Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
FAIRFAX TO OPEN
ADVERTISING DRIVE
County viii Have District
Campaigns, and Invite Wis.,
itorS for Inspection.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special D'Spatcn TO 1Ae star
FAIRFAX, Va, January 2l.--Plans
for an intensive drive to raise an adj
vertising and maintenance fund Of
$4,000 we're outlined Saturday night at
a meeting Of the directors Of the Fair
fax County Chamber of Commerce held
in the Office of Thomas r. Keith. A
preliminary organization was planned
to conduct this drive, with Martin
Webb of Annandale as general director
and a chairman for each of six dis
tricts. E C. Gibbs will take charge OF
Mount Vernon district. J. Sidney Wiley,
Lee district; Carroll Shreve, FANS
Church district George Harrison,
Dranesville district; Miss Ludeman
Sayre, Centerville district with Ihom-
as Keith and r. r. Buckley jointly re-
sponsible for Providence district. Each
chairman will select his own assistants.
The first meeting of this central COM
mittee will be held January 80, in the
schoolhouse at Annandale. at which
time it is planned to have much OF the
preliminary work of organization COM
pleted
On recommendation of w. S. Hoge,
IT., the directors decided to extend an
invitation to group of leading WASH
ington architects to make an Inspection
trip through Fairfax County, visiting
the recently completed courthouse and
clerks building and other points OF in
terest. the visitors to be entertained at
luncheon. The State Chamber of Com
merce will be notified that the Fairfax
chamber will assist in entertaining the
300 school superintendent of New York
City who are to tour Virginia in March.
The secretary. in reporting the dis
cusSionS at the recent meeting of Sec
retarieS of Virginia Chambers of Com
merce in Roanoke. outlined some of
the industrial development possibilities
in Fairfax County as suggested by w.
d. Ennis, vice president of the Tech
nical Advisory Corporation of New York
who during the World War, lived in
Falls Church, while working for the
United States Government.
Committee on Industry.
z. c. Gibbs was appointed chairman
of special committee, assisted by Har-
vey Clapp Of Accotink and E. H. Allen
of Newington, to devise means of slim
ulating the industrial development of
Fairfax County in that section. They
were instructed to investigate the adj
Instability and the cost of having an
industrial survey made and to bring the
advantages of this section to the atten-
ton of the N. P. Auth Provision Co. of
Washington, in case Arlington County
again refused building permit for an
abbatoir.
A resolution was adopted asking Sen
ator Carter Glass to use his influence
to have an appropriation for $4,000
inserted in the Senate District appro-
priation bill, for erection of sheds to
protect the Virginia and Maryland far
mers who market their produce at
Eastern and Western Markets in Wash
ington.
The report of Franklin Williams,
chairman of the chambers agricultural
committee, that in his opinion the
chamber had made a mistake in CIV
ing its unqualified Endorsement to the
Southwest site as location for the pro-
posed Farmers Market in Washington,
and his suggestion that. in view of the
very great difference of opinion among
market experts as to the proper loca-
ton. as we'll as the petitions filed by
more than 80 Virginia farmers stating
that they opposed such a location, the
chamber should ask Senator Glass to
consider favorably the suggestion previ-
ously made by Senator Capper of Kan
sas that the entire question of location
be referred to diSintereSted commits
sion of experts, evoked heated discus
sion Opposition to Mr. Williams sug-
gestion was led by George Harrison,
who drafted the original motion sent
TO Senator Glass and Representative
Moore. In view of the difference of
opinion among the 10 directors present
it was decided to lay this matter on the
table pending IN effort to ascertain
through the county oranges and farm
organizations, which location the farm
ers of the county think best for Viz
ginia. The secretary reported figures
secured by officials of the United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics from
Virginia and Maryland farmers who
held licenses to sell on the old B street
market, showing that the value of their
sales last year was almost $4,000, 900.
Fifty-four per cent of the sales of Viz
ginia farmers were made to individual
housewives, 7 per cent to dealers and
80 per cent to wholesalers.
Planning to Be Taken Up.
Arlington and Alexandria chambers
will be asked TO Join in arranging a
meeting of the highways parks and
planning committees of the three Or
CARNATIONS, for purpose of taking pre-
liminary steps to secure the co-opera-
ton of officials Of the Virginia counties
and city with the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission in its
plans for the regional development of
the metropolitan area of Washington.
Col. u. S. Grant, Sd, will be asked to
meet with these committees, in accord
ance with his suggestion made to the
chamber at Herndon. 1t was pointed
out that under a law. drafted by
Thomas Keith of Fairfax, and intro
duced by Senator Frank Ball, the State
Legislature in March. 1925, granted
to the supervisors of the two counties,
to the town council of Alexandria and
to the State highway commission spe-
cific power to contract with the National
Capital Park and Planning Commission
for the extension into Virginia of the
park, parkway playground, water,
sewerage and drainage systems of the
District of Columbia, and to prevent
pollution Of the waters of the Potomac
River and to preserve the forests and
natural scenery in connection with
such projects. The law provides that
concurrent jurisdiction over such lands
acquired by condemnation proceedings
or otherwise may be coded to the United
States Government. All such con-
tracts must have the approval of the
governor and attorney general of the
State. A motion offered by George
Harrison indorsing the provisions Of
the Cramton bill was referred to the
highways committee for investigation
The secretary, Mrs. NJ. c. Vosbury,
was appointed to represent the Fairfax
County chamber at the meeting of the
State chamber on February T. with E..
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