Evening star., 1945-05-23
Alexandra OK s
S12,500 10 Buy
Park Tracts
Council Lays Plans
Observation-Disclosures
Of Railway Property


The Alexandria City Council las
night authorized expenditure O
S12,500 for purchase of land ada
cent to the city-owned Windmill
Hill property which is to be con
verted to waterfront recreation
area.
City Manager Carl Budwesky wa
empowered to offer the Southern
Railway $1,000 for a half square O
land on the east side of Uniol
street, south of Wilkes street, and t,
offer $500 to private owners of tn
quarter square on the southwes
corner of Lee and Wilkes street.
The offer to the Southern Railwa,
followed receipt of a letter from
Hunter De Butts, supervisor, Stain,
that the property is not for sale
The offer was made to give thu
Council basis for a request to tn,
State Corporation Commission fo
authority to institute condemnation
proceedings.
Approval was given officials of Po
tomac Yards to proceed with the re
building of the bunkhouse recently
destroyed by fire. Although certain
features of the proposed construc.
ton do not comply with the city
code, approval was given for the
duration of the emergency with the
understanding that the code woulc
be followed as soon as necessary
materials are available.
A representative of the North
Alexandria Citizens ASsocia tior
asked the council to consider ac-
QUESTION of a six-acre tract at the
northeast intersection of PoWhatar
street and Bashford road for a
school to serve the area. Council
members pointed out that the Board
Of Education favors another site on
the east side of the Memorial high
way, and suggested that the asso-
citation bring its recommendation to
the board since the council agrees
with the suggestion that the pro-
posed school be loca ted at the Pow
hatan street and Bashford road
tract.
Russell Mitchell Post 609. Veterans
Of Foreign Wars, was granted per-
mission for band concert and
dance in the 100 block of South
Washington street on the night of
June as the opening of the post S
fund drive for the renovation of a
building at Prince and Alfred streets
recently purchased for a Veterans
memorial home and recreation
center.
License Laws Amended.
An ordinance was passed to amend
license laws to provide a license tax
OF $50 and one-tenth of III of gross
annual receipts over $1,000 on So
hcltlng agents not already specified
IN the license law. The action came
as the result of recent action by the
State Court of Appeals upholding the
right OF municipality to levy such
a tax.
The sum of s7o15O was appropri-
ated at the request of Elliot F. Hoff-
man, clerk of the Corporation Court.
for the purchase of a roller shelf
counter for the court record room.
The council passed on second and
final reading appropriations of s20,-
600 for construction of a sanitary
sewer from Janeys lane at the prop
erty line between Smith and Mon
cure drives, to Quaker lane about
300 feet south of Bishops lane. 1t
will serve Episcopal Theological
Seminary and intervening territory
It also appropriated $4,000 to con-
struct storm water sewer and
catch basin on De Witt avenue from
Glendale avenue to Alexandria
avenue.
The following applications for re-
zoning were granted: Lot at the
southeast intersection of Powhatar
street and Bashford road, from C-1
residential to d. commercial: lot
on the east side of the TOO block
of North Fayette street, from c.
residential to E industrial; lot at
Payne streets, from CO residential
to E Industrial; one-half square on
the west side of Payne street be-
tween Montgomery and First streets
from CO residential to E industrial;
west portion of lot on the east
side of the TOO block of North
Washington street, from A residen-
tial to d. commercial
The following applications were
voted advertised and set for hear
ing on June 26: James Juliano, to
rezone the northwest corner of
Luray avenue and Mount Vernon
avenue. from C-1 residential to d.
commercial; of Eugene Olmi, to re-
zone the lot at the intersection of
Moncure drive and Duke street,
from A residential to D-2 CONNER
cial.