Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
WIDE ENTRANCE
TO PIKE ASSURED
Agreement Reached for Wells
Avenue Approach to Bridge
at HyattsviIie.
Special Dispatch to The star.

special DISPATCH 70 The Star.
EVANSVILLE, Nd, December a.
1t now appears assured that an entrance
Of adequate width from Wells avenue
into the Washington-B Baltimore boule-
ward at the south terminus Of the new
bridge over the railroad tracks here viii
soon be available.
Announcement has been made that
an agreement has been reached whereby
the addition to the store Of Capt. j.
] Moses Edlavitch, at the southeast cor
ner OF Wells avenue and the boulevard,
Will be RACED to make possible an en-
trance Is feet in wAdth at the inter-
section Of these thoroughfares. A side
walk also will be constructed along the
SIDE OF the Edlavitch property on the
south side Of Wells avenue, Q part of
the expense Of which viii be borne by
the town Of Hyattsville.
This plan will remedy bad situation,
as the entrance from Wells avenue now
plainly is too narrow, it is pointed out.
Its contamination will be particularly
gratifying to residents Of Edmonston,
Wells avenue being the only direct con-
meeting road Edmonston has with Hy-
attsville and the boulevard.
Agreement After PaFieys.
Agreement as to what will be done ut
the intersection has been reached after
negotiations participated in by Maj.
Harry d. Williar, chief engineer Of the
State roads commission; j. Enos Ray,
a member Of the roads committee Of
the Hyattsville Chamber Of Commerce
and q Democratic political leader, who
was largely responsible for securing the
extension Of Rhode Island avenue to
HyattSville and the construction Of the
| overhead bridge here: DIR. Hilleary T..
Willis, mayor of Hyattsville; Capt. Ed
lavitch and others.
Razing Of the addition to the Edla-
witch store will mean the passing Of
historic property. This addition was
and was occupied by his son, DR.. Alfred
Hyatt Wells, as q drug store approx
mately 80 years ago. The main part of
the building was erected some 10 years
before.
DR.. Alfred Morse, another. druggist,
occupied the addition before it was
taken over by DR.. Alfred Wells, who
now has q drug store at Riverdale. DR..
Wells first clerk when he occupied the
president Of the American Security
& Trust Co., Washington.
Ayattsville's first telephone was in
stalled in the store while It was occu-
pied by DR.. Wells. DR.. j. Harris Rog-
ers, world-famed inventor, who died
recently, supervised the installation Of
this telephone. At that time there were
only two other telephones In this Sec
ton, one in the home Of Or. Rogers, at
Parthenon Heights, ut Decatur
Heights, on the Defense Highway, and
the other in the old Pan-Electric House,
at Bladensburg.
Later Moved Store.
Later DR.. Wells moved his drug store
across the road to the site recently oc-
cupied by the drug store owned by DR..
William Burton Spire, which was razed
to make way for the extension Of Rhode
Island avenue.
In the main part Of the EdlAvitch
store property the late George Tise con-
Quoted store and also was postmaster
while DR.. Wells occupied the addition
Mr.. TiSe was the father Of Miss Mary
w. TiSe, present Hyattsville postmaster.
During the second administration of
President Cleveland DR.. Wells was the
postmaster and William A. Carr, for
merly Of Hyattsville, was his assistant.