Evening star., 1938-06-28
SIX BIDS RECEIVED
0NPARKWAY UNIT
Corson & Gruman of D. C..
Give Lowest Estimate
on Project.

Six bids ranging from a minimum
OF S69,6 ,688 to a maximum Of $15l PAS
were received today by the Bureau of
Public Roads for construction Of the
first unit of the George Washington
Memorial Parkway along the Virginia
shore Of the Potomac River from
Columbia Island to Rosslyn.
The low bidder was Corson g. Cru
man Co. of Washington. Second low
est bid was submitted by Blackwell
Engineering e. Construction Co. of
Warrenton. Va, with a total of
SOS. .440.
The project calls for paving of just
a fraction under / mile of double
boulevard highway and for incidental
work, including trails and bride
paths. The work includes excavation
of approximately $1,000 cubic yards
of earth. The work will be carried
on under the direction of the Bureau
Of Public Roads for the Office of Ma
tional Capital Parks. which is pro-
viding funds for the project. 1t was
specified by H. J. Spelman, District
engineer of the Bureau of Public
Roads, that the successful contractor
shall pay minimum wages to be fixed
by the Secretary of Labor
The new parkway boulevard will con-
meet with the Lee Boulevard and the
Mount Vernon Boulevard at the shore
end of the present temporary bridge
across Boundary Channel from Co.
lumbia Island. The other end will
connect with the Lee Highway at the
Virginia end Of Key Bridge
Board Plans Discussion.
Arlington County's willingness to
cooperate with the Federal Govern
ment in securing necessary rights of
way in nearby Virginia for the
development Of the George Washing
ton Memorial Parkway, unit No. 2,
are to be aired at meeting of the
County Board tomorrow, according
to the terms of resolution adopted
by the board.
County Manager Frank c. Hanra-
han today revealed the text Of letters
being sent to property owners in the
vicinity of the proposed development
whose land. he said, would be most
greatly benefited by the park project.
BAIL De Lashmut of the Arlington
County Engineering Department has
been busy. especially during the last
week, in efforts to secure donations of
land or money from citizens to pur-
chase the rights of way for unit 2,
Mr.. Hanrahan said
The Federal Government has avail
able 100000 which must be matched
by similar sum from the State and
local governments to purchase lands
in unit 2, which begins at the termi-
nus Of unit l at Key Bridge and
continues upstream to Spout Run, and
thence back Spout Run Valley until
1t Joins Lorcom lane west OF Double
day Bridge over the stream at North
Uhle street.
"On March 30" Mr.. Hanrahan
said, when the county board adopted
its budget for the coming fiscal year,
beginning July l, 1t was found that
the county could not, without raising
taxes or assistance, provide its por-
tion Of the money necessary to obtain
the land. The board felt that. in
view OF the greater benefits to the
land adjacent to the parkway, these
owners should be interested in making
donations in cash or land toward the
county's portion of the fund"
$5O.000 Voted by Assembly.
(The Virginia General Assembly at
its last session set aside s50,o0O for
this purpose to be matched by a SIM
liar amount from Arlington)
At the county board meeting March
80 1t was stated in the resolution
that the necessary capital outlay
could not be absorbed in the annual
budget without depriving citizens of
badly needed services or increasing
the tax rate. both methods being
undesirable at this time"
The board set aside $4,000. already
allocated for rights-of-w in general
throughout the county, plus $1,000
from the contingent fund, both of
which appear in the budget, until
such time as the board has gone into
the matter with a view of obtaining
the project
Land Gifts Credited.
Methods of obtaining the rights-of-
way were given as follows:
l. Credit from the Federal Govern
ment for certain land now county
owned within the proposed parkway
development. based on a fair ap-
praisal, and or;
2. Contributions in cash or land to
make up the balance of the $4,000
from those property owners in the
vicinity of the project.
The resolution further provided that
should the plan be worked out to the
satisfaction of the county board, the
$4,000 set aside shall be earmarked
for the purposes indicated and the
Federal Government notified of the
boards final action not later than
June 80.
100 UNSIGNED BILLS