Evening star., 1947-08-27
S930,000Souqht
ByMontgonery
For Rural Roads
Federal Aid Expected
For improvement Jobs
T,otoIine 40 Miles

studied today by the Montgomery
County Commissioners.
The program, which contemplates
the expenditure of $500, 900 of Coun-
ty funds and an additional $3.50, 900
in Federal money, was presented
to the board yesterday by members
Of the commissioners Advisory Road
Committee. Approximately 40 miles
of rural roads would be improved
under the committees proposals.
The projects are part of a FIVE
year program designed to take the
farmer out of the mud" County
Supervisor I. G. McNayr said he
will ask the commissioners to issue
the necessary bonds to finance the
program, which includes the con-
struction Of bridges
Three Roads Listed.
Roads recommended to be graded
drained and temporarily surfaced"
with the aid of Federal funds in
clude:
Chopper road, Ia miles, So, 600 in
county funds and s65, 900 in Federal
funds; Old Georgetown-Dawson-
vile road, 2.5 miles, $32, 500 in county
funds and similar amount in Fed
eral funds, and the Brookeville-
Brighton road, 2.5 miles, $32, 500 in
county funds and $32 500 in Federal
funds.
Roads to be financed entirely by
the county with permanent surface
and HySror,or,, hrtAuac.
Plyers Mill road, IL miles, $45, 900;
Kemp Mill road, one-half mile, $780,
900, and Jones Bridge road, IA miles,
$4,000.
Roads to Ibe graded, drained and
temporarily surfaced out of county
funds: b.,
Charles Burdette road to Clarks-
burg, 3 miles, $35, 900; connection
between the Laytonsville and Unity
roads, 2 miles, So, 600; completion
Of the Goshen road 0.4 mile, $4,000;
road from Brink to Goshen, 2 miles,
$4,000; Woodfield- Cedar Grove
road, is miles, $4,000; Paws Ridge
road, as miles, $25, 600; Sugarland
road, II miles, $25,000; Ice House
road, 2 miles, $4,000: Martinsburg-
Dickerson road, Is miles, SEE, 900;
relocation of River road from the
old Hershberger house to Willard
road, 2.5 miles, s25,000. and the road
from Gaithersburg to Route %, q
miles, $4,000.
Three Will Be Repaired.
aExisting hard-surfaced roads to
be repaired, including shoulders,
out of county funds:
Choppers road near Old German
town, mile, $4,000; Sunshine
Brighton road, miles, $4,000, and
Shady Grove road, % miles, $4,000
The committee also recommended
that j. o. Harvey. county road
supervisor, be provided with an
assistant and that tractor and
post hole digger be secured to
facilitate fence replacement.
Members of the committee ap-
pearing before the board were James
D. King, o. w. Anderson, William
Hanson and w. w. Hodges.
They pointed out that. after the
commissioners issue 100000 in
bonds for the work, further
$70O,00o worth can be issued under
the authorization passed at the
last session of the General Assembly
for road construction during 1949.
Equipment Depot Approved.
The board awarded a contract to
Brawner z. Harding, Gaithersburg,
for construction of a road equip
nent depot at Washington Grove.
Mr.. Harding's bid of $31,127 was the
lowest of four estimates.
The depot will have repair and
maintenance facilities for all county
road equipment, which will be
stored there when not in use. Work
is scheduled to start Immediately.
Blake D. Merson, president of
the Montgomery County Refuse Co.,
was granted a permit to operate
dump just outside Rockville.
"A hearing was scheduled for 2
pm. September 23 in the Rock
vile Courthouse on proposal to
build concrete curbs and cutters on
both sides of Stratford road be-
tween Wilson and York lanes,
Bethesda, and to resurface the road.
The cost was estimated at $5,737.
Sidney Oliver, former deputy
clerk in the commissioners Office
in Silver Spring, was appointed to
the County Board Of Zoning Ap-
peals. He succeeds Paul M. Cough
Ian, resigned.