Evening star., 1946-12-22
Arlington Adds
Ten Policemen
In Safety Drive
County Boord Votes
Extru Men to.Protect
Children in Traffic

Itt0tSti tts s0itIS
The Arlington County Boare
yesterday acted to provide NOR,
adequate traffic protection for schoo
children by authorizing the employ.
ment of 10 additional policemen.
A 7-year-old girl, Dorothy D. Ball
was killed recently when struck by
truck as she crossed Lee highway
at North Underwood street er
route to the Charles A. Stewart
Elementary School.
The board acted yesterday after
hearing delegation of parents
from the Stewart School request
that adequate protection" be pro-
vided, and recommendation by the
County Safety Council that the
present 55-man force be increased
by, Is men.
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HIP.
Although a policeman is stationed
at the North Washington boulevard
intersection, a block west of North
Underwood street, it was pointed out
that many children cross the high
way at other points. Police Chief
Harry L. woodward told the board
that his solution to the problem
would be "roving" motorcycle
policeman, if he had sufficient men.
He said that during hours when
children are going to and from
school, all available policemen are
utilized to protect them.
The new policemen will cost about
$12.500 for the remaining months
of the fiscal year and the money will
come from the general contingent
fund, board members said.
In other actions, the board voted
to eliminate buses from South Orme
street between South Gate road and
Columbia pike by invoking its au-
thority to make load restrictions on
certain streets; approved a 100000
loan by the School Board from the
State Literary Fund; voted to ad-
vertise for public hearings an
ordinance setting up meter rates for
taxicabs and one permitting install
lation of parking meters and ac-
cepted a report which recommended
closing South Lincoln street to per-
init construction of a department
store by woodward & Lothrop.
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BY establishing load limit of A.
900 pounds for vehicles passing over
South Orme, Ode and Oak streets,
for two blocks north of Columbia
pike, the board will eliminate more
than 900 busses which pass over
Orne street daily
The rerouting will be effective
January Is. 1t had peen requested
repeatedly by citizens and the board
at it's last meeting instructed Com
monwealth's Attorney Lawrence w.
Douglas to ask the State Corpora
ton Commission and the Interstate
Commerce Commission to approve
an alternate route for the buses be-
tween Columbia pike and the Navy
Annex building on South Gate road.
MIR. Douglas suggested the load limi-
tations yesterday and the board
postponed indefinitely filing the re-
routing petitions.
The 100000 loan will finance
completion of additions to four ele-
mentary schools and construction
of a new one. In connection with
the School Boards request for
County Board approval of the ac-
ton, it was brought out that the
loan had nothing to do with the
School Boards attitude on a bond
issue to finance extensive improve
ments.
Assistant Schools Supt. Charles
J. Walsh told the County Board that
a report by the school group on the
bond issue proposal would be made
on January 8.
The hearings on the taxi rate
and parking meter ordinances will
be held at 10:30 and II am, respec-
lively, January 18.
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Acceptance of the report recon-
mending the closing of two-block
section OF South Lincoln street, was
opposed by William E. Day, 312
South Ivy street, who told the board
that he will file a suit in the Ar
lington Circuit Court on Monday
contesting the rezoning of tract
in the 500 block of South Glebe
road to permit construction of de-
partment store Board members
pointed out that the street exists
only on the map, never having
been accepted by the county.
The board also accepted an opin-
ion of the Commemorative attor-
ney which stated that employees of
elected officials could not be in
cluded in the county's pension and
retirement plan.
Installation of traffic light at
the intersection of Pershing drive
and North Washington boulevard
was voted and $1,000 appropriated to
meet the cost.