Evening star., 1951-11-14
Regional Center
For Shopping in
Arlington Urged
Hoyt Survey Finds
Booming Fairfax
Could Take Leod

Arlington must firmly establish
a regional shopping center before
a rival centeriis set up in booming
Fairfax County, the Homer Hoyt
report recommends.
The Hoyt survey, made for the
Arlington County Board, predicts
that Fairfax County's 1850 popu.
lation of 106,022, including Fails
Church, will reach 100000 by 1866
and 100000 by 1880. The boare
released its summary of the re.
potr yesterday.
Meanwhile. total population o1
the Metropolitan Area, accordins
to Hoyt estimates, will rise from
1,462,951 in 1850 to 1,74O,OO0 ir
1860; 100000 in 1870, and 2,O40,.
600 in 1880.
Fairfax Seen Taking Lead.
Fairfax is expected to outstrir
In growth all other areas, although
Montgomery County, Md, is esti-
mated to increase from 1863, TAG in
1850 to 225,000 in 1860 and 3O0,-
600 in 1880, passing its neighbor
Prince Georges County, which had
1885 and is expected to have
225,00 in 1860 and 275,00O in
1880.
Population of the District. the
survey predicts, will rise from
802,l78 in 1850 to 1926, 900 in 1860
and $4,000 DIN 1880. In Alex
andria, the population will in
crease from 61,787 to $1,000 in
1860 and $4,000 in 1880, exclusive
of any annexation gains.
"As Arlington County becomes
filed with houses and apartments,
the zone of rapid growth will pass
on to Fairfax or Montgomery
counties" the report says.
Prediction for Arlington.
The Hoyt prediction for Airing
ton is from 1854 in 1850 to
100000 in 1860 and 24O,OOO in
1880.
In 1940, Arlington's population
was officially listed by the Census
Bureau as 57,040 and Fairfax
40,929. In 1900, Arlington had
6,430 and Fairfax, 1880.
The survey notes how increas-
ingly important are Fairfax Coun-
ty purchases in Arlington County
as its undeveloped areas become
settled"
A Full line of merchandise. avail
able at a developed regional Shop
ping center in the Hecht-Kann
area Of Arlington, the Hoyt survey
says. will draw customers not
only from Arlington and Fairfax
County but also from Alexandria
and Fauquier, Loudoun. Prince
William. Culpeper, Frederick, Rap
palaannock. Clarke and Warren
Counties.
Other Information in Report,
Other information in the report
includes:
CroSs-county transportation is
Arlmgton's most pressing need.
There is surplus of 1853 acres
now zoned commercial that can
not be used for business before
1880.
A regional shopping center in
the Hecht-Kann area could sup
port stores of other large Wash
lngton firms and also branches of
some New York speciality apparel
stores, such Saks Fifth Avenue
and Bonwit Teller.
If Lansburgh's and Woodward
Lothrop will build in the Hecht-
kann neighborhood, Clarendon
Ballston will become the worlds
largest shopping center supported
chiefly by auto traffic.
The average family income in
Arlington in 1851 was $4,000. Only
10.7 per cent of the families in
the county earned less than $4,000,
ana only y per cent earned more
than $4,000.
In July, 1851. the average daily
two-way traffic on the four Po-
tomac River bridges was 211, 1853
vehicles. which was greater than
the combined traffic over the
Hudson River bridges, ferries and
tunnels between New York and
New Jersey, and was the highest
in the world. The Fourteenth
Street twin bridges carried 1922
315 as a daily average throughout
August, 1851, which is the highest
volume over any bridge or tunnel
In the world.