tho rail
nsad -, ,he Jan,ond crossing where
80. ,orsors ,,,ar. l,;uod vearapo
$500 ~ ror,noissioners
Iii -, - o., 20, E.tda, onir. tho three
crnss;nss for which IerisIation has not
-, drs mn un These are the cross
-. -, Cbastpu, atroat Rates road
r.nn,,ro e+,,a.t ord Ous,.les street
r.s.sa +be ,rscks of hoth the EaIti-
80. .nd obIo and tho penns1lvap MIA
-roSs When bids were opened last
vesy 10 eliminate the Iamond cross
IL. tho anoun, concentrated was
ta1,nd w he Insufficient 70 cover the
100 If rho work
boy N"t'm buried
Funeral .eryices for the Gregory
x,o,,th were held at l.3O O'Clock this
aSrsrnoon at the PRESBYTERIAN Church
In Takonoa Park. with DIR. Thomas c.
ozark ofaciating Interment was AT
Rock Creek Cemetery. Services for
Mr. Ounn' VINO gave niS ills ,,, ~, a" a.
a,oiocL ,on,orrow nornine At
the E;nworth Methodist Church in
Gslthersburs. Md. where the watch
man lived. Rev. J. G.. Sinclair. pastor
If the church. will oficiate Rurial
urt,I he st the cemetery at NeeIes-
vile, MONTGOMERY County
A coroners jury Al the moreue late
Yesterday held that the double tragedy
was accidental and recommended TO
railroad offcisIs that prot ectins gate
ne erected on either side of the Chest
nut street crossing Neither the La
rnend crossing nor the Chestnut street
crossing is protected by gates.
1T must be remembered that the
railroad tracks run at a sharp down
grade across both of these crossings.
Mr. Smith told the Commissioners.
Furthermore. the Chestnut street
crossing ia but a few hundred Yards
distant from sharp curve in the