Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-07
PLANNERS TO BEGIN
WORK AT TAK0MA
Maryland Board to Improve
Plot as First Recreation
Center in Montgomery.
BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY.

SILVER SPRING, Md, March T.
Immediate steps will be taken by the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Capital Park and
Planning Commission to improve the
plot of ground in North Takoma Park
as recreation center, which will be the
nrSt OF its kind in Montgomery County.
This decision followed action of the
commission at its meeting last night in
accepting the offer of the town of Ia
koma Park to transfer Jurisdiction over
Its public park land to the planning
commission for improvement and main
tenance. In addition to the plot in
North Takoma, the commission accepted
for inclusion in the park system two
acres Of land bordering Sligo Creek.
which will become part of the new
parkway from Takoma Park to the
Colesville road.
Meeting to Transfer Title.
j, Bond Smith, corporation counsel Of
the town and general counsel for the
planning commission, said today that he
would ask Mayor Ben Davis to call
special meeting Of the council for early
mkt week for the purpose of passing
formal resolution transferring the juris-
diction Of these lands. In the mean
OlAlCldAo WAL
organize a corps of workmen to go into
North Takoma Park and not only
clean out brush and underground, but
will begin the installation of recreation
facilities, including the construction OF
a tennis court, base ball diamond, sea-
saws, swings sand-boXes and wading
pool for small children. The commits
sion authorized the appropriation OF
SIS 900 for this work.
While the commissions action in
cluded the strip of land in North Ia
koma between the Baltimore g. Ohio
Railroad right-of-way and Takoma
avenue, it is not planned to make any
improvement there at this time because
the area is now in process OF litigation
in the Rockville Circuit Court. The rail-
road company following a partial taking
of testimony in the case asked and re-
ceived permission of the Public Service
Commission of Maryland to abandon the
freight delivery siding which it had
maintained there. It was the delivery
of heavy freight at this point which
precipitated the legal tangle in the
court. However, it was said that this Is
now in the course of negotiation Wnlcn
may result in an amicable settlement
and the ultimate withdrawal OF the rail-
road siding from this point.
Park Statesmen" Approved.
The commission also approved the
recommendation of the Montgomery
County membership to employ three
men for the purpose OF acquiring lands
for the extension of the major park
system. This will include the acqui-
sition by dedication or purchase Of large
blocks of land in Rock Greek Valley
from the District of Columbia line to
Connecticut avenue, north of Chevy
Chase, for the extension of the Federal
Rock Greek Park into Maryland and
the acquisition of land into Sligo Val
ley. The three employees will start i'm
mediately on this work, as it is planned
to begin the improvement Of these sec
tons this Summer so as to make them
available to the public for recreation
purposes.
The commission also approved new
grades for streets in the town of River
dale. That corporation is planning q
new drainage system, it was said. and
the commission authorized it to proceed
with the work.