Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-21
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News of Mont
gomery County.
.espondence of The Star

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ROCKVILLE Md, May 81, 1906.
Dr. Julian B. Hubbell of Glen Echo has
served notice of his purpose of filing suit
against the mayor and council for the spe-
cific performance of contract Several
months ago DIR. Hubbell acquired title to
the Glen Echo water works and sewerage
system and other property that was held
by the National Chautauqua Company of
Glen Echo About that time it is alleged,
Mayor John a. Garrett, by direction of the
Glen Echo town council entered into con-
tract with Dr. Hubbell for the purchase by
the town of the water works and sewerage
system, the price agreed upon being $4,000.
The proposition was for the town to secure
authority from the legislature to Issue bonds
to raise the necessary money. This was done.
and the citizens of the town, at a recent
special election, voted In favor OF the bond
issue. Within the past week DR.. Hubbell
appeard before the mayor and council and
asked that the contract be complied with,
but this the mayor and council declined to
do, explaining that there was some doubt
to whether or not DR.. Hubbell could give
a good title to the property, and that 1t had
been suggested that the xaterworks and
sewers already belong TO the town.
The suit will be to determine whether the
title is in DR.. Hubbell or the town of Glen
Echo DR.. Hubbell will be represented by
Attorney bdTF Oh washington ana the
mayor and council by Attorney Robert B.
Peter of Rockville.
Mr.. Lee Ofutt, president of the Mont
gomery County Agricultural Society, has
announced the appointment of the follow
ing committees to make arrangements for
the annual Rockville fair TO be held the
latter part of August: Races, Lee Ofutt,
Henry II. Griffith, Charles Veirs and David
III. Warfieid; grounds, Charles Veirs, John
Fl. Bogley, David H. Warffald and Charles
F. Kirk; privileges, Charles r. Kirk, James
T. Bogley and John J. Higgins; accounts,
John H. Gassaway, Benjamin c. Colt and
Josiah w. Jones; printing, Gist Blair,
Charles Veirs and James T. Bogley; premi-
-ums, John C. Bentley, Charles Veirs, Josiah
w. Jones and Robert C. Warield; house
hold department. Josiah w Jones. Henry
Fl. Griffith, Robert c. Warfield and BenJa-
min G. Gott
The county commissioners have summoned
about fifty residents of the county to ap-
pear before the board next Tuesday to show
cause why the assessment on their personal
property should not be increased The COM
opinion that a large amount of personal
property has for years escaped taxation,
and they hope to increase the taxable basis
of the county very considerably by revising
the assessment on the same. Those sum-
moned are residents of the lower section
of the county.
The county commissioners have appointed
Dr. o. NJ. Linthfcum of Rockville physician.
to the jail for the term of two years be-
ginning January l. 1906 and have reap
pointed Mr.. Benjamin Bean janitor at the
court house.
At recent meeting of the Home Interest
Club of the Forest Glen naighborhood the
following officers were elected to serve six
months: President. Mrs. Seymour Tulloch;
vice president, Mrs. Chandler; secretary,
Mrs. Little; treasurer. Mrs Fewkes.
Mr.. c. E. Brock of Washington has pur-
chased a lot at Forest Glen and WILL it is
stated. erect summer home there.
Special services, consisting of benedetion
and prayer for much-needed rain, were held
in st. Mary's Catholic Church here last
evening. Rev. Philip Mcclure, pastor of the
church, officiating.