The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-05-15

Want Bond Issue to Improve Certain
Roads.-A plan to float 81 100000 worth of
bonds by Baltimore county, covering period
of fifty years. for building intersecting roads to
connect with the State roads, was considered on
Thursday night at a joint meeting ofthe High
ways Commission and representatives Of the
Pimlico, Arlington, Falls Road and Mount
Washington Improvement Associations, held
at the Casino, Mount Washington.
1t was proposed by Mr.. John s. Ensor. who
acted as spokesman. The plan, as mapped out
by Mr.. Ensor calls for an equal apportionment
of the money thus raised among the different
districts of the county. Each district would
be given about 100000, which would permit,
he said, of building 20 miles of good roads.
Mr.. Ensor explained that if the bonds were
issued there would not be any perceptible in
crease in the tax rate.
He said the county had no outstanding in
debtedness and that its bonds would be as good
as those issued by the Government and could
be hoated at low rate of Interest The taxable
basis of the county is $91 900, 600, Mr.. Ensor
said, and under the new assessment it should
be increased to $125, 600. He argued that
on this basis, and allowing for some curtail-
ment of expenses which might be made in the
administration ofthe affairs of the county, the
extra tax would be little more than 2 per cent
The plan suggested by Mr.. Ensor provoked
considerable discussion among the members
No definite action was taken.
Formal Opening of Modern Sewage Dis
posal Plant.-A number of State, city and
county officials attended the inspection and
formal opening of the Martin ]. West sewage
disposal plant at Govanstown on Wednesday
afternoon and expressed themselves highly
satisfied with the same and congratulated the
inventor on his work. The plant represents an
expenditure of about $40, 900 and those compe-
tent to Judge pronounced il one of the finest
plants of its size in the country. 1t has ca
pacity of about 10000 gallons day, and the
sewage of the town will be taken care of
for years to come. The service, which now
takes in a mile of sewage connections, will
eventually be extended until the entire neigh.
borhood is piped.
Mr.. West, the inventor took great pleasure
in showing the visitors about the plant and ex-
planning its many advantages. He stated that
he was so confident in the publication process
that he would without hesitation drink the
water that was purified by the filtration pro-
cess. DIR. Marshall L. Price, secretary of the
State Board of Health, made an address, fol-
lowing the raising of flag and the turning OF
the valve which let the sewage into the great
septic tanks.
Annual Banquet of Medical Associa-
tion--The thirteenth annual banquet of the
Baltimore County Medical Association was
held at Hotel Stafford, Baltimore, on Wednes-
day night. DR.. Richard F. Gundry president
of the association, was POSTMASTER, and toasts
were responded to by DR.. H. Louis Naylor, on
"Our Old Members y DR.. James F. II; Cor
such, on 1.-THE Baltimore County Health
Board and Its Relations to the Baltimore
County Medical Association )" DR.. A. D. Nc
Conachie, on THE County Association and Its
Relations to the State Faculty" and by DR.
Charles q. Hill, on 1.-The Future of the Balti
more County Medical Association" Those
present were: Doctors
Richard f. Gundry, r. Percy Smith,
Bennett F. Bussey, II. Lewis Naylor,
| William l.. Smith, James +. ID. Gorsuch,
Henry A. Naylor, Alfred I. Gundry,
r. c. Massenburg, Josiah 5. Bowen,
J. H. Jarrett. 7. B. Hall,
! N, D. Cox, L. Gibbons Smart,
| Charles q. Hill. Lewis II. Gundry
| J. Carroll Monmonier, A. d. McConachle,
| Frank w. Heating.
A CHICAGO professor hints that Niagara Fall
will go dry in 5000 years. 1t will take longe
than that to put Chicago in the dry column.