Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-13
TAKOMAPARK.

The Buying Club of Takoma Com
munity Center has announced that it
will take orders for anthracite coal.
Prices of various sizes are as fol-
lows: Egg. 50: stove. 1925; chest
nut, 1886. up to July IS. Thereafter
/ the prices will advance 10 cents
monthly. All coal is to be paid for
prior to delivery. The cost of deliv-
| cry and storage is estimated at 81
per ton. Orders for coal may be left
| with the cashier OF the Takoma Bank.
Mr.. Gibson. or with any member of
| the club. The club members are Mr..
StrausSer of the sanatorium: r III.
Lewton. H. b. Hendrick. W. f. Han
| sen. w. A. Wallace. Samuel SERVE
ner. {. +. Normandy, Mr.. Sholes OF
Blair road. and Mrs. William y.
Stewart. ~ Carroll avenue.
An extremely important change in
the water and sewer system OF Iako-
| ma Park is now under consideration
by the town council in conjunction
with the Washington suburban SAM
tary commission. This commission
was established by the legislature or
Maryland last year for the purpose
T of supplying general water ana
sewer system for various Maryland
districts near Washington. Legisla-
ton was also passed by congress 10
afford the necessary cooperation on
the District side. The sanitary COM
mission has requested the town coun-
Gil of Takoma Park to consider the
proposition of turning over the water
and sewer system of the town to the
commission. which proposes to incor-
porate it in its general system for this
district which. according to the pre-
lmnary plans. would include Silver
nISI1 nj VII. init
The sanitary commission is author
lied to make the proper cOmpenSa-
ton to the town for the value of its
present water system and sewer sys-
'em. The negotiations have not as
get reached any definite basis Of I'M
derstanding, but it is expected that a
conference may soon be held at which
a proposition will be outlined which
will promptly thereafter be sub
mitted to the citizens of Takoma Park
in general meeting
The town has for it's present needs
a satisfactory water supply. and the
change of the control from the town
council to that of the sanitary water
commission. while not producing any
Immediate benefit, it is thought by
the council. will prove advantageous
in the future. when. because of the
towns growth. which is extending
rapidly in every direction. the present
system would have to be materially
enlarged. The commission can handle
this requirement for increased devel-
opMent with less cost to the town,
because of it being a part of the
larger Development The comm fssion
has been making surveys throughout
the proposed district Under the
Maryland law the commission has the
power to take over any system that
1t desires by condemnation if a sat
, isiactory agreement cannot be reached
by negotiations. Tt is believed, how
ever. that a fair adjustment can be
reached without resort to legal pro-
ceedings.
Five hundred dollars has been ap-
propriated by the Takoma Park town
council for paving with cinders Elm.
Ash, Columbia, Pine and Montgom-
cry avenues. Toward this end the
streets have been scraped and shaped
up, but because of the interval be-
tween the scraping and the laying of
! clnders being long, owing to the diff
hcuity or securing men and teams,
and during which time a heavy rain
mas fallen, resulting in new ruts
deeper than the old ones. Z. T.. Blod-
gett. in charge of the towns street
work, reports that this preparatory
step VIII have to be repeated He
also explains that to lay cinders sue
cessfully the streets surface must
not be entirely dried out. Those vital
~ interested in the improvement of
these streets, over which the Oyster
and Thompson dairies refuse to de-
liver milk, because of their comb.
ton, are on their knees. metaphor
caliy, petitioning both the unseen
powers and the seen to cooperate, to
the end that the scraping. the rain
and the cinders, may follow one an
other IN proper and rapid sequence.