Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-09
KENSINGTON NEWS.
School Matters Under Discussfon-
Movement for Water Works.
pecial Correspondence of The Evening Star

| Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
kENSINGTON, Nd, January 8, 1900.
| Prof. E. b. Prettyman, secretary of the
| state board of education and the school
commissioners of Montgomery county, will
| be present at a public meeting to be-
| held this evening in the Noyes library.
! They will confer with the citizens OF Ken
| sington on school matters, and full
| attendance of parents of children of
school age and of all those Interested in
school matters, especially ladies' is desired.
An invitation has been extended to the
citizens Of Garrett Park and Capitol View
to be present.
The Womans Club of Kensington was
entertained Friday by Mrs. ]. w. Town
send. The parliamentary drill was con-
Quoted by Mrs. w. E. Russell. and a synop-
sis Of current events was given by Mrs.
Van Hoy. Mrs. Townsend gave a criticism
of the previous meeting. and music, a
Sunday in the Mountains was rendered
by Mrs. A. H. Thompson, Mrs. H. c. Arm
strong and Mrs. Harry Cunningham. The
papers of the afternoon were: Penn in
Pennsylvania and Oglethorpe in Georgia."
by Mrs. NJ. C. Brooke, and THE Indians
and the Early Indian Wars" by Mrs. ]. T.
Freeman. The society will hold its next
meeting at the home of Mrs. Thompson.
A Moody memorial service was conducted
in the Warner Memorial Presbyterian
Church last evening by the pastor.
Rev. j. T. Marshall. Mr.. Moody's life and
the influence Of his character were the
subjects of Mr.. Marshalrs talk, and dur
ing the evening several OF the favorite
Moody and Sankey hymns were sung.
The Home Missionary and Church Aid
Societies of the Presbyterian Church held
their last meeting at the home Of Mrs. L.
H. Milliken. A map of the world, marked
with small flags to indicate the new Ameri-
can possessions in which missionary work
is necessary, was shown by Mrs. w. s.
Brooke. Mrs. Bruce Thomas, Mrs. Brooke
and Mrs. ]. W. Townsend read papers Of
interest and THE Recessional" was rem
dered by Mrs. H. C. Armstrong.
The week of prayer will be observed this
week by a series of meetings. Rev. j. T.
Marshall, pastor of the Presbyterian
Conditions of Successful Prayer, and
Thursday evening on AN Ideal Church"
Rev. A. H. Thompson, pastor of st. Paul's
Church, will treat of Profit in Prayer
Wednesday evening, and Friday evening
will conduct a service preparatory for COM
munion. The meetings will be held in the
Presbyterian Church. That Of Tuesday
only will begin at Z o'clock.
kensington is aroused over the water
and sewer question as it has never been
reused before. Since the fire in October
five public meetings have been held At
the first three plans for a water works
were discussed from two civil engineers.
Messrs. York and Pressy. They differed
merely in detail, that of Mr.. Pressy en-
falling an expenditure OF $4,000 and that
of Mr.. York $1,000. At the fourth meet
ing a committee. which had visited water
systems IN neighboring Maryland towns, re-
ported favorably to the council Tor the
adoption of one of these plans The coun-
ell was instructed to prepare a bill for pre-
sentation to the legislature, which would
enable the town TO issue bonds sufficient
to install the plant. This bill amended
in several important particulars. 1t calls
for an issue of $4,000 at per cent, to run
thirty years. 1t was proposed to Increase
IL In .1,-7a 50 inst
a sewer system, but at the last meeting this
was voted down and in lieu thereof the
council was instructed, in case the bill be-
came law, to use for sewage purposes
such moneys to the amount of 5000 as it
saw fit, the amount having been provided
for by a previous legislature but never
used
The bill, as outlined above. has been print-
ed by the council and is being presented to
the property owners and residents of Ken
sington for their signatures. Unless a sub
stantial majority of property owners and
of the assessed valuation of the property
of Kensingto1 is obtained the council will
probably decline to present the bill to the
legislature. If the legislature grants the
council permission to issue bonds the terms
of the bill require the whole subject to be
referred to the qualified voters of Kensing-
ton at the next May election.
Saturday night last number of gentle-
men, who have opposed the bill in its vari-
Gus forms, met in Mannakee Hall. Mr.. A.
II. Kinnear presided and Mr.. II. M Martin
was made secretary. Inc ground was taken
that the time not ripe for the placing
of so large a burden upon the property OF
the town. Mr.. John Brady and Mr.. II. NJ.
Martin were empowered TO draft a counter
petition protesting against the action OF the
council and circulate the same throughout
the town for signatures. This committee
will argue against bonding before the legis-
lature unless the plans of the council are
modified A meeting will be held Wednes-
day evening at Mannakee's Hall, at which
further discussion will be had pro and con.