Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-08-12
Rockville Would strsngthen TICS.
J. Fred Essary in Washington Times.

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j. Fred Essary in Washington Times.
President Spencer C. Jones, of the Mont
somery County National Bank, former State
Treasurer, former State Senator, former
Mayor and now Montgomery cOunty's Grand
Old Man, told that the people of Washing
ton wanted to be more neighborly with the
people of Rockville. to-day set forth his
views on the best means of bringing this
| about.
Washington can do nothing better for
| us than send us people" he said. I'VE
can do nothing better for Washington than
to give her people delightful homes, offer
them warm and cordial welcome to our
| community, and, of course, send them back
to the city occasionally to do their shop
ping and find their amusement, continued
Rockville's leading citizen.
We do not want factories. We do not
hope for big commercial enterprises. We
do not expect phenomenal growth. We
are ambitious to be community of charm
ing homes, of intelligent and cultivated
people, of all modern conVeniences of a
city without a city's disadvantages. That
is the most we ask. And to that end we
look to Washington for recruits to our popu-
lation, and we look to the railroads to make
their rates low enough to induce people to
come and live among us.
SUMS UP His Views.
Give us part of Washington's overflow
population; give us lower commuters rates
on our transportation lines; give us better
public roads to our neighboring towns
give us a sewerage system and you may
have the rest"
The santimanta nf Mr. Innaa ora daclo rod
to be the sentiments of the people of all
Rockville. They want to make of their city
nothing more than an attractive place to
live in. Instead Of 500 homes as at pres
ent, they want 5000. They want all their
sloping hills dotted with villas. They
want their neighboring farms divided and
subdlvided. They want their shaded streets
lined with cottages and mansions. They
ask OF the outside world nothing more.
To get people, ever more people. Rock
Vile promises its best welcome to the
stranger; II assures him OF plenty Of fine
churches, OF splendid high school, Of a
water supply, than which there is none
purer in the country, of electric lights, Of
sleain anu electric uansPortatlon 70 ana
noiIo and Mas 80 r'aooden, S,raa,o ''u'
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io"N WITH nIslokf'
Rockville is more than locally famous
Gretna Green. Il is one of the historic
towns OF Maryland. II is the capital Of
one of Maryland's richest counties. 1t is
the most pOpulous and most prosperous of
Washingt0n's near neighbOrs. and its pub
lie buildings rival those OF any other town
in the State
Commercially. Rockville does not figure.
In dnao nnt avnapf IN Hdilra 10 n h,loinaaa
center. Its stores are up-to-date and well
stocked to meet immediate needs. but the
heavy shopping is done in Washington.
That is because Washington can be reach
ed in less than an hour over either of two
lines. While il is true that the residents
complain that the commuters rates are
too high, the fares are far from prohibitive.
These rates will some day be reduced to
SIS or less, a month, and when they are
Rockville people will tell the outside world
that the last obstacle to the communities
growth has been removed For years Rock
vile demanded electric car service. Il came.
Now it is demanding cheaper rates of fare
They will come.
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nus iounu .la' IeS'u1 ,,, Iolhr,ul.y
uoes hot heeu liquor senln8' TOT uiIty
years ulis 'owh mas oeeh ury anu " heaI
she peope .ah ap3ul u, 'nlI'y nhoIe years
WIN pass Delore liquor safes are aealn
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Aimoney' edltor OF tile montgomery AaVo-
cate ana secretary OF sne democracy a's o.a!e
Oehtral Ioinhittee oi maIyiaha' Vo.e
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looms in tbis town not M ner cent of the
people would favor it. can say, too, with
absolute knowledge that the prohibition
laws are enforced in this part Of the county
as in no other part of the State of Mary
land"
Prohibition is just another of the attrac-
tons which the capital of Montgomery
holds out to the people they are inviting
10 come and make their homes there.
Il is spoken of in the same breath as the
fine artesian well water, the splendidly
shaded streets, the excellent car service
and the proximity to Washington, with all
that that proximity stands for.
MONTGOMERY county's political existence
has been cOeval with that of the nation
II was created in 1915. by the same CON
yention that met in Annapolis TO ratify
the Declaration of Independence. Origin
ally il embraced Georgetown and extended
to Rock Creek, now a part of Washington.
In those early days Rockville was called
Montgomery Courthouse. This did not suit
and the name of the town was changed TO
williamsburg. Afterward. years after, ii
became Rockville. and viii ever remain
Rockville even 1nouen II some day pc
come part VI washington ihS'eau vi
tributary community
COUNTY RECORDS PRESERVED.
The county records from colonial days
10 the present have been preserved and
Countv Court Clerk Burnett can show the
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