Evening star., 1937-09-19
EASTERN AVENUE
DATA IS SOUGHT
Two Takoma Engineers
Working to Provide Need.
ed Highway Figures.

Having found that established
grades for Eastern avenue between
laurel and New Hampshire avenues
are lacking in District and Maryland
highway records, the Takoma Park
Boundary Citizens Association yester-
to secure this necessary information
in connection with the proposed
widening and improvement of East
arn avenue
Offcials of the association conferred
with officials of the Highway Depart
ment at the District Building a few
days ago and were advised that there
were no official figures of grades for
this thoroughfare. Contact was later
made with the Washington Gas Light
Co., with the same result. Officials
then took the matter up with the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission and records were also lacking
there. The association has now taken
the matter up with the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission in the hope that its en-
gineers have some data on the sub
ject. The town of Takoma Park. Md,
is also without any survey of Eastern
avenue
Measurements Given.
The distance between Laurel and
New Hampshire avenue is about l
mile, sections of Eastern avenue being
located both in the District and in
Maryland. This highway is at the
top of the list of streets to be con-
demned for widening purposes by the
District after July /, 1888, and the
association last week indorsed the
widening Of the roadway to 40 feet,
with a 9-foot tree space; 6-foot pave
ment and 25 feet lawn space to the
building line of residences. r.
The section within the District is
between Whittier street and Sligo
Mill road. With the widening, estab-
hshment Of new grades and paving of
Eastern avenue, new gateway to
Takoma Park will be provided in the
eastern section of the town, as it will
connect with the recently completed
extension of New Hampshire avenue
New Hampshire avenue is being ex-
tended by the Maryland State Roads
Commission at the same width in
Maryland, and this project is being
rapidly pushed to completion. with
the expectation to being opened to
traffic by December /.
Engineers to Make Plats.
Two prominent engineers, members
OF the Takoma Park Boundary Citi-
Eens' Association, started surveying
Eastern avenue yesterday morning,
and when grades have been estab-
lished 1t is proposed to prepare plats
and furnish copies to the various
activities interested in the Eastern
avenue project. The two engineers
are l.. R. Grabill, for over 80 years
supervisor of District highways until
his retirement few years ago, and
H. F. Main, both residents of Takoma
Park and actively interested in this
new highway. The latter retired as
president of the association recently.
President Robert E. Light is getting
In touch with President o. w. Young
blood Of the Takoma Park Chamber
OF Commerce; Perry Boswell, chair
man of the Board Of County Com
missioners of Prince Georges County
and Mayor John r. Adams of Takoma
Park, Md, urging their cooperation
and requesting that representative
be designated to join officials of the
association in completing plans for
the improvement. All residents on the
Maryland side Of Eastern avenue will
also be invited to express their views
on the widening project. A large
number of the property owners on
both the Maryland and District sides
are members of the association, which
Is sponsoring the new highway, which
when completed, will compare with
Western avenue on the opposite side of
the District