Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-17
TEN HIGHWAY PLAN
CHANGES PROPOSED
Public Hearing on Substitu-
tons Set by D. C. Heads
for Thursday.

Ten proposed changes in the District
highway plan will be discussed at
pubic hearing before the District Com
nissioners in the board room Of the
District Building at 10 o'clock Thurs
Gay. Inc changes are called for on
various grounds. such as substituting
streets more suited to topography. avoid
ing demolition OF houses now standing
IN the line of the street and eliminat-
ing sTeets in lands already acquired
for parks.
The changes are:
l. Eliminate Forty-second street be-
tween Reservoir road and Conduit road.
ms street, between Georgetown Uni
verslty ana Glover Parkway. will never
De opened, since that section will not
De developed with houses.
% Narrow Madison street between
North Capitol street and Concord ave-
nue. from 40 to 90 feet 1t was orig
lnalIy intended to make parkway
out of Madison street, but the National
Capltal Park and Planning Commission
mas acquired all the property on the
south SIDE OF the street for park pur-
poses and the parkway was therefore
considered unnecessary.
Save Fine Old Trees.
CD Change the plans for the sec
It'll bounded by Connecticut avenue.
Rock Creek Park, Ordway and Tilden
streets. These changes, made to meet
the rugged topography and to save
some flne old trees in that section, call
for elimination of part of Ordway, Rod
man and Sedgwick streets. and Substi
tuting curved roads for the eliminated
sections
a.. Eliminate Elder street between
Seventh street and Blair road. This Is
because of the location OF houses on the
line of the street which would make its
extention costly and impracticable.
80. Eliminate Forty-first street be-
nue.. This territory is served with other
streets, and Forty-first street is con-
sidered unnecessary.
90. Eliminate Twenty-sixth street
and Charming street between BladenS-
burg road and Douglas street. The
location of part OF Twenty-siXth street
will be changed so that the new street
meets Bladensburg road at right angles.
The reason for this change is that the
Sewer Department is planning sewer
in that section which could more easily
follow the proposed location of Twenty
sixth street than the location as marked
on the highway plan.
CD Eliminate Fourteenth street and
Farragut street between their intersec-
ton and Eastern avenue, and substitute
a new street running northwesterly
from the intersection to Eastern avenue
to meet the Maryland road at that
point. This change is also directed to
securing better drainage.
I'D Eliminate @. S. T and Twenty
second streets and Montello avenue
northeast in the section now taken I'D
by Mount Clivet Cemetery.
Narrow Piney Branch Road.
(O Marrow Piney Branch road from
100 to 90 feet between Butternut street
and the District line. This Is planned
to save the District an expense Of about
100000 for condemning houses built
within the l20-foot line, but not
projecting as far as the 90-foot line.
O0) Eliminate Shepherd street in
the vicinity of Piney Branch and Six
tenth street. This property has been
acquired by the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission for park pur-
poses and will not be needed as a street.
The changes as made by the Commits
sioners will be discussed at the meet
ing of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission Friday and Sat-
urday.