Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-06
Fairfax Board
Takes New Step
For Wafer Plant
Contract for Survey
To Determine Cost
Of Project Approved.

The Fairfax County Board OF
Supervisors yesterday took another
step toward establishing a water
system for the Northeastern area OF
the county when it voted to sian
a contract with Stifel-Nichols Co.
Inc, investment brokers of Chicago
for survey to determine the cost
OF the project. The contract is SUBJ
ject to the approval of Common
wealth Attorney Hugh B. Marsh.
The boards action followed a
report by a special committee rec
ommending that the contract be
approved. A ruling from Attorney
General A. P. Staples permitted the
board to enter into a contract to
sell the necessary bonds for the
project to any firm designated by
the board, provided they are sold at
par value.
If the result of the survey shows
the project can produce sufficient
revenue to retire the bonds, the
question of issuing them will be
placed before the residents which
the system will serve for a vote.
The board instructed the circr-
lation OF petitions in certain areas
IN Providence district concerning
establishment of another sanitary
district adjacent to sanitary distric,
No. l.
Trash Dumps Delayed.
6. Hubbard Massey, county con-
sultant engineer, has estimated that
the cost of the water system for
the county would be around 49,
100000. Water would be obtained
from Difficult Run, pumped to a
f1ltration and storage plant near
Iysons Corner, then piped by gray
lty to any section of Fairfax County
Effort to establish trash dumps
IN the county was delayed when
the board denied two applications
to rezone properties to industrial
for use as dumps.
The proposal by the board on its
own motion to rezone a tract located
west OF Beulah road, near Fran
coma, was rejected on motion of
supervisor Herbert Blunt following
a protest from large group of citi-
zens in the Franconia neighborhood
who objected on the grounds that a
trash dump would lower property
value and create a health menace.
Another request to rezone a tract
OF land located near Columbia pike
for the same purpose also was de-
MED after protest by officials of the
Alexandria Water Co. and Alexan-
dria city officials, including City At
torney Joseph NJ Pancost and DR..
w. Lewis Schaefer, jr., city health
officer.
Other Rezoning Actions.
This tract is located on the Holmes
Run watershed, south of the Alex
andrla storage reservoir and it was
alleged that it would create a health
menace to Alexandria's water sup
ply. which is carried from the reser-
voir through the Holmes Run water
course.
On other rezoning questions, the
board granted those of w. G.. Stall
cup to rezone tract on Old Domin-
ion drive to business and Presley E.
Love to rezone a tract on Lee high
way to business. The application
OF M. G. Smith to rezone land on
Lee boulevard was withdrawn and
the application of o. A. Patermas-
ter to rezone certain lots at Gunston
Manor to business was dismissed
the board ruling it had no authority
to act on the application because of
restrictions recorded in deeds on
the property.
A resolution was adopted by the
board requesting the State Highway
Department to construct a sidewalk
on Route No. in the Grofton. Fair
view and Fair Haven areas. County
funds amounting to approximately
$1,000 appropriated by the board to
match State funds for this project
will be available July l.