Evening star., 1928-04-09

financing Of the above listed school ad-
iitions, if your board can arrange to
| temporarily finance the above listed
construction during the Summer OF
1928.
Grade Crossing Eliminated.
We further agree to finance the
! embarrassing elimination OF the new
| highway connecting Sixteenth street nj
| the District line with Georgia avenue
and the intersection OF the. ColeSville-
| Baltimore road, and the cost OF the
| embarrassing elimination at kenSlng-
| ton for the term Of years interVening,
| before these projects viii De lncluoeo
| in the state roads commissions pro-
gram of embarrassing elimination
| provided your board is able to arrange
| the temporary financing of these I'M
| portant projects.
we also further agree that the road.
construction bond issue which We VIII
s,lpport in the 1929 session of the Mary
land LEGISLATURE will be so written a
TO provide funds for the construction
of the macadam roads for the other
road sections mentioned in the reSolu-
tion of the county commissioners OF
Montgomery County of May 81. 1871
with the exception that we only agree
to build a part of the road from Dicker-
son to Sugarloaf Mountain.
Very truly yours,
Eugene Jones, State Senator. George
/. Edmonds. r. II. Lansdale. Harvey
J. White. E. Brooke Lee, members OF
the House of Delegates.
Remaining Road Projects.
The remaining road projects approx
ed by the county commissioners in May
1927, which the county'S legislative rep
reSentation agree TO include in the
county bond issue TO be submitted "a
the Maryland Legislature next January
are: One mile from Old Germantown to-
ward Jamestown; l mile from DicEer-
son toward MartinSburg: road from
DickerSon toward Sugarloaf Noun
tain; IL, miles from PooleSville toward
Edwards Ferry: mile from Laytons-
vile toward Goshen.
The projects outlined in the agree
ment covering the 1929 bond issue will
it is estimated, leave Montgomery
County capable of issuing In 1929 from
$3.50 600 to 5000. 900 in additional county
bonds for additional road and school,
construction. without raising the county
tax rate above the existing rate OF $l.3C
on the 500 assessed basis. The above
calculation is based upon the expected
increase OF $I8000,000 in the county's
taxable basis due to the new general
assessment which greatly increased the
assessed value of land throughout the
suburban section OF the county.
After the contemplated bond issue re-
ouirements. approximately 100000 Q
year in new county revenue is leI'
available fer the increased cost OF op'
Grafton of the enlarged school system
the county police force and other county
operating costs.
In addition to the roads previously
mentioned in this article. the following
roads are under construction in Mont
gomery County from the funds OF the
$500 600 bond issue passed by the last
session of the State Legislature:
One-and- three quarter miles from
Buck Lodge to Boyds Station: one mile
from Sixteenth street at the District
line to the intersection OF Georgia ave-
nue and the Colesville- Baltimore road;
one mile on the River road: widening
of Georgia avenue from the District line
TO the intersection of Georgia avenue
and the Colesville- Baltimore road and
the intersection of the eastern exten..
sion of Sixteenth street. to which pro1ec'
TIE county is contributing $55,000 to
balance the amount expended In WIDEN
ing Wisconsin avenue through the town
of Bethesda to the District line.