Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-05-04
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor of the Sentinel:

I read with interest your comment
headed "Pro and Con on County Bond
Issues in Demand, in your issue of
April 9th, last. In this article you
state that Delegate Charles C. Jones,
and myself, both of whom belonged
to the old Democratic anti-faction,
pressed vigorously at meetings of the
United Democratic Organization
workers, first in the Court House at
Rockville, then at the County Building
in Silver Spring, and later before 800
members of the County Congress for
two road bond issues.
You further state that 1 urged the
$4,000 Poolesville Whites Ferry
bond issue and that this bond issue
and a bond issue for a Kensington
Road was pushed through by former
Democratic ants, while the old line
organization leaders were willing to
vote down the Oxley and Jones spec
ial bond issues.
1t is quite evident that if these
leaders about which you write had de-
sired to vote down this bond issue,
they could have done so, because the
great majority of those present at
the three meetings to which you re-
fer were formerly of the latter faction
Of which you write.
The facts are that l never urged
any bond issues at any meeting in the
Court House, but after 1 discovered
at a meeting of the leaders of the
United Democratic organization in
Silver Spring that bond issue of
approximately S450,000 was scheduled
to be placed against the entire county,
felt at that time that $4,000 more
would be a reasonable request for the
completion of the road from Pooles-
vile to Whites Ferry, the only arter-
ial highway from Montgomery county
leading into another State and the
only main highway in Montgomery
County yet to be completed. 1 fe-t that
this road, which should have been i'm
proved many years ago out of the
large amount of bond issues then
placed on the county should certainly
not be missed in this issue at this
time. This highway, the main highway
through my commissioner district, to-
gether with the lateral roads connect
ing the same, cover a portion of the
county populated by from eight to ten
thousand Peep e. This road would
mean a direct or indirect bene-
fit to all those sections of the county
as we'll as to the entire county as
well and would open up new way
through our great county from the
West.
I had not thought of a bond issue
for this road until l learned of the
proposed issue and after learning this,
| deemed it my duty to the constitu-
ents of my commissioner district to
see that this important project was no
niger neglected.
wish to further state for the in
formation of the people of Montgom-
cry County that an inspection of both
the land records of Montgomery
County and the assessment records OF
Montgomery County will disclose that
own no property on the road
in question; the only two pieces of
real estate owned by me are both In
Rockville, one on Van Buren, Street
and the other on South Perry Street
Your paper refers to this road as
passing by my home place. The true
facts are that my father, before his
decease, SOL the home place one year
before this road was improved to and
beyond the place formerly owned by
him, on to Martinsburg. I feel that
the voters of Montgomery County
should have the true facts in fairness
to myself and in fairness to those who
had enough confidence in me to elect
me to the position of County Com
missioner.
Yours very truly,
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