Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-14
LEE SECTION GROUP
! SPLIT OVER ROADS
Mass Meeting Shows Citizens
Fl Divided on Highway
Improvement. Il
Special Dispatch 10 The star.

Special Dispatch 70 The star.
BURKE, Va, July I4.-Opinion on
the adv1sabntty Of bonding Lee district
Tor approximately $213, 6l2.20 in order
20 construct IS miles Of gravel roads
seemed 10 be about equally divided at
the mass meeting in the Burke Com
munity Hall Saturday night. It was
decided to hold another meeting at Lor-
ton on July IS to continue the discus
g1on with the residents Of the southern
section of the district
Saturdays meeting was attended by
between 100 and 125 citizens. The
meeting was called by the Lee District
Improvement Association, which was
organized several weeks ago as an out
growth Of the former Rolling Road
Association.
Associations Purpose Outlined.
President Warner outlined the pur-
pose for which the association had been
organized. Speeches were made by Ed
mund H. Allen of Newington, president
OF the Fairfax County Chamber of
Commerce; Martin Webb of Annandale,
former president of the chamber;
Joseph L. Brtstow, one of the largest
land owners in Lee district: Mason
Hirst of Annandale, whose proposal to
bond Lee. Mount Vernon and Falls
Church districts in order to hard sur
face the road from Annandale to Pohick
Church has been largely responsible for
much of the recent agitation for road
improvement in the southern section of
Fairfax County. They outlined the
benefits sccruing to any neighborhood
from road improvement, with the con-
ReQuent increase in property values, ac-
feasibility, time saving and other adj
vantageS, pointing out that Lee dis
trict's valuations today are the lowest in
the county, largely due to isolation
caused by lack of proper means Of COM
nnunicstion.
Project Costs Given.
j. B. Davis Of Burke presented q re
port prepared by County Engineer F.
n. Larkin listing the mileage and cost
of improving each of the roads under
consideration. The first road, entail
ing some new construction between the
Burke road and the Braddock road
from Rolling road to Accotink Greek, |
rs miles. would cost ST., 1850; route No.
9, from Farr Post ONCE to Butts Cor
ners. 2.S miles, SIS, 100: the Sydenstrick-
er road, from Five Forks to Sydenstrick-
er. 81 miles, $18,12S; the Rolling road, !
from the Washington Richmond High |
way near Pohick to the Braddock road, |
s.S miles, $50 ,016; the Guinea road, from |
JEFF Elgin'S residence on the OK road to |
the shingle house corner near Burke, |
80 miles, $50, 989; County road No. IA, !
10 Halls
Cross Roads, / 2 miles, SIS, 400; road No. |
IS, from Burke to DonovanS Corners, |
miles, $30.263.20; Wakefield road, |
from the Little River Turnpike to the |
Braddock road. 1.9 miles, $i4,575.
Figures Estimates Only.
These figures, it was pointed out by |
Davis, are merely estimates and County |
Engineer Larkin has included q 10 per |
cent allowance for engineering con-
fingencieS. It is probable that the &C
tllal construction costs would be less
than the estimate. The cost of num- |
/, Der OF bridges is also included.
While no definite figures had been
secured from the countys treasurer's |
once as to the amount by which a bond
issue Of S213,6l120 would increase
taxes, it was estimated that with
valuation of between 1900, 900 and
G.400,o0o, an increase of approximately |
$3.50 per 500 valuation would be en- |
tailed. Such bond issue would also |
reach almost to the limit of what the |
district can legally borrow, which BY /
statute is limited to II per cent Of the |
valuation.
Roads Widths Problem.
This IS miles under consideration |
covers most of the unimproved main
Travelled roads in the district. It
seemed the concenus of opinion that
any bond issue must take all these roads
into consideration to have a chance of
passage. The chief stumbling block
seems now to be the requirement that
bond issue roads must be % feet wide
and built according to State Specifica-
tons. Some of the citizens felt that |
IL foot roads would be sufficient, cutting
down, materially, both the original cost
Of construction and the maintenance
charges.
AS a general rule those who spoke in
favor of a bond issue were residents of
the section needing improvement, while
those who opposed such action were al
ready served by a good road. A. B.
Carter called attention to the debt
which Lee district owes to the Fairfax
County Chamber OF Commerce for its
assistance in having the OK road placed
70 the State highway system.