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Newspaper

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1925

Page

8

Plan to Boost Cincinnati Growth Over 50 Years Adopted

City planners unveil a comprehensive program for half a century of growth in Cincinnati. Major elements include rail and transit upgrades, ten new bus routes, trolley line rerouting, new one way streets, extensive park development, and new city buildings. Authority vests planning commission with subdivision layouts, with river and Mill Creek improvements tied to canal revival plans.

Millcreek Valley River Front East End Broadway Vine Street Central Avenue Race Plum Streets Ninth Street Court Street City Planning Commission Western Hills Ludlow Colerain Avenues Central Parkway Planning Commission Mill Creek Hopple Street Bond Hill Dana Avenue Wasson Road Edwards Road Erie Avenue Ault Park Road Mariemont Oakley Carthage North Fairmount Westwood Mt. Airy Covedale Fernbank Cleves Cumminsville Harrison Wintoh Place Hamilton Mt. Washington Batavia Columbia Avenue East Fifth Third Street Martin Street Collard Street Eastern Avenue

City plan would reroute streetcars to speed traffic

A city traffic relief plan proposes banning parking in peak areas and converting Broadway to a one way street northward. It details rerouting the Zoo Eden line via Vine street, shifting lines on Gilbert and Madison roads, widening streets, and extending bus routes to the suburbs while stressing a five year implementation window.

Likley Zoo-Eden Vine Street Mt. Adams Eden Park Zoo North Norwood Peebles Corner Gilbert Avenue Vine-Norwood Madison Road Oakley Chapel Street Woodburn Avenue Broadway Ninth Street Sycamore Fourth Street Stret Clifton- Judlow Glendale Lockland McMicken-Main Auburn Highland Avenue Hartwell Vine Vine-Clifton Vine-Burnet Walnut John Street College Hill Westwood Elm Central Avenue North Fairmount Seventh Clark Street Colerain Twelfth Fairview Sedamsville Warsaw Elberon John Eet Sixth Street East End Third Street Madisonlie Delta Eastern Avenue City Warsaw Avenue Overbridgetown Pike Glenmore Avenue Cheviot Hopple Street Fifth Stret Main Street Eighth Street Race Street Government Square Dopr Second Street Main Race Fourth Cincinnati McMillan Streets McMillan Street

Double Viaduct and Fifth Street Widening Plan to Hills

City plan outlines widening East Fifth Street as route to the Eastern hills. Proposes a double viaduct over East Third Street from Pike to Martin and a Fifth Street viaduct into the Third Street viaduct near Eggleston Avenue.

Hills East Fifth Street Eden Park East Third Street Pike Street Martin Street Fifth Street Steet Eggleston Avenue Columbia Avenue Torrence Road Taft Road Madison Road Collins Avenue Caldwell Park Center Hill Road Cleves Bridgetown Duck Creek Road Elstun Avenue Wayside Avenue Ohio Pike McMillan Street Hart Road State Road Plainville Murray Roads Wooster Pike Miami Avenue Riley Avenue Compton Road Runnymede Avenue Beekman Street Gray Road Gwinnett Road Kirby Road Colerain Avenue Linwood Road Eastern Avenue Livingston Road Springfield Road Washington Avenue Alaska Avenue Kerbly Road Plainfield Road Central Parkway Plum Street Brighton Square McMicken Avenue Harrison Avenue Kenton Street Kemper Lane Lebanon Pike Liberty Street Broadway Grandview Avenue

Cincinnati Plans Civic Center and Tax Reform Drive

The plan calls for wide civic center development around Plum Street elbow with a new city hall office building by 1940, a public auditorium by 1950, a post office and federal building, a board of education building, and a central parkway mall linking courthouse and railroad terminals. It urges tax reform to fund projects, extended bonding, and excess condemnation study, plus regional centers and aviation site considerations.

Cincinnati Ohio City Planning Commission Mayor Carrel L. A. Ault Frederick W. Hinkle R. K. LeBlond Charles F. Hornberger Irwin M. Krohn Louis Schwab C H. Meeds Engi- E. L. Kennedy Shoul Plum Street Central Parkway Central Avenue Plum, Eighth Ninth Streets City Hall Old City Hospital Twelfth and Post Office Federal Board of Education Lincoln Park Civic Center Twelfth Street Washington Park Cleveland Denver Gest Street Parkway Sycamore Street Broadway Mt. Auburn Main Street Fairview Avenue City Clifton Ohio Avenues Westwood Price Hill Cumminsville Winton Place Hyde Park College Hill Carthage Bond Hill Oakley Madisonville Mt. Washington Sayler Park Columbia Planning Commission Little Miami Valley Newton Mariemont Ault Park Madeira Deer Park Bond’ Hill North Norwood Hartwell Lockland Bridgetown Monterey Court Street Elm Pearl Street

City plans larger parks and more playgrounds by 1970

The board commends current park system while urging increased funding. Proposals include enlarging Wilson Common and Winton Common, expanding Ault Park, adding two large parks Rapid Run and Sycamore, enlarging Mt. Airy Forest and others, and creating 21 neighborhood parks and 5 playgrounds with numerous acreages listed.

