Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-20
SCHOOL HEAD TOLD
TO MOVE OFFICE
Arlington Board of Super
visors Gust Superintendent
From Room.
BY LESLIE N. INSKEEP,
STAR correspondent OF The star.

ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, Va, June 19-Claiming that
the room is needed for other purposes,
the board of county supervisors, meeting
yesterday in special session, ordered the
county school board to vacate the first
floor quarters now occupied by the SUI
perintendent of schools, the place to be
made available for the former body
July l.
The motion to GUST the school super
intendent was made by Supervisor Ed
ward Duncan of Jefferson district and
seconded by Supervisor E. c. Turnburke
of Washington district. Supervisor B.
M. Hedrick of Arlington district did not
voice his approval of the move.
Needed by County Engineer.
The reasons given by the board were
that more room Is needed by the office
of the county engineer and that the
board of supervisors itself needs
more suitable quarters for its meet
ings, which ordinarily take place twice
monthly. Fletcher Kemp, superintend-
ent of schools, was notified that he
might make use of some vacant rooms
on the third floor of the building, which
Is accessible only by stairway, or move
his office to one of the school buildings.
Expressing the belief that the mer-
chants of the county are suffering by
reason of the ordinance prohibiting the
sale of fireworks, the board rescinded
the prohibitive measure and announced
that it would permit the sale on the LIST,
I'd, Sd and 4th of July. Sheriff Howard
B. Fields will have the authority to
regulate the sale, permitting the fire.
works to be sold only in the stores and
not upon the streets
The conference with Thomas Holden,
engineer of the Washington Gas Light
Co., over the proposed extension OF the
mains of the Rosslyn Gas Co. over the
entire county and into Fairfax County
was not the success that it might have
been and a further conference was set
for the next board meeting on June 80.
The question of the repair of streets
that are damaged in the laying OF mains
was to have been the principal subject
for discussion, but turned out to be but
one Of q number Of controversial mat
terS.
Repayment Discussed.
One of these was a question as to
whether the gas company should be
compelled to repay individuals and
owners Of subdivisions who had Installed
gas mains at their own expense. Ash
ton c. Jones, subdivision owner and
president of the Arlington Chamber OF
Commerce, took the stand that the COM
pany. now that it is asking for per-
NIT to extend its mains, should rein1-
burse him and others for the money
already expended. This same view was
taken by Supervisor Hedrick.
The board took the position that the
gas company should be required to post
cash bond to each project that would
result in the damage of streets. Holden
stated that the plans of the company
for its extensions had been approved
by County Engineer G. L. Kinnier and
asked whether surety bond for the
proper replacement of streets would not
be sufficient. He was informed that it
would not be.
The question Of rates also was brought
up by Hedrick. He asked what the
local gas company pays the Georgetown
Gas Light Co., which in turn is a sub
sidiary of the Washington Gas Light
Co. Holden replied that he was not in
position to say, and Hedrick informed
him that all such information must be
available before the final permit for the
extension is granted. 1t was finally ar
ranged for other officials of the gas
company to appear before the super
visors at their next meeting.
Acting on recommendation Of Rob-
ert H. Forman, coming administrative
| officer. the board authorized the ap-
pointment of q commission Of three