Evening star., 1933-01-29
District Highway Plans

Street construction and highway i'm
provement programs for this and next
year call for great amount OF work, II
the recommendations OF Capt, Herbert
C. Whitehurst director of highways,
District of Columbia, are carried out.
His proposals follow:
The following major street items au-
thorized in the 1888 bill are scheduled
for construction during the next work.
ing season, having been held over to
permit utility work:
Water street southwest, Eleventh
street to M street.
Fourth street northeast, Franklin
street to Michigan avenue.
Fifteenth street northwest, Florida
avenue to Euclid street.
New Paving Items.
The Highway Department has sub
nitted the following major items Of
new paving for the 1888 season:
Benning road. Kngman Lake Culvert
to Kenilworth avenue.
Michigan avenue, North Capitol street
to Columbia road (new location).
Reservoir road, Foxhall road to Con-
duit road
Thirteenth street, Massachusetts, ave-
1iuG W SttClc
These items, together with list of
curb and gutter items, now being pre-
pared, will form the program for the
1888 working season. The department
has under study several major projects,
as well as minor projects, that will do
much to facilitate vehicular traffic and
promote safety by removing existing
dangerous and congested conditions.
Major items of construction:
!. Fourteenth street. Constitution
avenue to Water street. Should be
widened to 10 feet and repaved. Recon-
mend scheduling for working season
1884, fiscal year 1885, following partial
completion of Government buildings
abutting. 1t is one of the main city
ENTRANCES and is heavily eongested: ,
to Tiger Bridge. Should be repaved.
High crown, maeadam roadway on
main, heavily Travelled theroughfare
Slippery and unsafe In wet weather.
Recommend paving In working season
1884. fiscal year 1895. II not repaved,
will require considerable patching and
surface treatment.
8. Eighteenth street, Florida avenue
to Columbia road. In need Of repav-
ing. Abutting property owners from
Columbia road to Belmont road have
urged widening. To widen for any
substantial gain would result in narrow
sidewalk. It is not believed justified.
season. Car tracks in good condition.
our-and-a-half street, Maryland ave-
nue. to P street. The deteriorated
granite block paving of this street
should be replaced with smooth paving
at an early date. Consideration has
been given to the covering of the block
with asphalt, but, due to unstable base
conditions, this procedure cannot be ad-
vocated The Southwest Citizens and
Business Mems Associations have for
years urged this work. Recommend
consideration for improvement in 1884
working season.
= Condemnation Items
Major items condemnation. (To be
followed by censtruetien)
l. Foxhall road, Conduit or Canal
road to Forty-sixth street-impertant
north and south highway of northwest
section. Section between Conduit road
and Reservoir road of special imper-
tance. Recommend condemnation for
return In fiscal year 1884, With i'm
provement of section Canal road to
Reservoir road in working season 1884.
2. Eighteenth street, Otis street to
Michigan avenue Bunker Hill road)
This street is partially dedicated 1t
Is an extension of an important through
street Of the northeast section, ulti-
n1ately leading by way of Queens
Chapel road to Maryland. Main ap-
proach to william Howard Taft Junior
country road) Recommend condem-
nation for missing right of way, re-
turnable not later than fiscal year
1885, with improvement at earliest pcs
sible date
3. Reno road. Rodman street to TIL
Eden. This Is the last section of Reno
road not in public ownership. It will
permit the final development of this
important parallel north and south
route to Connecticut avenue and Wis
consin, which upon improvement will
greatly relieve traffic on these thor
oughfares. The entire route, with the
exception of six blocks, is now improved
with modern paving. Recommend con-
demnation returnable in fiscal year
1895 with immediate improvement to
follow public ownership.
.. Blair road. North Capitol street
to Fourth. This is most important
fthoroughfare and should be con-
denned Ia hecurdance with the high
way plan not later than fiscal year
1936-Sooher Il funds are available. Its
Enforcement would do much to relieve
|a dangerous Rnd heavily travelled north
and south Eoad.
~ 1e3S Considerations.
MInos Items Tor consideration this
Harvard Street entrance to the
zoo, Harvard street from west of
| Sixteenth street to the Zoo was con-
demned quite recently under special
act Of Congress for widening. While
Gated Immediately, an Improvement at
the entrance Of the Zoo, including both
Adams Mil road intersections is advo-
kcated for the working season 1888.
fEMsting conditions are unsatisfactory
band unsafe. The removal of small
scircles east of Adams Mill foad In line
1of Harvard street pre- advocated also
In connection with Improvement Of en-
trance condition at the Zoo.
2. Adams Mil road immediately
north Of Calvert Street and In extern
sion OF Eighteenth street, It is believed
reconsideration should Nbe given to re-
smoval of center parking on this street
PASSSS. SttO oAHS SSo0WoJo VI e1uS oeioSe
are usually harrow, which together
with parking and being on a curve
present = rather dangerous condition.
While the center parking contains large
trees, there are large curb line trees on
both sides-in fact, the street has ex-
cessive shade and presents rather
dismal appearance. Improvement OF
trafic conditions on this street, coupled
with improvements Of conditions of
Adams Mill road from Harvard street
to Irving street. an additional north
and south route can quite salts
factorily be provided which will lead
into Klingle road and Park road.
Recommend consideration for working
season of 1888.
3. East Capitol street, Fifteenth to
Eighteenth streets. The center park
ing in this street is in poor condition
and should be removed. Part Of 1t is
in front of Eastern High School, where