Evening star., 1921-06-05

liam F. Disney, also engineer of the fire
department and town baiiif. Rockville
does not need large police force. be-
cause the citizens are law-abdding and
1t has the advantage of the presence of
the sheriff. deputy sheriff, constables and
court baliffs, officers of the county. II
any readers of these few lines contem
plate pulling off some rough stuff. please
avoid Rockville. Such stunts lead but
to the hospital.
Rockville has a volunteer fire depart
ment. The town is divided into four
fire wards. each with fire company of
about ten men. There are fifty men in
the department.. with three hose trucks
and hook and ladder wagon, with a
fire station in each fire ward. The ap-
a new house. A siren has been bought
and will be placed in the courthouse
tower. This will sound alarms. The
president OF the fire association is the
mayor. DR.. Linthicum; the vice presi-
dent is Councilman Robertson. and the
Albert. The fire chief is Joseph w.
Howes and assistant chief Luther E.
Hoellmann. Captain of the first ward
is J. Howard Ward; captain of the sec
the third ward, Wilson S. Ward; captain
of the hook and ladder company Fourth
ward), William NJ. Burrows. Gravity
pressure is enough to throw streams of
water over any building in town, and
when the cry of fire disturbs the quiet
watches of the night. viii Disney. gets
all the power out of the machinery at
the pumping station that there is in it.
Fire plugs stand along all the streets
and the citizens are working hard to
make their fire company so much better
than any other in the state that they
hope to secure some reduction in theif
insurance rates.
Rockville has two banks. the Mont
gomery County National, organised
in 1884, and the Farmers Banking
and Trust Company, organized in
1900. OF the former George NJ. Hunter
is president and George P. Hender-
son. cashier. and of the latter Robert
G.. Hilton is president and secretary
and DIR. James E. Deets. treasurer.
The postmaster is Joseph Reading
you come to make complaint of de-
layed transmission of mail.
Here is as good place as any other
for you to read the list of county Off
GERS. or at least such names of county
officers as The Star man collected
during his brief visit to Rockville:
Judge, Edward c. Peter; clerk of the
court, Preston B. Ray; treasurer.
Berry E. Clark: president of the board
of county commissioners, John r.
Lewis: other members of the board.
odarion Roby. Samuel Riggs. DR.,
Chiswell: health officer. DR.. W. T.
Pratt; sheriff, George E. Nicholson;
chief deputy sheriff., Leonard Weer;
police justice, William Il Welt; con-
stable, Clarence Anders; crier of the
court. j. b. Pumphrey; bailiffs. Tur-
ner w. Welch and Samuel B. Haynie;
keeper of the bastille (as they call
the Jail at Reckville). William Trail,
who has been jailor for quarter of a
century.
THE main street Of Rockville is
= called Montgomery avenue. Not
long ago it was unpaved and SO full of
"bumps'' that you could not pass over
it in your car without discomfort.
even at = very low speed. That has
been mended. Montgomery avenue
has been paved with brick and ce-
ment at a cost OF $4,000. 1t Is as
smooth as any other street In the
world. But there is an ordinance lin
drive. And that ordinance Is not a
dead letter The other streets of the
town are, counting from the west end
to the east, Van Buren,, Adama. WASH
inRton. Jefferson and Madison. There
are other streets, but these are the
important ones. Two short streets on
two sides Of the court square are Court
street and Perry street. What was
Commerce street has been paved and
Is now a part Of Montgomery avenue.
Seven trains on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad stop at Rockville daily
to take on passengers for Washing