Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-10-13
LEE HIGHWAY HI.
FUND PROVIDED
City to Make Special Levy
of Ten Cents on
$1OO> !
CITY'S PART is $4,000
Adopts Ordinance to Take Over Ger
tain Streets in Rosemont-Larse
Gathering of Citizens Present

! City council last night adopted al
ordinance providing that the city pay
one4half of the interest charges or
bonds to be issued by Fairfax county
for that couHty's part Of the work ir
connection with the construction OF
the Lee highway from Alexandria t.
Winchester, Va. They a.so adopted an
ordinance to take over certain streets
IN Rosemont and adopted another re.
solution to take over other streets IN
that subdivision when certain condi-
TORS have been complied with.
! Prior to adopting the ordinances a
| ioint session of council was held and
a large delegation Of residents of
Rcse.nort appeared and urged upon
council to take over The streets in
Rceemont.
immediately after hearing the ar
guments the joint session was dis
solved and each board acted indepen-
;Ianely on these measures.
The ordinance fer etending aid to
Fairfax county for the Lee highway
provides thot the city's pot'tion of the
Interest charges shall net exceed S43.-
900 and shall net extend for over a
period of five years and it shall not
become available until the length OF
the Lee highway from Alexandria to
Fairfax Courthouse shall have been
completed and assurances shall have
been received from the state highway
commissioner that the unfinished high
! way from Fairfax Courthouse to Win
| chester, VA. will be promptly proceed
ed with and completed. 1t also is fur
ther provided that special levy OF
ten cents per 500 be added to the city
tax rate on real estate, tangible per-
! soral property owned or held by citi-
zents of the city Of Alexandria when
called en- for the payment of these IN
tarest charges by the board of super
visons CT Fairfax county.
II is further recommended that the
naycr be empowered to enter into a
contract with the beard of supervisors
of Fairfax county as to the cons'truc-
ton Of the road and the payment Of
'r'.erest charges.
The ordinance for taking over the
streets in Rosemout provides, that the
| following streets be taken ever: Cedar
Rosemcnt avenue, Linden. Maple, Wal
nut and North View Terrace and that
he corporation attorney prepare an
ordinance making these streets legal
highways.
Council Also adopted an ordinance
defining certain conditions on which
celtain streets in Rosemont will be
made legal public highways when GER
lain conditions have been complied
with which includes the laying Of side
walks grading, fifty per cent buildings
On the streets and ether improvements
A petition that the streets in Johns
tens subdivision in North Rcscmcrt
be taken over by the city was refer,
red to the joint committee on streets
and finance. The sum of $35 900 was
appropriated fer the operation OF the
nublic schools for the session of 1920
| 1921.
Capt. Louis n. Duffey. cf the Alex.
andr.a Light Irfanury, appeared be-
fore council and urged an appropria
ton for building of lockers and cthel
things necessary in which to scrt it:
eou lpmert. He estimated that th'
work would cost about $500. After
ward a resolution appropriation $40t
for the improvements needed at tn,
armory was presented and referred t.
the joint committee on public propert.
and finance.
The board of police commissioner
recommended that the police fore
be increased to twerty-four member
to include chief, three sergeants, ant
twenty privates and they also recon
mended that two motorcycles be pur
chased fer the department and the.
, were referred to the joint commit
zee en- france and police.
Resolution Of Councilman Kau,f
! mann that the salary CT the chief 0
police be made Sl75 s month. the ser
j, geants $3.50 and the priyates SO
i. was referred to the committee on fin
r lance ami police.
d The city school board asked for