Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-15
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News of Mont
gomery County, Md.
Special correspondence of The stal

Special correspondence of The Star
ROCKVILLE. Md, March IA 1908.
The construction of the Washington
division of the Washington, Frederick
and Gettysburg railroad from Frederick
City to Great Falls. this county is said
to be assured. The building of the road
was conditioned on the willingness of
those along the proposed route to grant
free rights of way and to subscribe to
100000 worth of stock 1t is under
stood that no difficulty is being expert
enced in obtaining the rights of way,
and the committees engaged in solicit
ing subscriptions to stock report that
they are meeting with gratifying sue
cess, citizens of Frederick county alone
having already agreed to take $4,000
worth. 1t is said that the work of con-
struction will begin just as soon as the
full amount of stock is subscribed and
sufficient rights of way are obtained.
The exact route of the road through
this county has not been definitely de-
termined, but it is said it is more than
likely that it will run by Jacksonville.
barnes town. Travilah, Potomac to Great
Falls An effort is being made to have
the route take in Hunting Hill, several
miles this side of the route already
surveyed.
another meeting of those interested
will be held at Jamestown, March IS.
when the committee on rights of way
and stock subscriptions will report.
The Missionary Society of the Rock
vile Baptist Church has elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year:
President, Mrs. Samuel B. Haney; vice
president. Mrs. George E. a;ewis; secre-
tary, Miss Lucy Garrett; treasurer, Miss
Isabel Kingdom
1t is announced that Miss Mary
Eleanor Cissell, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Humphrey Cissell of Darnes-
town, and Julian B. Waters of German.
town. will be married the afternoon of
March 20, the ceremony to take place
in the Jamestown Presbyterian Church.
Among the road bills before the legis-
lature is one introduced by Delegate
Ray of this county, which provides for
an issue of bonds to the amount of S12,-
500 for the purpose of building and inn
proving public roads in Bethesda and
Wheaton districts. The measure directs
the improvement of one mile on the
Brookeville road, beginning at the Dis
trict of Columbia line and running north
and the road from Kensington to Rock
creek and from Rock creek to Chevy
construction of bridge over Sligo
branch. within the corporate limits of
Takoma Park, on the road leading from
Takoma to the old Bladensburg road
The county commissioners are ulrecteu
to levy special tax against property in
the two districts to raise funds to pay
off bonds and interest.
The March term of the circuit court
for Montgomery county Will convene
here Monday morning with grand and
petit juries in attendance. The follow
ing cases are docketed for trial: Crimi-
nal, 40; trials, so; appearances, 50; for
eign trials 81 appeals. 5. The number
Of, criminal cases will be very largely
to- h1yf he work of the grand lurN.
States Attorney Bowie +. Waters will
make his first appearance as prosecutor.
Miss Geneva Baumback and Lee X.
Kob, both of Takoma Park, were mar
ried in Rockville yesterday afternoon. by
Rev Thomas H. Campbell, pastor of the
BAPTIST Church.