Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-01
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
Commissioners Ask Bethesda Citi-
zens to Consider Sewerage
Financing.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, July 1.-The coun-
ty commissioners for this county. sit
ting the Montgomery county sewer
age commission, requested at a recent
meeting that the citizens of that por-
ton of Bethesda district which is drain
ed by Little Falls brook consider meth
DDS of financing the construction of a
sewerage system for Little Falls brook
area and report recommends tions At a
meeting of the commission here yester-
day
IN compliance with the request d
large number of the taxpayers of sec
tons and of Chevy Chase the Chevy
Ihase improvement Association and
the Bethesda District Civic Federation
held meetings recently and gave the
matter consideration, and Yesterday
oeiegatIons appeared before the COM
MISSION and submitted suggestions, the
substance of which was as follows:
mat the expense of the trunk line
sewer be met by a bond issue against
the property in the benefited area for
term of not more than forty nor less
IMAM twenty-five years. provided that
none of the money thus derived be eX-
pended for the building of lateral sew
ers; that portion of the bonds be re-
tired annually and that a sinking fund
be created for that purpose: that the
total annual expense of the trunk line
sewer system, includin ing the raising
of the sinking fund, be raised by taxes
to be assessed proportionately against
the property within the area benefited
the assessments to be readjusted an
nually or as often as procaicable, so
as to make the burden as equitable as
possible, and that no portion of the
expense connected with the lateral
sewers be assessed against those sec
lions already possessing such laterals.
After receiving the suggestions and
hearing them discussed the commits
sion announced that they would be laid
before an experienced engineer for ad-
vice. and that another meeting of the
commission would be held within the
very near future to give the matter
further consideration.
Under law passed by the legislature
OF 1914. the state board of health is
given authority to compel the construc-
tlon OF sewerage system wherever,
in the opinion of the board, the health
or community requires it. Having
been ordered by the state board to con-
struct such Il system in the Bethesda
area, the Montgomery county commits
sion has no alternative but to proceed
with the work. The area affected in
cludes all territory drained by Little
Falls brook, including the subdivisions
of Friendship Heights, Somerset,
Drummond, Edgewood, Woodmont,
Chase. The estimated cost of the prof.
ect is about $4,000:
Representing that the plaintiff and
defendant agreed to marry one another.
that reasonable time for such marriage
has elapsed, and that the plaintiff has
always been ready and willing to marry
the defendant. yet the defendant has
neglected and refused to marry the
plaintiff Miss Helen c. Child of Balti-
more. for some time past employed as a
nurse at Chestnut Lodge Sanitarium.
Rockville. has filed suit in the circuit
court here against John NJ. Heagy, jr.,
of Rockville, claiming damages in the
amount of $4,000 for breach of prom
ise The plaintiff is represented by
William H. Surratt of Baltimore.
Rev. Frank NJ. Richardson. pastor of
the Southern Methodist Church. Off
ciated at the marriage here yesterday
afternoon of Miss Mary l.. Mort, nine
teen years old, and Boyd P. Newlin.
aged twenty-five both of Winchester,
Va.