Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-20
ALEXANDRIA CITES
SERVICE TO COUNTY
City Manager. in Annexation
Hearing. Says Territory Is
in Utilities Area.

Rv = stan Correspondent uf The star
COTR rHOUS SIC, ARLINGTON
: col NTY. Va. December 20.-Testi-
mory designed to show that the por-
tions Of Arlington and Fairfax coun-
tiee sought 10 ne annexed by AleXan-,
dria are tied to that city by water
and gas mains and are dependent on
for sewage disposal was given the
specia annexation tribunal here today
by Paul Morton, city manager of Alex.
audria.
The court resumed hearing Alex
andria : annexation plea this orning
after recess during which counsel
for he defendant counties made a
vain effort "a Obtain stay If pro-
cedule from The state Suprrme Court
Of Appeals in Richmond
Cites Utilities Service.
Morlou'S testimony was a contin
uance OF evidence which he began un.
folding to the court last week. With
the aid Of many maps. the introduc-
ZION of which was objected to by Oh.
posing counsel, the city manager told
The court that the disputed territory
10 served by the same water system
- thai Of Alexandria, lies in the same
drainage area has repeatedly request
90 extension of gas mains from the
CITY, and in other respects would fit
into the territorial expansion plans of
Alexandria
Morton declared that pollution from
sewers emptying into Hoofs Run.
which drains part of the section in
dispute, results in a health menace
10 Alexandria, which the run tray.
erses
He said that the city has $50 900
~ -.
trunk sewer along H0off'S Run from
the city limits to the river. This
sewer, he said, will correct polluted
conditions within the city limits. but
will not prevent further pollution
from sections outside the present city
line. Alexandria wishes 10 take over
all of the Hooff's Run sewerage area
into the municipal sewage disposal
system.
In answer TO questions from coun.
sci for the counties, Morton said that
the town of Potomac. which Alexan.
drla also seeks to annex has a mod
efn sewage system which does not
enter into Hooff's Run, but drains
away from the city into Four Mile
Run to the north and thence into
the potomac
Water System Private.
In connection with Morton's expla.
nation of the water system, it was
brought out that the system is owned
and operated by private corpora ton.
opposing counsel interjected that this
corporation could cease operations and
turn off the water supply at will.
Alexandria owns its own gas plant
and is ready to Furnish gas to the ter
ritories sought to be annexed lat
once" Morton testified. This plant. he
said, has twice the capacity needed to
serve the city on the basis of its pres
ent consumption. Residents Of terri
tory TO the north of the city have re-
peatedly asked that the city supply
gas service to them. the court was
told. The gas rate is SLAB per 1000
cubic feet net, or $1.75 per l 900 cubic
feet gross, Morton explained. There
is no gas in the territory which Alex
sndria now seeks.
AT the opening of the proceedings
This morning, F. S. McCandliSh, as
sociate counsel for Fairfax County, re-
quested the court to suspend the trial
today because of the absence of Com
monwealth Attorney Wilson Farr of
that county, due to a death in his
family, but the court decided that an
adjournment should not be taken.