Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
f. H. ALLEN HEADS
FAIRFAX CHAMBER
President Webb of Annandale
RetireS Amid PIauditS
for Service.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


annual meeting of the chamber.
Martin T. Webb of Annandale, past
president, unanimously urged to serve
for another term, stated that he was
unable to accept the position owing to
pressure of other work. Webb was
highly complimented by the chamber
for work done. He was prevailed on TO
serve as first vice president, VIII Cleve.
land of Seminary being elected second
vice president; r. R. Buckley OF Fair
fax reelected treasurer and Mrs. E. d.
Vosbury of Mortified reelected secre-
tary. The question of the appoint
ment of a full-tine secretary, with
Office at Fairfax was left open for dis
cussion at a later meeting, Mrs. Vos-
bury declining the assignment. The
directors elected to fill the six vacancies,
one from each magisterial district, were
Thomas r. Keith, Providence; J. Sid
ney Wiley, Lee; Miss Gladys Winfield,
Centerfeld; r. H. Wilkinson, Mount
Vernon; Marvin Perkins, Dranesville;
c. H. Powell, Falls Church.
y Program Committee Chosen.
President Webb appointed Mrs. G.
Ashley Money, Capt. Thurlow White,
Mr.. Cleveland and Mrs. Vosbury COM
nittee to cooperate with Robert D.
Graham. secretary of the Fairfax
County Fair Association, in planning
Chamber of Commerce program during
the fair.
Road Improvement Plan.
Upon motion of Mr.. Keith the high
ways committee was instructed to assist
in developing a project outlined by
George Harrison of Herndon for the
Improvement of the road between
Langley and Dranesville, known as the
Washington, Great Falls and Dranes-
vile Highway. This road was rebuilt
and improved about eight years ago by
private capital, the Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors granting the COM
pany permission to install toll gate
on the road to reimburse them for their
expenditures. Efforts have been made
without success to get TINS road lnto
the county system. With the opening
of the bridge across Great Falls and
the need of a proper outlet for the
traffic from Maryland, development Of
this highway is declared imperative.
Mr. Harrison's project calls for the sur
render by the stockholders of all their
rights in the road, the rebuilding Of
the highway in accordance with State
specifications and with three-foot con-
crete shoulders on each side by the
Great Falls Bridge Co. at an estimated
expense Of $102,798 the taking over of
the road by the Fairfax County Board
of Supervisors after its construction and
its maintenance as part Of the county
system until such time as it may be
incorporated by the Federal Govern
ment as a part of the 60-mile drive
around Washington as visioned by the
Cramton bill for the Mount Vernon
Parkway. Mr.. Harrison was given au-
thority to arrange for meeting under
the auspices of the Fairfax County
Chamber of Commerce, to be held in
the Grange Hall at Forestville, to bring
together the officials of the Great Falls
Bridge Co., stockholders of the Turn
pike Co., County Board of Supervisors,
county engineer and other interested
parties to endeavor to work out
method by which this highway can be
turned over to the people and properly
improved.
Airport Survey Promised.
Mrs. VoSbury reported that A. Pen
dleton Taliaferro, jr., chief Of the Field
Service Section, AeronauticS Branch Of
the United States Department of Com
merce, had promised to include Fairfax
County In the survey for available air
port sites to be made by investigators
from the department, the local investi-
CATION to be made in about a week.
M. z. OIluICn UIOuSLlI W CIlc aCtcAI-
ton Of the chamber the probability that
both the Lee Highway and Wilson Bou-
1evard will be closed to traffic at the
same time, thereby creating a serious
situation for the residents OF Fairfax
County who are dependent on those
roads to get to Washington, particularly
to Georgetown. His suggestion that the
chamber suggest to the State Highway
Department that it postpone its work on
dob 10 uyidnNiVNO
Wilson Boulevard had been completed
was not favorably received by the mem
bers present, who felt that in view Of
the demand for and need of improved
highways, the individual traveller must
be content to put up with temporary
inconvenience in order to achieve re-
suits as soon as possible.
A. c. Speight, representing the
ForeStville community, asked the cham
Der to assist in the extension of elec-
tr1city from the Leesburg pike. The re-
quest was referred to the public utilities
committee with pledge Of speedy ac-
ton. Thomas r. Keith reported extern
sion of electric service from Oakton and
Shockeys Station to the Lee Highway.
George G. Smith was appointed to CO.
operate with E. G. Gibbs in getting a
ruling from the State Corporation Com
mission on the right of the residents of
T Ah1ICOL11d W bCG OC1CRlLOIlC oSIVHCG
from the G. & p. instead of the
Lorton Co.
Exhibit Housing Committee.
Wells A. Sherman, George c. Smith
and Neil Miller were appointed q COM
mittee to cooperate with H. B. Derr,
county agent, and with the county board
OF supervisors to work out housing the
county agents proposed exhibit Of the
agricultural resources of the county,
with authority to spend $50 for shelving
or other improvements. The committee
was instructed to ascertain from the
supervisors the disposition to be made
Of the old clerks office building, In view
of the rumors that the building may be
torn down or moved from its present
site.
The highway committee was in
structed to cooperate with the citizens
Of FL Nido and Chesterbrook, to ascer-
tain what can be done to have the road
from the Glebe road in Arlington
county hard surfaced through Chester
brook to FL Nido. George Harrison,
chairman of the special committee on
the Mount Weather road improvement,
reported that he had hopes that the
deadlock between the State Highway
!. Commission, the Loudoun County
supervisors and Col. Robert N. Harper
would be terminated at q meeting ar