Evening star., 1941-08-01
Chevy Chase
House Number
Changes Start
New Street
Designations Also
To Be Listed With DC.

The Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission to-
day began to renumber houses and
rename streets in the Bethesda
Chevy Chase area.
With the United States Capitol
used Is q central point the commits
sion is assigning new numbers in
the nearby Maryland area accord
ing to . "gridiron plan," Charles M.
Jones, member Of the commission
stan, explained.
Numbers and new street names
assigned now and in succeed
ing weeks are to become afIec-
tive October IS, although by that
time only q portion of the area is
expected to have been changed.
Work will continue after october Is
but the deadline was placed at that
time for some streets so tnat
changes can be made in the next
issue of the telephone directory.
New numbers and names also will
be made available to the post once.
messenger services and all types of
public services and the commission
says the system will simplify the
finding Of addresses.
To Meet District Numbers.
The "gridiron" system was ap-
proved by the commissions engineer.
ing department under the super
vision of Serge K. Dubroff. Streets
running east and west are to have
corresponding numbers to parallel
Immediately to the south on the
District of Columbia side of the line.
Thus, intersecting streets with
Connecticut avenue will be num-
bered in the $500 groups for the
first block east of Connecticut ave-
nue. while the first block to the
west will be numbered in the 5000
group.
Connecticut avenue, Mr.. Jones
explained, is continuation of
Thirty ninth street in Washington,
but its present name north of Chevy
Chase Circle will remain unchanged.
Under the present numbering
system in Chevy Chase, the inter-
Secting streets are designated east
and west" indicating their posi-
ton from Connecticut avenue, but
the new numbers, when assigned,
will abolish such designations.
The commission has received some
complaints from persons who object
to the changes because calling cards
or stationery already have been en-
graved with the old addresses.
Expected Some Opposition.
I'VE expected some opposition, /"
Mr.. Jones said. but by far the
greatest majority realize the i'm
mense benefits the new system will
bring to this area. We hope that
the few who object will realize that
there are many, many others who
realize the benefits to be derived
from the simplified system"
The commission has also under
taken q program of remaining those
streets which are Implications of
names used two or more times to
designate other streets in the
Metropolitan Area. A tentative list
of new names has been drafted and
may be seen at Mr.. Jones ONCE
in the County Building at Bethesda.
The new names will affect only a
small portion of the total number of
streets, whereas the new numbers
will affect nearly all of the thor
oughfares.
A similar REMEMBERING system was
undertaken in the Silver Spring
area last year, Mr.. Jones declared
and the commission has since re-
ceived many letters from citizens
and business interests commencing
the change because of the simpli-
fcation of locating addresses there
There was some objection in that
area when the system was first
announced, he said.