Evening star., 1948-04-28
Bradley Citizens
.Hit Assessment
RaisebyCounty

kdISe eDyl0un1y
Montgomery Move
Affecting Lond Held
Excessive, Abrupt
An appeal bN representatives o
the Bradley Boulevard Citizens As
sociation for reconsideration O
what they termed excessive, abrup
and apparently unfair" increase
in assessments on land in the are,
was made yesterday to the Mont
gomery County commissioners.
The plea was coupled with ,
warning by Jack Irwin, associa
tion president, that the increase.
may force many homeowners Ii
the area to move out of the county
Declaring the new assessments OF
homes in the development "weren'
too bad Mr.. Irwin said land assess.
ments, which become effective Sat.
urday. were increased from 100 pei
cent to TOO per cent
He argued that county assessors
had placed value Of S cents pei
square foot on land in the COM
munity although the present market
value of mimproved land is cents
per square foot.
The county has three alterna.
tives," Mr.. Irwin told the commits
sioners. Take us out of the subur-
ban area, for which we pay a 81
cent tax; lower the assessments or
our land, or delay the effective date
Of the new assessments for one
year"
INDECENT Pay Raised.
Francis X. Metzger, assistant su-
pervisor of assessments, said q
uniform value Of cents per square
foot had been placed on land ir
the area because we think it /,
very desirable place in which te
live"
In other business, the commission
ers agreed to pay s14.16 a day tc
Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, on the
basis of the average daily cost o1
caring for INDECENT patients.
1t was provided, however, that this
basis for payment will apply only
from January until Friday. Fol
the next six months, the hospital
will bill the county separately fol-
each patient.
The agreement was reached at a
conference with John Selby, presi-
dent OF. the hospitals Board of Trus-
tees: Arthur G. Lambert, a member
of the board, and Arthur B. Solon
superintendent.
Mr.. Lambert said individual bills
might cost the county more because
the hospital may have to increase
ward rates. At present. he pointed
out, the hospital charges 81 per day
for ward bed as compared with
So day in Garfield Hospital and
SO a day in George Washington
Hospital.
$4,000 Appropriated.
At the same time, Mr.. Selby said
the hospital does not expect to ask
the county for another grant. Last
year the commissioners appropriated
$50,000 for the hospital. This rep
resented the difference between
what the county paid for the care
Of INDECENT patients and the actual
cost to the hospital during the last
three years.
Mr.. Selby added the hospital al
ready has obtained approximately
$4,000 in its campaign for $4,000
The commissioners took under
advisement a complaint by Anders
r. Lofstrand, jr., that Blake D. Mer-
son, president of the Montgomery
County Refuse Co., Is not operating
his dump near Rockville as a sani-
tary NIL as required in his permit
issued last October,
Also taken under advisement was
a request by officials of the County
tuberculosis Association that the
county pay half the $1,000 annual
salary of DR.. Karl F. Welte, tuber-
culosis director for the Health De-
partment.
w. 8. Pratt, jr., association presi-
dent, said his group no longer can
afford to pay DR.. Welte's entire
salary.
County Offered Equipment.
Miss Claudia Galliher, executive
secretary of the association, offered
to give the county approximately
$1,000 worth Of equipment purchased
by the group for use by the Health
Department. 1t includes a port
able X-ray machine and a f1uoro-
scope.
Ralph I. Boyd. chairman of a
committee appointed last year by
the commissioners to estimate fu-
ture needs in the county, reported
that the county's population, now
100000, would grow to about l80.-
600 in 1860 and to approximately
100000 by 1890.
Mr.. Boyd said his group would
submit similar estimates soon on the
amount Of roads, sewers, schools and
other services which the county will
need in the future.
Tine commissioners appointed r
Duncan Clark to the committee to
succeed Gene Fry, resigned. Mr.
Clark is a member of the countys
delegation to the General Assembly
HyottsviIIe PTA Plans Dunce
The Hyattsville High School
Parent Teacher Association will hold
a square dance at 8 pm. Friday in
the school.
Micro-FiIm Rec.
$22,5OO Awor