Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-02-20
Chevy Chase Denied High School
Building.
Special from Staff Correspondent of the
Washington Star.

Special from Staff Correspondent of the
Washington Star.
Annapolis. Md. February IL, 1914.
No high school for Chevy Chase. but in
stead an increase of 10 cents in the tax
levy in Montgomery county was the net
result of conference held here late yes
terday afternoon between the Montgomery
county delegation in the general assembly,
the members Of the Montgomery county
board of commissioners and representa-
tives of Chevy Chase, Kensington. Wood
side, Capitol View. Silver Spring. Takoma
Park and other communities in Bethesda
and Wheaton districts.
Pastepots and inkwells were conspicuous
because of their absence from the COM
mittee room of Senator Jones, it being the
evident intention to prevent possible
repetition of the lively events that trans
PRED during similar hearing last week.
The hearing, which was originally sched-
uled for II O'Clock yesterday morning. was
postponed until 8 O'Clock in the afternoon.
and later was deferred again, so that it
was after O'Clock when the delegations
and the members of the legislature got
together
When the hearing finally opened Dele
gate Andrew J. Cummings, of Chevy Chase,
speaking for the Montgomery county dele
CATION in the legislature. sprung surprise
by stating that the members of the dele
CATION had agreed upon plan which. in
their opinion, would settle the dispute once
for all.
I'VE shall draft bill to be introduced
at the earliest possible moment" said
Delegate Cummings, directing the COM
missioners of Montgomery county to in
crease the tax levy from SO cents. last
years figure, to SO cents The added 10
cents will be used as a sinking fund to
wipe out the existing school Indebtedness
of the county, more than $4,000. accu-
INFLATED for the past seven years or more.
together with interest on the debt.
THE bill we intend to frame will also
limit the authority of the school commits
sioners by prohibiting them from borrow
ing money for school purposes in excess
of the estimated school funds. The meas
ure will also contain other provisions de-
signed to prevent any future conditions
as now exist in the county school affairs.
Delegate Cummings stated that the bill
will be drafted by next Tuesday, at which
time he asked the members of the school
board and the county commissioners to
confer with the county delegation at An
napolis.
The announcement of the proposed in
crease in the tax rate came as a thunder
bolt to those few individuals who. by their
opposition to the proposition Of a $50, 900
bond issue for modern school with high
school facilities at or near Chevy Chase. pre-
cipitated the present squabble. Bitter oppO-
sition to the increase in taxes was voiced
by several Montgomery county men pres
ent. but without avail.
Delegate Eugene Waters. who comes from
the upper end Of the county, declared
that former residents of the District of
Columbia who had moved into the lower
end Of Montgomery county and who were
not satisfied with the manner in which the
county's affairs were conducted, were at
liberty to move back into the District of
Columbia again. One of those mysterious
voices from the crowd that always comes
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 Columbia the
north end would starve to death"
This interjection angered Delegate Wa
tiers. and he snapped:
Then let the south end cut itself off and
make little county of its own. Well be
mighty glad to give all the help we can If
the people of the south end want to do
this"
The hearing did not close until almost
O'Clock, and at its conclusion the general
opinion was that the opponents to the pro-
posed bond issue for big school in the
Bethesda district had messed things up"
in such manner that is almost certain to
arouse intense hostility throughout the
county.
A side light Of yesterdays conference
was the withdrawal OF the charges filed by
resident of Kensington against DR.. j.
Ryan Devereaux. The charges were filed
several days ago with Governor Goldsbo-
rough, and yesterday the paper was form
ally withdrawn. the action being accompa-
MED by an apology to the governor and to
DR.. Devereaux.