Evening star., 1941-08-13

Rezoning Pleas
Turned Down
Bids for Improving
Police Quarters
To Be Sought
B, Staff Correspondent of The Star.


petition to rezone eight lots on Til
bury street between Chatham drive
and Chase avenue in Bethesda was
denied yesterday by the Montgom-
cry County Board of Commissioners.
The petition was filed by the Wood
mont Development Co. and was
disapproved by the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission. Citizens from the Be-
thesda area appeared at public
hearing to oppose the petition.
Also disapproved was a petition
by James w. Gill, agent, to rezone
a strip of "Juhnghen's lot between
the Colesville road and Roeder
road from residential A to COM
mercial D. The planning commits
sion recommended disapproval OF
this request because the property
lies in the proposed path OF Fenton
street as shown by a master high
way plan. Commissioner John E.
Oxley declined to vote on the petit
ton and Commissioner Walter
johnson was absent.
Requests Approved.
The commissioners approved
request by Mr.. Gill, as agent, to
rezone from residential A to c the
east side of "Johnghen's lot be-
tween Roeder road and West drive.
as recommended by the planning
commission. Also granted was an
other request by Mr.. Gill, as agent,
to rezone a lot on the east side OF
Colesyille road north of the silver
Spring Shopping Center from resi-
dental A to c as recommended oy
the park and planning commission.
A hearing was authorized Tor the
request of D. Irwin Hall, agent. 10
rezone from residential A to b nVe
lots and acreage on Hudson avenue.
all on the east side of Flower avenue
in H w. Millers Addition to Ia
koma Park.
Bids will be sought on a proposed
iuiprovement for the police quarters
at the county building in Silver
Spring. The program, submitted oy
| Commissioner o. w. Roby, calls lot
| the addition of room and ellmlna-
ton of a partition between the new
room and the present police quarters
on the first floor In the basement,
/ the project would replace the two
single cells with three double cells
and a woman's detention room and
also provide sanitary facilities for
colored people.
! Policeman Appointed.
Arthur Burke of Silver Spring
was appointed to the county police
force at an annual salary of 81 300.
Glenwood King of near Purdum
was appointed clerk in the county
accountants Office at salary OF
s100 a month.
A public hearing is to be set on
street Improvement project on
Greenwood avenue from Hudson
avenue to Wabash street in Takoma
Park. The project will consist Of
concrete curbs, cutters and drainage
facilities and two proposed street
surfacings are suggested. One OF
bituminous mixture would cost
total of $4,000 or about $3.50 front
foot. while a second of concrete
would cost exactly double this
amount
Bids are to be received for the
grading and paving of New Cut road
between River road to Glen Mill
road.
County Purchasing Agent Frank
Davis was authorized to purchase
three snowplows at s43o each.
Bids are also to be received for
improving Prospect avenue from
Garland avenue to the east subdi-
vision line of Flower Avenue Park
in Takoma Park. The total cost is
estimated at $4,000 and the front
foot cost was estimated at s9.18.
Contract Awarded.
Bids will be received for grading,
curbing and cutters and a macadam
surface on Rogert road in Fairway.
Silver Spring, at total estimated
cost of s4,650 and front foot cost
Of $40.
A contract was awarded to the
Contee Sand & Gravel Co. Of
Laurel, Md, for the lowest of two
bids amounting to s29,977.50 to
grade and construct a macadamized
surface on the Laytonsville Unity
road for a distance of about 1.23
miles.
This project is included in several
announced last week on which work
was to be advanced because of
favorable labor and materials costs
now as compared with anticipated
rises in similar costs next year. The
entire program is to be financed
from short-term certificates of in
debtedness in anticipation Of reve-
nues returned to the county from
the State lateral roads tax.