Evening star., 1924-07-20
ARLINGTON COUNTY.

CLARENDON. Va, July 10 (Spe-
cia y Adoption of the report of the
special committee on parliamentary
procedure. providing for a committee
of the whole. and the adoption by the
committee of the road development plan
OF Capt. John T. Talman, county super
intendeut of roads, after il had been
slightly altered, We're chief features of
d meeting of the Arlington district good
roads commission, held at the court
house last night in furtherauce of its
general plan To put through road
Luilding program IL Arlington dis
triCt.
Following adoption of the commit
tee report the meeting resolved itself
into a committee of the whole to con-
slider the Talman plan. which was aC
Cepted 10y the commission at its last
meeting As basis for its delihera-
tions. with the understanding that il
be subject t. additions and subtrac-
tiOuS. The eleven road designations
embraced in the plan We're considered
separately and all but three We're ap
proved as originally submitted.
Amendments we're made to the Column
bia turnpike, the Washington street.
Hatfield to Clarendon, and the Will
son boulevard at Pick ett's Hill pro-
poSals. The former was originally
designated as columbia turnpike
iIONl potlbI run lp the county
line" This was changed to read
columbia turnpike from the end of
the present concrete west to the
county line"
Proposal Is Amended.
The Washington street proposal,
which planned to carry the improve
mcnt straight through to the C'iaren-
don station. was amended at the re-
quest of the Clarendon delegates. who
declared that to have the improve
ment terminate in the center of the
town would end to congeSt traffic
and cause a dangerous condition. The
amendment provides for running the
new Dad on Washington avenue from
tlathtSd to the intersection of Spruce
street and Taylor avenue, forking
at that point, one fork to follow Tay-
lor avenue to Wilson boulevard and
Tho other following Spruce street to
Wilson boulevard. The third and
last amendment adopted changes the
designation Wilson boulevard at
I'i"kcttS Hili' to read Wilson boule-
ward at PiCkett's Hill to run straight
through TO Military road" This
amendment was offered. il was said
50 that the proposal would not be
construed to mean Improvement Of
the road as il now winds its way
down to R"SSlyn. but would provide
Tor STRENGTHENING of the roadway.
Following adoption of the roads
included in the TaIman plan. the
committee Of the whole. with a reSo-
luton pending providing acceptanre
and consideration of what is known
as the Kay plan; arose to report to
the commission that it was not ready
for d final report. The Kay plan ad-
Vocates greater road development as
well as includes roads designated for
Improvement in the Talman plan. The
primary object of the resolution is
TO get the Kay plan before the COM
mittee and it's provisions considered
separately to determine to what eX-
tent, if any, the road building pro-
gram is to be enlarged.
Meetings Every Thursday.
Arthur Orr, chairman of the com
mission, presided over the delibera-
tious of the commission, while r. E.
I'lymaie occupied the chair during
the session of the committee of the
whole.
The commission decided on motion
to hold meetings every Thursday
evening at the courthouse until the
work of whipping the road building
program into shape is completed
Mr.. Orr announced that the di-
rector of the United States bureau of
public roads had offered to assist the
commission in its considerations of
road construction by placing at the
dfSposal of the commission experts
of the bureau who would explain and
show experiments of the bureau in
various types of construction
1t was decided that the commission
or the program and the secretary was
instructed to communicate the thanks
or the commission to the public roads
official. and to advise him that the
commission would avail itself of the
ofler at later time.
New Bank Planned.
Plans for the organization of a new
bank in the county to be known as
the Trust Company of Northern Vir-
ginia are well under way, according
10 an announcement of r.. Cotton
Lewis, attorney of Fairfax County
and Washington, one of the leading
promoters. The institution is to have
an authorized capital stock of $780,
600 of a par value of 500 per share
selling at st10, the $40 premium be-
ing charged to provide a working
basis. Besides Mr.. Lewis, the pro-
noterS include Russell A. Lynn
banker of Herndon, Va: Frank Lyon,
prominent attorney and real estate
operator of the county and Washing
ton; Paul Dulaney, an attorney of
Washington, and f. T. Fulton. The
bank, it is announced, will open in
temporary quarters in Rosslyn pend
ing erection of new and permanent
home at that place.
The committee of the Woman's
Civic Club of Lyon Park in charge
of activities at the new Fairgrounds
opened in that community last Mon
grounds is not to be confined to the
of the county are invited to visit the
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