Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
NEW ROADS URGED
IN PRINCE GEORGES
Police Force Also Reappoint-
ed at Meeting of County
Commissioners.

BY a stan Correspondent OF The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, April 10.
consideration of four requests for tho
construction of roads, and the reap
pointment of their present police force
featured the weekly meeting of the
Prince Georges County commissioners
yesterday.
The policemen reappointed are Sergt.
H. G.. Machen Of Hyattsville, and Pvts.
" M. Nichols of Bowie, Frank p. Prince
Of Meadows and Claude A. Reese Of
Berwyn. All were authorized to serve
a term of two years.
Circuit Court Judge Joseph c. Mat
tingly appeared before the board of
commissioners ir behalf of the con-
struction of State lateral road from
GordonS Corner to OXon Hill. This
highway has been requested by large
number of prominent citizens residing
in the vicinity CT OXon Hill.
Opposition Expressed.
Opposition to a proposal submitted
two weeks ago, by delegation from
a neighboring community that two
short stretches of improved road be
built between the Baltimore boulevard
and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
tracks in Berwyn and Branchville was
expressed by a group of citizens from
Berwyn Heights, who urged instead
the construction of a road from the
boulevard to the Edmonston road, by
way Of Central avenue and Waugh and
Washington avenues, in Berwyn
Heighs.
The group consisted of IL men and
women from Berwyn Heights, who app
peared as representatives of the voters
and taxpayers of that town. Their
spokesman, Charles F. Worden, told the
Board of Commissioners that the two
short stretches of road would not con-
tribute in any appreciate degree to the
solution of the traffic problem. The
Berwyn Heights route would, however,
serve to connect by improved highway
all the towns on the Baltimore Boule-
ward, including Branchville, Berwyn and
Berwyn Heights, the several commune
ties along the Edmonston road and
those on the Defense highway between
Bladensburg and Annapolis, 1t was
claimed.
Arguments for Project.
Other arguments in favor of the
project were contained in a Six-page
typewriter brief, copy of which was
presented to each commissioner. AS an
alternative the delegation asked that,
ii the Berwyn Heights route were dis
approved, the route through Branchville
be authorized. This would follow the
Branchville road to Howell avenue, from
which point it would go via Newton
street and Huntley avenue to Waugh
and Washington avenues and the Ed
monston road.
Besides Worden, others in the dele
cation were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C.
Corkhill, Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Stern,
John j. Kleined. Fred C. Frost. Mrs.
Louise M. Gardiner. Mrs. Daniel j.
Macdonald and Mr.. and Mrs. Jean r.
BrelSford.
The construction of a lateral road
connecting the Baltimore boulevard and
the Columbia pike between Beltsville
and Colesville was urged in a petition
OF interested citizens who pointed out
that there is now considerable traffic
over this route and predicted that the
volume Of travel would greatly in
crease If State road was erected.
Among the hackers of this project are
@. C. Gibson, John T. Thompson, j. G..
Parker, Robert P. Jones, Milton L.
Whip, j. H. Jones and Augustus
Weems.
Extension as a country road of the
Branchville read from its intersection
with the Ecmonston road to Glendale
on the Defense highway was requested
by another delegation.