Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-07-02
Order of Publication

Electric Power Company, corpor-
alton organized and existing under
the laws of the United States of
America relating to the District of
Columbia and a domestic corpora
ton of the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia, states that it is the owner
of Lots seven CD to fourteen (14)
inclusive, in Block numbered One
~ in the subdivision known as
Rockville Park, as per plat re-
corded in Plat Book A, Plat So,
one of the Land Records of Mont
gomery County, Maryland, lots
seven (7) to thirteen (13) inclu-
sive, being acquired by the pc
titioner in a deed from Martin F.
Helm and Ada L. Helm, his wife,
dated September Is, 1888 and duly
recorded among the said Land Rec
ords in Liber TIP, folio 1893; and
that the petitioner acquired lot
fourteen (14) in deed from Cliff
ford H. Robertson, Trustee dated
July 2, 1913 and duly recorded
among the said Land Records in
Liber 1165, folio 70, a certified
copy of which deed is filed there
in as Petitioners Exhibit "A".
That all of the aforesaid lots,
owned by the petitioner extend
from the Southerly side of Stone
street Avenue to the Northerly
Limit Line of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company's Right of
Way, as shown on the recorded
plat of the subdivision of Crock
vile Park, as per Plat Book A,
Plat SO, a copy of a portion of
said plat is filed therein as petit
toner's Exhibit "C".
That Watson C. Coffey is the
owner of a parcel of land, con-
tanning 2,461 square feet which he
acquired in a deed from Porter G.
Ward and Margaret A. Ward, his
wife, by deed dated September
29, 1852 and duly recorded among
the said Land Records in Liber
1714, folio 1929, which. said parcel
of land is shown on the petitioners
aforesaid Exhibit "C", a certified
copy of said deed is filed therein
as Petitioners Exhibit" "B".
That the alley, petitioned to be
abandoned in the proceedings, ad-
joins the petitioners lot fourteen
(14), aforesaid, on the Northeast
erly side, and adjoins the aforesaid
"Coffey Lot" on the Northwesterly
side; so that the said alley sep
arates the petitioners property
from the "Coffey Lott.
That the petitioner and the said
Watson C. Coffey have entered in
to an agreement, dated the 4th day
of June, 1868, by which agreement
the petitioner agrees to buy and
the said Watson C. Coffey agrees
to sell the aforesaid "Coffey Lot;
a copy of the said agreement is
filed therein as Petitioners Ex-
hibit" "C".
That the alley sought to be
abandoned is not in public use, and
has never been graded or improv-
ed in any manner to fit it to use
by the public; that it extends from
Stonesreet Avenue to the North
erly Limit Line of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Right of Way,
at an elevation of approximately
ten (10) feet, where the said al
ley abuts the railroad right of
way, and does not abut or serve
any other property, and that no
damage can be in any wise sus-
tanned by persons other than the
petitioner and Watson C. Coffey,
by its abandonment. There is an
existing paved street leading to a
wooden bridge over the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad within a few
feet of the Easterly boundary line
of the "Coffey Lot" and a modern
highway bridge on Viers Mill Road,
crossing over said railroad, several
hundred feet Southeast of the
aforesaid wooden bridge.
That the petitioner supplies cleo
trio current to the Town of Rock
vile and to most of Montgomery
County; that it uses the aforesaid
property owned by it in the sub
division known as Rockville
Park, for a storage yard, bust
ness office and sub station; and if
the petition is granted for the
abandonment of the aforesaid al
ley the petitioner proposes to pur-
chase the aforesaid "Coffey Lot"
to enlarge its facilities in the
Town of Rockville.
1T is, THEREUPoN, this 23rd
day Of June, AID, 1868, Ordered
by the Circuit Court for Montgom-
cry County, Maryland, in Equity,
that all persons having any inter-
est in, or effected by, the abondon-
ment of the said alley, as set forth
in the said petition, appear herein
and show cause, if any they have,
why an order should not be passed
as prayed on or before the Goth
day of July, AID, 1858; providing
a copy of this Order be inserted
in some newspaper published in
Montgomery County, Maryland, for
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