Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
TWO NAMED TO ASK
ROAD IMPROVING
Fairfax Chamber Appoints
George Harrison and {. H.
Allen to Petition Byrd.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, April 10.-The Fair
fax County Chamber of Commerce
meeting last night in the schoolhouss
at Lincolnia, appointed George Har'
rison and E. H. Allen as members of the
Joint committee from Northern Vir'
ginia which will present to Gov. Byre
and Chairman H. G. Shirley a specia
petition to adopt emergency measure:
If necessary to have all unfinished links
in the highway from the Arlington Me-
mortal Bridge to Mount Weather, In
Loudoun County, hard surfaced imme-
diately. Mr. Harrison was also deslg-
mated to attend the next meeting OF tbs
Arlington County Board of Supervisor:
and ask for the appointment of a COM
mittee from that board to join the
delegations already appointed by tho
Fairfax and Loudoun County super
visors, Fairfax and Loudoun County
Chambers of Commerce and Rotary
Club of Leesburg. 1t was pointed Out
in the discussion last night that excel
lent fishing was available near Mount
Weather, and that only approximately
Is miles remains to be hard surfaced
mo project in Fairfav County Will be
more beneficial or bring more wealth
into Fairfax County" declared Mr.
Harrison last night, than the compile
ton of this short connecting link with
the Valley of Virginia"
Ask Curve Safeguard.
This committee vas s::o Instructed
to ask Mr.. Shirley to take immediate
steps to safeguard the dangerous curve
on the Richmond Washington highway
at Gum Springs, in Mount Vernon dis
trict, where serious accidents are of al
most daily occurrence and where last
week the bus load of Cornell Univer-
sity athletes met serious disaster. Thu
highway committee was instructed tc
present to the Arlington County super.
visors and county engineer, c. L. Kin
nier, a request to correct the dangerou;
conditions existing on the Columbis
pike near Bancroft on the south side Of
Four Mile Run, where accidents are nu-
merouS.
The chamber Endorsed the project o.
Charles Colfax Long, who is planning
the preparation of an illustrated lecture
on Virginia similar to Washington
From Dawn to Dusk" which he pre-.
sented during inauguration week. E. H
Allen was designated to represent the
Chamber of Commerce at the diStric
meeting of the Virginia COOPERATIVE
Education Association at Occoquan
Mrs. E. d. Vosbury was elected a dele
gate to the "all Virginia conference" Of
the Virginia State Chamber OF Com
merce. to be held at Virginia Beach
Nav 1912, to discuss State needs lr
the building of new Virginia and the
operation OF the new 10-point State
Chamber Of Commerce program OF &C
tiyities.
Ask Aid for Aviators.
Upon request Of the publicity COM
mittee the Fairfax County board OF
supervisors will be asked to paint or
the roof of the new Courthouse build
ing at Fairfax direction markers for the
guidance of airplanes, in accordance
with the request of the United States
Department of Commerce. The public
utilities committee was instructed to
assist the people of the Franconia com
munity who are asking for telephone
service. George Smith, who last night
outlined the existing situation, stated
that while the community was located
In the territory of the Lorton Telephone
Co. the subscribers were DESTROYS Of
connecting with the Bell Telephone
system through the Alexandria ex-
change, if permission can be secured
from the State Corporation Commits
sion.
A request Of Mason Hirst for the ap-
pointment of a committee to ask the
board of supervisors to use the prison.
ers in the county jail on county ano
district road construction projects wa;
tabled and j. w. Brookf1eld Of Spring
field was appointed a committee tc
consult with Judge Howard Smith as
to the feasibility of such a plan.