Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-08
GRANT PRIVILEGE TO
new LIGHT COMPANY
Consolidated Power Co, Succeeds
Old Corporation
MAY co TO CAMP MEADE
Regarded Likely That Company Win
Extend Its Lines There Other
County Business

Representatives of the Consolidated
Power Company, the new corporate
name of the Consolidated Gas Elec-
tric Light and Power Company. which.
for years has supplied the light for
sections Of the Fifth District. were,
before the County Commissioners at
the meeting of that body yesterday
and secured extended franchises for
the construction of electric lines and
conductors under and along streets.
alleys and lanes OF the county. The
company. ii is understood. contem
plates the issuance of FIVE millions of
dollars of mortgage bonds. in order To
retire certain bonds in the name of
the old company. and the change of
francise privileges as granted by the
Commissioners is broad. in that the
company viii extend it's service to
every section of the county II IT so
desires. And il is understood along
this line that the company may es-
tablish a service at Camp Meade, the
Army cantonment at Admiral In the
Fourth District of the county.
Among other business before the
Commissioners yesterday was the fol-
lowing.
u was decided to make formal ap-
plication to the State Roads Commits
sion for the Improvement OF por-
ton of the county road between Bal
timore and the Annapolis Boulevard
and Pennington avenue. Brooklyn.
This thoroughfare is known as the
Church street road. and is a mile and
four-tenths in extent. The improve
ment is to be made under the pro-
visions of Chapter 217 of the Mary
land laws
Ihe new re-assessment of real es-
tate of the Fifth District. which has
been the subject Of review for some
time, is now practically completed.
and the Board adopted an order 10 the
effect that the final review OF the
Brooklyn and Curtis Bay sections will
be the special order of business for
August Ia, at l o'clock. Under the
! same order it is stipulated that no.
tfces be sent to property owners OF
the Third District that the Board will
SIT on August l6 to hear appeals from
the assessment. the hearings TO begin
n 10 a. m
1t was ordered that request be made
of the State Roads Commission for
the extension of the width of the
pavement from gutter to gutter on
First street Brooklyn, for a total dis
tance of about 1000 feet. and En-
gineeI Hayman was directed to take
the matter up and fix an agreement
with the State officials.
The Board directed Engineer Hay
man to see to it that the officials OF
the telephone and telegraph com
! panies remove the poles now laying
I, recklessly along the county roads.
otherwise the necessary steps will be
taken to enforce the removal of
Charles Williams. keeper of the Spa
creek bridge, was granted ten days
leave of absence from August 10.
William I. ReyelI, Richard Duvall
and II c. Linsted, Jr., who were an
| pointed a committee to investigate the
public necessity Of opening a county
road through the land Of Mr.. V. Ben
nett to Fork Greek, i'm the Third Dis
trict, filed favorable report, and
! recommended that about a fifth OF an
acre Of Ind be bought to provide for
J public landing This matter was
referred to Counselor Melvin for fur
ther consideration.