Evening star., 1947-05-07
Prince Georges
Road Inventory
Meeting Called
County. Town Q fficioIs
To Determine Shufe Of
Stute Vehicle Revenue
By chorIes MeAIeer

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scials and the Prince Georges County
commissioners will be held at the
County Service Building. Hyattsville,
at pm. Friday to conduct an In
#yentory OF all roads and streets
within the county. 5
This was announced yesterday BY
the county heads during their weekly
meeting at Upper Marlboro.
In letters to leaders OF all in
|corporated areas In the county re-
questing their presence at the con-
ference. the commission explained
that information obtained from the
towns would be used as q basis for
determining their share Of State
motor vehicle revenues
The survey was requested by the
Maryland State Roads Commission
to comply with provisions of a meas
ure adopted this year by the Cen
eral Assembly in connection with
distribution Of State funds. the COM
missioners said.
Town authorities were Instructed
to contact County Engineer Arthur
w. Tayman concerning requirements
and information necessary to COM
plete the inventory.
Meanwhile, the commission yes
terday opened bids from contractors
for five new construction and road
improvement projects In the county,
totaling more than $40o, goo.
Award Due Within Week.
Acceptance of the bids was de-
layed, subject to a study OF them by
the County Engineers Once.
Two of the projects call for the
widening, surfacing and partial In
stallation Of curbs and cutters on
sections OF Addison road, near Seat
Pleasant and Maryland Park. Only
bidder on one stretch, approximately
q miles in length from Forty ninth
avenue to the George M. Palmer
was F. L. Houser Of College
Park, who submitted bid of $93, SIS.
The James Gibbons Co. Of Relay,
Md. was low bidder, with proposal
OF SIT $50, on the second portion.
from Central avenue to Walker MIL
road. One other bid was submitted
on this project.
The e. Stewart Mitchell Contrac-
tors of Baltimore we're low bidders
among FIVE estimates for resurfacing
and improvement of all county
roads. This bid was for $l15, ,260
The same company also submitted
the low bid Of $23, ,40S among four on
street improvements to Special I'm
|proyement District No. ~ at Chapel
Oaks.
Bids of $2i, ,22o and $28, ,o2o, sub
mitted by the John D. Sheetz Con-
struction Co. of Halethorpe. were
lower than two others for construc-
ton of two bridges on st. Thomas
Church road across the Mataponl
Greek, near Cheltenhan1.
M other business Hyattsville City
Councilman Harry r. Shinn OF the
Sd ward, was appointed deputy clerk
to the county commissioners, sue
ceeding the late Mayor 3. Murray
Cover OF Hyattsville.
Mr.. Shinn, who will hold ofIice
in the County Service Building
Hyattsville, effective May Is, will
receive an annual salary Of 81, ,40t
until July /, when it will be tn
creased to $4,000.
Five-Day Work Week Ordered.
Other appointments include those
of Mrs. Betty M. Tayman Of Chew
erly as clerk to the county police
commissioners at $1,000 annually
succeeding Edward A. Fuller o1
Hyattsville, who resigned, and Wal
ter Souder of Brentwood as jailel
of the temporary lookup in the
County Service Building, Hyattsville
Mr.. Souder, whose salary will be
81 800 annually, effective July
succeeds the late George Wisemar
Of Hyattsville.
Mrs. Tayman is the wife of Nelson
Tayman. civil engineer with the
War Department and not related to
County Engineer Tayman.
The commissioners also ordered
all county employees on five-day
week basis for the summer months
effective May 81. Under the plan
hours of business will be changed
from 9 am. to pm. daily to am
to 4:30 pm, with Saturdays on
starting June 2. County employees
will be of both May 80 and 81 al
a result Of the new order, 1t was
disclosed
The commissioners announced
Prince Georges County will change
over to daylight saving time the
same day as Washington II the Dis
trict adopts 1t.