Evening star., 1941-09-10
County Denies
Use Of Land
For Apartments
$4,000, 900 Project
On Massachusetts,,
Extended, Blocked
BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

MUlitSUIIlcTy SOullty SOiliiiuoo4OilCiS .,
sitting as District Council, yester-
day rejected a petition to reclassify
go acres of land on Massachusetts
avenue extended, the proposed site
of a $5,000,000 apartment project
which met vigorous opposition OF
citizens in communities in the area.
The application was one of sew
eral petitions turned down by the
District Council which approved an
application permitting operation of
the Longfellow School, a private
institution in Edgemoor.
The proposed apartment project
which would have contained 600
units would have been located just
west of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road tracks about three quarters of
a mile from the District line.
Communities Protest.
The project, approved by the
Maryland National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, was opposed
by the county's Civic Federation on
the grounds that the apartments
would destroy the trend toward res
idential development of the area.
Citizens of six communities, includ-
ing Woodacres, Westhaven, Green
acres, Westmoreland Hills, Somerset
and Brookdale, voiced their opposi-
tion.
The petition for the rezoning Of
the tract from residential "a" to
residential "C' was filed by Scott
B. Appleby of Washington through
Norman B. Frost, agent.
Also turned down were the petit
tons of James H. Pugh, agent, act
ing for the owners for the rezoning
from residential a. to commercial
ID" part of the Wagner estate To-
Gated on the west side of the Rock
vile pike, with a frontage of ap-
proximately 300 feet on the pike
(denial due to error in advertise
menD; James w. Gill, attorney for
owner, for reclassiflcation from res
idential "A" to residential &C., par
Gel "A" of the Countryside School
property in Woodside; Ralph S. and
Abraham Morrison by Mr.. Gill, their
attorney, for rezoning of lots and
8 in block 10, Edgemoor, from resi-
dental "a" to residential &C.; Ralph
S. and Abraham Morrison through
Mr.. Gill, the rezoning of the east
half of lot T. block II, in Edgemoor
from residential "a" to commercial
d., and Maj. Edward A. Keys, re-
classification from residential "a
to commercial ID" lot / in block
L, Battery Park, Bethesda. 80
The application for operation of
the Longfellow School was filed by
Reese Sewell, seeking to conduct
a school for boys between the ages
of and IA on lots 4. S, 6, z. and
8, and part of lot 10 in block Is
in Edgemoor.
Approve Oil Plant.
The commissioners also authorized
the Washington Petroleum Products,
Inc, to use property south of River
road and adjacent to the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad tracks near
Bethesda. in the industrial &c" zone,
as site for distribution plant. The
application was filed on August
26. In passing the ordinance ap-
proving the use of the land by
the company, the commissioners
pointed out that it is adjacent to
existing industrial properties of
other petroleum companies.
Sitting as board of health, the
county commissioners received a
recommendation from DR.. v. L.
Ellicott, county health officer, for
the appointment of DR.. Roy Bridger
of Pocomoke City as full-time den
tist for the County Health Depart
ment. A salary of $1,000 was recon-
mended with $1,000 of this sum to
be contributed by the county and
the remaining from other sources.
DR.. Ellicott told the board that DR..
Bridger was a graduate of the
University of Maryland and had
served with the State Health De-
partment two years. The board
took the recommendation under ad-
visement,
The board authorized expendi-
ture of not more than 5000 by the
Health Department for repair of the
health trailer and tow car loaned
to the county by the State Health
Department, and the purchase of
one or two electric heaters for the
trailer at cost not to exceed $100.
Several Salaries Raised.
The board also increased the salary
of Miss Lucy A. Beall, stenographer
in the Sanitation Department, and
Miss Martha Ricketts,, laboratory
technician, from $500 to $1,440,
and that of Miss Ruby H. Manter,
bacteriologist in the Health De-
partment, from s2,400, paid by the
State, to $4,000, by 5000 ALLEGATION
from the boards own funds.
The commissioners authorized an
annual salary of 81 300, plus 5000 for
travelling expenses, for Miss Made
leine F. Fennel, probation officer
for the Juvenile Court, who was ap-
pointed to serve from June 5, 1941,
to June 5, 1943.
The commissioners received a re-
port from M. F. Iverson, building
inspector for the county's eastern
suburban district, in which it was
revealed that building permits dur
ing August had been issued for 1852
buildings with total construction
cost of 81 ,006, $50. Fees totaled ST.
100 for the month. OF the permits
issued, 104 were granted for family
dwellings with total construction
cost of 1854 ,050, and four commercial
buildings with total construction
cost of $429, 900. Mr.. Iverson also
reported that 993 permits for
buildings costing $5,060,714 had been
issued during the year and total
fees for the year amounted to
$9,637.40.