Evening star., 1926-03-22
0. K ASSURED BOND
ISSUE Of S51)D,0)0
Maryland Service Body Un-
moved by Protests From
Capital Suburbs.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. March 22.-
The application of tho Washington
Suburban Sanitary CommissionF II To
issue S5oo,o0 series e bonds will he
granted, Chairman tlarroid West an
nounced today following Il hearing
before the Public Service Commission
of Maryla nd. Protest against the is
suanCe Of the bonds was made lay
c. l.. Aiello. as Washington attorney
representing n number of property
owners in EIyattsviUc and RladenS-
burg who claimed thar the commits
sion had already issued bonds above
the 10 per cent of the total assess
ment of Montgomery and Prince
Georges County allowed in the orig
inal act of the Maryla nd legislation
authorizing the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission
This charge was denied by 7. How
ard Ducilctt. chairman of the SAM
tary Commission. who stated that the
present outstanding bonds amounted
tn only 4123. 600. and with the issu
Ing of the $500 600 bond of series r
would bring the total up to $5.225 .0oo,
which would be below the II per cent
of tho assessment of the two coun-
ties Prince Georges being assessed
AT s4s 900 .00n and Montgomery Coun-
ty at S25. 600. 600 Robert r. Morse
chief engineer of the Sanitary Com
mission testified as to the amounts
required for supplying water and sew
erage service to number of points
In the two counties.
S3O3.3l9 Principal Cost.
The principal cost. according TO
Mr. Morse. would he in supplying
Gaithersburg and Washington Grove,
which he placed at s303.319.S5. For
supplying water and sewerage ils
Brentwood, Hyattsville. College
Heights and lower Pine Crest and
Takoma Park he placed at $63 .52l.29
For supplying Seat Pleasant, Capitol
Heights and surrounding territory the
cost was placed at 100000. For sup
plyng sections 6 and of Chevy Chase
Glen Echo. Prookmont and Linden
he placed the cost at S31.9l1, which
with S4.100 the cost price of the water
system at Glen Echo, which the com
mission proposed to take over. would
account for the total issue Of the bond.
j. Arthur Bowman, secretary treas
urer of the Sanitary Commission.
stated that the commission is in re-
ceipt Of some 80 petitions from resi-
dents and property owners in River
dale and RerWNn asking for water ami
sewerage. among them being Dr,
Woods. former president of the Tn
versity of Naryla nd, whose home Is in
Perwrn. in which he stated that an
ANALYSIS of the water in a number OF
Wens had shown il of the wells We're
polluted.
Mr.. Duckett stated that the Sa nj
tary Commission acceded to the re-
quest for service in GaitherSburg and
Washington Grove only after repeat
ed requests. He said they never
attempted to extend their service.
either water or sewer. unless assured
the service was desired by a ma jority
Of the owners Of a settlement.
Court Action Probable.
Mr.. Aeillo. in his argument to the
commission against granting the peti-
ton. stated that the matter would
probably be taken to court, as several
of his clients had stated they would
ask an injunction restraining the COM
mission from issuing the bonds. r. H.
Phillips. former owner of the kensing-
ton Railway, also appeared to protest
against issuing of the bonds as "a
taxpayer of Chevy Chase, Md" Mr..
Phillips stated that the Sanitary Com
mission service and pipes in Chevy
Chase were very unsatisfactory. and
rallied attention to a provision in the
constitution of Maryland which pro
hibited the State from issuing bonds
which extended over a period of more
than 13 years.
Chairman West informed Mr.. Phil
lips that II was a question for the
courts to decide whether the Public
Service Commission would not ac-
cord equity.
Mr.. Phillips requested that the
Public Service Commission make an
audit of the books Of the Sanitary
Commission before granting the re-
quest. This was also denied by
Chairman West. who announced that
the commission had neither the force
nor the money for such an examina-
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