Evening star., 1926-12-07
MOORE OUTLINES
HIGHWAY PROGRESS
Steps in Plan for Road From
Bridge to Mount Vernon Ex-
planned at Meeting.
Anticipating the development of

Anticipating the development Of
national interest in a memorial boule-
ward from the new Arlington Memorial
Bridge to Mount Vernon, in view of
the approach of the 20Oth anniversary
of George Washington'S birth, Repre-
sentative r. Walton Moore of Virginia
today called in officials from Fairfax
and Arlington Counties and from
Alexandria City to outline to them the
progress thus far made in Washington
toward putting the plan into opera
ton so that they might be prepared
to render any assistance practicable
in bringing about the construction of
the highway.
The meeting was held at Alexandria
in the offices of the Chamber of Com
merce at the George Mason Hotel.
Those meeting with Mr.. Moore were:
Frank L. Ballenger, w. F. p. Reid and
George Harrison, members of the
board of supervisors of Fairfax Coun-
ty; E. G. Turnburke and Edward Dun.
can, members of the board of super
vlsors of Arlington County and Mayor
Albert Smoot and Councilman J. E.
w. Timberman of Alexandria City.
Both the Fairfax and Arlington
County delegations were accompanied
by several leading citizens from their
communities, including State Senator
Frank Ball of Arlington County. The
| meeting was a closed session, only the
supervisors and Alexandria city Off
| Gals meeting with Mr.. Moore. At the
conclusion OF the meeting it was an
nounced that Mr.. Moore had confer
! red informally with the officials SO
that he might be enabled to place be-
| fore them all that has occurred with
| respect to the bill for Federal con-
struction OF boulevard between
Washington and Mount Vernon.
No Final Action Taken.
No final action has yet been taken
i by the House committee on roads in
charge of the bill, Mr.. Moore explain.
ed, the last definite step i'll the plan
| having been a request made by that
committee last Spring to have the Blu.
reau of Roads of the Department of
| Agriculture look over the territory
! and recommend route or routes with
estimates OF the cost of the right OF
way and of the construction of the
road. 1t is expected, the committee
was told, that the report will be in
! the hands Of the House committee
! in a short time.
This report, it Is expected, may
raise questions requiring consideration
in the counties affected by the con
struction OF the proposed road, and ac
| cordingly it was explained that it was
! thought best that local authorities be
| informed as far as possible on the sit
uation as it has developed thus far.
| While corridor opinion at the George
Mason Hotel was that there was a di
vision of opinion as to the better
route for the boulevard, those in con
|
such question had been raised in the
| conference.
| Two Routes Favored.
| It is generally understood in Alex
andria and in Arlington County that
| two routes are most favored-one run
ming from the approach to the Airing
ton Memorial Bridge up through the
highlands of Arlington County near
Arlington Cemetery and swinging
over the small westward plateau down
past Alexandria somewhat to the west
| of the city near the George Washing
ron Memorial, and the other running
along the route of the old Washington
| Alexandria pike in an almost direct
| fashion along the river side past the
Potomac yards and down Washington
street, a main thoroughfare of Alex.
andria, straight through the heart OF
the city.
MANY Alexandrians favor the latter
road. although some opposition has
been voiced even in that city on the
ground that it would bring so much
| haul and traffic through the thorough
, fare that it would impede Alexandra
| motorists themselves. a situation
which would be eliminated by swing
| ing the road west of the city.
Proponents of the route first named
above point most definitely to the
| scenic possibilities of such a route
which would display view OF WASH.
| ington in panoramic form from the
high level of that road and would give
tourists an opportunity to view the
Potomac from the heights above it.
Neither of these propositions. now
, ever, it was distinctly understood a1teI
| this meeting, had been broached at
the conference and were to be left for
consideration at some future and more
| appropriate time.