Evening star., 1944-06-14
Alexandria Council
Reopens King Street
As Detour for Trucks
Budwesky Authorized
To Arrange Purchase
Of Radio Equipment

route while Route l is being i'm.
proved from -Four Mile Bridge tt
the Pentagon access roads, was
rescinded last night after a State
Highway Department representa-.
tive asked the Council for permission
to use the road for 80 days while
the bridge is being repayed anc
while Glebe road, previously used a.
the alternate route, is repaired.
The request was made after II
was discovered that the trucks had
damaged Glebe road during the few
days it has been in use and that nc
alternate route was available. The
Highway Department guaranteed tc
repair any damage done by the
trucks.
City Manager Carl Budwesky was
authorized to negotiate for the use
of the road as a truck route for any
necessary periods during the con-
struction of Route /, not to exceed
80 days.
Will Ask FWA Funds.
Mayor William T. Wilkins and Mr.
Budwesky were authorized to exc
cute the necessary papers for Alex
andria to join with Arlington, Fair
fax, Loudoun and Prince William
Counties in requesting the Federal
Works Agency for funds to complete
the east wing of the Alexandria Hos
pital to provide a 26-bed isolation
addition to serve Northern Virginia
The recommendation of the health
officers that such a wing be con-
structed came after they were in.
formed by District officials that
Washington hospitals could not take
care of contagious patients from the
area.
Mr.. Budwesky was authorized tx
negotiate for employment of a smok,
engineer to start enforcement of th'
recently enacted smoke ordinance
Attending the meeting because o
their interest in the enforcement o
the ordinance were members of tht
Citizens Committee, who were in
strumental in obtaining the ordi
nance. They included Suprem,
Court Justice Black, Judge Thurman
Arnold and Harry Blair.
The city manager was authorized
to make the necessary arrangement.
to obtain new radio, equipment fol
the Police Department at an esti.
mated cost of $1,000.
| st. Mary's Church was granted
permission to erect a grade and high
school on tract of land bounded BY
Royal and Church streets, the cen.
ter line between Pitt and st. Asapf
streets and Green street. This is ar
A residential zone.
Legion Submits Report.
At the request of the Council, Pos
"a, American Legion, submitted &
report OF its contributions during
the last year from funds raised at {
carnival in September. The Coun.
ellis request was incident TO dt!
future Consideration Of permission
for the Legion to hold another sucf
carnival. since other groups f1av.
been denied the right to hold sucf
benefits. The Legion report showee
the following contributions: $500 tt
the Community Chest, $500 to tn.
Red Cross, $3.50 to the Anne Let
Memorial Home. $50 to the Tuber.
culosis Association, $50 to the Vol.
unteers of America, $500 to the func
for the restoration of Ramsay House
S1,700 toward purchase of an x-ra,
machine for the Alexandria Hos
pital and $4,000 placed in a perma
nent fund to benefit returnin,
servicemen.
| The city manager was authorized
to accept permission from the Ma
tional Park Service for the city t.
occupy portion of park land IL
widen Bashford road.
The Council of Social Agencies
was granted permission to hold {
parade in the city streets on Sep
tember Is.
Frank Hume, owner of a tract o
land on Glebe road and Mount Ver
non avenue, who appeared to re
quest immediate action on his re
quest to rezone the tract to permi
commercial use, was assured tina
his request would be favorably re.
ceived.
Representatives of the committee
interested in the restoration O.
Ramsay House requested the coun.
Gil to meet with them to discus.
plans for the Landmark and Tues.
day night was set as the date.