Park Board Kesler Wilson Common Grand Avenue Winton Common Hand Avenue Winton Place Ault Park Delhi Pike Pontier Road Sycamore Park Farriman and Montgomery Roads

Five Million Dollar Dike Plan Aimed at Flood Prevention

A proposed $5,000,000 earth and concrete dike would run along the riverfront from Kansas Avenue to the Fulton yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad to shield the city from floods. The plan calls for water tight gates for Mill Creek, sewer replacements at $1.5 million, and a study by 1930 or 1940 with Army engineers. It projects $15 million in avoided losses and $100 million in property gains, with additional river and canal restoration ideas and a future garbage plant in the Mill Creek Valley.

Kansas Avenue West End Sixth Street Fulton Yard Pennsylvania Railroad Eden Park United States Army Engineers Mill Creek River Front Amber of Commerce St. Louis Cincinnati Hopple Street Little Miami The Commercial Tribune

St Xavier College Fete Week Opens at Avondale Campus

The St Xavier College May Fete and Campus Carnival runs three days at Avondale with a Fete Village and Joyland rides. Alumni Day opens the event with Alfred Geisler aiming for wide alumni attendance. Father Finn Day features May pole dancing by local school children. Coronation of the Fete Queen caps the festivities with booths, dances, a chicken supper and committee chairs named.

St. Xavier College Avondale Corcoran Varsity Alfred T. Geisler Alumni Association Clara Pressler Nicholas J. Janson

William E. Miller Dies of Apoplexy in Newark Home

Newark Ohio May 16 William E Miller 69 longtime President of the Board of Education and former Democratic State Senator collapsed and died of apoplexy at his home at noon today.

Newark William E. Miller Board of Education

Aged Polish Couple Robbed on Paris Liner Before Europe Trip

Ignatius Worosyniec and his wife, both 75, from Kings Park Long Island, were robbed of $2500 in gold from a money belt aboard the liner Paris as it prepared to sail to Europe. A man named Foe and a fake customs inspector duped them and fled. police could not locate the thieves.

New York Poland Paris Europe Ignatius Worosyniec Kings Park Long Island

Government Sues Dayton Airplane Co Over War Contract

The United States District Court completed hearings in the case against Dayton Airplane Co of Dayton Ohio to recover about 2.4 million dollars allegedly overcharged on a 31 million dollar cost plus war contract for 3900 airplanes. Judge Hickenlooper reserved briefs for 30 days.

Dayton Airplane Company Dayton United States District Court Hickenlooper United States Army Navy Alexander Haizhoff Washington, D. C General Motors Company Holzhoff Halzhoff H. E. Talbot, Jr H. E. Talbot, Sr C. E. Kettering Triangle Park

Cincinnati Men Seek Prosecution of Councilman Reichert

The Cincinnatus Association collects indictment copies in the federal graft case of seventy policemen and village dry agents and aims to prosecute City Councilman Joseph Reichert for bribery. The group will confer with County Prosecutor Charles Bell to pursue state charges after Reichert’s immunity from federal prosecution.

Russell Wilson Cincinnatus Association Joseph Reichert Ciry Reichert Sho Charles 8. Bell Afte Hareth KE May United States Wilson Light Committee of Council

Explains Grade Marking of Lumber to Retailers

Cincinnati lumber dealers met at the Gibson to hear L. R. Putman of the Southern Pine Manufacturers Association explain a national grade marking plan. The proposal would have manufacturers mark each piece by grade to inform consumers and reduce shipment disputes. Putman is touring the country to outline the process for retailers.

Cincinnati Gibson L. R. Putman Southern Pine Manufacturers’ Association Chicago Putman

Bible Scholar Appointed East Ahead for 1925 26

Dr. Raymond P. Dougherty of Goucher College is named annual professor for the American Schools of Oriental Research at Jerusalem and Baghdad for 1925 26. He will take a one year leave, depart late July, lecture and conduct field work focusing on land topography and mound sites. He is noted for translating Babylonian tablets.

Baltimore Raymond P. Dougherty Goucher College American Schools of Oriental Research Jerusalem Bagdad Near East Dougherty

Movies for air passengers brighten long flights

In London an air express between Paris and London recently tested in flight movie projection. A film was shown on a cabin screen with twelve passengers watching during the trial flight.

London

Horn Rim Glasses Win Royal Approval In London

King George approves American horn rimmed glasses as he reads the Wembley address. The gesture calms jokes and criticism of American peculiarity and signals a style craze, with London papers branding the royal spectacle and Americans set to wear the look.

Associated Press London King George George Harvey London Life England Opticians

Berlin applauds police tenor at German State Opera

Berlin citizens celebrate the admission of New York Police Commissioner Benjamino Giglia who will sing five guest engagements in May with the German State Opera Company. Newspapers say Giglia, a Metropolitan Opera tenor, is an honorary Police Commissioner for his charity and service to Manhattan, boosting his popularity in Berlin.

Berlin New York

Jealous suitor shot by woman at Mill Street home

Minnie Smith, 27, colored, shot Marion Palm, 32, at 316 Mill Street as he forced entry after being refused admission. Palm died at General Hospital after the 5:15 p.m. incident. Smith surrendered at the Fourth District Police Station and faces a murder charge.

Marion Palm Minnie Smith Mill Street Fourth District Palm General Hospital

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