Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-02-20
Plan For Growth OF Rockville.

After careful study covering period
OF many weeks the Mayor and Council Of
Rockville have submitted to the county com.
missioners and the county 8 Representative.
in the General Assembly plan for the
present and future development of the
county seat and a request that plan be
formulated to take care of the suggested
projects over period of years and that the
program be adhered to.
Financing OF the suggested improvement
Dy the county. or county and State. which.
It is estimated. will cost approximately
$l3O.OOO, is asked on the theory that 1.-THE
town of Rockville is the county seat OF
montgomery County with taxable basis
Of $1,000. 900 and pays the same tax that
is levied in the whole district and only
receives back from the county less than
500 for any and all roadwork, and I'D to
the present time has received only little
over mile of hard-surfaced road from the
State and county, and other districts as
sessed for like amount have received
from 10 to 20 times the road mileage that
Rockville has received: that the county
owns about one-tenth of the taxable basis
OF the town, from which the town receives
no revenue, and that Rockville is the county
seat of Montgomery County and in order
to develop it in keeping with the remain
der of the county, the county and State
must return to the town more than hereto
fore in the way of improvements"
The Improvements suggested by the
Mayor and Council follow:
That all streets adjacent to the court
house be widened sufficiently to permit
angle parking and that said streets be
constructed of concrete with curb and gut
ter, the entire cost be at the expense of
the county.
That connection be made between East
Montgomery Avenue and Great Falls road
via Monroe street and Maryland Avenue.
that parts of Monroe street within the cor
porate limits be paved to width of 80
feet with concrete and to have concrete
curb and cutters. and part of Maryland
Avenue between the corporation line and
Great Falls road be paved to width Of Is
feet. either of concrete or bituminous mac
adam. Total distance, 5000 feet. of which
2.O3O are within the corporation limits.
That Washington street, south from JEFF
ferson street to Argyle street, and Argyle
street from Washington street to Monroe
street be paved to width of 80 feet with
concrete and to have concrete curbs and
cutters. Total length. 1875 feet; 1900
feet in corporation.
That Monroe street from MARYLAND Ave-
nue. south to Argyle street be paved to a
width of 80 feet with concrete and to have
concrete curbs and gutter. Also that Mon
roe street south of Argyle street be ex-
tended and paved IS feet wide with hard
surfaced roads as far as possible. Total
length, l,120 feet; 900 feet in corporation.
That North Van Buren, street be ex-
tended north from west Montgomery Ave-
hue to corporate line and then connected
with the Frederick road by cross street.
That the paved width shall be "a feet
between West Montgomery Avenue and
Harrison street and Frederick road. That
this paving be of concrete with curbs and
cutters. One thousand two hundred and
eighty feet of this is within the corporation
and 80. feet outside. Also that South
Van Buren, street between West Mont
gomery Avenue and Great Falls road be
widened and that the dangerous turn at
the intersection of the Great Falls road be
widened enough to make this an open and
easy turn.
That South Van Buren, street and Great
Falls road from West Montgomery Avenue
to the corporate limits be widened to "a |
feet with concrete curb and gutter. Total |
length 1900 feet.
That Monroe street be extended north |
from East Montgomery Avenue to the via |
duct under the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad |
and thence to Horner's Lane and the Bal |
timore road. This to be paved to a width |
of 40 feet as far as Baltimore Avenue and |
then 80 feet the remainder of the way to |
the Baltimore road. The paving to be of |
concrete with concrete curbs and cutters |
and the total distance 3,400 feet.
That Baltimore road from the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad to the corporate line be
widened to 80 feet and have a concrete
curb and gutter. total length 1.400 feet.
That the bridge over the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad be constructed so that the
main approach be made by way of Read
ing Avenue and the side approaches by the
way of Grandin street.
That the State road be widened and
paved to take the full width of the road
at the intersection of Montgomery Avenue
and Washington road.
That new elementary school be erected
and that the county authorities purchase
such land that eventually the present high
school site can be abandoned and new
school erected on more suitable location.
That Jail lane be widened to a 60-foot
street between jefferson street and Mary
land Avenue and paved to width Of 80
feet, with concrete curb and gutter. Total
length, 7l0 feet.
Before formally approving the suggestion,
the Mayor and Council conferred with
Irving C. Root, chief engineer of the Mary
land Park and Planning Commission, and
found that the contemplated projects fitted
in with his idea of how Rockville and ad-
jacent sections should be improved.