Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-12
ARLINGTON COUNTY NEWS

| Lee boulevard, was started following
a meeting held at Luray. Tuesday.
G.. Harnsberger of Luray, has been
selected as chairman of the right-of-
way committee.
Policy Agreed With.
The matter of the boulevard being
routed around the town was fully dis
cussed and the business men of Lllray
| agree with the policy of the Lee High
way Association that the main streets
of the town should not be used as the
route of the boulevard to avoid con-
gestion." said Dr. Johnson.
The streets of the town are more
valua BILE for parking and local shop
ping than for through travel, he said.
Discussing the right-of-way through
! Arlington County, DR.. johnson stated
that about so per cent of the first
seven miles has been signed up for
and rapid progress is being made on
| the remainder.
There will be q special meeting OF
| the board of directors of the Cham
Der of Commerce of Arlington Coun-
| ty Monday afternoon at the head
| quarters in the Rucker Building,
| Clarendon. President Clarence r.
Ahalt states there are a number Of
| urgent matters to come before the
! board.
Unanimous Endorsement was given
! to the petition of the Washington
! Virginia and Maryland Coach Co.
which was presented before the Viz
ginia State Corporation Commission
! at Richmond, Va, Thursday by the
t Arlington County Monarch Club at its
meeting held Thursday. President
Perry L. Mitchell announced the APP
pointment of Fletcher Kemp as spe-
cial delegate to appear at the hearing
on behalf of the club.
| The club favoring establishment OF
a community playground, to include
complete athletic field and swimming
pool. following a brief report from the
| committee, of which Rev. George
| II. Fielding is chairman, instructed
! the committee, to make further in
vestigationS as to the best plans for
| action and to report at the next
meeting of the club.
Walter U. Varney, addressing the
| club, spoke at some length, in which
he discussed the material difference
of sectional pride and section
| jealousy.
The president announced that the
| program for the next meeting will
call for short talks from each mem
, Der about the particular section in
which he lives. The hearing on the
petition was held today at Richmond
before the State Corporation Com
| mission, but no decision was given.
, the commission taking the matter
| under consideration.
New Building Permits.
| According to the records of County
/ Commissioner of Revenue Harry X.
| Green. there were issued Curing the
| last week several building permits
representing $28, 100. Since April /
! there have been issued '27S permits
| for new buildings invol " n &
| $1.1O7,059.33
! j. c. Messneir. so years old, died
at his home. in La Porte. Iowa. He
was the father of Mrs. Arthur Orr of
! Lyon Park.
Il. +. Randolph, great titan of
! the Ku kluX Khan of Virginia, will
speak at the Ballston Christian Sun
day school today at 1910 o'clock.
| Plans have been completed. ii is
understood, for several hundred men,
! bers, men and women. of the Ku
| XIX Khan of Arlington and Fairfax
| Counties to take part in the Khan
parade to be held in Washington.
| There is much discussion as to
whether the present Chain Bridge
| will bear the weight of the proposed
! 24-inch water main to be attached to
! the bridge as the main conduit from
| the Dalecarlia reservoir TO supply Ar
| lington County its water supply, said
! capt Crandal Mackey today. 'Traf
! IL. is now limited to six tons on the
bridge and 24-inch water main will
increase the weight to a dangerous
: point he said.
! The District Commissioners esti
mate for a new bridge includes a 20.
| foot driveway with a 6-foot sidewalk,
but this item has been stricken
| from year to year, whether by the
| Budget Bureau or House District
| committee.
| The Fine Arts Commission. which
| insists on bridge with concrete
arches, has been powerful enough to
prevent any appropriation for O
steel bridge, said Mr.. Mackey. The