Evening star., 1941-03-26
Alexandria Council
Approves Addition
For School Shop
Gives First Reading to
Plan for 6 More
Policemen, Z Cruisers
BY Staff Correspondent of The Star.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 26.-
The City Council last night tenta-
lively approved construction of a
$4,000 shop building as an addition
to George Washington High School
and expansion of the police de-
partment by six officers and two
cruiser cars.
Both measures drew unanimous
favorable vote on their first reading,
but final approval of appropriations
will await the next meeting. The
police measure would authorize City
Manager Carl Budwesky to spend
Sc, 500 this year on additional We
hicleS and salaries. Final passage
was voted $1,000 for uniforms and
ammunition to supply the Alexan-
dria Rifles. a unit of the newly Or
ganized Virginia Protective Force.
Vote Favorably on Sewers.
A $4,000 storm water sewer on
Beverley drive also was approved
unanimously.
Favorably considered on first
reading was the request of Gardner
L. Boothe for a trunk line sanitary
sewer in -Four Mile Run Valley
which would cost up to S22,e0O
This would serve a now largely un-
developed area on the Arlington
County border near Beverly Hills.
Councilman Charles I. Burgess de-
clared large-Scale housing is MANNED
for the region.
The George Washington School
enlargement would cost the city
s62 500, to be financed by short-term
borrowing, while the State would
contribute $500. The sum was not
contemplated in the 1941 budget
Mayor w. T. wilkins pointed out.
School Supt. T. C. Williams told
reporters that the State school arch
itect is now engaged on working
drawings for the expansion. He
has completed preliminary sketches
for a one-story brick and cinder-
block structure containing seven
shoprooms-for mechanical drawing
home economics, art metal craft,
printing, internal combustion en-
gine study, sheet metal work and
woodcraft. Some of the skills are
considered of national defense value.
The addition would release room
for at least eight classrooms in the
present high school building, Mr.
Williams said. Glasses are now
crowded into the cafeteria and au-
ditorium.
Sees Need for New School.
Councilman Burgess declared last
night that the addition should be
completed before the start of next
school year. He commented that an
entire new school will probably be
needed in the southwest section
within about year.
Acting on request of the Naval
Torpedo Station to close Cameron
street between Union street and the
Potomac Rivera distance of less
than a block where construction of
a new building is planned-the
council asked the city attorney to
prepare an ordinance to give the
Federal Government the northern
Al feet of the stretch, retaining rs
feet for road width.
The council voted SITS as one
years payment for a counting
machine expected eventually to cost
s575, granted the Softball League
use of the city ball park for sl2
per week, authorized Dorothy L.
Bloomgarden to operate a nursery
school at 1882 Michigan avenue and
gave Mrs. Maude v. flaming per-
mission to erect a gasoline station
on the northwest corner of Peyton
and Duke streets.
Denied was the request of Mrs.
Campbell Turner to rezone 800
South Lee street to D-1 commercial
use. Public hearings on April 20
were set for the plea of the Capital
Construction Co.. for rezoning to Do
commercial of a square bounded by
Pendleton, st. Asaph, wythe and
Pitt streets, and the request of w.
c. McCuen for rezoning of 2l4
Queen street to the same classifica-
ton.