Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
.F|REHOUSE SITE
MIDDLE GROWS
Action of Arlington Super
visors Makes Situation
More Involved.
By o Stan Correspondent of The star.


CLARENDON, Va, August 20.-De-
velopments today indicated that the
resolution Of the Board of County SUI
pervisors yesterday instructing the Clar-
endon Volunteer Fire Department that
they would not be given the new pump
ing engine ordered for them If they
continued with the erection Of their
new building at its present location may
not have been as effective as was at flrst
contemplated. As O matter Of fact this
already muddled affair seemed even
more involved as result.
Building to Go On.
A. @. Putnam, president Of the fire
department, stated today that the build
ing operations will not be halted until
the department is officially notified as
to the action of the board and that he
was not at all certain that they would
cease then.
Some OF the county authorities view
ed this location and approved It," he
declared. Among these was Supervisor
B. M. Hedrick. in whose district it Is
located, and he told members Of this de-
partment that he could see no obtec-
ton to the SITE"
Putnam said that he and his asso-
ciates have done all that they could to
provide suitable quarters for the ap-
paratus, which is county owned, and
that he Is tired Of being juggled about.
ut Is likely that we will continue with
the present building, thereby providing
q place for the engine. We will then
have done our share and If the county
refuses to give us the new engine we
will turn in the old one and let Claren.
don do without O fire department" he
said.
A statement by Putnam to the effect
that the special committee Of the Clar.
lected to work with the fire department
In an effort to find o more suitable To-
cation had definitely reached the de.
cision that they would no longer oppose
the present site was verified by T. 3.
Nanny Of Lyon Village, chairman OF
the committee.
Nanny said today that the commit
tee was unable to find q location that
was not met with as much opposition
as the present one and that they had
finally decided to Withdraw their OBJ
G. Boss was going before the board Of
supervisors to request the drastic action
taken yesterday, he said, until he read
last night Of the action Of the board.
Church Meeting Called.
As o result Of yesterdays develop
ments q special meeting Of the board
Of trustees Of the church has been
called for tomorrow night. That this
meeting may produce some interesting
Information was limited by Nanny.
At yesterdays meeting of the board,
Attorney Edgar W. Humphrey, who said
that he had been retained in the case,
stated that the firm Of Ball & Douglas,
purchasers Of the old community house
In which the engines were formerly
stored, had agreed to sell lot Is by so
feet on the rear Of the property for
the fire department. Since the church
had previously offered the department
$500 toward new lot, the old one
costing $1,000, It win probably not be
known until after tomorrow nights
meeting Of the board Of trustees Of
the church whether the department
could purchase the lot even If It 50
desires, since the church had finally ac-
cepted the original site. It 10 now
believed that the cash offer was auto
lnatically withdrawn with the accep-
lance.