Evening star., 1946-08-27
New Bond Issue
lis Authorized
In Montgomery
S2,072,885 to Be Used
| For Schools, Roods
And Park Lands

The Montgomery County COM
missioners today authorized issu-
ance OF bonds totaling s2,o72,ss5 for
school and road construction.
OF this amount, 81 800, 600 is ear
marked for new schools, additions
to existing buildings, purchase Of
school sites and school and bus
equipment; S565,88 for county
roads and $175,000 for purchase of
additional park lands.
The action was taken in response
to requests by the Board of Educa-
ton and the County Farm Bureau.
The Commissioners explained they
already have issued Sass ,5O4 worth
OF county bonds for school construc-
ton and improvements and S444, ,495
for highway construction, the pur-
chase of highway equipment and
for the establishment of storage and
repair space for such equipment.
These sums came out of the s5,0O0.-
900 bond authorization enacted at
the 1945 session of the State Legis-
lature.
Bonded Debt Totals 7.17Gs.
The additional bond issue, accord
ing to the commissioners. leaves an
unexpended balance of $2,0271l5,
and will place the total bonded in
debtedness of the county at TIT per
cent of It's taxable basis.
School projects to be built under
the bond issue authorized today in
clude a 12-classroom addition to
Montgomery Hills Junior High
School, on which bid of s216,600
was received recently; five addi-
tional classrooms at Rinehurst Ele-
mentary School, South Four Cor
ners, on which the bid was S80,60o,
and five classrooms and a small au-
ditorium for Lynnbrook Elementary
School, on which the bid was $780,
500. This school is located between
the Columbia Country Club and
Wisconsin avenue.
Construction funds also are pro-
vided for the following schools, sew
eral OF which have not yet been ap-
proved by the Civilian Production
Agency for immediate construction:
-Four rooms at Gaithersburg Ele-
mentary School; one classroom and
kitchen for North Four Corners Ele-
mentary School; five classrooms for
Westbrook Elementary School; two
classrooms and a small assembly
hall for Potomac Elementary
School.
Also seven rooms for the new
Kensington Elementary School;
four .classrooms for the new Ken
sington View Wheaton Elementary
School; five additional classrooms
for the Woodlin Elementary School
adjacent to the Montgomery Hills
Junior High School; and the begin
: ming OF improvements at Lincoln
High School In Rockville.
$4,000 for Athletic Fields.
The bond issue also will include
100000 appropriation for adequate
athletic and playing fields at the
Richard Montgomery High School
in Rockville, Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School and the Montgomery
oAcA1 11ASli oSiiOOk Ai OIIfCl opI ulS.
The commissioners also said they
are prepared to provide funds for
early construction of proposed new
elementary schools in Rollingwood,
Hillandale and Flower avenue area
north of Piney Branch road. None
of these has been approved as yet
by the CPA.
In addition an appropriation Of
$4,000 is provided for school i'm
provements as follows:
Alterations of old school build
ings,' 900; new building equip
ment, $215 900; transportation, in
Guiding buses, $4,000, and a stor-
age warehouse, $4,000
The list of roads to be improved
was not Immediately available.