Evening star., 1940-06-15
Arlington Board
Gives Approval
OF Boundary Bill
Legislators Asked
To Determine Tux
Jurisdictions

DOdIu IOQhy HOLlHeQ lCS congress
sional representatives of its sup
port of a bill by Representative
Randolph of West Virginia, which
seeks to establish the boundary line
between the District and Virginia.
Action on the legislation was
taken at the board meeting yester-
day following letter from Repre-
sentative Smith of Virginia, seeking
to determine the attitude of county
officials.
Samuel j. Solomon, manager of
the washington Airport, appeared
before the board and said that he
Endorsed the legislation "as far as
it goes" In his opinion, the bill,
which is before the House District
Committee, would go far in solving
the question of police Jurisdiction in
parts of the "no-man's land" by
placing such control under Virginia
officials. Another question-tax
jurisdiction-would not be COM
pletely settled by the pending legis-
lation, he said.
Another resolution, asking investi-
cation OF this latter phase of the
question, was also approved and
sent to the legislators.
Community Center Accepted.
On motion of F. Freeland Chew,
the board accepted a deed from the
Clarendon Citizens Association con-
veying the Clarendon Community
Center to the county. Arlington
agrees to assume outstanding obli-
cations not to exceed $1,000 in the
transfer and likewise agrees to main-
tain the existing building or similar
facilities as a public library The
structure will be maintained for use
as meeting place for civic organ
izations.
Hugh McGrath was reappointed
to the Welfare Board for two-year
term on motion of Mr.. Chew.
Thomas J. Crack was awarded
the refuse collection contract for
the fiscal year beginning July l at
a cost of $49,380. The current
years contract price is S44 400, but
there are an estimated 1,4l2 more
dwellings to service during the COM
ing year, County Manager Frank C.
Hanrahan declared. The county
manager also observed that the
county may be in position to take
over the refuse collection service
in the near future as soon as equip
ment and an incinerator can be
acquired. Mr. Crack was the only
bidder, he reported,
A contract was awarded to the
James H. Gibbons Co. for surface
treatment of about IS miles of
streets during the coming fiscal
year The Gibbons Co. was re-
ported to be the lowest of five
bidders on the project. The con-
tract price was s68,9954O, while
estimates ran to high Of $73,-
896.76. Mr.. Hanrahan reported.
Auditing Contract Awarded.
T. Coleman Andrews e. Co. of
Richmond was awarded the con-
tract of auditing the county's rec
ords for $3.50 plus 500 for audit
ing the Welfare Departments books.
County Auditor Elmer F. Newell
declared that the School Board has
not paid any of the cost of the
audit for the past four or five years
and the county manager was in
structed to negotiate with school
officials in an effort to have that
department share Is per cent of the
cost.
On motion of Basil De Lashmutt,
Engineer G. L. Kinnier, Mr.. Hanra-
han, Safety Engineer Clifton Stone
burner and Mrs. Elizabeth Ma
gruder. chairman of the board. were
named to confer with State High
way Department and transit firm
officials to establish the feasibility
of constructing off street loading
and unloading areas for buses.
An Electrical Board to pass on
all electrical construction permits
was named. The members are
Otto Blankenhorn, Ralph Bowman,
T. E. McDonough and Harry Cup
petit.
Total expenditures for the first
half of June were reported at S48,-
729, of which $19,16210 was for
county pay roll.