Evening star., 1950-01-18
Prince Georges
Road Projects
Win Approval
Lane to Get Request
To Improve Stretch
Of Marlboro Pike

SAa SaSh
Of Marlboro Pike
improvement of five Prince
Georges County roads, including
the Marlboro pike from the Dis
trict line to Walker Mill road, is
in prospect.
Edgar A. Merkle. chairman of
the advisory board to the county
commissioners, told the county
heads yesterday that Robert A.
Reindollar, chairman of the Mary
land State Roads Commission, has
inspected the Marlboro pike and
will submit recommendations soon
to Gov. Lane.
At the same time, Mr.. Merkle's S
recommendation that Federal
funds be sought to carry out the
four other road projects was ap-
proved by the commissioners, who
directed County Engineer Arthur
W. Tayman to file applications for
the money.
Lighting Program Approved.
The four projects are extension
of Rhode Island avenue from
HySttsville to Beltsville and Arun-
del road from Thirtieth street,
Mount Rainier, to Rhode Island
avenue. Brentwood; improvement
OF Colesville road from Queens
Chapel road to University lane. and
Improvement of River road from
the Baltimore-O Ohio Railroad, near
Bladensburg, to Edmonston road.
In another action, the commits
sloners approved a street-lighting
program as recommended by their
Advisory Board when funds Le-
come available through the coun-
tvs Metropolitan District I'M
provement Fund. Mr.. Merkle said
the Potomac Electric Power Co.
has reported it will cost $11,968 a
year to maintain and operate the
lights.
Under the program, new lights
are planned along Baltimore
boulevard from Thirty-seventh
place, Colmar Manor, to the Bla-
densburg Peace Cross; Addison
road from Eastern avenue to
Sheriff road, Fairmount Heights;
Defense highway from Seventy
second avenue to Cooper road,
near Landover Hills; Riverdale
road. from Edmonston road to
Auburn avenue. East Riverdale;
Elmonston road from Riverdale
road to Briar Ditch Bridge, East
Riverdale; Riggs road from Ager
road to Beechwood road, near
LeWisdale; Chillum road from
Queens Chapel road, Mount
Rainier, to Eastern avenue, Chill
lum, and Branchville road from
Baltimore boulevard to ,Edmonston
road near Rerwyn.
Rehearing Ordered. ~
Intersectional lighting at Queens
Chapel road and Eastern avenue,
Queens Chapel road and lAger
road, Defense highway and Whit
field road, Defense highway and
Riverdale road, Whitfield road and
the George N. Palmer highway,
and Whitfield road and Ardmore
road. also is included in the pro-
gram.
A rehearing was ordered for
February Is at Hyattsville on the
action by the commissioners De-
cember 81 authorizing CO (heavy
commercially classification for
f1ve-acre tract in the $500 block
of Edmonston road, near East
Riverdale. The property owner,
Paul H. Lauterbach, reported
after the first hearing that a new
theater and recreation center, in
cluding bowling alleys, was
planned for the site.
Yesterday. a delegation headed
by Mrs. Margaret Mattingly
asked for another hearing so they
could register their objections on
the ground such coming was an
"encroachment" on the residen-
tial nature Of the area. No one
appeared against the application
at the December hearing.
The commissioners also ap-
proved a new policy which will
no longer require contractors
bidding for construction of
schools or other county-owned
buildings to pay for building per-
mits. Payment of such fees to
the Maryland-Nat Capital
Park and Planning Commission
is like taking money from one
pocket to another" since the con-
tractors usually include that
amount in their bid prices, the
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