Evening star., 1924-09-07
ARLINGTON COUNTY.

The Arlington good roads commits
sion Thursday night adopted the plan
presented by Walter X. Handy of Bar
croft for its good roads program.
This meeting, at which all except
one of the Is civic bodies in the dis
trict were represented, and only five
delegates absent, terminated for the
present the apparent deadlock between
the outlying and thickly settled sec
tions of the district. The plan, in
volving 20 roads. having total mile
age of about 1915 miles, has been re-
fcrred to Capt. j. II. Talman, road
engineer. for his estimates of costs,
after which it will be submitted to the
various civic associations for their ap-
proval. Allowing 30 days for their
consideration. it will be returned TO the
roads commission for final adoption
and request to the court for an etec-
ton. Capt. Talman stated that the
total cost would approximate 100000.
The roads adopted are:
Concrete construction. is feet wide
Wilson boulevard Lubber Run to coun-
ty line: Columbia turnpike, from end of
present hard surface to county line;
Military road, from Arlington Gene
terry to RosSIyn: Donaldson road. Will
son boulevard to Washington District
line: Washington street, Hatfield to
Taylor avenue. thence forkinS, one
fork following Spruce street to Wilson
boulevard. the other fork following
Taylor avenue to Wilson bou ,evard;
Shelley road, Hatfield to Glebe road;
Clarendon avenue, from Wilson boue-
ward to Shelley road; Bingham road.
from Shelley road to Columbia turn
pike: Garrison road, from Clarendon
Station to Glebe road; Sherman ave
nue., from Fort Myer Military Reserva-
ton to Wilson boulevard.
Bituminous maCadam. 16 feet wide
Garrison road. extended. through
Highland Park to Washington -Arling-
ton District line; from Wilson boule-
ward, via Arlington street. through
Ron Air and Glencarlyn to Reynolds
Corner: Ballston avenue. Railroad to
Garrison road: Fort avenue. from
Military Reservation to CathCart
road, thence through Bancroft. via
Spring street to Columbia turnpike;
Fox road Columbia turnpike to Glebe
road; Arlington avenue, Wilson boule-
ward to Lee Highway; Westmore!and
street, from Wilson boulevard via
Alexandria avenue to Military road.
Water bound macadam, 16 feet wide:
Lacey road. Wilson boulevard to Car
rison avenue extended; jefferson
street, Glebe road to Washington and
Old Dominion Railway.
Special improvement-Wilson boule-
ward. Lubber Run to Military road al
foot of Picketts Hill, including
Strengthening of the road at Picketts
Hill to abolish the turn and run
straight down the hill to Military
road, to be 90 feet wide, over all,
throughout. including concrete shoul-
ders, feet in width on each side,
and to be resurfaced with bituminous
macadam, including the bituminouS
macadam between the shoulders from
l'icketts Hill to Military road.
The Arlington County Civic Fedora
ton has indorsed c. Eugene Doyle of
Clarendon as land assessor next year.
Plans have been completed for the
luncheon and meeting to be held by
the Organized Woman Voters of Ar
lington County at Del Ray, Septem-
Der II. Following the luncheon, the
questions of bonds and county bond
issues will be discussed. with special
addresses by Hugh Reid of Cherry
dale, and Capt. Talman. Reservations
may be obtained from Mrs. Alice Sc
mones, Virginia Highlands; Mrs. Olive
Moreland. Fort Myer Heights; Mrs.
Louise Burkholder, Lyon Village, or
Mrs. Edith Sutton, Lyonhurst.
The campaign committee of the
Arlington County Republican Club
met in the offices of Warner & Nc
Cormick, Cherrydale, and perfected
plans for the coming campaign. Mr..
Warner, the president, appointed men
in charge of each campaign commit
tee as follows: Speakers, Harry 3.
Mason; posters, L. c. MACPHERSON;
publicity, Carl A. Marshall; securing
halls, Louis Poore; finance, Edgar w.
Humphrey; music, A. 3. Eaton; regis
tration, l.. J. Skidmoore; poll work.
ers, Hugh McCaffee.
Many prominent Republicans were
present, and optimism prevailed as
reports from different parts of the
county We're made.
The committee will meet again
September II in the offices of L. c.
MACPHERSON.