Evening star., 1943-06-23
Alexandra Council
Gives Sixth Ward
Two Voting Places
Burgess Asks New Division
Of Area Because of Its
Big Population Growth

Two voting places in Alexandria S
sixth ward were established by an
ordinance passed last night by the
City Council. The ward formerly
had one polling place. The dividing
line will be the center line of Russell
road from it's intersection with Belle
fonte avenue. running northerly to
its intersection with Glebe road
and the center of Glebe road from
its intersection with Russell road
running northwesterly to the city
limits.
Voters living in the west and
southwest portion of the ward will
vote at the George Mason School.
and those living east or northeast
will vote at the Potomac Clinic
Building in the $500 block of Mount
Vernon avenue. the old polling place
The ordinance will become effec-
i've Immediately and will be in effect
for the Democratic primary Au-
gust g.
Adoption of the ordinance brought
proposal from Councilman Charles
Burgess. sixth ward representative
that the entire ward division of the
city be revised because the growth
Of the city has caused almost one
half of the population to be located
in the fifth and sixth wards. with
about one-third in the sixth ward
alone.
Mr.. Burgess suggested that this
division was no longer a fair one
and the council agreed to study
the matter in detail and to devote
future meeting to its discussion.
The council received a letter from
the Chinquapin Village Civic Asso-
citation thanking it for its resolution
protesting articles detrimental to
the residents of the development
which appeared in recent issue
of an Alexandria paper.
Takes Stand on Camps.
Voicing its displeasure over the
recent decision by Judge Robert N
Pollard of the United States Dis
trict Court denying the city the
right to enjoin the contractor en-
gagged in work on the disputed Fed
eral Public Housing trailer camps,
the council voted to instruct the city
manager to deny sewer connections
for the camps unless the Govern
ment acquired them by condemna-
ton.
City Manager Carl Budwesky ad-
vised the council that Judge Pol
lard had informed him that the
Federal Government undoubtedly
would be awarded a decision against
the city in any attempt to block
that or similar projects, and that
he advised the city to cooperate.
The Council however. held that it
owed the citizens who object so
strongly to the camps its co-opera-
ton to the extent of continuing to
voice it's disapproval, and of making
it as difficult as possible for the prof.
ect to be completed.
City Manager Budwesky was au-
thorize to acquire by purchase or
condemnation a small triangular
piece of land between King street
and Daingerf1eld road to eliminate a
hazardous traffic condition in that
vicinity.
Rezoning Petitions.
The application of j. S. Tyree for
rezoning a tract of land bounded by
Skaters lane, by the right-of-way of
the Washington & Old Dominion
Railroad, and by a tract of land
known as the William L. Travers
tract, to c. residential to permit
construction of apartments was
granted.
The application of ], G. Reid for
rezoning of lot in the interior of
the square bounded by West. Payne,
King and Cameron streets to E in
dustrial zone for use as coal and
woodward was denied.
The application of Joseph w.
Wyatt for rezoning of lot on the
east side of Patrick street between
Franklin and Jefferson streets to
Do commercial zone was denied.
Decision on the rezoning of tract
of land located on the north side of
Duke street, bounded by w. I. Angels
subdivision, by the property of Judge
James R. Duncan, and by the prop
erty of Mrs. Virginia Bullocm Willis
to CO residential zone, requested by
Graham g. Ogden to permit con-
struction of an apartment develop
ment, was held over until July 13
The application was protested by
residents of College Park, who
pointed out that further develop
ment of apartments in Alexandria
would tend to depreciate the values
Of private real estate.
1t was noted that almost every
application for rezoning to permit
apartment construction which has
been presented to the Council recent
ly has drawn protests from groups
of residents in the vicinity of the
property for which the rezoning was
sought.