Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
| Projected Acc Relocation
Brings Woes to County

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Germantown elementary school
whose future expansion is await
ling some indication Of what the
community can expect inpopula-
ton growth.
Bank Applications Noted
Mr.. Selby. who took over the
mill In 1918 and built 1t up tr
where it now employees Is to lt
people. Is q former member Of
the county council who also
controls the Germantown banl
which has assets Of SIS million
and employees three persons.
The Acc announcement, &C.
ccrding to Mr.. Selby. has
prompted two big city banks Il
Iapply for authority to establish
branches In the Germantown
area.
The Acc, through Construc-
ltion Engineer John Derry. has
urged the county to preserve
rural surroundings.
The site is on land adjacent
Ito the new National Pike now
under construction from Fred
Ierick as far south as Rockville
The million dollar a mile
dual-lane expressway - Mary.
lands showplace highway Il
headed for the Potomac and
downtown Washington.
Traffic to Be Speeded
Once completed. as the crow
fiieS-which is the way the road
!goes-it viii be about IL mile:
from Rockville to the Potomac
"In Is minutes q Rockville
resident can be at the entrance
Ito the Pentagon," John C. Smith
manager of the Rockville offict
of Samuel e. Bogley real estate
company said.
ut might take 20 to IS min.
Iutes from Germantown" h.
added.
l Mr.. Smith believes it is tn
highway and not the Acc thai
lis causing the real estate &C.
,ltivity throughout the Uppel
County.
i The Acc relocation is signif.
lcant because 1t Is the "logica
dispersal into the outlying area.
.lof government agencies" Mr.
Smith adds.
il This feeling is strong amonl
IIreal estate men. Runners ar
widespread of other government,
lagencies moving into the county
primarily because Of the ap-
lproaching solution Of traffic
problems.
I Dyke Collum, who lives on 9
405-acre farm q mile from the
site, feels that many Acc EN-
lployes win want homes six o.
Ieight miles from the site.
Town Growth Predicted
Towns like Damascus. Gal.
Ithersburg. Poolesville, Beallsville
i Clarksburg are going to grow.
Mr.. Collum said. He is consider.
ing development Of his land intf
Itwo-acre and larger home sites
i II Is the potential subdividel
THAT has county officials finch.
fling.
Tuesday the council will hole
10 hearing on another 45-day
delay IN the effective date Of ths
controversial temporary zonini
Ordinance for the Upper County
Landowners and farmers havI
fought bitterly the ordinanc,
..lpassed by the last Republican
council in . lame-duck session
Since then Its effective dat
has been put OF twice by thu
Democratic council.
No Control Now
without it. the county has NJ
control in the rural area ovel
land use except through its sub
division regulations.
These regulations permit sub.
divisions to be recorded for TO-.
900 square foot lots where ne
public water or sewer lines are
available. II only one is lacking
10000 square foot lots are per-
mitted.
Although the 10000 square
foot lot meets State Health De-
partment requirements. officials
fear the consequences Of large
scale developments depending on
wells for water and septic tanks
for sewage disposal.
Little Of Montgomery County
has good underground water sup
plies, according to Robert M
Brown, chief Of the State division
Of environmental hygiene. Other
officials agree.
Even in the Germantown area
old wells have gone dry with new
development in the last few years
according to Mrs. Laura Nicely,
local correspondent for q weekly
newspaper.
Damascus now is preparing q
joint effort for q deep well fol-
the community and some agree
that the town soon will have to
60 to the Patuxent for its water
The District Corps of Engi-
neers, watchdogs of the Wash.
18th Street. NV. .