Evening star., 1922-08-13
T0PUSH BUILDING
OF lee HIGHWAY
Plans for Its Completion to
Falls Church and on to
Fairfax Court House.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


FALLS CHURCH, Va. August IL
AS a result of conference arranged
by a special committee of the Falls
Church Citizens Association and held
in Washington Friday at headquar-
ters of the Lee Highway Association,
prospects are bright for completion
this year of the mile and a quarter
of road between the end of the con-
crete pavement at Halls hill and the
macadam at East Falls Church.
Attending the conference, in addl-
ton to the Falls Church committee,
were President Henry Roberts ana
other officers of the Lee Highway AS
sociation. Thomas j. De Lashmutt
and Walter Weaver, supervisors OF
Arlington county: Supervisor Harri-
son of Fairfax county, and repre-
sentatives of Lee highway units from
points west Of Falls Church.
Now a state Road.
The Lee highway. having by act of
the legislature been taken over as a
state road, is to be completed and
maintained from state funds, but no
money will be available for the work
before next year. At number OF
places along the route money has
been loaned to the state without in
terest for the work, to be repaid
when state and federal funds become
available.
At a special meeting of the Falls
Church Citizens Association Monday
night the Arlington county super
yisors agreed that If the state high
way department would guarantee re-
payment next year they would bor-
row the money for immediate build
ing of an 1s-foot concrete roadway
from Halls hill to East Falls Church.
The meeting in Washington Friday
was to get this proposal In definite
form.
Repayment In Two Years.
Mr.. Roberts, who had just come
from Richmond. where he conferred
with the state highway commission,
said that if a special session of the
legislature is called and the pro-
posed bond issue of s12,O0o,0O0 voted.
the money could be repaid next year,
but that otherwise the only guar
antee that could be given would be
repayment within two years. The
to the two-year repayment period,
and it only remains now to get the
proposal and the guarantee in formal
shape.
Under the practice of the state
have a survey of the road by state
engineer. and while this may entail
some delay 1t is believed bids can be
asked and a contract let in time to
complete the work before winter.
The estimated cost of the work is
about $4,000 and there remains to
be adjusted the payment of interest
on this amount during the period 1T
is to be loaned to the state. but 1t
is not thought this will present any
serious difficulties.
Falls Church to Fairfax
In addition to the stretch from
Halls Hill to Falls Church, the
question of completing the road from
Falls Church to Fairfax came up for
consideration at the Friday confer
ence, and as a result there will be
held Tuesday evening at Merrifield
conference of interested parties.
mittee from the Falls Chlurh Citi-
zens Association. The question to be
considered will be whether there
shall be submitted to the voters of
Fairfax county at the November cleo
ton proposal to issue bonds, the
money derived to be loaned to the
state to build the eight miles of road
from Falls Church to Fairfax, the
money to be repaid when state and
federal funds become available.
The estimated cost of the work Is
from s250,00O to 100000. Supervisor
Harrison declared himself in favor of
the project. If put through at the
November election work could begin
pleted two or three years sooner than
would be the case if it awaited the
regular allegation of funds, and the
only cost to the county would be the
interest charges on the bonds pend
ing repayment by the state.