Evening star., 1928-12-12
RAILROAD STATION
| IN SUBURBS URGED
Complete Passenger and
Freight Stop at Silver
Spring Is Sought.

The establishment by the Baltimore
| & Ohio railroad of a North Washington
passenger and freight station at Sill
| yer Spring, with complete passenger
! express and freight facilities to ac-
commodate the existing needs OF
Greater Washington in the North and
Northwest sections of the National
Capital was urged by the Silver Spring
Chamber of Commerce in a resolution
adopted at the regular meeting last
| night in the county suburban building
officials of the railroad were asked
to make an investigation of the Situa-
ton as the Silver Spring business men
feel there is a pressing demand row
existing for such service. 1t was also
reported at the meeting that citizens
throughout, North and Northwest Wash
ington from Florida avenue to the Dis
trict line had expressed the need for a
suburban Washington station which
would eliminate trips of from 6 to IL
miles through the congeSted areas of
Washington to and from the Union
Station.
Will Serve Large Area,
The resolution of the chamber de-
clares that this station will serve as
the Washington station for. the resi-
dents of Bethesda, Chevy chase and
all sections of the North and Northwest
Washington north of Florida avenue
1t further points out that there now
exists at Silver Spring a freight and
passenger station centrally located sc
as to be of easy access to all of these
areas by established street railway and
bus line service, with the great arterial
highways of Sixteenth street, Four
teenth street and Georgia avenue 60
ing to the very heart of the North
west, and with the new Bethesda Silver
Spring boulevard now under conStruc-
ton, which will serve directly and
quickly the Chevy Chase and Bethesda
sections.
1t was further pointed out that the
substation at Silver Spring would serve
the Northwest area of Washington as
does the Back Bay station in Boston, the
Englewood station at Chicago, the North
Philadelphia station at Philadelphia,
the Mount Royal and Camden stations
in Baltimore and the Peachtree sta
ton at Atlanta.
Land Now Available.
The resolution further stated that
now is the proper time for the B. & o.
1tdiIOdu W eSCduilSu SUCH SCaJlOn
while the land is available and it
could be secured at comparatively low
cost, before the rapidly development
of Silver Spring along business and in
duStrial lines utilizes the space now
available for expansion.
Another important action taken by
the chamber last night was the adop-
tion of resolution opposing the estab-
lishment of unified trash, ash and
garbage collection system in the SUBJ
urban district east of Rock Greek Park at
this time. The resolution stated that
the time was not ripe for such serv-
ice in this area and that an additional
tax increase for this service would be
inadviSable and prove a hardship now,
The chamber also adopted a resolu-
ton urging the establishment of uni
form traffic regulations for suburban
Montgomery County along the lines
already advocated by the Montgomery
County Civic Federation. It further
advocated that one-way traffic be- es-
tablished through the Silver Spring
business section north of the subway
and that angle parking be permitted
on the sidewalk curb only