Evening star., 1921-03-27
WAR DEPARTMENT
AIDS HIGHWAY PLAN
Authorizes Building Part of
New Road, Clarendon, Va,
to Washington.

A new highway in Arlington coun-
ty. from Clarendon to Washington via
the Highway bridge. for which the
Arlington County Chamber of Com
tive r. Walton Moore of the eighth
virginia district. of which Arlington
county is part. has been working
Tor the past several months. is soon
10 materialize. according to an an
nouncement made Yesterday by Frank
Lyon. president of the chamber.
Mr.. Lyon is in receipt Of a letter
from Mr.. Moore. stating that the
Secretary of War has authorized the
construction of that part of the road
that is proposed to run through the
Fort Myer reservation from Hatfield
to the south wall of the Arlington
cemetery
This action of the War Department
Mr.. Lyon declares, will make the
highway a certainty, as there is
already in existence a good road
along the south wall of the cemetery
connecting with the splendid high
way through the agricultural grounds
to the south end of the Highway
bridge.
Responsibility on County.
The west end of the proposed high
way, which runs from Hatfield to
Clarendon. where the new highway
will join other good roads leading
and Fairfax. is up to the county to
put in order
Substantially. Mr.. Lyon said. all
OF this part of the proposed highway,
while unimproved, is now open to
travel, land in Clarendon and Lyon
virginia railway having already been
dedicated by property owners and
adopted by the board of supervisors.
A limited length Of land is yet to be
acquired by condemnation. but no
trouble is anticipated from this quar-
ter, Mr.. Lyon stated.
Speaking of the advantages of the
proposed project. Mr.. Lyon declared
that the connecting link across the
government reservation will open
what is destined to become the most
important and most used highway
from Washington into Arlington
county, equally beneficial to both
places.
Avoids Traffic Congestion.
BY it's use," Mr.. Lyon stated. "all
of the congestion which exists from
the Washington end of the Key
bride to Center market and the
Capitol will be avoided. And another
to Washington more desirable is the
fact that the distance from Claren-
don to the heart of the business dis
trict of Washington will be shorter
and in the matter of time will prove
vastly shorter because of the lack
of congestion referred to.
Taking Center market as his OBJ
Ective point. MIR. Lyon stated that the
distance there from Clarendon is
about five miles via the proposed
route and travelling by automobile. he
said, at the rate of twenty miles per
hour. the market could be reached in
fifteen minutes and the Treasury De-
partment in about ten to twelve
minutes.
To both the people of Washington
and the county the opening of this
road Is equivalent to moving Bailston
and Clarendon and many othe: places
in the northern part of the county a
mile nearer to the center of the city,
Mr.. Lyon declared.
Will Benefit Government.
Mr. Lyon said that the project will
be OF immeasurable advantage to the
government at Fort Myer
rat the present time" he continued.
all the heavy hauling to that i'm
portant military reservation has to
be made through Georgetows and via
the Key Bridge route. With this road
~ existence all materials from the
freight depots of the Pennsylvania
and Baltimore and Ohio railroads in
southwest Washington may be hauled
direct over the Highway bridge to the
reservation, without passing either
through the cemetery or through Fort
Myer proper"