Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
COUNCILS D|SCUSSa.
ANNEXATION PLANS
Alexandria and Potomac Of
fiCiaIs Outline Rule Under
Merged Municipality.
Special Dispatch to The star.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va, December a.
A delegation from the city council met
with the town council of Potomac last
night in a special closed session held
at the Town Hall in Potomac for the
further working out Of the details con-
corning the taking over of the new
territory. With the budget figures in
hand, the budget having been passed
by the city council here in the after
noon, many matters could be gone into
in a more definite way than has here
tofore been possible.
The question of police protection In
the new territory was brought up at
the meeting, and the city representa-
tiveS explained that the budget calls
for a force of 30 men, an increase
of three men over the present force.
Under the present plan no precinct will
be established at Potomac. and the en-
tire policing will be done from the AL
exandria station. With the boundary
lines gone after January /, the beats
of two of the men will be extended,
and the new territory is scheduled to
receive protection from three officers,
two of them being motor cycle patrol
men for the hard-Surfaced roads and
the third a regular patrolman with a
car. The city council plans to add one
extra auto to the police equipment, thus
giving the department two cars and
the patrol. The automobile now in use
will also be replaced.
The Fire Department at Potomac will
receive three paid full-time men under
the budget as against one full-time end
one part-time paid men now stationed
there There will be two men on duty
at all times, which is the same arrange
ment as now being used in the three
departments in the present city. There
will be two pieces of apparatus at the
station, but the character of these two
pieces is as yet undetermined. At the
present time there is one 600-gallon
triple combination pumper and one 500
gallon pumper at this station. and 1t is
not known whether any equipment from
Alexandria will be sent there or not,
this depending upon what is done with
the present Potomac apparatus. 1t is
possible that the city may buy one
piece of the apparatus now at this sta
ton, but this will not be decided for
several days.
The committee from city council also
received q number of recommendation
from the Potomac council which they
will bring up at future council meet
ings. These include the continuance
of blind streets in Potomac across the
tracks Of the Mount Vernon, Alexandria
g. Washington electric line and the
Washington e. Old Dominion Railroad
line and completion of streets in the
town as planned. Improved lighting
will also be provided for, and City Man
ager Lawrence stated that all the 40
watt lamps will be increased to 100
watts at once. Better police protection
for the schools was asked and prom
ised. There will also be maintained in
the town part-time clinic. City Man
ager Lawrence further stated that there
would be weekly garbage and trash coll
lections. starting from the first of the
year.
The new territory will bring the
population of the city to something
close to 10000, and practically triples
the area of the city. Police protection
will thus be afforded at approximately
officer to 1000 persons. The makeup
of the force will be three squads of
seven men each, with a stationkeeper
and the sergeant in charge; a total of
nine men on duty on each trick, or ~
men in all. plus the detective sergeant
and captain. 80. 49,
Over 400 applications have been re-
ceived by Capt. w. W. Campbell for
the three new openings and one po-
sition on the present force which has
not yet been filled. No provision was
made for the present police force at
Potomac and 1t was recommended to
them that they put in their applica-
ton at Alexandria.