Evening star., 1922-11-29
FAVOR FEDERAL AID
FOR R0SS[YN, VA.
Speakers at Clarendon As.
Sert U. S. Control Would
Solve Many Problems.

(SpeciaD.-The future of Rosslyn,
following the opening of the new
Georgetown bridge. and the proposal
to bond Arlington district for $780,
600 for road purposes. two important
problems occupying the attention of
the county's leading civic workers,
were the outstanding subjects dis
cussed at the regular semi-monthly
meeting of the Clarendon Citizens As
sociation last night
e. W. Smith, a member of the Ar
lington County Civic Federation COM
mittee, dealing with matters pertain
| ing to the location of railways at the
virginia end of the bridge and ap-
proaches to the structure, and j.
hohas Manning. chairman of the
| associations road committee, and
others. termed conditions in Rosslyn
gateway of the south" as a disgrace
! to the state
MI smith told of resolution be-
iore congress which authorizes the
FEDERAL government to take over a
Strip or land along the Virginia shore
1i tHe fotomac. including Rosslyn
ior water shed and park purposes
Adoption of this resolution he said
,cqulreS unanimous consent 1t was
defeated the last time it was IN nv
one objection he said. adding thar
auoption of the resolution would
county. rid Rosslyn of its hideouse
ness and solve all traffic and other
Prohieins to be worked out with the
| completion of the bridge. He said he
was strongly in favor Of Virginia
orn,me ornrent th's land to the federal gov
trees Quick Action.
stating that all Of Rosslyn shouId
n,s nv ,pen out and that anything that
n@,aE @ he removed will never be missed
.Mr' Manning urged quick action on
! II" ever program is to he followed
! IN IN tne lay of the land around the
rsihla end of the bridge. He de-
oiarcu mat he. too. would welcome
NY n such move by the federal govern
en,. put said something definife
| should be determined before business
,,ieh get m there and go to the ex
/ fIhSt OF erecting large buildings
.oent Iaylor said he did not he.
iefe IL necessary for the ASSOCIATION
in IN. any action on the question
| ton. which is Representatives. a,
| virtually all of the county's civic
organizations. is so deeply concerned
ne said ne was confident the fedora
.'oh VIII see to 1t that the approaches
70 the bridge are made what tbev
! should be. 'neS
! according to Mr.. Manning, Chairman
OF the road committee, the people of
, arlington district soon will have the
oPportunity of becoming familiar
WIN Ihe proposal to bond for roads
IN the district. the plans of which
are being whipped into shape by the
| Arlington Roads Association. A ten
tatlFe road-building program, he said,
mas been announced and this week
an engineer of the roads division of
the county engineer and members of
| the committee. is going over these
roads with view to estimating costs
| of construction.
| Prices VIII BE Compared.
| Their work in this connection. he
| said. which also will show a COM
| parison in prices of macadam and
concrete construction, probably will
| he completed at the end of the week
shortly afterward a public meeting
! viii be called to acuuaint the citizens
| with all phases of the question and to
! determine future action.
| President Taylor declared it had
been rumored that the Clarendon
| Citizens Association is opposed to
| the proposal. This he denied. saying
! the association had not committed
itself and would not until the en-
! tire project has been put into con-
, crete form and considered fully. He
| association to give careful study to
the proposal. as citizens of the COM
munity who do not attend meetings
Will be Influenced largely by the
sentiment of the organization.
Still another matter of great i'm
| portance to the entire county was
presented to the meeting by Sheriff
Clements. The sheriff said that. with
the population of the county in
creasing by leaps and bounds. he has
felt for long time the need of addi-
tional police protection. but has been
Handicapped in his efforts to get 1t
on account of there being no pro-
vision in the county levy for salaries.
Officer Must Earn snlary.
Until now. he said, before he can
put a man permanently on the pay
| rolls he must prove to the board of
arrests made by the officer will be
i sufficient to meet his salary. Ac-
! cording to the sheriff. the plan has
| proved a paying proposition. $1.700
| profits having been turned into the
{, county fund by his department since
[ force. however, 1t may not work out
| that way. he said. The need Of addi-
| tional police protection he described
as very apparent" and he said he
would ike TO appoint men WIN the
| guarantee their salaries will be met
! regardless of the fines.
! Sheriff Clements said the present
! plan tends to make an officer feel
| he has to earn his salary, and in do
| ing so he may make arrests for
/ trivial violations of the law.
! The association voted to support the
! sheriff in his fight, and a resolution
/ to this effect was ordered sent to the
, board of supervisors.
| The report of Fire Chief Eaton
! which showed that the departm ent
| responded to ten fires since the last
| meeting two weeks ago, resulted in
! much discussion aimed to find a rem
| edy for what was termed an alarm
! ing condition.
! Chief Eaton said most of the fires
! were caused by overheated flues
! which probably would have been
! avoided had the chimneys been free
| Of SCOT.
! 1t was announced at the meeting
| that the Rosslyn Gaslight Company
| will move into its office on December
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