Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-23
BYRD AND GRANT
TOMEET ON BRIDGE
APPROACH PLANS
Arlington Body ArrangeS Con-
ference Between Federal
and State Officials.
CRAMT0N BILL ALSO
WILL BE DISCUSSED
Conferees to Be Guests at Quarterly
Dinner of the Chamber of
Commerce.
BY LESTER n. INSKEEP,
stan Correspondent Of The Star.


CLARENDON, Va, october ga
conference that may vitality affect the
future of the entire metropolitan area
OF Washington has been arranged for
Saturday, it was announced today by
Keith A. Brumback, president of the
Arlington County Chamber of Com
merce.
Present at this conference are to be
Gov. Harry F. Byrd of Virginia, Col
u. S. Grant, Sd, executive officer of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission; H. G. Shirley, chairman
of the Virginia State Highway Com
mission; Wade Massey, member of the
commission in charge of this district
Representative Louis C. Cramton of
Michigan, members of the Board of Su-
pervisors of Arlington County; William
L. Bragg, chairman of the Virginia
Park and Planning Commission; Fred
A. GoSnell, chairman of the Arlington
County zoning Commission; C. L.
Kinnier, county engineer, and officials
OF the Chamber of Commerce.
Governor Is Invited.
In an effort to gain some definite in
formation regarding the plans of the
State for an adequate approach to the
Arlington Memorial Bridge. a special
committee from the Chamber of Com
merce recently went to Richmond and
invited Gov. Byrd to attend the quar-
terly membership meeting and dinner
OF the trade body, which is to be held
Saturday night at the Washington
Lee High School.
Following his acceptance, the COM
mittee started immediate arrangements
for the conference, which will follow q
tour Of the county by Federal, State and
county oficials. This tour will take in
the Virginia end of the bridge and ter
ritory proposed for development into a
park under the Cramton bill.
After the tour the entire delegation
will assemble at some place in the
county and go into details of both the
bridge approach and proposed park de-
velopment. At this conference it is
hoped by those arranging it that some
definite plans may be perfected that
will assure an early start on a highway
of adequate proportions to care for the
heavy flow of trafi1c that Is expected to
follow the opening Of the new bridge
In 1881.
This will be the first opportunity that
Gov. Byrd has had to framiliarjze him.
self with the proposed park and high
way development under the Cramton
bill. The author has been invited to at
tend in order that he may give Gov
Byrd and other State officials first-nand
information and attempt to impress
upon them the advantages to be gained
by cooperation with the Federal Gov
eminent in the construction Of park
and driveway from Mount Vernon TO
Great Falls.
Approaches Already Adopted.
The Virginia State Highway Commits
sion has already adopted into the State
system two proposed approaches to the
bridge, the route of one having been
definitely accepted. providing all Fights
Of way are secured, while the definite
ruute of the other has not yet been an
nounced. Federal and Arlington County
authorities, however, are extremely anx-
ious to assure themselves that Virginia
will be ready when the bridge is COM
pleted.
At the dinner guests will be enter
tanned by talent from Arlington Hal
Girls School. The program consists OF
vocal numbers by Nine. Regina Vica-
rino, director of voice; readings by Miss
Olga Louise Johnston, director of the
School Of Expression and Dramatics
and dance numbers by a group of stu
dents under the direction of Miss Kath-
leen Yerger. instructor of dancing. The
entertainment has been provided
through arrangements with DIR. William
e. Martin, president of the school.
Following the dinner there will be q
public meeting in the high school audi
toriurn, where the public will be given
an opportunity to hear addresses BY
Gov. Byrd. Col. Grant and others. The
dinner will start at $50 o'clock and the
public meeting at 8 o'clock.