Evening star., 1951-10-25
Bids on Jail
And Courthouse
Exceed Funds
Fuirfux Bourd
Considers Paying
$153,9o8 Loter

$153.998 Later
Fairfax County needs another
$l53.998 to build the proposed
courthouse addition and jai
facilities.
The lowest of two bids received
by the Board of Supervisors yes.
terday was $998, ,270 for the court.
house addition and Jail wing. Ii
addition, a low bid of $9l,728 wa.
received for cell work in the Jail
which would make the total cos
of the project $1.089, 1898.
r. M. Loughborough reported
that $3.50, 900 remains in the court.
house bond issue fund, leaving tht
county $153.998 shy OF available
funds.
A $9S0,000 bond issue was votec
for the courthouse project in May
1850. but sale of the bonds wa.
delayed year by litigation. Archi.
tects fees, bond attorneys fees anc
other expenses incurred in sale oi
the bonds were spent from the
original sum approved in the
referendum.
Plans Held to Bone"
Robert A. Willgoos. architect
who prepared the plans. was in.
structed by the supervisors to SEE
if any work could be deleted from
the plans to bring down the cost
Mr.. Willgoos declared the plans
have been held to the bone" be-
cause of the rise in construction
prices since the bond issue was
voted.
Commemorative Attorney Hugh
B. Marsh was requested to see il
the county might award the con-
tract. then pay the extra $154 600
out of the next two years budgets.
Mr.. Willgoos and Mr.. Marsh
are to report back to the super
visors on November 7. On motion
of Supervisor Maurice Fox. sue
cessful candidates in the Novem-
ber s supervisors election will be
invited to attend the November
7 meeting, when it is planned to
make a decision on awarding the
bids.
Supervisors c. B. Runyon and
Robert r. Dye said they thought
1t would be better to award the
contract as it now stands. rather
than make deletions which might
be more costly to reinstate later
Mr.. Runyon said costs are con-
tinuing to rise. and steel is in
creasingly difficult to obtain. 1t
is necessary to award the contract
before a steel priority can be OBJ
tanned.
Debt Issue Raised.
Mr.. Fox said it looked as if the
supervisors would be creating q
debt beyond their ability to pay
if they awarded a contract that
exceeded the amount Of bond
funds available.
Mr.. Willgoos said the project
would take more than a year and
q half to complete.
If it takes that long. we could
pay for the difference out Of the
next two years budgets" said Mr..
Runyon.
The addition would about triple
the size of the existing courthouse
building.
Bids were accepted on four al
ternative proposals: One for just
the courthouse addition, a sec
ond including the Jail wing, a
third including a clock tower and
a fourth including alteration OF
the existing courthouse.
The bid under consideration is
for the courthouse addition and
Jail wing only. leaving of the
clock tower and renovation OF the
existing building.
Bids Received.
The lowest bidder was Eugene
Simpson 81 Bro. of Alexandria.
F. H. Martell Co., Inc. of Wash
ington, the only other bidder. was
$52.730 higher on the alternative
under consideration. The Simp-
son bid was lowest on all four
alternatives.
Three bids were received on the
cell work. The lowest bidder was
the Roanoke (VaD Iron and
Bridgework.
Before opening the bids. the
supervisors discussed the problem
of noisy low-fying airplanes with
Wilbur B. Sprague. chairman Of
the Civil Aeronautics Administra-
tion's noise abatement commit
tee, and Albert Forte, assistant to
the administrator of CAA. They
attended the meeting at the re-
quest of Supervisor Arthur Shat
fer, who complained that the
low-fying plane nuisance has
shifted to Fairfax County-par-
ticularly the Belle Haven area
since Alexandria adopted an or
dinance prohibiting planes from
turning over that city, except
when necessary.
E. G.. Rose of Belle Haven sale
the planes should be routed far
ther down the Potomac River
after takeoffs from Washington
National Airport before they are
permitted to turn westward. He
said they would have higher alti.
tude by that time and the noise
would not be Objectionable.
Mr.. Sprague and Mr.. Forte
agreed to make a study of the
problem and report back to the
supervisors.
LEAGUE Urqed 10 Vote