Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-15
R|TCH|E At HEAD
OF ROAD PROGRAM
Ceremonies to Mark Opening
of East-West Highway
at District Line.

With speakers representing the Dis
trict. Federal and Maryland State
governments, ceremonies will be held
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock at
Sixteenth street and the District of Co
lumbia- Maryland boundary line for
mally opening the East-West Highway
Those on the program include Gov. Al
bert c. Ritchie of Maryland: Repre-
sentative Louis c, Cramton of Wiscon-
sin; Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, Assistant
Engineer Commissioner of the District
OF Columbia George E. Akerson. secre-
tary to President Hoover and Merle
Thorpe, editor of Nations Business.
Stone to Be Unveiled.
AS part of the ceremonies, there
will be unveiled a boundary stone at
the intersection. While the officials
who will do this have not besn deter
mined, 1t was said to be probable thai
1t Will be Commissioner Lacy Shaw, in
charge of the northern metropolitan
district OF the county, and some official
OF the District government
A small stand has been erected on a
hillside adjacent to the road. from
which the speakers will deliver their
addresses. Police ARRANGEMENTS have
been completed for cutting Off the high
ways leading to tho scene of the ccrc-
monies from use by through vehicular
trafflc, although these going to the ccre-
monies will be allowed through the po-
lice lines. Amplifiers will be installed
so that all of those attending may hear
Auto Tour Prior 10 Rites.
Prior to the ceremonies there will be
an automobile tour of the Western sec
ton of the county, with District, Fed
nf6H lie
as Washington civic leaders, including
members of the District of Columbia
committees of both houses of Congress
the National Capital Park and Planning
Commission and officials of the WASH
3ngton Board of Trade and Chamber of
Commerce. The motor caravan will be
formed in Washington at the south side
OF Lafayette Square, and plans schedule
1t to leave at 2 o'clock. Following the
ceremonies at the District line, the cara
van will take the guests on tour of
the Eastern end of the county, and pro-
ceeding thence to the Manor Club, where
the participants will be the guests of
the Montgomery County Civic Fedora
ton at dinner.
Route of Tour.
The tour will leave Lafayette Square,
washington, at 2 pm. and proceed by
way of Massachusetts, avenue and
Wisconsin avenue to Wisconsin avenue
and the District line, arriving at that
point at $3.50 pm. From this point the
route will be as follows: From Wisconsin
aveneu via Western avenue to Chevy
Chase Circle, to Magnolia parkway, to
Hesketh street, over Hesketh street to
Cedar parkway, thence to Laurel park
way, thence to Primrose street. thence
to Connecticut avenue, thence to Leland
street, via Leland street, passing the
BethesdaChevy Chase High School to
Wisconsin avenue, thence south to
Dorset avenue, via Dorset avenue, pass
ing through Somerset and Kenwood to
River road, thence to Wilson lane
thence via Wilson lane to Conduit road
thence west, passing Cabin John Park
and the county school house to the
observation-disclosures road thence by this
road to where it intersects the River
road at the Congressional Club, thence
via the Bradley Hills road to Wilson
lane, thence Wilson lane to Edgemoor.
thence passing through Battery Park
to Old Georgetown road to Browns
Station, or Cedar lane, thence via Cedar
lane to Wisconsin avenue. thence south
on that thoroughfare to the East-West
Highway and along it to Sixteenth
street and District line, arriving about
$50.
Route Through Suburbs.
The route through the eastern subur-
ban county Is as follows: Leaving Six
tenth street, after the ceremonies, at
4:50 o'clock, the tour will continue
through Silver Spring Takoma Park
and Woodside sections, as follows: South