Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-08-10
NOTICE OF 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 petit
tiOn was filed In the District Court OF the
United States for the District of Maryland,
in the above case, on the list day OF july
1923, by the United States of America, to
the following effect, to wit:
1. That heretofore, by an Act Of Congress
approved June %, 1922, entitled An Act
making appropriations for the government
OF the District OF Columbia and other aetly-
tiles chargeable in whole or in part against
the revenues of such District for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1923, and for other
purposes the Secretary Of War OF the
Instituted in the name of the United States
for the requirement by condemnation of
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, 1928. 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 80. 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
g. - 4..mk ian IN
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
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.
ect for increasing the water supply Of the
/ District of Columbia as above referred to,
to acquire by condemnation a 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
subterranean right of way, and that the
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
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
means to ascertain the names of the owners
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 a conduit to carry water from the
Great Falls, Maryland, to the Dale Carlia
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 compenBa-
tion to the party or parties entitled thereto
by previous appropriation by the United
States.
3. The description is hereinafter given of
said subterranean right Of way sought to
| be condemned, together with the name of
the last owner Of record and the name Of
the reputed owner last heard of, that Is to
| say:
Company
! "A subterranean right of way IS feet
| wide, and 10 feet high, the bottom Of which
| is at an elevation of approximately 140
and maintaining a conduit to carry water
from Great Falls to Dale Carlia Reservoir,
the center line Of said right Of way being
Beginning for the same at a point in
the said center line, being station Is 1873
which point is formed by the intersection
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, S407 feet northeasterly from a 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 1889 S8 t
the right from the line between the ston,
at the foot of the beech tree and m0nu
ment w l.
Thence, at an angle of TAO "a to tn,
r left from the above described boundary
line between the lands of the Potomac
Corporation and the lands of the Washing
: ton and Great Falls Investment Compan,
bearing in sOutheasterly direction 449i
n feet to the intersection Of said center lini
!. with the northerly boundary Of the 1O-acr,
strip OF property belonging to Nicholson
= and kalbfus, and making an angle to tn,
left 90 AZ, at Section 10 65.4, 1918 fee
easterly from the property line Of tn,
Washington Aqueduct between monument
w and w and 2S1S6 feet north
0. That your Petitioner is informed tina
1t Is possible that the following nance
may have some interest in the right Of wa,
4 sought to be condemned:
Washington and Great Falls Railway an.
Power Company, Norman Gray, President
: 1908 Real Estate Trust Building, Philadel
: phia, Pennsylvania.
! The Fidelity Trust Company. Baltimore
: Maryland.
{ The Washington Utilities Company, ad
!, dress unknown.
Building, Baltimore, Nd.
Washington and Great Falls Inyestmen
: company. Henry breckenridge. Trustee, 2
/. That the above named are. in so far as 4
\ is possible by the use Of all reasonable
E means for your Petitioner to ascertain
the names OF the owner and all other
having interest in the right Of way soueh
to be condemned.
{ To the end, therefore, that your Peti
: toner may have said subterranean or tun
! and benefit, with the right to construc
= and when constructed to own, maintain
: use ana operate water conduit for tn,
: purposes set out in this Petition, and I,
]
7; privileges, appurtenances and advantages
above described unto and to the proper us,
and henefit OF the United States OF Americt
and It's assigns forever in fee simple an(
10 the further end that your Petitioner
snail have the right to take immediate pos
session or said tunnel or subterranean righ
or way to the extent of the interest to b,
acquired and to proceed Immediately with
the work OF constructing the tunnel nj
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. 1898, and file their objec
ZION, IL any they have, to the proposed con.
domination Of said lands.
ARTHUR L. SPAMER
Clerk of the District Court OF the United
[Seall ''""u'
july 27-3t
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