Evening star., 1941-12-20
$62,295F.W.A.
Grant 10 County
Held Too Small
Arlington Seeks
100000 to Extend
Sewer System

Reiterating a claim that about
$500 900 Is needed to expand the
county sewer system to care for
Government construction and large
housing developments, officials OF
Arlington County, Va, have in
formed the Federal Works Agency
that a proposed grant of $62,295
would be entirely inadequate.
1t was learned that c. l.. Vickers,
regional director of F. w. A. at Rich
mond, has wired county authorities
to obtain an expression of their at
titude on a proposed grant Of the
smaller sum. For several months
the county has had pending an ap-
plication with the F. w. A. for q
grant of about 100000 to enlarge
its sewage disposal plant and in
crease its sewer lines.
In reply to questioners, County
Manager Frank c. Hanrahan ac-
knowledged having sent letter to
Mr.. Vickers calling attention to the
county's defense needs and the bur-
den now being placed on the county
system by the Government expan-
sion program and private develop
ments. Mr.. Hanrahan cited the de-
lay in consideration of the county's
original application for Federal
funds and said the county could
not accept the responsibility of over
burdening its system, which already
Is taxed to capacity.
Conference Early In Week.
Earlier this week a conference was
held at the Office of Seward H.
Mott, director of the Federal Hous-
ing Administrations Land Planning
Division, in which representatives
Of Alexandria and Arlington and
Fairfax Counties sought a solution
to sewer problems arising from Fed
eral building programs in the area.
The conference also was called to
seek an extension Of sewer facilities
from the town of Falls Church into
privately constructed defense hous-
ing projects in Fairfax County. Ar
lington County now has a contract
with Fails Church to permit that
town to connect to the county svs-
tenn from its present boundary lines.
The county board has expressed
its unwillingness to permit other
Fairfax County projects to connect
with the Falls Church system and
thus. eventually, empty into the
Arlington County sewer mains.
Mr.. Hanrahan criticized what he
termed as "the efforts of certain
private interests in Fairfax County
to take advantage of the public
service improvements in Arlington
County"
THE taxpayers of Arlington" he
continued, did not pay for these
improvements so that the land
values of Fairfax County could be
increased at our expense"
Expansion Held Necessary.
The county manager was asked
If his views would be altered with
respect toSers1eife private fousine
developments Tn Fairfax County If
the original application for $500 900
@ 7z*s<@r--~
1T might, under some circum-
stances. he reasonable for Arlington
to enter into a contract with the
Government to serve a strictly Fed
eral project in Fairfax County, pro-
viding our system is expanded to
take care Of this added service" he
replied.
The county manager gave as his
private opinion that conferences
such as the one held last week, were
being instigated by private inter-
ests under the guise of national
defense to confuse the real issue"
IF We get adequate funds" he
declared. 'the time will come for
us to talk with the Government
about servicing strictly Federal pro-
| iects in Fairfax County,"