Evening star., 1951-02-28
Formula Being Drafted
For New Sidewalk
Priorities in County

W tdCoC OdyS, lS UelIlg WORKED
out by the County Safety Board.
Henry K. Evans. chairman of
the boards Engineering Commit
tee, told the County Council meet
ing in Rockville yesterday the
priority system will be worked out
next month after a special school
board committee, which has been
studying the need for walks
around schools, makes its report.
Under the system contemplated,
highest priority for the increas-
ingly scarce sidewalk materials
will be given to those areas where
the hazard is the greatest.
Sidewalks. and particularly the
question of who pays for them,
have been the cause of several re-
cent clashes between county Off
cials and private citizens and civic
associations.
Kensington Asks Action.
The sidewalk question brought
20 Kensington residents to the
meeting yesterday. They were
from the Kensington Elementary
School PTA, and they appeared 20
demand immediate construction
of sidewalks along Summit avenue
in front of the school from Cleve-
land street to Prospect aveune.
The. Kensington group, mostly
mothers, sought a 300-foot walk
on the east or school side of the
street. They agreed. however, to
have it put on the west side when
county officials pointed out haz-
ards Of putting the walk on top
of a '-to-10-foot bank existing on
the east side.
The council took the question
under advisement.
The council also put itself on
record against proposal by
Treasury Secretary Snyder that
income from State and municipal
securities be subjected to Federal
taxation.
IF such a proposal were to be-
come law" the council resolution
stated. "the market for State and
municipal bonds would be serious
ly impaired to the extent that the
bonds would sc'' = an increased
interest rate and the burden would
ultimately be borne by the tax
payers"
Bond Sale Authorized.
At the same time, the Council
authorized Councilwoman Kath-
ryn Lawler to sell 81 million in
construction bonds at an interest
rate not to exceed 4 per cent.
While the Council was meeting
in Rockville, Alexander K. Han
cock, director of finance for the
county. was testifying against Fed
eral taxation of income from State
and municipal securities before
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee.
In other actions the Council ap-
proved three appointments by the
county manager to fill vacancies
and named 38 persons to the 1851
Safety Board.
Appointments to county jobs ap-
proved were:
/. John Andrew Malloy, jr., $50
Montgomery avenue, Rockville, to
be senior engineering aide with the
Department of Public Works at a
salary of $1,000, effective today.
| 2. Robert Weldon Jennings,
Spencerville, to be police patrol
man with the Department of Pub :
lie Safety, at an annual salary of
$4,000, effective tomorrow.
Police Desk Clerk.
8. Herman Leroy Mullinix, Da-
mascus, to be desk clerk for the
Police Department at a salary of
$4,000, effective tomorrow.
Named to the Safety Board
were: o. w. Anderson, Meredity F.
Burrill. A. H. Bowie, Mason A.
Butcher, Washington I. Cleveland
Basil r. Creighton, Charles D.
Curtiss. M. r. Darlington, ir.,
Frank j. Duane, Donald Dunning-
ton, John B. Ecker, Anton H.
Erickson, Henry K. Evans, Nathan
r. Gilbert, Harold F. Hammond,
IC, Willard Harvey, Daniel F.
Hayes, Charles H. Howe, jr.
Also Stephen James, Arthur F.
Johnston. Clark F. King, James
H. Lake, Edward B. Landry. Dean
j. Locke, William B. Marks, Irving
G. McNayr, D. Grant Mickle,
Arthur E. Miller, Charles M. Orme,
Charles E. Peter. Frank A. Rey-
nolds, w. I. Robinson, Charles O.
Seek, Henry H. Smelling, Francis
E. Twiss, Sidney I. Wolfson and
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