Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-08-17
NOTICE or CONDEMNATION.

Great Falls, in Montgomery
County, Maryland, for use by the
United States for purposes con-
nected with project for increased
water supply of District of Co.
lumbia.
In the District Court of the United
States for the District of Maryland.
No. 1880 Law Docket.
l hereby give notice to all persons di-
rectly or indirectly interested that a petit
United States for the District Of Maryland,
in the above case, on the 21st day OF July,
1923, by the United States Of America, to
! the following effect, to wit:
| l. That heretofore, by an Act of Congress
| approved June 90 1922, entitled AN Act
| making appropriations for the government
| Of the District Of Columbia and other aetiy-
tiles chargeable in whole or in part against
| the revenues Of such District for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1923, and for other
purposes" the Secretary Of War Of the
/ United States may cause proceedings TO be
! instituted in the name of the United States
for the requirement by condemnation of
1 all necessary lands, easements and rights
! Of way necessary to the construction Of
/ the project for increasing the water supply
| Of the District Of Columbia as set forth at
large and in full in said Act, and the Sec
| rotary OF War Of the United States is
| further authorized by the Act Of Congress
! approved February 18th, 1923, entitled IAN
! Act making appropriations for the govern
ment Of the District Of Columbia and other
activities chargeable in whole or in part
/ against the revenues Of such District for
/ the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, and
for other purposes" to take immediate
| possession of said lands easements, rights
| Of way, or otherwise to the extent of the
/ interest acquired and proceed with the
/ work therein authorized as set forth at
large and in full In said Act, provided that
adequate provisions shall have been made
/ for the payment Of Just compensation to
/ the party or parties entitled thereto either
by previous appropriations by the United
| States or by the deposit Of moneys or other
! form of security in such amount and form
as shall be approved by the court in
/ which such proceedings shall be instituted.
! 2. That the Secretary of War is Of the
| opinion and has so declared, that 1t is
necessary and advantageous to the United
States and to the construction of the prof.
District of Columbia as above referred to,
to acquire by condemnation certain sub
terranean right Of way hereinafter de-
scribed and situate in Montgomery County.
/ in the State of Maryland and has applied
to the Attorney General of the United
States to cause proceedings to be insti
tuted in the name of the United States for
the requirement by condemnation of said
said United States cannot agree with the
owners of said lands as to the price
thereof, or for the purchase thereof, for
the reason among others that the true
owners at law and likewise those having
an equitable interest in said lands cannot
be ascertained from the land records, nor
located, although all reasonable means have
been employed by the United States, its
officers and agents to definitely ascertain
who the real owners at law and those
having an interest or equitable estate in
said lands are. and whether feme covert,
non compOs out Of the County where the
lands lie Except as hereinafter expressly
stated and the said United States. its Off
GERS and agents have used all reasonable
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OF said lands and Of each lot thereof, and
where he, she or they reside, whether
adults or under age, married or single,
but have been unable to secure said in
formation and do not know said names,
residences, ages, marital status or mental
conditions, except as herein expressly
stated.
3. That the subterranean right of way
hereinafter described is required and the
Secretary OF War has so found. by the
United States for constructing and main
tanning conduit to carry water from the
Great Falls, Maryland, to the DaleCarlia
Reservoir; said conduit being a part of the
project for increasing the water supply of
the District Of Columbia, as authorized by
Act of Congress hereinabOve referred to.
4. That adequate provisions have been
made for the payment of just cOmpensa
tion to the party or parties entitled thereto
by previous appropriation by the United
States.
,. The description is hereinafter given of
said subterranean right of way sought to
the last owner of record and the name of
the reputed owner last heard of, that is to
say:
Washington and Great Falls Investment
Company
"A subterranean right of way 16 feet
wide. and 1G feet high, the bottom of which
is at an elevation of approximately 40
feet above mean sea level for constructing
and maintaining conduit to carry water
from Great Falls to Dale Carlia Reservoir
he center line Of said right Of way being
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beginning for the same at a point in
the said center line, being station IL 1853,
which point is formed by the intersection
r Of the said center line with the boundary
line dividing the property Of the Potomac
Corporation from the property of the Wash
ington and Great Falls Investment Com
= pany. S4.O1 feet northeasterly from q stone
planted at the foot of a beech tree, the
intersection point of the property lines of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.
} the Potomac Corporation and the Washing
ton and Great Falls Investment Company.
said line forming an angle of 1869 36' to
the right from the line between the stone
, at the foot of the beech tree and mOnu-
ment w L.
/, Thence. at an angle of 74s "a to the
left from the above described boundary
line between the lands of the Potomac
y Corporation and the lands Of the Washing
= ton and Great Falls Investment Company
= bearing in southeasterly direction 449.1
n feet to the intersection of said center line
= with the northerly boundary of the 10-acre
L strip OF property belonging to Nicholson
: and Kalbfus, and making an angle to the
left 9G' AZ, at Section 10 65.4. 1913 feet
elsterly from the property line of the
Washington Aqueduct between monuments
w A / and w Q and 231 80 feet north
westerly from w q
q. That your Petitioner is informed that
it Is possible that the following named
may have some interest in the right of way
4 sought to be condemned:
Washington and Great Falls Railway and
Power Company, Norman Gray, President
: lSOS Real Estate Trust Building. PhiIadel
: phia, Pennsylvania.
The Fidelity Trust Company, Baltimore
T The Washington Utilities Company. ad.
!, dress unknown.
: Harry Z; Karr, Il19 Fidelity Trust
building, Baltimore. Nd.
Washington and Great Falls Investment
: Company, Henry Breckenridge Trustee q
a Pine Street. New York n Y
/ That the above named are. in so far as it
\ Is possible by the use of all REASONABLE
e means for your Petitioner to ascertain
= the names of the owner and all Others
having interest in the right OF way sought
l To the end therefore that your Peti.
= TONER may have said subterranean or tun.
; mel right of way condemned for its use
/. and benefit, with the right to construct
: and when constructed to own. maintain.
= use and operate water conduit for the
= purposes set out in this Petition, and to
. nave ana TO hold the rights, liberties.
9 privileges, appurtenances and advantages
l above described unto and to the proper use
and benefit of the United States of America
ana us assigns forever in fee simple and
10 the further end that your Petitioner
snail nave the right to take immediate pos
session or said tunnel or subterranean right
OF way TO the extent Of the interest to be
acquired and to proceed Immediately with
the work Of constructing the tunnel or
conduit aforesaid
| further give notice to all persons in
terested in said lands or any part thereof
TO come forward in the said District Court
Of the United States for the District OF
Maryland. on or before the SECOND DAY
OF OCTOBER. 1928. and file their obiec
uoh, II any they have, to the proposed con
demnation Of said lands
ARTHUR l.. SPAMER
Clerk of the District Court OF the United
estate. states for the District of Maryland.
TOR SALE.
By owner, new 7-room
stucco bungalow, modern improvements,
large lot, on Georgetown pike, one-fourth