Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-06

District line to its intersection with the
old Georgetown road and that similar
$4,000 has already been spent in Silver
Spring for widening Georgia avenue
from the District line north of its in
tersection with Sixteenth street and the
Colesville- Baltimore highway.
If the property in the square be-
tween Court street and the Frederick
road west of the present courthouse were
purchased as an addition to the court
house site, Montgomery avenue Ghe
main business thoroughfare of Rock
vile and the main State highway over
which all three State highway routes
| between Frederick and Washington con-
verge through the business section of
Rockville) could be widened from oppo-
site the present courthouse to the Fred
| erlck road and SO greatly improve traf-
| fic conditions now existing on this most
| important arterial highway to Frederick
| for the benefit of both through and local
traffic Such a widening would also
eliminate the danger and inconvenience
existing for years at the intersection OF
the Frederick road and Montgomery
| avenue.
we believe that the town of Rock
| vile is a business and residential center
of a most important and growing sec
ton of Montgomery County and we be-
| leVe that its business center is as equal
] ~ entitled to an Appropriation for widen
| ing its business street as were Bethesda
and Silver Spring All three of these
| important business sections are located
on main arterial highways which require
widening.
In view of the fact that the land be-
| tween Court street and the Frederick
road, If purchased, would not only fur
nlSh adequate and economical space for
the construction of the needed public
offices of Montgomery County, but
would allow the front of the new court
house to present it's best view to the
main street of Rockville and the county,
and also serve to eliminate the existing
bad traffic conditions on Montgomery
| avenue from Court street to the Fred
erick road, we respectfully recommend
to the Board of County Commissioners
end the courthouse building committee
that this land be purchased and added
70 the courthouse site and that the
necessary legal steps be taken to close
Court street and add that street to the
courthouse site.
I'VE desire further to state as a mat
ter of record that while we are content
to accept the commentators of the
courthouse building committee and the
architects on the courthouse with re-
gard to the Office space needed and the
interior design of the courthouse, we
feel that the drawings of the proposed
front of the courthouse as now under
consideration are of too standardized a
general type to give Montgomery County
the full benefit that it should derive
from the appearance of its new court
house and main administrative build
ing.
I'VE feel that the exterior is now
designed too much along the lines Of
conventional Office building and high
school construction and respectfully
hope that the new building on the en-
larged site can be designed with in
creased majesty of architectural effect.
Montgomery County has already
provided 100000 for the construction
of the new courthouse and jail and we
are expressing our willingness to provide
an additional $150,000 for construction
purposes In addition to the money
: necessary to properly enlarge the court
! house site and we believe that the
/ architectural design of the county
: most important and costly public build