Evening star., 1927-12-06
TOWN Of POTOMAC
ASKS ANNEXATION
Mayor Says Municipality
Cannot Exist Much Longer if
Not Taken by Alexandria.
u Dispatch to The Star.

| Special Dispatch to The Star.
| POTOMAC, Va, December 6.-The
Town Council of Potomac, meeting
last night in the town hall building
startled the entire community by
going on record as favoring annex
alton by the City Of Alexandria. The
vote was to 2. Mayor William
kleysteuber, who does not cast a vote
except in cases where sentiment Is
| evenly divided, spoke in favor of an
neXatioD.
Councilmen McCauley. Reattis, Rol
lins and Garrett voted in favor Of an
nexation. while Councilmen Fulton
and Kidwell cast the dissenting votes
In speaking Of his motion before the
Council, Garrett. who has lived in Ar
lington County for "a years, brought
out the many additional benefits Po
tomac would enjoy If this town is an
nexed by Alexandria. 81 know Po
tomac would derive greater benefit
from the $4,000 revenue Arlington
County receives annually from Poto
mac Yards if Alexandria annexes this
territory. We would have a larger
and more up-to-date police force, bet
ter streets and electric light, power
and telephone rates would be lower.
Would Improve Services.
"The garbage and trash removal
service will be improved. Potomac
would have the use of Alexandria s
hook and ladder truck and three paid
opera tors for its fire-ighting appara.
tus instead Of the volunteer operators
who now handle Potomacs equipment.
Telegram and cablegram service,
which we do not have at present
would be instituted.
Il have worked in the engineering
department Of Arlington County inter
mittently for the past eight years, and
/ know the county has railroad facil-
tiles that have never been used or ex.
tended The county also has a large
water front which has never been de.
veloped. Certainly it has overlook ed
two most important natural advan-
tages which would have speeded the
growth of this county. The engineer
ing work of Potomac in the future
would be carried on by the engineer
ing department of Alexandria. which is
one of the finest and most up-to-date
departments in the United States.
The Alexandria Water Co.'S service
in this vicinity is constantly being i'm.
more rapidly than at present if this
town is annexed" he said in conclud
ing his talk.
The town of Potomac. in it's present
condition cannot last much longer
said Mayor William kleysteuber. "Our
only relief is to go into Alexandria
~lty- We could not hope for the proper
cooperation from Arlington County.
THE city manager system of gov
ernment in use in Alexandria is The
best system l know of. The extensive
improvements and general results OBJ
tanned in Alexandria during the pas
three years proves that statement" he
continued.
Citizens Association in Favor,
Mrs. Naomi P. Craver, president of
the Potomac Citizens Association
spoke in favor of annexation and
quoted figures compiled by her organ
ization in showing that the citizens of
Potomac in general favor annexation.
j. w. Quinn and T. w. McHusb also
spoke in favor of annexation by Alex
andria.
COuncilmen William Kidwell and
Fulton, the only members of the coun.
Gil to cast dissenting votes, stated that
they both would like to see the town
Of Potomac remain as it is. KidweIl
stated that if it came to a question
OF either Incorporating with Arlington
County as city or being annexed by
Alexandria he would favor annexation
in preference to going into Arlington
County.
Walter U. Varney. corporation at
torney OF Potomac, spoke in opposi-
ton to annexation by Alexandria and
cited several cases where Alexandra,
according to his opinion, has not util-
lied its present advantages in i'm.
proving itself