Evening star., 1949-02-27
Arlington Board
Shelves Request
For School Funds
100000 Deficiency
Expected to Receive
Consideration Later
By Robert c. RoIIinqs

tNS1Sih 49,
Although the Arlington County
Board yesterday refused to act on
a request of the county school
board for a 100000 deficiency ap-
preparation, indications last night
were that the matter still will be
given consideration.
The action marked the third
time in less than a year that the
board refused to give additional
funds to the school system. The
first time was last spring when
the board cut the school budget by
100000 and the second time was
two weeks ago when County Board
Member Alfred E. Frisbie proposed
that 100000 be allocated for the
School Board.
Mr.. Frisbie's motion failed of a
second when other board members
said no request had been received
from the school group. Mr.. Fris-
bic offered the resolution in keep
ing a promise made when he voted
for the budget cut.
Formal Request Made.
Last Tuesday. the School Board
voted to make the formal request
for 100000 in view of the stand
taken by the county board. OF
the total, $4,000 would be used
to improve lighting, $4,000 for
new water mains and $4,000 for
blackboard facilities In many
schools.
New hope for the appropriation
was given last night by Board
Member Daniel A. Dugan who
said that was what he had in
mind when he asked County
Manager A. T. Lundberg yester-
day to give the board statement
at the next meeting on the status
of the county's unbudgeted sur
plus.
Motion Not Renewed.
Mr.. Dugan said the 100000
could come from that fund or
from the revenue from new busi-
ness. professional and automobile
license taxes enacted recently.
Mr.. Frisbie yesterday did not
renew his motion of two weeks
ago after the school board request
was presented in a letter read by
Board Chairman Basil M. De
Lashmutt.
Meanwhile. the School Board
approved and prepared to submit
to the County Board a proposed
budget of S3.065,1 for 1949-50,
as outlined at hearing Wednes-
day. The proposed schedule is
almost s85O,00O more than the
current budget of $2.217,000 and
the county is being asked to put
up S2,577.156 of the total. For
this year the County Board made
q fat appropriation of 81, 900.
$4,000 Asked for Hospital.
In other business, the County
Board heard John j. Anderson.
administrator of Arlington Hos
pital, make an appeal for a $4,000
payment for emergency services
rendered by the hospital during
1948.
Mr.. Anderson said the hospital
is giving the service through its
emergency room. He said the
amount requested was for services
which were not payable from any
other source.
He emphasized that the amount
would not be a grant. The hos
pital is soliciting Arlington and
Fairfax residents in an attempt
to raise 100000.
Mr.. De Lashmutt referred the
matter to Mr.. Lundberg to deter
mine the legality of such a pay
ment.
Parking Plan Studied,
The board took under advise
ment a Chamber of Commerce
plan for an additional 100 parking
places in the Clarendon shopping
district.
Under the proposal, Fairfax
drive, west from Clarendon Circle
to North Jackson street, would be
graded, drained and surfaced and
provided with a center sidewalk
strip against which so cars could
be parked on either side.
Chamber Secretary Paul A. Hill
told the board that the right-of-
way of the portion to be used for
parking is wide enough to provide
east and west traffic lanes in addi-
ton to the parking. He estimated
cost of the project at $15,800 and
said parking meters in the new
spaces would bring in that amount
within two years.
The board instructed Mr.. Lund-
berg to purchase running clothes
for paid firemen of the Falls
Church department after John
Paul Jones of the Arlington
County Firemen's Association,
said the paid men were using
equipment purchased by the VOL
unteer members. He said the lat
ter often are forced to fight fires
without the protection of the run
ming clothes
Barber Ordinance Proposed.
An ordinance which would regu-
late BARRIERS was suggested to the
board by Attorney Frank S. Nor
gan on behalf of the County Bar
bers' Association. The proposal is
similar to one in effect in the
district. 1t was referred to Mr..
Lundberg for report at the boards
meeting, March IL.
Mr.. Lundberg was given author
ity to have a portion of the Jail
razed to make way for a north
wing to the courthouse. The Jail
will then be placed on the third
floor of the new wing. Prisoners
will be held in the Fairfax jail
during the construction.
The board recessed until pm.
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