The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-27
New 2O0-Room Hotel and a
Sewer System Are
Planned.
BETTER CAR SERVICE
IS ADVOCATED ALSO
Citizens of Maryland Suburb Re
solve TO Push the Projects
Without Delay.

Three big projects are being promoted
BY the citizens Of Silver Springs, Md,
one of Washinston's new and thriving
suburbs. and they were given great i'm
Detus AT a gathering Of the residents at
the home of Judge S y. Waters last
night. about fifty interested people be
ing present
y $1,000 sewer 81 stem, new $1,000
hotel, and extension Of the Capital
Traction Coupany's line, via Sixteenth
street. are the projects. which. il is be-
lieved- wiz mean a substantial boom
for the suburb
All tho were discussed in detail at
last nights meeting, and it appeared 10
ne the unanimous determination Of
those present to complete the undertak-
ings within the next year
Plans for the hotel are complete and
Che company has been organized. ac-
cordinS TO reports made at The meeting.
and much stock was subscribed. DR.
Llewellyn Jordan, president of the con-
Dany, stated that the promoters expect
TO have contracts for the erection OF the
new hosteIry let by September u ami
that ground viii be broken within the
next sixty days 4 fve-acre tract has
been purchased, and about $500 worth
Of stock has been sold. he said.
New zoo-Room Hotel.
The new hotel viii be a three-st,-,-
concrete structure, strictly freproof. IL
VIII contain about 200 rooms and viii be
conducted as a frst-cIass summer hotel
". A. Fer wick. OF washington. has
agreed 20 take a hve-year lease Of The
property
Officers Of the hotel company are.
President, Dr. LIeweIIyn Jordan: vice
president p H Mcneil; treasure.
Mrs Rose Browning; secretary. Airs.
. Mabel b Remore. Included in the rsr
Of stockholders are quite q number OF
Washington citizens.
Senator Blair Lee stands as sponsor
( for the proposed sewer system and
vile no definite action was taken last
night II was the consensus OF opinion
( among tie citizens that q permanent
system should be installed
a committee Of citizens was apDoin4-
ed TO investigate various methods of
disposinE OF sewage, that being the only
point under consideration. as the citi-
zens are agreed that the suburb should
have a modern sewer system
One proposition made by L r era
bill- Of Takoma, was for the proposed
Silver Sprin Is sever system 10 connect
with the Takoma system, and the two
suburbs Join in the expense others at
/ the meeting believed 1t would be more
practical for Silver Springs TO have a
/ separate system
Another meeting Of the citizens viii
! be called soon for the purpose Of hear
I ing the report N the Investigations o.
; the sewer committee
Improved Car Service.
Harry Martin. a Washington real es-
tate man. is behind the project 10 i'm
prove the car service, although he has
Z the support Of a majority of the resi-
/ dents and property owners Of Silver
( Springs He declared at the meeting
I last night that additional street car IA
/ ciliries viii greatly enhance property
values, and VIII be one Of the most ef-
/ fective means of booming the suburb.
/ His idea was for the Silver Springs res
/ ideuts 10 start an agitation for the
[ opening Of Sixteenth street and offer
/ other inducements TO the Capital Trac-
| ton Company 70 make the desired ex-
/ tension.
/ There was some little discOrd at the
meeting last night owing 10 the differ
/ ence Of opinion regarding the advisable
/ itv Of linking the sewer and new hotel
/ projects. but altogether q strong civic
/ spirit was shown. the residents being
| united in the movement TO boom the
thriving little suburb