The times., 1899-09-22

An urgent appeal has been made TO the
District Commissioners by the people of
Takoma Park for sewer facilities. The
municipal authorities are now busily en-
gagged preparing their annual budget of
estimates for the next fiscal year, and the
residents OF the suburb have hopes that an
item viii be included in the schedule ask
ing Congress for money for the much de-
sired sewerage system. The people of that
portion of Takoma Park situated in the
District have been making applications OF
this character for at least three years, but
the authorities, for one reason and another,
have been unable to accommodate them in
their annual budgets.
The recent meetings of the Takoma Park
Citizens Association have been given over
largely TO discussion Of the need of a sew
erage system. and it was decided to pre-
sent formal request TO the Commissioners,
asking them again for the long-desired
favor. The request has reached the Dis
trict Building, addressed to Captain Beach,
and is signed by Robert +. Brown Chair
man of the association committee on
sewers. MIR. Brown calls attention to .the
imperative necessity for sewer privileges
in the District portion of Takoma
ter, are a unit for this Improvement, the
lack of which is retarding further improve
ments menacing health, and causing much
dlscouragement generally. We, as tax
paying and God fearing people, are mani
festly entitled TO thisSssewer connection
with the Brightwood sewer I'VE have been
working, hoping, and appealing to your
department for nearly three years, and we
think it high time some action should be
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this most essential of all improvements
You have apportioned to us certain work to
obtain this sewer. viz: to secure the rights
of way. We have secured five of the six
The remaining one j.. w. Ray after con-
tinuous and hopeless appealing, We give up
My object in now writing is to ask wheth-
er immediate action can be taken by you,
and to ascertain whsther you viii see to it
that the cost of the sewer is included in the
estimates you are making up"
1t IS understood that the Commissioners
are inclined to heed the appeal this year,
and that they will include an estimate for
the work in their schedule They have
already secured from one Of their assistant
engineers blue print plate showing the
property located in the District portion of
Takema Park and the probable line of a
proposed sewer for the place. The route
Of the sewer. as given on this plat, is as
lollONS. Beginning al the corner OF sew
nth and Brandywine Streets, continuing
along the latter TO Fifth Street, thence
along the latter to Desmoines Street,
thence to Fourth Street, thence to
Flint Street. thence to Third Street. thence
along Third Street to the point where it
intersects the Metropolitan Branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Rights of
way have been recorded along this route
except for a short distance north of the
Shepherd Road, where the sewer would.
pass through property owned by John w.
Ray.
The Commissioners have also referred
the papers and plats in the case to their
attorney with direction TO bring condemna-
ton proceedings for the right of way of
the sewer in Fourth, Flint, and Third
Streets. through the property of Mr.. Ray.
In referring the matter Captain Beach
states that the construction of the sewer
merely awaits authority to proceed through
the Ray land.