Evening star., 1941-09-03
Land Purchases
Voted 10 Extend
Sixteenth ST.
County Boord Acts
On ; Tracts; Building
Code Area Widened
BY a Staff Correspondent of The Star.


step toward ultimate extension of
Sixteenth street was taken by the
Montgomery County commissioners
here yesterday when they author
ized purchase of three tracts of
land in Leighton's subdivision in
Woodside at cost of $3,100.
This is the first land purchase
authorized for the proposed eX-
tension since 1889 when the county
bought approximately $4,000 worth
of property to provide part of the
right of way for the extension of
Sixteenth street to Georgia avenue
between Highland drive and Wood
side parkway.
Two of the lots will be pur-
chased for $2,700 and are located
in block 8 of the subdivision. They
belong to Mildred M. and George
L. Clark. The intention of the
commissioners to purchase the land
already has been advertised.
The third lot which lies in block
l8 of the subdivision belongs to
John ]. Dolan and is to be pur-
chased for S4O0. This will afford
opportunity to widen and enlarge
the terminus of the dead-end street
known as Lanier place or street
in Silver Spring.
Call for Early Action.
In the authorization the commits
sioners ordered their counsel, Jo-
seph A. Cantrel to draw up the
necessary papers at the earliest
practicable date"
There is still more land to be
purchased to provide the complete
right of way for the street extern
sion. Agitation for the extension
began several years ago and came
to a head two years ago when it
was decided to extend Sixteenth
street direct to Georgia avenue.
There were several other plans which
were abandoned. among them a pro-
posed tie-up of Sixteenth street with
Columbia pike and direct ex-
tension with a slight curve to avoid
several houses standing in the way
Of a direct extension. The State
Roads Commission was particularly
insistent that the extension be di-
rect.
Extend Building Code.
In addition, the commissioners at
their meeting also extended the
county's building code to include all
of the Maryland Washington Re-
gional District within Montgomery
County. This would extend the
building code beyond the present
metropolitan district of the county
to the Patuxent River via Brooke
vile, continuing south along the
Patuxent, finally swinging west to
return to Norbeck, thus including
all the Sandy Spring area. The COM
missioners extended the scope of
the building code under the terms
OF a bill enacted at the 1899 session
of the Maryland Legislature.
The commissioners also received
three requests for the re-zoning of
property in Takoma Park and Silver
Spring.
One petition was that of Herman
Welsh. agent, for e-classification of
lots 10 through % and lot 81, all in
block So in Gilbert's subdivision in
Takoma Park, from residential "a"
to residential "B". The land is
located on the south side of Erie
avenue between Albemarle and
Flower avenues.
The other two petitions were filed
by the Blair Management Corp. One
seeks reclaSSifcation of a part of
the Blair property near the inter-
section of the East West Highway
and the Colesville road from resi-
dental ga" to residential &C" and
another part also in the same
vicinity from residential "a" to in
dustrial "E."
Approve Road Bid.
The other request seeks the re-
classification from residential "a" to
residential &c" of part of the prop
erty bounded by Eastern avenue,
ColeSville road, the East West High
way and Blair Mill road.
The commissioners approved a bid
of $25, ,042 so by the B. R. Acker Co.,
Inc, of Bethesda. lowest bidders, for
the job of grading and macademiz-
ing New Cut road from River road
to Glen Mill road, a distance of 1.2l
miles.
The board also issued a permit to
the No. % Post of Takoma Park and
the Cissell-Saxon Post of Silver
Spring, both of the American
Legion, for presentation of benefit
show to be held from September 90
to october 4 inclusive on the East
West Highway south of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad station in
Silver Spring.
The board also approved a request
OF Pvt. Joseph C. Hawkins of the
Montgomery County Police for a
leave of absence effective today. Mr..
Hawkins, who has been called up for
military service was appointed to
the force on July 81 under terms of
a law enacted at the last session of
the legislature and providing for
addition of Is more men to tho
roirnfy force