Evening star., 1944-11-15
Alexandra Acts.
10 Reduce lis
SnlokeNuisance
Port-Time Engineer ,
Will Be Hired to /
Enforce Ordinance

Measures were taken by the Alex.
andria City Council last night to In
sure enforcement Of the city smoke
when City Manager Carl
Budwesky was authorized to enter
into contract with Wilberding Ss
Co, consultant engineers, 10 obtain
the services Of an engineer on a
part-time basis. q
The action was taken on motion
OF First Ward Councilman Thomas
A. Hulfish, who stated that he felt
some relief could be given residents
from the smoke and SCOT nuisance
even If complete enforcement of the
ordinance will have to wait until
after the war.
Mr.. Budwesky explained he had
been unable to employ a qualified
engineer and felt that the services
OF part-time man would be ade-
quate until after the war;
The council extended the deadlina
for payment Of city personal prop
erty taxes to December IS. The
deadline established in the code il
November Is, but the council was
told the bills probably will not be
out In time to allow payment by that
date.
Sidewalk TO Be Built.
Action was taken to put 4 side
walk on Cameron Mills road for the
protection of the children attending
George Mason School. Following A
request some weeks ago by the North
Ridge Citizens Association for a
sidewalk. the property owners on
the block were contacted by the
city engineer to determine If they
would meet part of the cost. The
engineer, c. Luckett Watkins, re.
ported last night that the owners of
only 800 Of the necessary 1850 front
feet OF property had agreed to pay
their share.
However, because of the urgent
need of the sidewalk as a safety
measure, the council voted to start
work at once. A cement walk will
be put in front of that portion of
the property owned by the city and
that whose owners agree to pay the
cost, and a cinder walk the remain.
der Of the way from the school to
Chalfonte drive.
Future action on two vital matters
was set when the council postponed
the date for a public hearing on
changing the zoning laws from No
vember % to the second meeting
of the council in January. The
action was necessary because of the
time needed to prepare legal notice
Of the hearing.
Council Meets December 6.
In addition, the council will meet
December 6, to start work on the
redistributing of the city wards to
conform with population changes
This has long been felt as q political
need because Of the disproportionate
size OF the fifth and sixth wards to
the four wards in the older sectior
OF the city. The councilmen from
those two wards have larger mum.
Der OF residents to represent. The
size OF the wards creates dificultie,
In setting up polls on election DAYS
Mr.. Budwesky reported that In
order to reduce the cost of the new
health center. no plans had been
made for excavating the front Dor
ton Of the basement, but he recon-
mended the work be done to pro-
vide city storage space. The coun-
cil anpropri O tad 60 an ~, Rrr%
ing to do the work.
Other appropriations included S..
$50 on first reading to cover the
cost of constructing sanitary and
storm water sewers on Quaker lane
north OF Duke street; $480.28 to paw
for reinforcing steel for the Alex
andria Hospital addition, and final
passage of appropriation of $500
to construct 125 storm water catch
basins and leads.
Mr. BudweSky was authorized to
employ the firm of Ernst g. Ernst.
auditors, to set up interoffice pro-
cedure and properly to control
project costs.
Hospital Granted Waiver.
Request Ct the Alexandria Hospi.
tai for waiver of a section of the
building code relating to inclosure of
stadrways was granted, as were the
request of George M. Reynolds for
permit to operate an automobile
repair shop in the 400 block of
South Alfred street and the re-
quest of James N. Colasanto, at
torney for the owner of property
on the west side of Henry and
north side of Wythe street, for use
of that property as a junk yard.
Favorable action was taken on the
application Of the Hunting Ter
race Corp. for appointment Of
viewers to determine the advisa-
bility of vacating South street, Park
street and a street known on the
map as Mount Vernon avenue, To-
Gated between the east side of
Mount Vernon highway and west
side of Royal street, and also St.
Asaph street and Pitt street south of
the old Southern Railway right of
way extending to Hunting Creek.
John Barton Phillips, represents
ing the Corporation, explained
that taxes have been paid on the
property for years without refer
ence to the streets and that the va
cation is needed to clear title "a
well as In view of the possible de-
velopment Of the land, which Is
located across the Mount Vernon
highway from the Hunting Terrace
apartment development.
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