Evening star., 1928-04-29
FAIRFAX To SPEND
/ S173,113ON ROADS
Years Estimate Is Largest
Highway Tax Fund to Date
in Single IL Months.

Special Dispatch to The star.
FAIRFAX, Va, April 27.--Fairta>
County, Va. will spend $i73,ilS on the
construction and maintenance OF III
county road system during the yeai
beginning July /. 1928. according tt
figures compiled in the Office oI
County Treasurer F, D. HuddleSon.
This is the largest sum ever eN'
pended on roads in this county IN any
one year. from direct taxes alone
although bond Issue construction mas
tren larger in past years The levieS
set bv the Board of Supervisors THIS
month will raise $36,S6l for the gem
eral county road fund tbridge con-
Striction also is financed from TINS
fund.-, with the maintenance leVles fof
the six districts raising the folloWlns
amounts: Centerville district, $S,277'
DraneSville. SsSS9. Falls Church
SI6.Sf6; Lee. $3.50; Mount Vernon
So.472; Providence, Sii,SS7. The total
Of So 4S2 for maintenance is an IN
crease Of s27.4SS over last year
The district taxes for construction
work will amount 10 $S5,6Sl. divided
SsaSs in Centerville district. $5,395 IN
Dranesville. S6.987 in Falls Church
SS. 500 in Lee, $500 in Mount Vernon
and $i0i46 in Providence. In addi-
ton TO these sums raised by local taxa
ton. Gov. Byrd has announced that
l'airfaX CountyS share OF the state
gas tax will amount TO approximately
S45 600. This latter will be spent by
the local county engineer.
state Aids Upkeep.
This Sl7S.llS. 10 be expended by
the Board Of Supervisors, with the
advice Of the county engineer. Is III
addition 70 what will be appropriated
by the State Highway Commission foI
travel from Washington and AleXan-
cria. or for construction Of other local
roads which may be taken into the
system during the year. The present
State-maintained highways are the Lee
Highway. the Little River Pike from
Alexandria 10 the Loudoun County
line. the Leesburg Pike. Chain Bridge
Highway and Washington Richmond
Highway II is also IN addition TO any
sums which may be expended by the
Federal Government for the construc-
ton Of the proposed S4,500, 600 Mount
Vernon Boulevard. or which may bt
appropriated from State. Federal ol
private funds for the proposed Lee
Memorial Bridge with the entrance tc
the Shenandoah National Park. Right
of way for this boulevard through
Fairfax County is now being secured.
Living largely within what Is deSig-
mated as the metropolitan area oi
Washington, Fairfax County Is rapidly
being covered with a network OF ex-
cellent highways. It's remarkable de-
velopment within the past 10 years is
worthy of a short survey. Its recent
construction record can be surpassed
by few other counties in the United
States. Whereas 10 years ago there
road N the county. there is today ap-
proximstely go miles Of hard-surfaceo
road mileage.
Little River Pike.
In 1922 Fairfax County bonded
itself under the terms of the Robert
son act and started construction o.
the Little River Pike from Alexandra
10 the Loudoun County line, % miles
with Alexandria City paying one-hali
the interest charges. At that time the
only hsrd-surfaced roads in the coun-
II we're the Chain Bridge Highway
from Fairfax Court House to Chain
Bridge and the short stretch Of the
Leesburg Pike from Tysons 10 Falls
Church; also the concrete road from
Alexandria 10 Fort Humphreys built b.
the Federal Government during thu
war. In 1923 the State Highway Com
mission established at Fairfax a resi-
cent engineer ia charge Of construe'
ton In Fairfax, Arlington and Prince
William Counties. Loudoun County fol
time also being included IN thi
district
During the past five years. therefore
FAIRFAX County has built the % mile
cs concrete from Alexandria TO Lou