Evening star., 1927-11-29
MARYLAND CITY"
PLAN TO Be PUSHED
HyattsviIIe Chamber of Com
merce EnIarges Committee
to Include All Areas.
Special Dispatch 10 The Sta.

HYATTSVILLE, Nd. November %.
Necessity of maintaining energetic
ally the movement for the creation
OF Maryland CITY" was empha sized
by Arthur r. Owens chairman of the
chambers Maryland City merger COM
mittee, and other speakers at the No
vember meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce of Hyattsville. held last
night in the Municipal Building. Mr..
Owens suggested that in order to in
crease the efficiency of the commit
tee, it should be enlarged to include
representatives from each section em-
braced in the proposed city area.
Lemuel l.. Gray. president of the
chamber, who presided, appointed as
additional members w. w. Wheeler
of Riverdale, w. s. Lines of Rogers
Heights and DR.. II. r. Willis. mayor
OF Hyattsville.
With a view of getting the Mary
land City idea before the citizens in
as clear-cut style as possible. Mr..
Owens announced that he is seeking
to secure a model city charter from
which he hopes to work out some
thing tangible to he presented the
citizens. This also could be used as
basis. il was thought for legislation
providing for creation of the city, 10
be presented later to the Legislature
The Legislature, it is explained, doubt
less would go only so far as to pass
an enabling act and the people of the
Maryland City area would have to
favor the plan in a referendum vote
before it would become effective.
Politicians Are Blamed.
DIR. Willis in urging continuance of
the Maryland City move with vigor,
stated that for some reason cold water
apparently had been thrown on the
proposition recently. 1t was his opin-
Ion, based on what he had heard, that
this lack Of enthusiasm was fostered
by politicians" in the lower part of
the county, and was predicated on the
theory that creation of Maryland City
would mean the cutting in two" of
the county. Irwin Owinss. former
mayor of Hyattsville and now chair.
man Of the Maryland Park and Plan.
Ing Commission. thought. however,
that most politicians would be in
favor of the merger.
It was --oted to indorse a 6-month
Maryland City campaign of paid ad-
Vertising in a Washington newspaper.
the expense OF which would be borne
by business men of the Maryland City
section. A special publicity committee. |
II was decided. would be appointed by
the chamber to aid preparation of |
copy that would be run in connection |
with the campaign.
Street Plan Considered.
A committee consisting of Nicholas |
Orem, chairman; H. Wilson Spicknall !
and l.. l.. Gray. was named to investi. |
gate the feasibility of indorsing a reso- |
luton of the Dahlgren Terrace Citi- |
Gems Association of Northeast Wash |
tngton calling upon the District Com |
missioners to open New York avenue |
from First street to BladenSburg !
road and Fifteenth street from Rhode |
Island avenue to New York avenue /
northeast. 1t was thought that open. |
Ing of New York avenue would be of |
real benefit to Maryland citizens travel. |
ing to Washington. but doubt was eX- |
pressed whether the Fifteenth street |
opening could mean anything especial |
ly to Marylanders.
man Norval III. SpicknalI. a commit.
tee was appointed to inquire into the
feasibility of erecting a community /
Christmas treee to be sponsored by
the chamber. 1t was suggested that
the tree might be placed at the county
World War Memorial Cross at Biadens- /
burg and be illuminated from Christ
mas eve nightly throughout Christmas |
week. The committee. which was en-
powered to go ahead with the plan If |
1t were found practicable, comprises: |
T. d. farrell. Hyattsville. chairman: |
NJ. H. B. Hoffman. Hyattsvile; Brice |
Bowie. Riverdale; Charles r. Leubner.
Edmonston: Arthur p. Owens, G.. II. |
Sweet, Decatur Heights: William A. |
Bobb. Cottage City; Frank B. Smith, |
Mount Rainier; George II. Pooley. |
University Park: w. S. Lines, Rogers |
Heights, and ]. S. White. Colmar |
Manor.
DIR. Willis referred to the need of |
county coroner. He said that under |
present conditions, justices of the /
peace act as coroners and that often |
there is unnecessary delay and en-
barrassment to the berea we'd relatives /
In the issuing of death certificate !
He thought that appointment of /
coroner not only would remedy this |
condition. but would mean savings |
of money to the county. He suggested |
that the county health officer might be |
appointed to this post at proper added |
compensation or the situation might |
be taken care of in some other way. |
President Gray will appoint a com.
mittee of lawyer members to look into |
the legal aspect of the matter.
1t was decided that special meet |
ing of the chamber would be held De. |
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