Evening star., 1947-02-02
Arlington Board
Sets Hearing on
Bond Proposal
Five Members Named
To Enlarged Public
Utilities Committee

The Arlington County Board yes
terday voted to hold a public hearing
on proposed bond issue for general
county improvements at pm. Feb
ruary IS In the courthouse.
The board acted after hearing O.
plea by representatives of several
citizens groups. including the Ar
lington Civic Federation.
A list of projects to cost approxi-
mately $4,000, 900 was proposed to the
board some time ago. County Man.
ager Frank G. Hanrahan has been
directed to pare it to about 5000, 900.
The School Board, which also
/ plans a public hearing on a bond
issue, will be notified of the County
Boards hearing.
Other Actions Listed.
The County Board, in other ac-
tions yesterday:
Named five members to an en-.
larged Public Utilities Committee.
Named a six-man Veterans Holls-
ing Committee.
Decided to hold an additional
meeting each month exclusively to
hear Zoning requests.
Voted to amend the retirement
ordinance to include the county
manager.
Agreed to study proposal to con-
struct bridge across Shirley High
way connecting North and South
darlington.
|. Named to the PUG, membership
Of which was increased from five to
seven, were the following:
Clifton G. Stoneburner, county
highway engineer; Neil Foss, presi-
dent of the Westover Civic Asso-
citation; William George Watt.
former president of the Arlington
Civic Federation: Mrs. Buelah s.
Goss, chairman Of the PUG commit
tee Of the Civic Federation, and
Howard w. Lang, of the Ballston
Citizens Association, a transporta-
ton specialist with the Department
Of Agriculture.
Mr.. Stoneburner and Mr.. Watt
were incumbents. Other members,
named two weeks ago, are Laurence
Knappen and Gustave Moe.
Housing Group Named.
Members of the Veterans Hous-
ing Committee are Cameron Dye,
representating banking and finan.
cial interest; M. A. Mace, building;
Carroll Wright, real estate; Neil
Foss, labor; Charles Moos, veterans,
and Mr.. Dugan, county government.
The committee, which was named
at the insistance of Basil DeLash-
mutt and Mr.. Dugan, corresponds
with committees in Washington and
the other four suburban areas. One
] member of each of the area COM
lfnittees will form a central commit
) tee. -.....----.. ..
i The special zoning meeting was
proposed by F., Freeland. Chew be-
cause of the volume of work the
board is called upon to do at each
1 meeting. 1t will be held at pm.
on the second Tuesday of each
month.
The vote to amend the retirement
ordnance to include the county
manager was 80, with Mr.. Dugan
and Basil Delashmutt dissenting.
The managers inclusion was voted
down when the ordnance was origin
ally adopted last year. City mana
gers of many cities are included in
retirement plans, it was reported
yesterday, including those of Nor
folk and Roanoke.
Bridge Proposed.
| Under present rules, Mr.. Hanra-
han would receive between $500 and
5000 annually, if he were retired.
Representatives Of the Fairling-
ton Civic Association, including Mrs.
John Kendall, suggested that a
bridge be constructed to link North
and South darlington.
zoning actions taken by the Board
follow: ,....
Approved a request of Samuel e.
Hyson for change from one-family
residential to local commercial at
5048 Lee highway.
Denied request of Abe Stein for
change from one-family restricted.
two-family residential to residential
apartment at 1922 Columbia pike.
Denied a request of Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl T. Mason for change from
one family restricted, two family
residential to residential apartment
at 1872 North Wakefield street.
Commercial Use Refused.
| Denied request by william A.
Bohn for change from one-family
residential to local commercial at
1926 South Arlington Ridge road.
Denied a request by A. r. and M.
A. Morrison and G. o. Myers for
change from general commercial to
light manufacturing at 1725 North
Moore street.
Continued for two weeks a re-
quest by j. E., Samuel H. and Harry
E. Payne, for change from one fam
lily residential to a lower one-family
residential classification In the $500
block Little Falls road.
Denied a request by Mildred J.
Bahr for use permit for nursery
school at 622 South Twenty-fifth
street.
Approved a request by William p.
Bragg for a use permit to operate
a gasoline filling station at 2810
North Tenth street.