Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-08


not eUen cover the limits of G
Chesapeake G. Potomac Telep
the suburbs, a testimonial to al
overwhelming urban unit here
Chain grocery stores also have SCI
up community shopping centers II
the outlying districts, another index
of trading growth.
The Public Roads Administration
is giving study to greater tlnancia
aid in constructing road systems tt
serve this STRIPPING giant callee
Greater Washington.
Secretary of the Interior Krug re-
Gently reported to President Tru'
man on looking ahead for the good
and services for "a maximum en-
ployment economy with a nationa
population of 147,500,OO0 people il
1850, of 1856 100000 in 1860 and per
haps 1e5,ooo,OoO in 1890" And thu
Capital of that vastly-increaset
America will still be here.
The Census Bureau estimates thu
Washington METROPOLITAN Area pop
ulation as of April l, 1s47-the lat
est figures available-at 1,205, 22o
The bureau placed the Washington
CITY population on July /, 1947, a.
861, 900.
The bureaus definition Of thu
metropolitan district includes Rock
vile, Potomac, Bethesda, Wheaton
Laurel, Bowie, Lanham and Oxo1
Hill in Maryland and Alexandra
Arlington County and Fairfa'
County in Virginia.
James w. Pearson, executive d.
rector of the Home Builders Asso
citation of Metropolitan Washing
ton, says the organizations charte'
defines its area of operation a.
within a 20-mile radius, with thu
White House roughly in its center.
Its boundaries are Montgomer!
and Prince Georges Counties II
Maryland, Arlington and Fairfax
Counties and Alexandria, Va.
Phone Area Is Large
The Washington metropolitan ex
change area of the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. embraces
wide sweep. It includes an ares
beyond Great Falls, Rockville
Wheaton, White Oak. Beltsville
Lanham, Marlboro, Clinton ane
Fort Washington in Maryland. II
Virginia it includes below Noun
Vernon, Franconia, Annandale, FALL
Church, Tysons Corner and nearl!
to Dranesville.
Everett j. Boothby, vice presiden'
and general manager of the Wash
ington Gas Light Co., explained the
extent of operations Of his firm II
Greater Washington. He said II
Virginia it extends well below Alex
andria, Belle Haven and Warwick
below Penn Daw, well below Fall
Church into Fairfax County; tt
Baileys Crossroads, and 1t plans tt
20 to Fort Belvoir and Mount Yer
non. In Maryland, he explained
lines 60 just beyond Rockville, south
of Laurel, to Beltsville, Lanham arae
Cheverly, to District Heights ane
Gordons Corner. Eventually, Mr.
Boothby declared, lines may extent
to chesapeake Bay.
In Southern Maryland the com
pany plans to project its lines a:
far south as facilities are required
and business justifies expansion. Al
natural gas is involved in these op'
erations, both in the District and II
Metropolitan Washington.
The Potomac Electric Power Co
lines extend far into Maryland. OF.
ficials point out that urban, sub
urban and rural rates are approved
by the Public Service Commission
of Maryland, which indorses thu
boundaries. Electricity started out
from the urban centers and all the
region in which Pepco lines art
found cannot properly be called
Greater Washington, for some are
in open country.
Electric Service Complicated
Parts of Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties are not served by
Pepco, but by the CONSOLIDATED
Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
of Baltimore, Md. The Potomac
Edison Co., another firm, serve.
part Of Montgomery County also
Near Cheltenham, q Maryland CO.
operative electric company serves
that area.
In the total area which Pepct