Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-12
MI. WEATHER ROAD
FIGHT TO CONTINUE
Fairfax Chamber of Com.
merce Votes to Keep Com
mittee at Work.
special pispateh to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
MCLEAN, Va, June 12.-The Fairfax
County Chamber of Commerce at its
monthly meeting held last night in the
auditorium of the schoolhouse at Nc
Lean voted to continue the special
committee, George Harrison and E. H.
Allen, appointed two months ago to
work for the completion of the Mount
Weather road.
Reports given by Mr.. Harrison and
Mr.. Allen on the recent interview with
Gov Byrd and Chairman H. G. Shirley
emphasized the value of the work done
by the joint committees from Fairfax,
Arlington and Loudoun Counties in
bringing this problem to focus. At
present only 81 miles are not in the
State system, of which only 8 miles re-
main to be hard-surfaced, after i'm
provementS are made for which money
was allocated last year.
A deadlock exists between the State
Highway Commission and Col Robert
N. Harper of Washington and Loudoun
County in regard to right of way
through his property in Loudoun County.
According to Mr.. Harrison and Herbert
Williams, improvement of the entire
roadway is contingent on the successful
outcome of the meeting which the COM
mittees have arranged between Mr..
Shirley, Col. Harper and the Loudoun
County board of supervisors.
Gave New Right of Way.
Col. Harper 20 or more years ago
purchased from the county the old
right of way, decided to Loudoun County
a new right of way skirting the bound
ary of his property and built road
thereon at a personal expense of $17,-
600. Now the State Highway Commits
sion states that it will cost them $19,-
900 to hard-surface this road, as COM
pared with SIS, 900 over the original right
of way; that they are willing to split
the difference in the cost If Col. Harper
or the Loudoun County board will put
up $1,000. Failing this they ask the
return of the original right of way.
Mr.. williams stated that in his
opinion this problem was one of the
most important confronting the people
of Fairfax and Arlington Counties, that
the Improvement of the remaining links
in the pike from Alexandria to Win
chester and the removal of the tollgate
now operated near Leesburg would be
of incalculable value to all this section
of Northern Virginia.
E. C. Gibbs, chairman OF the
chambers public utilities committee, re-
ported that G. T. Clarkson, manager OF
the C. & P. Telephone Co., had prom
ised to make survey of the desired tele-
phone extension in the Franconia
neighborhood, provided that j. Sidney
Wiley, president of the Lorton Co.
would agree to release this territory.
Mr.. Gibbs was appointed to arrange a
meeting between Mr.. ClarkSon and Mr.
Wiley to try to work out the situation
without an appeal to the State Corpora
ton Commission.
Air Markers on Fair Building.
j. w. Gaines, vice president of the
Fairfax County Fair Association, re-
ported that the executive committee
had granted permission to use the fiat
roofs of the buildings on the fair
grounds for United States Department
of Commerce airplane direction mark
erS. The secretary was instructed to
ask the Department Of Commerce to
make a survey of the field and report
on its suitability for use as one of the
State aid airports
A request of County Agent H. B.
Derr for an appropriation to outfit the
rooms in the old clerks Office building
to house an industrial exhibit of Fair
fax County's resources was referred to
the agricultural and publicity commit
tees. Mr.. Derr asked that at least 20
preventative Fairfax County farmers
DC appointed 10 accompany n1Iu 10
Fredericksburg on June 26 to attend
the first of the seven public conferences
to be held by the Statewide committee
appointed by Gov. Byrd to study farm
relief in Virginia.
Approximately Is of the members
present indicated their intention of
uniting with the Arlington and Alex
andria Chambers of Commerce in the
joint outing at Orkney Springs on Sat
urday and Sunday. Members will meet
in front of the courthouse on Saturday
morning at 7:45 to join the motor
cavalcade to Orkney Springs.
President Webb appointed the follow
ing nominating committee to nominate
a director from each of the six districts
to be voted on at the annual meeting
in July at Baileys Cross Roads: C. G.
Carr, chairman; j. w. Brookfield,
George G. Smith, Herbert williams and
H. B. Derr. The directors, whose terms
will expire July /, are: E. c. Gibbs,
Mount Vernon district; Thomas r.
Keith, Providence district; Miss Gladys
Winfield, Centervlle district; A. H. |
Buell., Dranesville district; j. Sidney
Wiley, Lee district, and c. H. Powell |
Falls Church district.