Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23
DIRECT HIGHWAY
BONDS FAVORED
Arlington Chamber Adopts Re-
port of Special Road
Committee.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON. Va, September
23.-Floating of a bond issue to build
highway from Falls Church through
the county to the Arlington Memorial
Bridge via Clarendon and Ballston
is favored by a resolution adopted
by the board of directors OF the
Arlington County Chamber of Com
merce yesterday. This action was
taken following receipt of a report of
a special road committee of the
chamber, consisting of c. w. Fitch,
M. E. Church and w. p. Ames, which
follows:
'Your committee, appointed to re-
port on the location of the straight
to.the bridge highway, or boulevard.
between Falls Church, Clarendon and
the Memorial Bridge, begs to report
that in our opinion the Chamber of
Commerce of Arlington County
should get Fundamentally behind the
proposition of building this road and
recommend for the purpose bond
issue and recommend the indorse-
ment of the State Highway Commits
sion's letter to the Arlington County
Board of Supervisors as to this road
and the Lee Boulevard, but this COM
rnittee does not believe the Chamber
of Commerce should take part in the
actual location of either of these
roads, but that this matter, so far
as the e-bridge road is
concerned, should be referred to the
Board of Supervisors as to location"
The secretary was directed to ex-
tend to Robert B. Swope of the South
ern Oxygen Co. the sympathy of the
Arlington County pc, pie for the loss
Of life and the damage by the explo-
aton aft that Dlant Yesterday
NJ. f. Church, chairman of the inter
county relations committee was in
structed to support the suggestions Of
Franklin Williams relative to the
choice of a site for the farmers mar
ket i'm Washington. The suggestions
favor the proposed water front site as
a first choice and the midcity site as
the second. 1t was planned to send
representatives of the chamber to the
hearing on the market site question
to be held October at the District
Building. Discussion Of coming re-
sulted in recommendations that an eX.
merit be employed to map out a pro.
gram and the president, e. +. Ahalt,
was asked to confer with the president
Of the Zoning Commission to bring
this about at an early date. Every
effort will be made by the chamber to
assist the Zoning Commission, stated
G. w. Fitch. chairman of the coming
committee of the Chamber of Com.
fnerce.
The board agreed that a plumbing
ordinance is a step in the right direc.
ton, and the request of the Master
Plumbers Association as represented
nv Mr.. Wolf was referred to DIR. Boyer
OF the sanitation committee for study
and report.
Secretary Wits advised that the
board of supervisors took no action
regarding the request made that the
county authorities take steps to make
known the fact that the amendment
which will be voted on in Virginia at
the coming election is an Arlington
County issue and vital to those living
here. The chamber made the request
that the county pay for postage and
printing to notify the people of Vir
ginia. particularly through the county
newspapers, that the amendment that
counties having a population greater
than 500 inhabitants per square mile
be allowed TO impose taxes or assess
ments upon abuttinS landowners FOR
public improvements.