Evening star., 1933-07-07
MILLIONS SOUGHT
. FOR PUBLIC WORK
Montgomery. and Frederick
Officials Attend District
Committee ParIey.
BY JACK ALLEN,


Of applications for Federal loans aggre-
eating several million dollars was being
fired at the Public Works Committee
for the sixth congressional district of
Maryland by county and civic officials
of Montgomery and Frederick counties
at the meeting in City Hall here today
to prepare plans Tor the pretentiouS
program of public improvements sched-
uled to be carried out in this area with
money made available by the national
recovery act
More than so leaders from the two
counties went into conference with the
committee shortly after 10 o'clock and
made ready to submit their appeals for
loans with which to develop important
school, road, sewer, water and park
projects.
Lewis Calls Meeting.
The meeting was called to order by
Representative David j. Lewis of
Cumberland, chairman of the Public
Works Committee which will supervise
the distribution of Federal loans allocat-
ed for improvement work in this dis
trict.
Lacy Shaw, president of the board
OF Montgomery County Commissioners,
who was the first of the officials to
he heard by the committee, advised
the public works group that Mont
gomery County has funds available
with which to finance a portion of a
school construction program totaling
$750,000 and an elaborate road program
embracing IA items on which figures
are not available at this time and asked
that the committee approve the grant,
ing of sufficient Federal funds to carry
out this work.
Shaw told the committee that the
county has on hand S204, ,O75.21 to aid
IN completing the system of important
arterial highways included on the pro-
gram which he presented with the
county's application, while he declared
that Montgomery also has available
$525,000 to finance 70 per cent, or the
county's share of a program Of necss-
vide adequate facilities for the children
OF Montgomery County
$750,000 School Program.
The school program is identically the
same as the S750,000 school construc-
Sion program of the Montgomery
County Civic Federation published in
The Star yesterday and has the in
dorsement of State Senator Robert G.
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Montgomery County delegation in the
Maryland General Assembly, the Civic
Federation, Montgomery County Gov
eminent Club and the Board of Com
missioners, Shaw said.
1t was explained by Shaw that a 80
per cent grant by Federal authorities on
the S750,000 school program would per-
init the completion of the school pro-
gram, first devised by the county ad-
ministration as a part of its platform
| in 1881 and subsequently approved by
was not completed because of lack of
funds Shaw explaining the road
program, said that a reasonable amount
of State aid is expected on the i'm
provement of Wisconsin avenue be-
tween Bethesda and the District line,
while similar State expenditure from
purely State funds Is expected to be
allocated for improvements along Con-
necticut avenue and Massachusetts
cent Federal grant coupled with the
&204, ,075.21 that Montgomery has avail
able would allow completion Of the road
schedule
Edmonds Follows Shaw.
DR.. George L. Edmonds, member of
the board on Montgomery County Com
missioners, followed Shaw on the floor
and advised the Public Works Commit
tee that the Montgomery commission
ers had approved the programs of the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission and the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Commis-
sion, which would be explained by
representatives of those two bodies
The Park and Planning Commissions
schedule Dr. Edmunds said calls for
the expenditure of s262,300 for the
development of the Sligo Valley Park
way, Cabin John Creek and Rock Greek
Parks
The commission, he declared, has
$10O, 900 in cash available. is seeking to
borrow $4,000 on short-term Secur-
tiles already authorized by the State
Legislature, and is requesting a 80 per
cent Federal grant to furnish the re-
mainder of the funds needed for COM
pletion of the program.
j. Bond Smith and Irving c. Root,
general counsel and chief engineer for
The Park and Planning Commission,
respectively, told newspaper men that
the commissions plan would include
the erection of shelters, construction
of athletic fields, roads, bridges, the
installation of recreational equipment,
fountains and landscaping work in
both units of each park.