The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-25
THE BONDING SCHEME.
An Agreement Probable Betweeu
AIexnndria County Factions.

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\ Substantial progress toward a definite
agreement between the factions concerned
was made at meeting yesterday after
! noon of the special committee Of eight
members OF the Alexandria County Board
OF Development. appointed by President
a. NJ Lothrop. OF the organization. to In
vestsgate and report upon the whole prop
| osition for bonding Alexandria county, 10
the sum Of sl5O.o00 for road improvements.
Debate was prolonged and resulted in the
abandonment of the two former bills one
of which has received the sanction of the
State legislature. II was determined BY
the committee to draw an entirely new
! measure as a substitute which will DO
presented to the board at its next regular
meeting
the meeting was held Mt the Office of n
A. Phillips. 700 Fourteenth Street north
west. and was called to order shortly after
o'clock. An organization was quickly ef-
fected by the election OF Mr. Phillips as
Chairman and James F.. Clements as Sec
rotary. There were present the follow
ing members Of the committee: Messrs. r.
A. Phillips Chairman: James E. Clements
w W Douglas. F. NJ Gideon. F. J. De-
Laishmutt. r. III. Darby. VI. E. Church. and
f. G. Harrison. In addition. Mr.. VI. O.
Eldridge Of the Agricultural Department.
was present. and his experience In road
construction was of benefit to the commit
tee.
An address favorable to the adoption OF
a bond proposition was made by james E.
Clements He spoke Of certain errors in
the FIRST bill drawn and recently passed by
the virginia Assembly but held that these
faults had been properly remedied in what
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was brought to the attention OF the Board
OF Development at its last meeting. Mr..
Clements urged that the latter measure
should receive the support OF the Board of
Development and be Immediately intro
duced into the State legislature. Infor-
mally. the measure was laid before the
meeting and It's various provisions were
carefully considered. Nearly two hours
were spent by the committee in debate upon
the two bills. 1t was recognized that no
general agreement could be reached by the
two factions upon either measure. and this
fact finally led to a resolution for an en-
tireiy new measure. to be drawn by the
committee and to be introduced before the
board at its next meeting.
Several radical changes will be incor-
porated in the bill now being drawn. I'm
der the third measure 1t liz proposed to
change entirely the method of handling
the funds to be raised from the bond is
sue. II is proposed to make provision for
the appointment of a special road COM
mission, which body will have complete
control Of all funds for the improvement
and increase OF roads. Further, it is pro-
posed that this commission shall receive
n salary and that its entire time shall be
occupied In the work laid out in set Of
specifications hereafter 10 be drawn. The
money for the roads is to be expended
solely by this commission. and then under
the direct supervision OF an expert engi-
neer on road construction. All drafts for
funds for road work must be made upon "a
Washington bank where the entire fund
is &c be placed. and must be signed by all
three members OF the road commission.
The special committee which met yes
terday was composed of eight members,
four representatives Of each faction.