Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-01
Housing Plans
Lead Projects
In Montgomery
More Home Building
In Sight in County
Than Ever Before
BY DOM sTRAUsBAUGH.

10y OOINN . 1naOSnaO0H.
AS 1916 begins Montgomery County
has more building construction in
sight to meet housing demands for
a steadily expanding Metropolitan
Washington than at any other time
In its history.
Included in contemplated new
housing construction are 1000
homes on the East-West highway
overlooking Rock Greek Park, 800
residences on Massachusetts, avenue
and River road at Goldsboro road,
new development to contain 1000
homes between Forest Glen and
Wheaton and a dollhouse project
on Piney Branch road beyond
Flower avenue.
Plans are going ahead also to
start housing projects for employees
of the new Naval Ordnance Lab
oratory, now under construction at
White Oaks. The laboratory, being
constructed on a 938-acre tract at
a cost of $500, 600, is scheduled to
be finished in April and in full
operation by August.
Stores Plan Branches.
In addition to home construction
several leading downtown depart
ment stores plan to erect suburban
branches in Montgomery County.
The Hecht Co. is planning a
100000 department store in the
rear of the Silver Spring shopping
81 ColncxYi11o and
Georgia avenue.
The Palais Royal has plans for
an air. conditioned building in the
same area at cost as yet unde-
termined.
In the Bethesda area, Woodward
& Lothrop contemplates branch
store on a 6-acre tract at Wiscon-
sin avenue and the District line. The
cost has not been disclosed.
Other Plans Listed.
Other planned construction in the
county includes: The 100-bed Silver
Spring Memorial Hospital, to be
erected at a cost of 100000 on a
27-acre tract at Forest Glen road
and Georgia avenue overlooking
Sligo Greek parkway, a new club
house and swimming pool at Indian
Spring Country Club on Colesville
road and the $20,000,000 Diplomat
Hotel on the Corby track on the
Rockville pike.
None of the nearly 100000 of
SIS 600, 900 bond issue approved at the
last session of the State Legislature
that has not yet been spent has been
earmarked for construction work in
the. county so far. To date, about
100000 of the issue has been used
by the Board of Commissioners. In
Guided in this amount is $4,000 for
school sites or enlarging existing
ones, 100000 to improve present
school buildings and $125,000 for
building an addition to the Leland
Junior High School, Bethesda
Construction has not been started
on several proposed highways, such
as the Little Falls Branch parkway
and the George Washington Memo
rial parkway, and work may not be
started this year. An air survey of
the area proposed for the Northwest
Freeway is being completed. Fed
eral funds have been used for this
aerial study of what eventually will
be new route 240.
Free Parking Lots.
Free parking lots behind all groups
of business properties in Silver
Spring was the goal of bond issue
authorized at the last session of the
Legislature. This issue is being used
to purchase parking areas, and the
bonds will be liquidated by 20 per
cent tax on business properties in
the affected areas. The tax was
levied last July /.
Several new posts were created in
the county government during the
last legislative session. Chief
among these was the creation of the
County Supervisors office, which
was filled by the appointment of
Willard F. Day. Albert E. Brault
was appointed county public utilities
agent and 10 v. Morgan as civil
service commissioner.
In other changes in the local gov
eminent setup Lacy Shaw, chair
man of the Board of County Com
nissioners, was appointed Mont
gomery County representative on
the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission. He was succeeded on
the Board of Commissioners by AL
fred D. Moves, former assistant
States attorney. Charles Pretty
man took Mr.. Noyes' place as as
sistant States attorney.
Politically, Joseph A. Cantrel, at
torney to the county commission
ers, announced his candidacy for
State Senator in the Democratic
primaries next June The post he
will seek is now held by Senator
Thomas E, Hampton.