Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
COURTHOUSE SITE
PROJECT SEEN LOST
Bank Takes Step to Build on
Lot West of Rockville
Structure.
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, February 7.--All
hope of acquiring the entire block i'm
mediately to the west of Courthouse
Square as site for the proposed new
Rockville courthouse is believed to have
been lost Yesterday when directors OF
| the Farmers Banking & Trust Co. at a
meeting decided that their new $11o.00O
bank building, for construction OF Wnlcn
| the contract was recently awarded
must be erected on the banking COM
pany's lot at the northeast corner OF the
block in question.
The directors are understood to have
agreed with virtual unaf1imity that they
are unwilling to relinquish the site Tor
courthouse or any other purpose and
to have let Tighlman Meyer, head OF
the Tighlman Meyer Construction co,
of Pennsylvania, understand that MS
company is at liberty to proceed with
building operations as soon as con-
venient.
Temporary Bank Quarters.
The bank officials have made ar
rangementS to use as headquarters
pending building operations a frame
| building on Montgomery avenue oppo-
site the bank site, and the Meyer COM
pany, it is understood, will begin the
necessary alterations at once.
The new bank building will be 10 feet
| further west and IA feet further south
than the present structure, which, IL is
said, will permit widening OF Montgom-
cry avenue between Court and WASH.
ington streets and also Court street
should it be decided to push the lattei
somewhat to the west to enlarge tne
site of the present courthouse, which, II
now seems certain, will have to be uSec
| for the proposed new temple OF justice
| DR.. Eugene Jones, who represents the
county in the State Senate and VINO Is
a director of the Farmers Banking q
Trust Co., attended the meeting OF the
directors. He reiterated his opposition
| to the proposition to purchase more
than a narrow strip of the block to the
west of Courthouse Square and mace Il
plain that his mind is definitely maze
up on that point. He indicated. now
ever, that he would favor an additlona
bond issue of $4,000 or $4,000 Tor pur.
chase of the strip, which he INSISTED
would enlarge the site of the preSen
structure sufficiently to make it ample
for any courthouse building it might 81
decided to erect.
| To Arrange Conference.
| So lar as MS ATTITUDE TegdIuHlB
bond issue of $4,000 to augmen
$500, 900 already available for the court
house building, DR.. Jones gave no indi
cation that he had relented in his op
position further than to announce tina
he would arrange a conference to b.
participated in by an architect ant
builder, whom he would personally re
munerate; the courthouse architects
Robert G. Hilton of the courthous
building committee and himself in al
effort to determine whether the estl
mated cost, S450,00o, of the proposse,'
courthouse building is not considerably
more than he had been informed by.
local builder would be necessary. tn
conference, DR.. Jones stated, will b
held within the next 10 days at plac
yet to be decided upon.
Whether in the event it is decided a
the conference that the $450,0o0 estt
mate is somewhere near correct n
would give in and permit passage b.
the State Senate of a bill authorizing
the proposed additional bond issue. o
$3.50 900, DR.. Jones gave no int1matior