Evening star., 1933-01-29
ROAD AND SCHOOL
BILL TO Be DRAWN
Montgomery Civic Federation
Group to Formulate Pro.
gram Monday.
BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
BETHESDA. Md, January 28.-A
definite program of new road and school
construction which 1t proposes to have
the Maryland General Assembly author
ize for Montgomery County during the
current session Of that body at An
napolis is expected to be formulated by
the Montgomery County Civic Fedora
tion's Committee on Public Finance and
Budget at a meeting in the County
Building here Monday night.
Construction schedules recently sub
mitted to the federation by the Com
mittees on Roads and Schools will be
studied and the costs of the various
projects compared with available funds
to determine the amount of new bonds
which would have to be authorized to
carry out the work.
Federation leaders have indicated
that only items which are considered
absolute necessities will be included on
the final program, and it Is expected
that number Of changes may be made
IN the programs as originally prepared
by the roads and schools groups The
Committee on Roads declared in its re-
port that 1t would not recommend any
new construction that would involve
the issuance of additional bonds.
Federation to Get Report
The program devised by the commit
tee at Mondays session will be pre-
sented to the federation for its consid-
Grafton February 13 at a meeting in the
Bethesda Elementary School and Is to
be forwarded to members of the Mont
gomery County delegation in the Gen.
eral Assembly after it is adopted.
John A. Dickinson, chairman Of the
Committee on Public Safety, announced
tonight that he will call q meeting of
his group at the County Building either
Thursday or Friday to consider two
important items-the placing of first
aid and rescue equipment along the
Potomac River and the installation OF
additional trafic lights along county
roads.
Dickinson said that inquiry has re-
vealed that the great cost of installing
an adequate amount of rescue rings and
the Montgomery County shores of the
river would be prohibitive and the com
mittee probably will vote to have the
federation strike the item from its pro-
gram.
Plan Survey Of Roads.
Plans will be made at the meeting
the chairman declared, for a survey OF
the main arteries of the county's high
way system to find whether any addi-
tional traffic lights are needed and
where they should be placed If it is
found that more signals of this type
should be put into operation.
Dickinson said the survey probably
will be directed by DR.. Morton G. Lloyd
of Chevy Chase, a member of the COM
mittee, who was one of the leaders al
the Conference on Uniform Motor Vehl-
Gle Laws called by President Hoover
when the latter was Secretary OF Com
merce.
The Committee on Public Utilities
met this week and started preparations
for appearing before the joint valuation
hearing on the properties Of the Wash
ington and Georgetown Gas Light com
panies, which is to be conducted In
Washington February ~ by the Mary
land Public Service Commission and the
Public Utilities Commission Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
The committee plans to make de-
termined fight for q lower gas rate n
the suburban area OF Montgomery
County at the hearing.