Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-15
FEDERATION BACKS
COURTHOUSE PLAN
Montgomery County Citizens
Approve Proposed Bond
Issue Request.

house and jail at Rockville and the
acquiring of the square west OF the
present courthouse site as part or the
new courthouse grounds was urged by
the Montgomery County Civic Fedora
ton in resolution unanimously adopted
last night at the regular January meet
ing of the organization at the Takoma-
Silver Spring High School. The teoera-
ton in the resolution also recommended
the authorization by the 1929 Maryland
LEGISLATURE OF $150000 worth OF addl-
tional general county bonds for the con-
struction of the courthouse and jail and
the issuance of Montgomery County
general bonds not to exceed $175,000 to
acquire the square west Of the court
house site, making a total OF $575,0O0
available for this purpose.
The federation also approved by
unanimous action a comprehensive re-
port of its school committee recommend
ing program of school improvements
in Montgomery County for the coming
two wears. The resolution recommended
that the present State Legislature au-
thorize the issuance of bonds not to
exceed 1891, 446 to carry out the school
improvement program.
Additions Provided for.
The school program sponsored by the
federation, which Is an endorsement
of the program prepared by County
School Superintendent Edwin w.
Broome and the Board of Education,
provides for additions to the Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School totaling
$4,000. additions to the Chevy Chase
Elementary School costing $127,098,
additions to the Glen Echo-C Cabin John
School costing $4,000. additions to the
East Silver Spring Elementary School
costing $29,500, improvements to the
Sandy Spring School costing $4,000, a
new school at Washington Grove cost
ing $1,000, new building at Coles
vile costing $4,000, colored one room
schools at Unity, Etchison, Hyattstown.
Brighton. Cabin John and Brick Yard
and Boyds, and two room school at
Rockville costing $4,000. three room
unit at Alta Vista (to be enlargeO cost
ing $4,000. to be built for the school
recommended funds totaling $4,000
for the purchase of sites for an elemen-
tary school at Alta Vista, an elementary
school at Chevy Chase 0ake section) !,
and seperate senior high school in
the Takoma- Silver Spring section.
The federation also adopted another
resolution reported by Stephen James
of Linden, chairman of the public
safety committee, recommending the
establishment of police trial board to
hear and determine all charges duly
made against members of the Mont
gomery County police force. This
board would also have power to reprl-
mand, suspend or dismiss police after
convictions. The resolution also urged
that authority be granted to the chief
80 m dicnNCn
abandoned motor vehicles found on
county highways and that a more
equitable system of pey be established
for members of the police force, based
upon length of service and efficiency.
Lee Urges Approval.
e. Brooke Lee of Silver Spring in
troduced the resolution asking the fed
Grafton to approve of the issuance OF
additional bonds to build the court
house and acquire the block west OF
the present courthouse site. He de-
clared the matter an emergency meas
ure. Mai. Lees resolution originally
approved the issuance of $150,000 in
bonds for purchase of the site. The
advisory committee amended this item
and increased the amount of bonds to
be issued for this purpose to .$175,000
which amendment was accepted by
Maj. Lee and then adopted by the fed
Grafton.
At the same time Maj. Lee offered a
resolution approving the school building
program recommended by the board of
education and approving the issuance
of 100000 in bonds for this purpose.
When advised that the school commit
tee had prepared report with the same
recommendations. except that the COM
mittee report urged the issuance of
1881 900 in bonds. the Silver Spring
delegate withdrew his resolution. Rob-
ert E. Bondy of Edgemoor submitted the
school committee report.
Despite the cold weather, many dele
gates from every section of suburban
Montgomery County were present last
night, anticipating sharp debate over
the question of the establishment of the
unified trash, ash and garbage collec-
ton system in the county. Because of
the wide difference of opinion among
delegates and communities over this
proposed service, it was voted to take up
the other business first even though
trash. ash and garbage had been made
the special order of business for the
January meeting at the December meet
ing.
Will Come Up in March.
When other business was disposed of,
however, the hour was so late that 1t
was agreed to make this subject the
special order of business at the March
meeting. The delegates also voted to
recommit all resolutions and motions
adopted in reference to this matter and
instructed the committee on legislation
and legal action and sanitation and
public health to make study of all
proposals before the federation and re-
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