Evening star., 1942-10-22
Fairfax Board
Votes 10 Form
Sanitary Area
Proposed District
To Cover Sixth
Of County

The Fairfax County Board of
Supervisors yesterday approved the
circulation of petition requesting
Judge Walter T. Mccarthy of the
Circuit Court to enter an order
creating sanitary district in the
area to be served by a trunk line
sewer now nearing completion.
The petition will be circulated in
Mount Vernon and Falls Church
districts, and must bear the sigma
lures of at least 50 qualified voters
living within the limits of the pro-
posed district.
County officials stated that the
district will be designated Sanitary
District No. l, and that it will include
roughly the area bounded on the
east by the Potomac River from the
Alexandria City line to the Dyke,
thence on line west to Groveton,
northwest to Wilton Woods, thence
along Cameron Valley to Holmes
Run, along the Little River Pike to
Llncolnia, to a point north of An
nandale, thence along the Gallows
Road to Dunn Loring, northeast to
the corporate limits of Falls Church,
and south along the Arlington
County line to the Quaker Lane
boundary of Alexandria. .-
One-Sixth of County.
Approximately one sixth of the
county's area and one-half of it's
estimated population of more than
10000 are included.
Three separate petitions will be
circulated, and returned within the
next week so they may be presented
to Judge Mccarthy at the term of
court which convenes November Is.
The trunk line sewer is being con-
structed with Federal grant under
the supervision of the Federal Works
Agency, at an approximate cost of
81 100000. 1t extends from Lee High
way southwest of Falls Church to
Hunting Creek, with either an ex-
tension to the Potomac River east
of the Mount Vernon Memorial
highway, or to a sewage disposal
plant.
1t runs the length of the Holmes
Run watershed, and along Cameron
Valley to Hunting Creek. 1t is de-
signed to serve the communities of
Sleepy Hollow. portion of Dunn
Loring, Merriheld. Baileys Cross
Roads, Lincolnia, Seminary, Grove
ton and Belle Haven, and also the
quartermaster depot at Holmes Run.
Sewage disposal will be handled
by the trunk line by means OF
numerous lateral lines, reaching the
communities, when the sanitary dis
trict is set up.
Special Meeting Planned.
The supervisors plan to hold spe-
cial meeting within the next few
weeks to discuss appointing a sani-
tary engineer who would be charged
with setting up the district and es-
timating the cost and method OF
operation.
The board named John w. Brook
field of Springfield, former presi-
dent of the county chamber OF
commerce, as a member of the
County Planning Commission, to sue.
ceed w. S. Blanchard, who recently
resigned.
Supervisors Andrew w. Clarke
and John T. Blincoe were appointed
a committee to represent the boarc
at hearings to be held by the State
Compensation Board at Richmond
Wednesday. Commissioner of Rev
enue James U. Kincheloe anc
County Treasurer Lewis NJ Coynel
informed the board that they will
request certain increases for theil
offices at the hearing.
Purchase of a site in the village
of Accotink for sewer pumping
station in connection with the con.
struction of water and sewer sys.
tenn in the village, was authorized
by the board.
Advertisement of proposed
amendment to the county ordinance
reducing the speed limit to IS miles
per hour, to conform with the State
law, was authorized.