Evening star., 1929-12-18
CITIZENS PRESENT
NEW ROAD DATA
Affidavits Show Traffic Over
Proposed Link in Belt Line
In Prince Georges.
By GEORGE PORTER,
star Correspondent of The Star


UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, Decem-
Der ls.--Armed with O sworn statement
which revealed the volume Of trafic
over the highway they want improved,
one Of the largest delegations to visls
Marlboro in recent months yesterday
asked the Prince Georges County Com
missioners to connect the Baltimore
Boulevard and the Edmonston road
with q paved lateral road as the flrst
step In q proposed belt line" highway
which would Join the east and ives.
portions Of Prince Georges County.
Traffic Count Made.
The traffic count was made at the
intersection of the Baltimore g. OhlO
Railroad tracks and the Branchville
road and at the intersection of tnG
tracks and Central avenue, Berwyn. 1t
covered Q 12-hour period from z am.
TO z pm. during q three-day period
from December IA to 16, inclusive.
1t showed that the traf1c over the
Branchville route amounted to $50 We
hicles and $50 pedestrians, as against
773 vehicles and SOC pedestrians through
Berwyn. A statement atteSting the cor
rectneSs OF the figures was signed by
q. r. Watts, Daniel N. ProsSer, c. K.
Ridgeway, Joseph A. Appleton, Bernard
Herman, William M. Schley, Herbert l..
Pelt, N. A. Biddle, Louis A. Wenzel and
G.. w. Wooten. 1t was submitted by
way of rebuttal to o similar statement
presented to the board last week which
revealed a count made by the citizens
Of Berwyn at the point where the cleo.
trio car tracks cross the two roads and
showed traffc to be greater over the
Berwyn route.
Maj. Fred H. Benson acted as spokes-
man for the delegation. The citizens
claimed that their count was o true cri-
terion Of through trafic over the two
routes, whereas the count made by the
Berwyn residents led to O wrong con-
clusion, inasnuch as, it was asserted,
many persons merely crossed the cleo
trio tracks to deal with stores at that
point and Immediately returned to the
boulevard.
Special Session Not to Be Held.
The commissioners decided not to
hold special session, tentatively Sched-
uled for this week, to decide upon the
roads they would recommend for con-
struction during 1880. No date was set
for the session. but indication are 1t
will not now be held until after the
Christmas holidays.
The annual organization of the board
of commissioners was effected yester.
day. George w. Waters, jr., of Laurel
was reelected president and former
Commissioner Brice Bowie chosen clerk
to the board. Mrs. Mary w. Browning
OF Riverdale, the first woman ever to
be O commissioner in the county, took
her place on the board for the first
time.
other persons named for another
term were: M. Hampton Magruder,
counsel to board; T. w. Baxter, transfer
clerk: DR.. C. Frank MCGUIRE. physician
to jail, and Miss Catherine A. Ridgely,
secretary to clerk.
The untimely death Of James C.
Blackwell. former clerk of the board.
was deplored by the commissioners and
brought forth expressions of regret from
persons coming before the board all day.
A formal letter of sympathy to the
widow, Mrs Martha Blackwell, was sent
by order of the board.
The commissioners authorized the
painting of the floors of their own and
several other ofices in the court house.
It was decided to hold their regular
meeting next Tuesday. although the day
happens to be Christmas eve.