Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
MUCH DYNAMITE TO BE
USED AT CURTIS BAY
County Commissioners Asked To Tell
How Work Shall Proceed As Big
u. S. Ordnance Depot

No small amount of dynamite and
other blasting powder is going to be
used in the construction of the pro-
posed United States Ordnance Depot
at Curtis Bay, according to a COM
munication which has just been re
ceived from the Smith Hauser and Nc
Isaacs Company, contractors, by the
Anne Arundel Board of County Com
missiOners. The request for informa-
ton as TO how TO secure the proper
permits for the use of the explosives
was at yesterday afternoons regular
weekly meeting of the Commissioners
referred to Counsellor r. p. Melvin.
Another proposition taken up by the
Commissioners was that dealing with
the assessment of the real estate held
ings of the various public service cor
porations doing business in Anne
Arundel This was brought to the at
tention of the local Board by the State
Tax Commission. AS a result set of
blank forms for returns on the real
estate holdings viii be sent out by the
thereon have been received a hearing
will be held by the Commissioners on
Thursday, February 21st
1t was determined yesterday after
noon that for the purposes of county
the figures agreed upon
by President James A. Walton and
Joseph NJ. Wilkerson, Commissioner
from the Fifth District. on the manu-
featuring plants in the Brooklyn-Cur-
4 to Do, II. 4 1,
figures are considerably lower than
those fixed by the State Tax Commits
sion
There developed during yesterdays
hearing a controversy between the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company, which some time ago ac
quired control of the Rock Greek and
Marley Telephone Company. This was
over the claim of the company that
under its charter ii no longer is re
quired to pay a tax for each telephone
pole put in along the public highways
of the county The matter was re
ferred to Counsellor Melvin for inves-
tigation and a report.
In connection with the public serv-
ice corporations assessment, the State
Tax Commission has issued through
local assessor William T. Revell no
tice of its valuation. The list or the
corporations and the amount of the
assessment that has been charged
against them by the State Tax Com
mission follow:
District 2-The American Electric
Railways Company (Short Line), $685.
1874; Washington, Baltimore and An
napolis Electric Railways. $1O2, 500;
Old Bay Ridge Railroad, $36,050;
Western Union Telegraph Company,
$780, Postal Telegraph and Cable
Company, $7,O75; Annapolis Public
Utilities Company, $1,91S.
District 3-Maryland Electric Rail
ways (Short Line), $278,S22; Western
Union Telegraph Company, S6,240;
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company,
$740.
District baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company, $4,161; Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Company, ,945; Washington, Bal
timore and Annapolis Electric Rail-
ways Company, SCOTIA; Western
Union Telegraph Company. $11,165;
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company,
$S,206.
District 5-Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington Railroad Company,
$17S,404; Washington, Baltimore and
Annapolis Electric Railways, $102,727
Maryland Electric Railways, $S3,655;
United Railways and Electric Com
pany of Baltimore, S74,439; Western
Union Telegraph Company, $5,513;
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany, $124,009; Postal Telegraph
Cable Company, $13,30S.
District (Annapolis) Bay Ridge
Railroad. $4,000; Annapolis and
Chesapeake Railroad Company, 81 ,496:
Maryland Electric Railways, S46,1S0;
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis
Electric Railways. $63.49S; Western
Union Telegraph Company, $500; Pos
tai Telegraph-Cable Company, $500
District S-Chesapeake Beach Rail-
road Company, $31,O55.
Special List for Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company by Districts
First, $33,797; second, $4,000;
third, SS9,414; fourth, $24,912 fifth,
$76.227; sixth, $52,5O6; eighth, $16,-
S224O.