Evening star., 1928-06-03
HIGHWAY PROGRAM
TO SMASH RECORD
City viii Begin at Once on
1o0-MiIe Improvement to
Cost S2.500,000

gram in the history of the District. in-
yolv!nz a total expenditure of approx
rlately S2.500.0 900. exclusive OF ordinary
routine repairs,
The program will be carried out dur
ing the coming fiscal year, but the
ma ior portion of it will be done before
ccld weather. Approximately 100 miles
@. streets will be paved or resurfaced.
Capt. H. c. wnitehurst, assistant
engineer commissioner, who announced
the program yesterday, made an en-
uhatic appeal to motorists to keep their
machines of the newly surfaced pave
n1cnts until the barricades are down
and the streets are formally opened
to traffic.
1T was a public scandal last year.
re said. the extent to which seiflsh
motorists. refusing to inconvenience
themselves by dstouTing around the
new payements. descended from tneT
cars. removed barricades. drove OVER
the soft pavements. and then olo noo
even have the decency 10 stop ana le-
place the barricades, so that more con-
siderate folks would not follow them III
conduct that might break down new
ravements and cause trouble ana eA-
uense in future years. -
THE bill for repairing the camase
that these drivers did to new paNenlen's,
last year amounted TO seFefal tiiOVo'''i''
dollars. ,...o.o
The streets 10 be improved before
y,,Iy. ! 1929 were announced by capt
whj.ehurst in six lists. Two OF tEese
relating 10 highways 10 be resurfaceo
are incomplete. in that they nc.ude
oriv the work 10 be done during the
rresenf working season, which VIII emo
vTfh the advent OF frost. Other streets
70 be resurfaced will be aooeo next
Spring.
psvements and treatment OF macaoan
roads. comprise all streets TO oe so
treated. Some Of this work VIII not
on reached before Winter. however. but
ali Will be completed by June 80, 1929
Paving or Resurfacing.
The resIrfacing and repaving work
win he done in the order in which the
streets are released from installation or
altera ticn or underground work. :ucn
az sewers. water mains ard puoHc-
utility conduits. The streets TO be paved
or resurfaced follow
Concrete pavements on streets no'
now paved.
Wisconsin avenue TO Davenport street,
Quincy street. Tenth street 10 Georgia
avenue. Kansas avenue, Shepherd
street TO Georgia avenue and between
Emerson and Fifth streets; Thirteenth
street between Kennedy and Longfel-
low streets: Sixteenth street. Alaska
avenue to Kalmia road; Fern street,
Georgia avenue to Blair road: Sheridan
street between Third and Fourth ana
between Fifth and Ninth streets: Fourth
street between Quackenbos and Ritten-
house and between Whittier and Aspen
ssreets Fifth street. Grant circle 70
Decatur street and between Rittenhouse
and Sheridan. Van Buren and Aspen
and Jefferson and LongfelloE streets
ard from Emerson street 70 Kansas
avenue: Georgia avenue. Fern street
70 District line. Cathe6ral avenue. Con-
eust read 80 Potomac avenue: Garfield
street. Wisconsin avenue 20 BeIleTue
terrace. Bellevue terrace. Fulton street
% Cathedral avenue; Reno rosd De-
tween Quebec and Roduan streets:
Fortv-tssirc street between Chesapeake
ard ErsndywIne streets: Forty-thro
place, Chesapeake street 70 MuTcocE
LII rad: Brandywine street. Forty
third street 20 Forty-fhi.c place Tenny-
son street Tess OF ThiYty-thiTd street;
Randolph street. Thirteenth street. 10
Kansas aven1e, Ninth street between
IonzfelloT and Madison, Q1ackenoo6
snc Rfttennouse. Sheridan and Tuck
errlzn and Gsiistln and Hamilton
streets and from Rock Greek Cflircn
road 70 Quincy street. Aspen street.
Georgsa avenue To Blair road: Eighth
street between Rittenhouse and Sber-
9dzn streets and from LongfellOw street
~@Hs -
tmeen Eevexlth and Ninth streets Whit
sier stree. between FOURTH and Seventh
streets: Sixth street between Whittier
and Aspen streets: Second street, Blalr
road 70 E5ttenhou5e street Allison
stree. between New Hampshire and
Illinois avenues, = street between
sTwensv-Fourth and TTenty-f1ftD
streets: Warren street Tnirty~eigb.n p
street 70 Wisconsin avenue. Hartford
place between Oak and Ogcess streets. .
TrxrsFana street. Thirteenth street west
70 enc q pavement: jefferson street
kefzeen Fifth and Seventh streets :
Seventh p5aoe between FSSfag0t 4no
rsfsssfr streets. Deizhelo place be-
fveeg Fourth and fifth streets snd
fgosa Kansas Avenue 70 Eeve1tn street I.
ry4steyanon ssgeet between Fo1rtn asso
gsfffa ssree.x, Twenty third street DS-
4xseya N and 3 streets; II street, Flfst
street 70 Massachusetts sFen@e F1F"l
x+vees tsesyee1 q ard II streets
Marietta place between Elgi1tn snc
ygtaf<g streets EeTsassentE street p2-
F.eesa ysrg9ugn arc Webster streets a'ld
Wisconsin avenue from R3TeE ROAD ~
the DNtyseg Line.
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srnsyseesstk street Oe,geen C5sls9r arc
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powyzeef4t9 asxeess TweLtsetb street
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