Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-11
TO BRIDGE THE SLIGO
Town Council of Takoma Park
Considers Plans.
PROBABLE COST $4,000
Treasurer Reports Receipts and Dis
bursements for July.
IMPROVEMENTS OF STREETS
Amendment to Plumbing Regula1
tions-Building Operations Dur
ing Last Fiscal Year Set Forth.
IMPROVEMENTS OF STREETS

At meeting OF the town fathers OF Ia
koma Park. Md. last evening plans were
presented for new bridge across Sligo
stream on Carroll avenue. Several views
| were displayed. and after discussing the
matter at length the street committee was
directed to confer with the officials Of
the Washington Sanitarium Association
and report at the next meeting of the
council. The estimated cost is about
$4,000.
The meeting was presided over by
Mayor w. G. Plat. with the following
councilmen present: E. e. Blodgett, H.
E. Rogers. r. D. Rush. w. w. Dyar l..
r. Grabill and Ben G. Davis. town clerk.
The report Of the town treasurer was
submitted and approved. It showed re-
ceipts for the month of July as follows:
General taxes. 81 1929; special taxes. ce-
ment walks. $26S.s9; special taxes, Syca-
more avenue sewer. 5000; water rents.
$50; deposit for water meters, $40; inter-
est on deposits. $1S.6S; sale of crushed
stone. $500 making a total Of 81, 565 IS.
which, with the balance on hand of
81, 1883. made grand total of 1884 6s.
The disbursements during the same period
were: Pumping plant $1O8.53: water
works. 1852: street work. $53.19; street
lighting $3O55; general expenses. $1352:
rentals. ST.; miscellaneous $13.75: water
tapping fees. $50; semi-annual interest
on $500 improvement bonds. $1O7. %;
general Improvement bonds. $1,000; de-
post to credit of sinking fund. $500; SAL
aries. $1o4.O. making total of $2.07036,
leaving balance on hand of $3914.32
Repairs to Streets.
Chairman Blodgett Of the street COM
mittee reported that repairs had been
made to Ethan Allen avenue, near Sligo
Mill road; Poplar avenue. Lincoln avenue
and the washout at the Sligo Mill.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company was granted permission to To-
cate poles In North Takoma Park. Md,
to supply service to new school. on the
presentation of a correct plat showing the
exact location of the poles.
The council granted the request of B. H.
Warner. owner of lots 5. 6. Z, g. ., 10,
block "A. through the Collins-Guerry Com
pany for the construction of a sewer
serving the lots. The application will be
right of way over the property with the
town clerk and the sum of $3.50. estimated
to cover the cost Of constructing the
sewer.
The auditing committee submitted bills
amounting to $4,000. which were APP
proved and ordered paid.
The council declined to grant permits
sion to w. r. Rose to connect the house
which he Is erecting on lot 2. block 70,
with the sewer of the house on the adj
Joining lot. in the same block. also owned
by him. The council decided that connec-
tons should be made with the sewer on
Baltimore avenue.
The attention of the Potomac Electric
Power Company will be called to an al
legged violation of the regulations relative
to the stringing Of wires within the cor
poration without permission and on the
same poles with telephone wires.
Suggests Removal Of Wires.
This action of the council was followed
by directing the clerk to request the COM
pany to remove the wires which were re-
Gently erected on Carroll avenue and
make application as provided in the town
ordinances, copy of which will be for
warded to the company.
On motion Of Councilman .Grabill the
plumbing regulations were amended to
provide that no permit shall be granted
for the erection of any building or for
connection with the public mains or sew
ers until the plans and specifications
have been submitte ed and approved.
Building Inspector Blodgett presented
report of the building operations for
the last fiscal year. Permits were
granted as follows l3,ss Q; M Judd. two Two,
$500; Charles l.. Ray. one-story frame
dwelling, Lincoln and Jefferson avenues.
cost $500: ]. H. Parritt, two-story frame
dwelling. Ethan Allen avenue, $3.50;
H. H. Spencer. one-story frame dwelling.
Carroll avenue. $500: w. Mckenzie two
story frame dwelling Baltimore avenue.
81, 800; John Schenck. two-story residence,
Hancock and Sherman avenues. $1,000;
Datus e. Coon. one-story frame resi-
dence, Sycamore avenue; Augustus
Schaefer story cottage, Ridge ave-
nue. cost $500: Robert Rose. two-story
frame dwelling. Takoma avenue. cost
81, 600; Norman Brainerd, two-story brick
apartments. Oak avenue. cost $1,000; M
L. Harper, two-story frame dwelling.
Sycamore avenue. cost $1,000: Edgar c.
Query. two-story frame dwelling. Grant
and Hancock avenues, cost $1,000.