Evening star., 1955-11-19
Bids for Power Plant

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ton Of Gov. McKeldin and the
high school members Of Mont
gomery County In rolling out
the red carpet welcoming
PEPCO to build in Maryland.
Why not Prince Georges
County. Maryland? Say, the
Fort Foote-Jones Point area
Of the county? This locality
was considered by the company
several years ago.
I hope my humble feeling on
this subject will be accepted in
the manner in which it is
given. You see. power Is my
business. For my company
not PEPCO. but an engineer
ing firm-I have had q hand in
building each power unit in
this area over the past IS
years.
A power generating unit
must be built on the very bank
Of Q river. II takes from the
river thousands of gallons OF
water q day. through circulate
ing water lines, and returns TO
the river every gallon II takes
simultaneously. after being
first screened and purified by
an extensive chemical process
within the plant, before It Is
allowed to flow through the
piping and expensive machin-
cry and generators. Hence II
is given back to nature in far
better and healthier condition
than when taken.
Due to modern engineering
technique and know-how. such
as smoke and ash eiiminators
(installed in all smokestacks).
the smoke nuisance has been
overcome. Also noise silencers
are installed on compressors.
pumps. etc. One may walk
past q modern power plant.
within arms length Of its out
side wall. without detecting .
sound or a hum from its oper-
ations inside.
And last. but not least. that
revenue is needed in Prince
Georges. It will build q lot Of
classroonns, as well as go to-
ward retiring q lot Of our
bonded Indebtedness. Our tax
payers locally can use this aid.
] know.
Ned Waters.
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The Potomac Electric and
Power Co. has under consid-
Grafton plans for construction
OF q large electric power plant.
using waters Of the Potomac
River. We understand that
this plant viii be intended in
large part to meet the increas-
ing demand for electricity for
residential and industrial uses
in Maryland. particularly IN
Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties. and that q
substantial percentage Of the
power generated by the new
plant win be sold in that area.
The real estate taxes which
the company will pay to the
State and county in which the
plant is located will necessarily
come in large part from rate
payments made by consumers
in such areas Of Maryland. 1t
would seem just. therefore.
that the proposed plant should
be located so that revenues
from real estate taxes paid by
PEPCO on 1t should 90 to
meet the public expenses Of
the jurisdictions In which
these rate-paying consumers
reside. These considerations
call for the location Of the
proposed plant in the State OF
Maryland and In Montgomery
County.
The Montgomery County
Council OF Parent Teacher AS
sociations is deeply interested
in assuring that all possible
sources Of revenues for schools
in Montgomery County and
the State Of Maryland be used
to help meet the necessary ex-
penses Of education.
Jesse N. Mackntght,
President, Montgomery
County Council Of PARENT
Teacher Associations.
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I was glad to read in The
Star that the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Co. has been
granted an extra 60 days to
consider q building site.
I would like to point out
one very good reason why this
plant should not be built IN
Montgomery County,
Every resident Of the Dis
tr4ct Of Columbia or Virginia
employed by Pepco would have
withholding tax deducted from