Evening star., 1946-12-08
Board
Votes 10 Publish
Building Plans
Original Priority List
Involving S, ,000, 900
Ordered Cut 3 Million


The Arlington County Board yes
terday voted to make available for
public distribution report OF the
County Service Department, listing
the capital improvements in county
facilities considered by county off,
GERS to be priority matters.
Submitted to the board several
months ago, the proposed improve
ments would cost approximately So
600 ,000 They include such items as
an incinerator, an addition to the
Courthouse, numerous storm sewer
projects and many highway devel-
opments.
The board voted to return the list
to the County Service Department
with instructions to cut it down so
that the improvements would not
cost more than $4,000, 900. After some
discussion, it was decided to make
the original report public although
one involving the lesser figure would
be incorporated into any bond issue
which might be considered next
year.
Rezoning for Store Approved.
The board also voted to rezone a
tract to permit Woodward & Loth-
rop to build department store,
agreed to ask the State Corporation
Commission to reroute buses off
South Orme street, asked the Com
monwealth's attorney to prepare
an ordinance covering taxicab rates
and agreed to confer at later date
with representatives of the Arling-
ton War Memorial Association.
The motion to make public the
report on capital improvements was
made by Board Member Basil De-
Lashmutt, who said that Arling-
tonians generally are "bond-issue
conscious and are somewhat in the
dark" regarding necessary improve
ments which should be carried out.
Chairman Edmund D. Campbell de-
clared that it is very vital that
We have discussions and action as
soon as possible" on the improve
ments.
Approved for the Woodward g.
Lothrop project was a tract in the
400 block of South Glebe road upon
which the company intends to build
as soon as materials are available.
The project will cost between
$1,000, 900 and sl,5oo,Ooo, the board
Purchase for Memorial Urged.
\ Harrison Mann, president of the
Arlington War Memorial ASsocia-
ton, requested the County Board
4 to purchase and designate a suit
able piece of ground in the central
part of Arlington County as the
} Arlington War Memorial Park and
develop this park as a recreational
center area for the county's young
sters."
/ For its part, Mr.. Mann told the
board, the association will "allot as
least 5000 towards the construc-
ton of swimming pool" The re-
mainder of the money collected in
a drive last spring, Mr.. Mann said,
will be retained by the association
to establish building fund to erect
a memorial community center
building at a later date He said
the association will continue it's
task of raising money for improve
ment of such park and construc-
ton center.
The board asked the common
wealth's attorney to prepare an
opinion on the legality of including
| in the county retirement and pen
sion plan employees of elected Off
cialS.
After some discussion, it was de-
cided not to take any action on
asking bids on an incinerator as
suggested by Mr. DeLashmutt. The
discussion brought out that present
dump facilities will last only about
a year and that it will take an esti-
mated Is months to construct an
incinerator.