Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-12

bridge toward Nealesville, $35, 900; mac
aGanl road from Cedar Grove toward
Kingsley, $4,000: macadam road from
Jacksonville to connect macadam road
now being built from Old Germantown
toward Jacksonville, $35 900; macadam
road from Aravilah to Potomac Cross
roads. $35,000 macadam road from
Clsrksburg toward Kings Old Distillery,
$4,000; construction Of macadam
raod toward Sugarland from end OF
concrete construction southwest of
Jacksonville, $4,000: macadam road
from Comus toward Dickerson by way
of Mount Ephraim, $4,000; from 1928
macadam construction from Gathers
burg toward Goshen, $25 900: macadam
from Browns Corner toward Spencer
vile, $4,000; to complete. with alloca-
ton of State funds. concrete roads from
Laytonsvllle to Woodfield to Damascus
and Laytonsville to Etciison to DamaS-
Gus. 100000; backfill for shoulder work
on Muncaster Mill road, $4,000: back
fill on Travilah-Rockyille road for
shoulders, $50 1000.
Metropolitan District Plans.
This gives a total of 100000 for road
improvement in the urban county dur
ing the current year, and for the metro
polltan district total of $127,000, di-
vidcd as follows:
KcnS;ngton- Garrett Park widening
and backfill Tor shoulders. $4,000; new
bridge over Rock Greek between Ken
sington and Garrett Park. $4,000; con-
crete roadway on east side of Connecti-
cut avenue from Bradley lane to Chevy
Chase Lake, 100000; Georgia avenue
extended at North WoodSidc to Forest
Glen. concrete road over the old street
railway right-of-Way, 1000; concrete
road from The intersection Of Jones Mill
road and the Silver Spring Bethesda
highway toward the bridge over the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Capital
View, this road to be located or relo-
Gated by the Board of County Commits
sioners, $127,0
Another bond issue which the Legis-
latllre will get this week will be for
5000. 900 for projects, not yet started,
which were included In the 1927 road
building program Of the commissioners,
None OF these projects are included in
the S695 900 road refunding bond issue.
which the Legislature already has be-
fore it. 1t represents necessary con-
struction in the county. which the
commissioners have been unable to de-
veloD because of the pressure of other
road construction and the lack Of avail
able funds.
$4,000 for Undcrpass.
Two of these projects are in the
metropolitan district, and include 500
900 for the proposed Columbia boule-
ward route, connecting Georgia avenue
at North Woodsidc with Sixteenth
street at the District line, distance
of one mile, and $4,000 for the con-
Struction of the underpass OF the tracks
Of the Metropolitan branch of the
B. & o. Railroad on the right of way
OF the Bethesda-Silver Spring-Chevy
Chase highway now under construction
highway section between Sixteenth
street at the District line and the in
tersection of Georgia avenue extended
and the Colesville Baltimore highway
at the north end of the Silver Spring
business section.
It was pointed out that on the basis
of the 1923 construction, the average
cost of constructing mile Of macadanl
in Montgomery County was $22, 500, and
for concrete, S35. 900, which figures give
an indication as to how fer each
amount will take the proposed con-
Struction.
Inc allOtmentS ABOVE 90 not llCluue
those parts of the program which the
county commissioners have asked the
State Roads Commission to build with
the county's apportionment of the post
and lateral road funds. For 1929. the
following construction has been asked:
Etchison toward Damascus, one mile;
Damascus toward Etchison, one mile:
eca-Darnestown, final section. one
half mile; Clagettsville toward Frederick
line, final stretch, one-half mile;
Brookeville toward Sunshine, one and
one quarter miles.