Evening star., 1923-03-13
ARLINGTON CITY"
| PLAN VOTED down
Alexandria Council Ready to
Fight Bill if Neces-
Sary.
Special Dispat tch to The Star.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March l3.-lne
city council, at a meeting held yes
terday afternoon. went on record as
opposed to the proposed Incorporation
of Arlington county into city, and
1t adopted resolution of Council
man Ticer authorizing the mayor to
employ counsel If need be and appoint
committee of representative citi-
zens to oppose before any committee
of the general assembly to whom the
bill has been referred and interpose
the citys objections to the bill.
This action was taken by the city
council at special meeting which
was attended by all of the members
and called expressly for that purpose
by Mayor William 4. Smoot.
Business Men Present.
Attending the meeting were num-
ber Of representative business men
and a delegation from Arlington
county. Most of the last-named dele
cation. however, were from the town
of Potomac
The aims and purposes OF the biz
were outlined by state Delegate
Charles Henry Smith.
He told council that he was pledged
to the introduction and passage of a,
bill which would make the whole of
Arlington county as city. He, how
ever. said that he opposed the incor-
poration of any small part or IL. AFTER
a conference committee from the civic
federation Of Arlington county called
on him he said he certainly came TO
the conclusion il was impossible to
incorporate all of Arlington county.
and in his opinion it was illegal and
probably unconstitutional.
County Would he Divided.
AS general proposition, he said,
he believed the provisions Of the
bill divides the county into three
zones. Falls Church, he said, is
given the privilege of repeating its
charter and coming into the town
and, next, OF retaining it's charter
and going into Fairfax county. The
southern zone takes in most or JET
ferson district, he said. Each of the
zones. he declared. is given the right
to vote separately and about four
fifths of the county is in the central
zone. According to Mr.. Smith, II the
proposition Is defeated the county
remains where 1t is and IL 1T carries
in the central zone that part Will
become Arlington city, irrespective
of the other two zones.
II the majority Of the freeholders
in Potomac refuse to resclnd their
charter the charter, he said, would
stand and they will cede to Fairfax
county.
Pledged to Policy.
Continuing, Mr.. Smith said: Il am
nledred TO certain policy in Ar
iincton county. don't, however, con-
slider the bill presented me is an ex-
preston of that policy"
There is, he said, considerable con
tention over the provisions OF the
nf P0f0md q
he declared, simply want to be left
If the bill passes and becomes a law
he said it is nothing more than an
enabling act, and he told of how II
will affect the three zones. a part OF
Jefferson district going to Fairfax
! Delegate Smith said he thought the
bill would come before joint meet
ing of the committee on counties.
no definite date for hearing the bill
had yet been fixed upon. but he ex-
pected to get the chairman of the
house of delegates to fix upon date
and notify all sides interested.
Attorney James r. Cation said he
had been requested to appear at the
meeting by his son, president of the
Kiwanis Club, in behalf Of that club.
Mr. Cation. in part, said: Il have de-
cided views on the subject AS far
back as I can remember while mem
Der of the general assembly bills were
presented. one from Clarendon and
one from Potomac. The bills were
unconstitutional and / got those be-
hind the bill to incorporate Potomac
to amend their bill, and it was adopt
ed The unconstitutional feature
from the bill of Clarendon was not
amended and it was defeated.
"I regard it serious blow for
Alexandra if the bill goes through
for all of that territory lying north
of here will virtually become a shoe
Potomac will be placed in Fairfax
county.
"The time has come when we must
necessarily enlarge our corporate
.he CITY BELIEVE to- Watch a to se sss
closely. II we are to be hemmed uI
in narrow lines we are now in we
cannot hope to progress. All of the
town of Potomac ought to be Alex
andria for the reason that 1T will be
to enter into it. y ought to be po-
sition Of progressiveness. l cannot
see any reason why the county OF
Arlington should take territory and
say it should be annexed to Fairfax
county and bottle us up and forever
preclude us from ever moving north
ward or westward. / believe it g
matter Of such great Importance that
the bill should be carefully studied
Those In Attendance.
Those in attendance from Airing.
ton county were Rev. o. c.. Beall, D
&c. Chambers, ]. r. Harding. P. j
Conlon, C. r. Taylor 8. D. Devaughan
Louis S. Scott, George w. Zachary
Rev. D. E. Day. wallace N. Lindsey
Archie H. Richards and others. At
tending from this city were r. E
knight, president of the chamber OF
/ commerce.: Capt. George II. Evans
business manager of the chamber OF
commerce; James r. Cation, Col X. w
ogden, Col. J. Y. Williams, F. f. Mar.
bury, Alfred Thomson, +. f. Marbury
| City Engineer E. G. Dunn, City Man
ager w. NJ. Rich, A. H. SchwarzmanT
and others.
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