The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-26
CHASE IS
NORK|NGFOR
IDEALS
Beautiful Maryland Suburb
Plans New Developments
and Building Boom.
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purposes of administration, is di
vided into five separate and dis
tinct special taxing areas. Unlike
an incorporated village, town, OF
city, each of these five sections is
without ordinance power and can.
not impose or enforce regulations.
Ordinary power is vested in the
| Each Section is governed by a
local citizens committee, elected
by the registered voters of the
community, and these committees
have full power of local manage.
/ ment. Street and road repairing;
trash, ash, and garbage collection;
police and fire protection, street
/ lighting, and similar matters come
within the jurisdiction of the com.
mittee.
Section 2--commonly known as
the village of Chevy Chase-is
bounded by Bradley lane. Broad
Branch road, the District line to
| a point 125 feet south of Grafton
sin avenue. Wisconsin avenue to
the south boundary of the Chevy
Chase Club property. the club
boundary line to Connecticut ave-
nue., and Connecticut avenue 10
Bradley lane.
The officers of the Citizens Com
mittee for Section 2 are George p.
| Hoover, chairman: Mrs. Willard F.
| West, secretary: Paul Sleman,
| treasurer; Mrs. T.. f. Robertson.
who has supervision of the Chevy
Chase Library: William Fl. Gott-
Heb, who has charge of public
service, streets, and parking; Will
liam A. Mills. in charge of build
| iTo aud
Parks, in charge of fire and police
! protection and street lighting; and
DR.. Thomas K. Conrad, health Off
Ger.
FOresters Aid.
| With the aid of the Maryland
State Forestry Commission, the
village has just completed pruning
all of the trees and shrubhery, and
has planted nearly 100 new trees.
Experts from the commission have
plotted the entire village, showing
the location and type of every tree.
/ This chart will aid in the work
of landscape Identification.
/ The principal matter now occupy.
ing the minds Of the cIurzens' com
mittee is retention OF the Chevy
Chase postoffice at the corner of
Connecticut avenue and Kirk street.
The postoffice lease expires next
month and residents of the Dis
| trict side of Chevy Chase are striv-
| ing TO have the location shifted
south of the circle. The Maryland
residents. realizing that their mail
service would be injured by trans
fer of the postoffice, have offered
attractive five and ten-year leases
| to the Postoffice Department, and
/ have promisd to enlarge the post
| office building.
The postoffice is located in the
/ Chevy Chase Library building. This
| library is open regularly and resi-
dents have access to the books at
| all times The library room. a
| spacious and pictureque place, is
| rented at nights for dances and
civic and social events,
! The citizens committee aims to
keep the roads OF the village in ex-
cellent condition, and for this pur-
! pose a steam roller has been OBJ
| tanned, and is in constant use The
aba ndonment by the Agricultural
| Department of Connecticut avenue
| between the Circle and Bradley
| lane as an experimental road
| throws the upkeep of this stretch
now on the village. Negotiations
now are under way. however, 10
have this highway taken over by
the State or the county. as it is
one Of the principal arteries of
| travel
Historic Pride.
| The village takes a historic pride
! in it's old volunteer fire apparatus,
which still is housed in the library
/ LaC hg1t VuN 81
! is used. as the District Fire De.
partment courteously responds ia
| alarms in the section. The Old
| fire gong still hangs in the library
| yard Formerly ii was the Gus.
| tom to beat on this gong with a
| sledge hammer whenever there
was a fire. Villagers responded
! pulled the apparatus to the fire,
and then struggled with hose, ak,
and ladder in subduing the flames.
Judge William H. De Lacy,
/ formerly OF the Juvenile Court. who
| lives across the street from the
! library. used to he one OF the
| first to respond to fire alarms, re-
| CARELESS of the hour of the night.
He tells of how he used TO get
winded pulling the heavy apparatus
and how the volunteer firemen
| usually were ttld Z VII CNChlAoi
| Iy reaching the fire, TO find that
the District fire department had al
ready answered he alarm. put out
| the blaze, and returned home.
Lone Cop Is "ehief."
The village has a police force OF
one man. who is commonly referred
| to as the chief of police. He wears
al imposing uniform and frequently
| is mistaken for naval officer. He
sleeps at the library at night, ready
| to respond to any telephone call FOR
| assistance. About the only night
calls he ever gets are requests to
hurry out and quiet barking dogs
that are keeping restless residents
awake.
| Chevy Chase is the oldest suburb
of Washington and, in fact. is even
older than the Capital City itself
1t was settled prior to the revoIu
tionary war and then was known as
CHEVY Chace A boulder TO the
memory of Col. Joseph Belt. the
founder and patentee, who fought
in the French and Ind Ian war, is
Just west of the circle near the
All Saints Episcopal Church. lie
was trustee of the first free
public school in Maryland and a
founder Of Rock Greek Parish lie
died in 1863.