Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
HEARING THURSDAY
FOR POWER LINES
Points of Extension in South
ern Maryland Announced
by Company.
specisl Dispatch to The star.

specisl Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. June l5.-The Pub
lie Service Commission will hold hear
ing Thursday on the application of the
| Suburban Electric Power Co. for per-
mission to extend its service into 80
communities OF Prince Georges, Calvert,
st. Marys and Charles Counties.
The application constitutes the larg-
est extension Of service into rural COM
munitieS ever filed with the commits
sion, and covers approximately lao
| miles on which lines will be constructed
at a cost of 100000, and will provide
| electric current for approximately 10000
| residents of those counties, who are at
present without any electrical service.
Franchise Already Obtained.
The Suburban Co already has OBJ
i tanned franchises from the Board of
| County Commissioners of the four
| counties to construct its lines to the
| so communities named in the applica-
ton, which covers q territory extending
from Rock Point on the south to Chel-
tenham on the north and from Chica-
muxen on the west to Drum Point on
the east, and covers practically ali Of
the larger communities in this terri
tory which Ore now without electrical
service. The application, II granted by
the commission, will aid in the devee..o-
ment Of these communities adjacent to
the District of Columbia, and is being
backed by the county oflcials of the
four counties as well as by the thou
sands Of residents of the communities
to which it is proposed to furnish
service.
The various settlements and commu-
| mites to which the company proposes
to extend its lines are as follows: From
q point near Townsend, Prince Georges
Calvert County, line crossing the Pa
tuxent River at McGruders Ferry, be-
ing approximately IA miles in length.
From q point on the Owings Prince
Frederick Highway in Calvert County
and then to, point Mt Plum Point,
Calvert County, and also to Plum Point
Wharf, being approximately 80 miles
in length. -
From 1 point on the Prince Fred
erick Solomons Highway, Calvert
County, to q point at Kenwood Beach.
Calvert County line being approx
nateiy Il. miles in length.
From q point on the Prince Fred
erick Solomons Highway, Calvert
County, to point at Broome Island.
Calvert County, being approximately
| 06 of q mile in length.
County, to a point at st. Leonards
Greek, Calvert County, being approxi-
mately 80 miles In length.
From o point at Mutual, Calvert
! County, to q point at Mackan. Calvert
County. being approximately SIS miles
in length.
From point near solomons, Calvert
County, to a point at The Neck. Cal
vert County. being approximately 212
miles in length.
From q point near Solomons, Calvert
County, to point at Point Patience,
Calvert County, approximately ia
miles in length.
From point near Mcintosh Run,
| st. Marys County, on the Waldorf
| Leonardtown road to point at 81.
| Clements Shores, st. Marys County,
being approximately ~ miles IN length.
La Plata Power Line.
From q point at La Plata, Charles
| County, TO point at Rock FONT,
Charles County, with side lines to
| Chapel Point, Charles County: to Nor
| gantown, Charles County; to Wieomico
Beach, Charles County, and to COBB
Island, Charles County, being approx
mately 334 miles in length.
Prom a point at Mason Springs to a
point at Marbury, Charles County,
| thence to a point at Pisgah, Charles
| County. and then to Marbnry and TO
point at Chicamuxen, Charles Coun-
ty, being approximately l1.4 miles IN
| length
From a point at Mason Springs,
Charles County, to point at Bryans
Road Post Once, Charles County, then
| TO Marshall Hall, Charles County, ano
| Bryans Road Post once, to point
at Sharpersville, Prince Georges Coun-
ty being approximately 1871 miles IN
| length.
From Q point at T. B., Prince Georges
! County. to q point at Brandywine'
Prince Georges County, being approx
mately IA miles in length.
From point at T. B., Prince Georges
County, to q point at Cheltenham,
Prince Georges County, being approx
mately ~ miles In length.
The Suburban Electric Co. was Or
ganized under the STATE laws of Mary
| land In 1928 with capital OF 81 ,OOO,OO0
and is now supplying service to some OF
| the larger communities in Prince
Georges, Calvert, st. Marys and Charles
| counties.
The officers of the company are r. M.
Mead, president; J. M. Price, IT., wee
president and general manager; G. X.
Asbaugh, secretary and treasurer; Ezra
w. Whitman, consulting engineer, ana
Clarence w. Miles, counsel.