Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-28
Arlington County Build
ing on Large Scale
During 1929.
VALUE OF PERMITS
EXCEEDS 100000
$1,OOO,OO0 Apartment and
an Airport Terminal Are
Big Future Projects.
BY JOHN r. LIPSCOMB,
STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va,
December 28.-With improved roads
and water and sewer extensions serving
as stimulus home-building operations
in Arlington County have, been on a
large scale during 1929. While no
records have been broken for real estate
development in the county, reports indi-
cate that this section of the metropoli-
tan area of Washington has shown
good progress.
The assessed value OF new properties
in the county. according to Harry K.
Green, commissioner of revenue. will
fall a little below last year, although
definite figures are not now available.
The permit value, however, of new
properties and those proposed will ex-
coed the 100000 mark of last year.
This includes a new $1,000,000 apart
ment house to be erected at Addison
Heights, permit for which has been
granted the McLane Properties, Incor-
porated, and the proposed construction
of an administration and terminal
building and hangers by the Washing
ton Airport, Incorporated.
County Construction Lays.
With the exception of a new fireproof
clerks office, costing approximately
$45. 900, the county has done nothing in
Approximately 5000, 900 has been ex-
pended by the County and State in new
highway projects. This includes $70,-
600 spent on reconstruction and widen
ing of Wilson boulevard, $10l 900 for
the rebuilding of Mount Vernon avenue
from Military road to Four Mile Run.
$500 for maintenance and repairs of
roads. all of which was taken from
county funds; $1,000 for the widening
Is = Tfre1ny N~.rxS~
Cherrydale to Halls Hill and $4,000 for
grading and gravel surfacing of Glebe
road from Lee Highway to Columbia
Pike. State projects.
The old year has also given promise
OF other large road projects, 100000
having been allocated from State funds
for the establishment of the Lee Boule-
ward, proposed as one ~ Virginia's
elaborate approaches to the new Airing
ton Memorial Bridge, and $4,000 has
been provided for the reconstruction
dria road from the District line to Four
Mile Run. Work was recently started
on this latter project and it is expected
to be completed in the early Spring.
For the first time in its history the
county this year has engaged in the
work of sewer construction. Heretofore
all sewer work was done by private and
community interests. Up until the last
session of the Legislature the county
authorities lacked the power to con-
struct sewers an dto assess properties
benefited. At the time, however. a
special act applicable to Arlington
County alone, giving the authorities this
power was passed and as q result APP
proXimately $4,000 was expended by
the county for these improvements
Approximately $75, 1000 was spent by the
county during the year In water extern
Sions.
County Loses Large Area.
Loss by the county of a large slice
OF It's area to Alexandria, through an
nexation, occurred during the year, but
loss of this revenue will be felt
some declaring that the county will
benefit, contending that more money
was expended in the way of mainte-
nance and Improvements in that section
than was collected through taxation.
Others, however, state that it will
greatly work to the disadvantage Of the
county from revenue standpoint,
pointing to the loss of approximately
$4,000 received annually from utilities,
most of which was available for i'm
provementS in other sections of the
county. The county will receive $780,
600 for the annexed area Annexation
becomes effective after midnight De-
cember 81.
Activities Of the xoning commission
have played an important part in the
orderly development Of the county dur
ing the year. The commission has held
weekly meetings to consider applications
Of prospective builders While it has
approved greater majority of the prof.
ectS brought before 1t, some have been
rejected in their entirety, while others
have been temporarily rejected and I'm
ally accepted after suggestions of the
commissions engineer have been COM
piled with.
The commission for the past several
months has been working on q per-
manent ordinance that will cover all
phases OF city planning. A final public
hearing will be held Friday night. Janu-
airy 3, following which the ordinance
will go to the county board of SUPER
visorS for its approval and adoption.
The new Arlington Memorial Bridge
is year nearer completion and work is
well under way for the Mount Vernon
boulevard. skirting the Potomac River.
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