The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-03
Maryland Town Eager for
Closer Relations With
Washington.
By J. FRED FSSARY.

ohio railroad
With other conditions in their town
the hensinBton people ind little or no
D ldli-- 4leE nave plenty of mail de
AheIle&s excellent roads and ample tele-
phone service II is true that many &C
{ tte residents are ClamoTlug for electric
lights and for water and sewerage svs-
Lc-Hs- nut e. get these they WI. have 20
tuft1er 5o1C themselves. IN view OF
have decided 10 wait
IL Is the street car service that E..--s-
ltI9 lIe growth OF the town This IS
one complaint i'm which thev an Join
I Mayor Cannon is oytsDoIzeu In his mo
/ test against the present ARRANGEMENT.
ana pack OF him are the hundreds Of
5Asl1lhstyl people who come To wash
-li- con oai-y- or who would come daily
[ II -leF coming could be facilitated
Delays At Chevy Chase
At present Keusiugton is served by
the NeusiuEton Electric Railway. This
company operates cars every half hour
and deliver its passengers 10 the Capt.
I "a Afactl9a Company at Chevy Chase.
% miss a car at either end means a
wait OF half an hour To catch a car
means a JerEE ride Of more than two
miles over "a rD@uaed too crooked for
etrL q SeTuulaEre OF speed
H%t-eF IMAM p1trCuiZe the electric
i--le many shoppers Government en-
E.pEcs and other residents traveI bv
L-e BaiIUOre and Ohio There are
fewer steam than electric trims but
l -..,.E can =. DEPENDED upon 10 move
Former Mayor Cornelius ". CIum
--s-- a s---t-c- for The transportation
90 t'-ril-- lie proposes tl@L the Capt.
TAI Traction Company extend its
-iaefs chase lire 20 keuSlugtOu and
might NOT at uTst bee a paying invest
lt.r--,s ---- cum says but Ee argues
gar IL l-c course OF q Few years
heNs-lELoE would double its pOpula-
ton u properly encouraged by quick
car service
u has now become necessary for
-e-l sHrsll- with washington. MANY
90 inc Ll---a8l fa-rS are gagged in
business IN me Capital. and many
shopping AT OF them viii welcome
amy aIl-E cement which removes the
resent luu1GEeuleuce in traus0Orta-
business center OF Washington
Marked By Attractive Homes.
Twenty years ago EensinEton was q
taE stop al the Baltimore ana Chic.
called Knowles Station. Since then IL
mas grown 10 community OF nearly
O t9usala people Il IS essentially a
residential center and does not aspire
Q" TEHEIIIr uE- CcU-uerctallE or indus
f"--.--- II j. marked by ITS artra~-
1--WE homes. its shaded streets and
ago Sc was Incorporated. and is now
governed by q mayor and four C0uu-
Since its incorporation its people
nave aurGortZ-l q bond Issue Of
f.H"1 for Sidewalk and street i'm
D-9teilHe n{s- Az bur about $1,000 Of
local taxation The assessed valuation
or Eer-zir Esr1u property is APPROX
come from taxes now amounts TO
r-O-e than $4,000 annually Most q
this sum IS expended on street main
fe-luTe ard police projection
ECa-siu gtpu not only boasts Of three
tEc CLur~leS-a Presbyterian
Methodist. and an EPISCOPAL church.
added j. also points with pride. TO
rs zee .-2-aTF- founded nE the late
Crosby s Moves and =. H Warner,
$1,000 Request made by the former
The town also has its newspaper
owned hv former Mayor Clum- its pub
has IT'S town Lail. the first woman s.
club ORGANIZED IN MARYLAND and fine
read connecting it with W-asshinEto1..
his vas built under the Mar land
~E-EEl1Eer law At a cost Of $1,000 a
Home Of Seminary
On one side Of the Montgomery coun-
~ town lies Forest Glen. above whose
trees rise the towers Of the National
Park Seminary on the other lies what
remains OF the famous old Clear Drink
ing Manor This Is the last remnant OF
the once splendid estate granted by one
.
Jones The manor house and a few
I surrounding acres arc all that are left
While keDSiuEIgl does not expect To
prosper by reason Of factories or even
Ev agriculture, the town expects TO be
come the greatest home community
within the radius Of the National CAPT
tai II expects to catch the great over
Row after the Chevy Chase section has
filled Up. II lies directly IN the course
OF the present expansion Of Washing
+ ton and the towuspe0pie insist THAI the
4 further suburban growth OF Washing
ton must come their way
Anticipating this increase IN their
population, the keESlugJOu people are
E planning even now many improvements
t--lc lights. They are prepared TO ne5Otl-
ate with Ile electric companies OF
Washington fOr electricity for home Il
/ Illumination, and when that comes, The
municipality VIII, it Is said, become q
I patron by lighting Its streets with
/ arc lights instead Of by oil burners as
/ at present
Water works are also being consider
ed An effort has already been made
I 10 install q system for a water supply.
and while this failed, the assurance IS
given that it viii be renewed Well
water IS now abundant but this does
not satisfy all consumers
AT Incomplete sewage system has al
ready been installed. but since this does
not serve all the residents the munich
paltv Is working ont plans for q system
that VIII be complete Additions TO the
present public school is another i'm
proveUent IN view The county commits
siouers have already been appealed TO
for better facilities and these are prom
| isCd
Promise CT Growth.
Given better car service, Kensington
promises n grow a. no other nearby
/ Maryland community IS growing This
/ is the way Mayor Cannon sizes Up the
/ future Of his town
We need a good many things said
/ the mayor, but we most need quick
ened means Of travel between here and
/ vs. ashinstOn. Kensinston does not want
I to be part Of Washington, but Ken
SiuEUOn does not mind being tributary
TO that city Many of our people have
I their business there, many of them 20
I there 10 snop, and all Of Us naturally
/ look 10 Washington as our social cen
J ter
| You viii do US a service continued
| the Mayor. ito bring the question of
! extending the Washington car line 10
/ kensinEtOn TO the attention Of the
/ Washington people and to the street car
Z authorities. We cannot promise them
/ big dividends now Jut we can promise
/ them plenty of business within the next
{ few years
The MAYOR Of EenSfu e-t0u Is a wide