Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
Chevy Chase Residents Dr.
vided on Incorporation.
THREE PHASES DISCUSSED
Meeting Held Last Night With
State Legislators Present-De-
cided Differences Develop.

Whether or not Chevy Chase. Md, will
be incorporated into town was not de-
cided at a meeting held in the Chevy
Chase Library last night but the legis-
lative delegation of the county will carry
back to Annapolis large roll of petit.
tons bearing on at least three angles OF
carry the memories of several very SHARP
speeches from gentlemen interested in the
various phases of the subject.
AS the matter stood at the adjournment
there was a proposition to incorporate
the more closely built-up sections Of what
is commonly called Chevy Chase, a propo-
sition to make special levy law, by
which property would be assessed at a
uniform rate for each sixty-foot from,
lot and a proposition to include Martin S
addition to Chevy Chase in any scheme
for Incorporation.
Phases Are Discussed.
Around these three general PROPOSE.
lions a wordy war was fought. To-
ward the close of the meeting there
seemed to be a chance for the incorpora-
tors and the anti-incorporators to get to-
gether although no specific plan for this
was approached definitely. But the Mar
tins addition proposition received sparse
encouragement from the hackers of either
of the two main questions.
Senator Blair Lee presided over the
meeting, sitting with the others of the
legislative delegation, who were A j.
Cumming, j. A. Henderson, James Du-
vail and John Garrett. Delegate A. ].
Cumming opened the meeting by present
ing Senator Lee, who suggested a time
limit for the speeches.
Incorporation was backed in the first
speech by John w. Yerkes. He outlined
his idea that now is the time to incor-
porate SO that the town of Chevy Chase
could make progress as it had in the
past. and based his argument, in part or
the statement that the Chevy Chase Land
Company, as he had been informed, was
about to drop its policy of spending
money on the upkeep of the streets
water and other public necessities Of the
section In mentioning the subject OF
taxation, he said that the Chevy Chase
Club had agreed that it would pay, ir
case OF incorporation, $500 a year for ter
years, in lieu of any other form of as
sessment.
Anti-Incorporator Responds.
He was answered first BIZ C. c. Tucker
a leader of the anti-inc6rporators He
said there was no need for incorporation
because all the public improvements
as they had been in the past. He added
that there was no intimation that the
land company would relinquish its policy
in regard to spending money for public
works
His definite proposition was to make
Chevy Chase q specially protected part
of Montgomery county, to arrange for a
special tax levy to be used by the county
for the benefit of Chevy Chase, and point.
ed out that the social conditions OF Chevy
Chase made it quite possible to do with.
out any municipal form of government
Martins subdivision got into the dis
cusston at this point, Harry Martin be-
ing the advocate. Mr.. Martin said that
as all of Chevy Chase had been extreme
ly dead until Martins addition moved in
he believed that the Incorporation should
include that section. No mention had
been made of that feature of the propo-
sition by the previous speakers, but it
was apparent that the incorporation man.
agement clearly takes no notice Of Mar
tins subdivision.