Evening star., 1927-03-23
Maryland Cooperating.

1A~A y AhAN OV~VPVA0oAA6'
Not only is the National Capital
being properly developed and embel-
lished as the most beautiful city in the
world by acts of Congress and the
supervision of art and park commits
sions, but we now have Maryland as
a State cooperating, so that while the
political boundary line will still con-
tfnue, yet the same scheme of terri
torial development will spread out
into the Maryland suburban area.
Three important measures are now
pending before the Maryland Legisla-
ture. on which favorable action Is
promised. which recognize that as the
city Of Washington grows its natural
expansion is into Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties, and which aim
to coordinate this development in har-
mony with the development of the
Capital City itself.
In other words, we are to have
Greater Washington as far as streets
and parks and school sites and coming
regulations are concerned, but with
Maryland preparing to bear the costs
of the improvements across the State
line. Our entire neighborhood is to be
developed along the Washington Beau
tiful plan, with the State pride of
Maryland backing the expansion.
There is in the supplemental budget
that comes up before the Maryland
Legislature within the next two weeks
an item Of 800. 900 for parks in Prince
Georges and Montgomery Counties.
When appropriated that amount will
be used to link up Maryland with the
park-development program within the
District boundary under the 100000
appropriation made to the National
Capital Park and Planning Commis-
sion.
There is also pending a bill, which
viii come UP for action this week, to
establish the Maryland National Capi.
tai Park and Planning Commission,
which is intended to be a body in
Maryland to cooperate with the Ma
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Commission In the District of Colum-
bia in the purchase of park and play
ground sites in what is known as the
suburban area of Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties. which gen.
orally follows the bounds of the Wash
ington suburban sanitary district.
Another bill pending in the Mary
land Legislature would change the
form of government of Montgomery
County and designate the Board of
County Commissioners as the legisla-
tive body of that county. giving them
authority to put zoning into effect in
that area.
BY these measures 1t is intended to
make legal and to put into effective
operation any development program
agreed upon between. the two CO.
operating commissions.
This is the sort of interstate team
work that means economic and eff
Client carrying out of such develop
ment projects. 1t is extremely help
A0t ~ tAtOSE wiz oAC AL NAaok sc VI bAN
physical work of beautifying the Ma
tional Capital, but it really means
more to the Maryland suburbs. It
enables them to make the best pos
sibie use of the expert professional
service that is being employed to
make Washington peerless Capital,
at the minimum cost, putting in a
continuation of the Identification
scheme that has proved so attractive
in Washington, just across the line.
1t has also very practical and busi-
nesslike advantage for the Maryland
suburbs in that they will entice resi-
dents who desire to become home
owners. under the same advantages
as exist in the District. but who find
In the Maryland suburbs a chance to
get just a little farther away from the
congestion of city traffic and chance
to get out ''in the open"
The upbuilders of the National Capi.
tai are glad to cooperate with Mary.
land for such mutual advantages-
and may the work long continue.