Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16
SAFEGUARD
FOR death TRAP
Arlington Asks State to Put
Lights at Four-MiIe Run
Bottle Neck"
BY LESTER N. INsKEEP.

ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, Va, October 16.-Immediate
steps toward the abolition of the death
trap on the Washington Alexandra
pike at Four-Mile Run were asked OF
the Virginia State Highway Commission
by the Board OF Supervisors OF Arlington
County at the fortnightly meeting OF
the latter body yesterday. The next
most important step of the board was
the authorization of the installation OF
storm sewer system in Ballston.
At the suggestion of Chairman Ed
ward Duncan, Commemorative Attor-
ney william c. Cloth was instructed to
write to officials of the State Highway
Commission asking that representatives
of that body meet within the very near
future with members of the local gov
erning body to decide some means of
providing sufficient warning of the
bottle neck" at the point where the
States part of the Washington Alex
andria pike connects with the portion
that is now in the city of Alexandria.
Hard to See Barricade.
Declaring that it was most difficult
for even local motorists to see the bar
ricade when approaching it at night,
Duncan said that those unfamiliar with
the situation we're at the mercy of
chance. He suggested that the guard
rail might be heightened and taken in
gradually and that it have a row of red
lights to mark it.
The condition existing at this point
was brought about by the widening by
the State of the northern portion of the
road to 80 feet, while the section in
Alexandria remains at Is feet. There
have been 20 accidents at this point
since the completion of the widening
early in the Summer.
Relief to Ballston, the streets of
which place are covered by water dur
ing rainy seasons, is to be provided
through the construction of a storm
sewer system. Bids on this project, and
also for the grading and gravel sur
facing of Washington avenue from Viz
GINA avenue to Hatfield, are to be adj
vertised for by County Directing Engi-
neer c. L. Kinnier and will be received
and opened at the meeting of the board
on October 80. Both of these projects
are in Arlington district, of which B. NJ.
Hedrick Is supervisor.
The board authorized the construc-
ton of 1853 additional feet of water
extensions, at a cost of $13,008.60,
which cared for all of the applications
coming within the SO per cent rule. In
order that all extensions might be
promptly made, Duncan lent the Water
Department an additional SIS, 900 from
the Jefferson district road fund, max
ing a total of SIS, 900 from the latter
fund that has been lent to relieve the
water shortage.
ALLEGATION Hearings.
Referring TO the ALLEGATION hearings
that win be held at Culpeper on No
vember IL, Duncan said that the two
miles of new State roads coming to
Arlington County at this time would be
suficient to complete the straight-to-
the-bridge route and also to take in
the proposed highway along Four Mile
Run connecting the Washington-Alex
andria pike and Glebe road, both State
highways. If the State will take over
the latter route, Jefferson District will
build the road according to State spec
ifications and then turn 1t over TO the
State Highway Commission, Duncan
said. Definite proposals along this line
will be adopted at the next meeting Of
the board.
All three members of the board
agreed that the Board of Supervisors
should not pay for the compensation
insurance for employees of the schools
when the matter of the renewal of the
county policy came up. It was finally
decided to renew the policy and then
bill the Board of Education for its
share of the expense,