Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-19
B. & 0. BUYS LAND
FOR FREIGHT DEPOT
Contracts for Terminal at
Silver Spring to Cost
$400, 600.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SILVER SPRING, Md, September 10.
That the Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad
yesterday contracted to buy land for an
Oscar freight terminal at Silver Spring
to serve North Washington and North
west Washington and the Maryland
suburbs, was announced today by z.
Brooke Lee.
Mr.. Lee states that the land and ad-
jacent trucking roadways serving the
new Baltimore &c Ohio terminal COM
prise nearly acres and the Baltimore
& Ohio officials have advised him that
they proposed to spend $400, 900 on the
development of their freight terminal
alone. Work Of building the terminal
will begin in the immediate future.
When President Willard and Vice
President c. c. Galloway In charge Of
operations, together with Senior Vice
President George M. Shriver and Super
Silver Spring several weeks ago, Mr..
Galloway stated that the Baltimore 81
Ohio intended to add all necessary
modern improvements to the present
passenger station and to enlarge this
station as increased passenger demands
of their North Washington terminal
might demand.
Regarded as Central Point.
Mr.. Lee points out that the Baltimore
g. Ohio officials regard Silver Spring
as a central location north Of Washing
ton both for passenger and freight
service due to the fact that Sixteenth
street and Georgia avenue provide
direct connection between Silver Spring
and the financial, retail business, hotel
and apartment centers of Washington
City, while New Hampshire avenue and
Sixteenth street and the roads across
Rock Greek Park are at present avail
able to furnish traflc arteries for pas
senger automobiles between Silver
Spring and Northwest residential
Washington.
Upon the completion of the east and
west suburban Maryland highway Silver
Spring will be 3.6 miles from Be-
thesda and less than miles from Chevy
Chase by direct Maryland route. This
highway also extends from Silver Spring
through Takoma Park to Hyattsville
and other suburban towns OF Prince
Georges County.
The District Of Columbia and Con-
gressional highway plans include the
construction of Western avenue from
Massachusetts, avenue at the northern
corner of the District, which is three
fourths of mile west Of Silver Spring
and connected with that town by the
east and west Maryland highway.
Western avenue is now graded from
Massachusetts, avenue past Chevy Chase
Circle on Connecticut avenue and with
its completion at an early date the new
terminal will have a direct connection
with all Of the District Of Columbia and
Maryland centerS of population ada
cent to Western avenue.
Completion of Sixteenth street to the
District line, which the District Com
missioners promise for this Fall. pro-
videS a new and more direct automobile
highway between Washington and Bal
timore by way of Sixteenth street to
the District line and the Maryland high
way through Silver Spring, Burnt Mills
and Laurel to Baltimore. The Mary
land highway between the District lineI
and Laurel will be 20-foot concrete or
macadam, and at Laurel the route
merges with the 40-foot Maryland high
way now open between Laurel and Bal
timore.
VIII Stop Fast Trains.
Mr.. Lee declared that the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad officials recognize their
opportunity to stop their fast passenger
trains at the Silver Spring terminal and
gain approximately 80 minutes time for
passengers, who are arriving for CEN
trail, north and northwest Washington
and to save 80 minutes for passengers
taking the Baltimore & Ohio express
trains for the West.
He also pointed out the the railroad
officials intend to keep the Vine street
siding, Immediately south of the pres
ent Takoma Park station, in operation
1or the delivery OF freight consigned to
Takoma Park.
The new freight terminal will be To-
Gated Immediately opposite and west
OF the present station extending into
the properties of Blair Lee and Mont
gomery Blair for distance of $50 feet
westward. The contract and general
terminal plan are subject to the ap-
proval OF Messrs. Lee and Blair.
Brooke Lee states that the entire
terminal development in Silver Spring
Will be screened on every side from
passing automobile traffic either on
Georgia avenue or Sixteenth street.
The Georgia avenue side will be
screened by business frontages on the
west side of the Georgia avenue business
district In Silver Spring, the north
frontages of the terminal triangle by
business buildings or park frontages on
the Sixteenth street-Baltimore High
way, and the west side at a depth of
450 feet from the Baltimore g. Ohio
Railroad will be screened by the natural
terrain, planting and other artificial
barriers. The west side of the terminal
is east of Twelfth street extended.
The road scheme of the section west
OF the terminal does not contemplate
any direct connection between the term
inal yards and any of the streets of
Northwest Washington and adjacent
Maryland other than Georgia avenue
and the Sixteenth -Balti-
more Highway. Eastern avenue will be
screened 500 feet from the terminal at
its nearest point and Sixteenth street
more than four city squares to the west.
The Baltimore & Ohio plans include
the construction of warehouse with an