Evening star., 1941-07-03
Streets Will New Names
In Bethesdo-Chevy Chase Area
Present Confusion Will Be Eliminated
By Revision, Officials Believe

About so streets will be given
new names and all are to be assigned
new numbers in the Bethesda
Chevy Chase area under a program
announced today by the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
The confusion of visitors. postn.en
and messenger boys cau,ed by skip
ping numbers and duplicated street
names will be solved by the general
revision, commission officials be-
heve.
The program carries one step
further the plan first adopted for
the Silver Spring area last fall IN
which duplication CT names was
abolished and consistent num-
bering system was established.
Before the program was begun
there we're as many as l3 streets
using the name Montgomery. II
named Maple" and seven Cedar"
and Ridge" designations.
There were 265 streets carrying
only 86 names. Some of this dup4-
cation was reduced when Silver
Spring streets were changed. A
map showing the streets of the
Bethesda Chevy Chase area, which
must be given new designations is
on display by Charles M. Jones, who
is in charge of the work at the Office
Of Thomas Hampton. secretary
treasurer to the commission in the
Bethesda County Building.
Tentative List Made.
A tentative list of new names has
also been compiled. Residents on
affected streets are invited to make
suggestions TO Mr. Jones at Mr..
Hampton's Office 1t is hoped that
the corrections may be made in time
for the printing of the fall telephone
directory. The system is being
worked out by Serge K. Docebroff,
commission engineer, and Mr.. Jones.
An example of duplication vas
cited in the designation "MelroSe."
There is now West Melrose street
for one block west of Connecticut
avenue and an East Melrose street
continuing across Connecticut ave-
nue. for two blocks. Nearby, there
is a Melrose street running north
and south between Underwood and
Thornapple streets. Melrose place,
also running north and south, is
between MelroSe street and LenoX
street. The commission proposes to
change some of these streets. All
of these "Melroses" are in Chevy
Chase but not too far away in
Bethesda MelroSe avenue connects
Wilson lane with Rockville pike.
Rosemary street on the west side
of Connecticut avenue crosses and
becomes Raymond street on the
east side. 1t is understood that the
commission does not plan 20 make
any change in names for these
two" streets and residents Of both
sections are said to oppose change
in name.
Members Are Jumpy.
1T is hard to please everybody"
Mr.. Jones said. and We need all
the cooperation We can get from
the public to make the plan work"
All of the street will be renum-
bered to correspond with parallel
thoroughfares in Washington or so
as to extend the numbering of
north and south streets in the
District.
For instance Connecticut avenue
in Chevy Chase now divides inter-
secting streets into east and west
designations. Because Connecticut
avenue is an extension of Thirty
ninth street NV. in Washington,
the squares east of it will be num-
bered in the $500 group while those
west of Connecticut avenue will be
numbered in the 5000 group.
There are numerous streets in the
area the numbers of which skip
about without apparent reason.
For instance there is square
bounded on The south side by the
400 block of Oliver street and On
the north by the 100 block of Graf
ton street. The 100 block" Of Old
Georgetown road recurs in three
different blocks.
A list of some of the proposed
changes was announced as follows:
Arlington avenue, Woodmont, to
Arliss avenue.
Arlington road. Edgemoor. 70
Audley road.
Aberdeen road, that paEt running