Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28
GOV. BYRD INVITED
IN BRIDGE PROJECT
State Head Needed in Discus.
sion of Arlington Memorial
Bridge Approach.
BY LESTER N. INSKEEP,
STAFF Correspondent "a The Star.

CLARENDON, Va, September o.
Of Virginia is at stake" the executives
committee of the Arlington County
Chamber of Commerce, at a special
meeting yesterday, appointed a commit
tee to proceed Immediately to Richmond
to invite Gov. Harry F. Byrd to attend
the quarterly membership meeting Of
the trade organization and to discuss
VirginiaS plans for suitable approach
to the Arlington Memorial Bridge.
So vital is this matter, it was said
by P. P Woodbridge, executive secre-
tary of the trade body, that the special
committee, consisting of Keith A. Brum-
back, president of the Chamber of Com
mercN; Harry K. Green, commissioner
of revenue for Arlington County, and
Guy M. Church, president of the Vir-
ginia Real Estate Board, were instructed
to change the date of the membership
meeting if it is necessary to do so in
order to assure the presence Of the
governor. The date had previously
been set for October 16.
Definite Action Necessary.
Members of the committee feel, Wood
bridge said, that there is so much UNI
certainly regarding rightS-of-way and
other questions concerning the Lee
Boulevard and straight-to-th e-br1dge
routes that some definite action should
be taken Immediately. Unless work is
started next Spring, 1t was said, VIZ
pinia will not have a highway connec-
ton with the bridge when it Is ready Tor
opening by the Federal Government.
While no direct reference was made
- it at Yesterdays meeting, 1t Is known
that there is considerable uncertainty
as to whether the proposed route OF
the Lee Boulevard through the Fort
Myer reservation can be used. This Is
due to two facts which have apparently
been overlooked until recently. One Is
that the Virginia laws do not permit the
State to construct roads over land to
which it does not have title and the
other is that the Federal Government
cannot give away property. Since a
long stretch of this road would be
through the reservation, it Is believed
that special legislation either by the
State or Federal Government, or both,
may be necessary before this section can
be built.
Dinner Is Discussed.
Details for the quarterly meeting and
@nner, which will be held in the wash
fngton-Lee High School, call for num-
Der of short talks by chairmen of COM
nattees on the particular work to which
they have been assigned. Principal
among these will be the report of the
five-year program committee, OF which
Henry C.. Morris is chairman.
The main subject to be discussed,
however, is the bridge and its relation
ship with the State and county.
It was revealed at yesterdays meeting
that the board of directors Of the
chamber have gone on record as ex-
pressing confidence in the integrity
and good judgment" of the zoning
Commission with regard to its action
on the Sun Oil Co.'s application for
permission to construct an oil storage
plant on the Lee Highway in Rosslyn.
Since this action was taken before the
commission rendered a final decision,
however, 1t does not definitely commit
che chamber to the opposition.