Evening star., 1914-02-12
CHEVY CHASE DENIED
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
Montgomery County Tax Rate to
Be Increased by Legis-
lators' Plan.
Announcements Made at Meeting of
Delegation and Citizens
at Annapolis.
Special From STAFF Correspondent.

result of a conference held here late yes
terday afternoon between the Montgom-
cry county delegation i'll the general as
semoly, the members of the Montgomery
county board OF commissioners and rep
rescntatives of Chevy Chase. kensington
Woodside. Capitol View, Silver Spring,
Tako1na Park and other communities in
the Bethesda and Wheaton districts.
Pastepots and inkwells were conspicu-
Gus because of their absence from the
committee room of Senator Jones, 1t
being the evident intention to prevent
possible repetition of the lively events
that transpired during similar hearing
last week.
The hearing which was originally
scheduled for II o'clock yesterday morn
ing, was postponed until $3.50 o'clock in
the afternoon, and later was deferred
again, SO that it was after 4 clock
when the delegations and the members of
the legislature got together.
Cummings Springs Surprise.
When the hearing finally opened Dele
gate Andrew j. Cummings of Chevy
Chase, speaking for the Montgomery
county delegation in the legislature,
sprung a surprise by stating that the
upon plan which, in their opinion, would
settle the dispute once for all.
We shall draft a b,il to pe introduced
at the earliest possible moment" said
Delegate Cummings, directing the COM
mlSSlonerS OF Montgomery county 10 in
crease the tax levy from s. cents, last
years figure, to as cents. The aaued 40
Genus Will be used as a sinking fund to
WIPE out the existing scnoo Indebtedness
of the county, more than $5o.tpp. accu-
muiated for the past seven years or more
,ogeJner with interest on the debt.
The bill we intend to frame will also
limit the authority of the school COM
missioners by proh,b biting them from bor-
rowing money tor scnool purposes In ex
cess of the estimated school funds. The
measure will also contain other provisions
designed TO prevent any future conditions
such as now exist in the countys scnooI
affairs.
Deiegate Cummings stated that the bill
will be drafted by next Tuesday, at
which time he asked the members Of
missioners to confer with the county dele
CATION at Annapolis.
Increase Is Opposed.
The announcement of the proposed in
crease in the tax rate came as thun-
derbolt to those few individuals who, by
$4,000 bond issue for q modern school
with high school facilities. at or near
Chevy Chase, precipitated the present
squabble. Bitter opposition to the in
crease in taxes was voiced by several
Montgomery county men present, but
without avail.
Delegate Eugene Waters, who comes
from the upper end of the county, de-
clared that former residents of the Dis
trict of Columbia who had moved into
the lower end of Montgomery county and
who were not satisfied with the manner
III which the couRty's affairs were con-
ductel, were at liberty to move back into
the District of Columbia again. One of
those mysterious voices from the crowd
that always come at the psychological
moment. replied to this:
If all the District of Columbia men
who live in the south end of the county
should move back to the District of Co.
lumbia the north end would starve to
DEATH