Evening star., 1951-06-17
Arlington Plans
$4,000 Outlay
For Sewer Jobs
Sum From Surplus
Funds 1t Voted by
Board Over Protest

Funds 1t Voted by
Board Over Protest
Nearly $4,000 was appropriated
from surplus funds for three
drainage projects yesterday by
the Arlington County Board, de.
spite protests Of one board men,
Der that storm sewer work should
be done according OF priorities
recommended by the county man
ager.
Approved by unanimous vote
were drainage projects at North
Kensington and Twenty third
streets, $1,000; Washington boule-
ward and Abingdon streets, $13,-
900, and in the 5000 and 1000
blocks of Vacation lane, $1,000.
The work will be paid for out
of a $4,000 surplus reported to
the board by County Manager A.
T. Lundberg.
Board Member Daniel A. Dugan,
Independent, proposed two of the
projects at the request of petit
tioners who were present. The
third project, on Washington
boulevard. was proposed by F.
Freeland Chew, Democrat.
Cox Charges Log Rolling"
Robert w. Cox, also an Inde-
pendent. accused Mr.. Dugan and
Mr.. Chew of 'log-rolling and
reminded his fellow board men,
bers that since last June requests
for storm drainage work have
been met with a promise by the
board that all projects would be
given consideration when the
amount Of surplus was deter
mined.
The motion was approved by
Mr.. Cox only after inclusion of a
provision that that manager
would examine other proposed
projects and recommend expend-
iture Of the remaining surplus on
critically-needed projects.
County Manager A. T. Lund-
berg had suggested that q plan be
drawn up showing the work to be
accomplished with the surplus to-
gether with an estimate of addi-
tional installations which would
be completed with a proposed 81
million bond issue.
Yesterdays board meeting. ac-
cording to Mr.. Chew, was the
longest in history, running from
8 am. until pm. A verbatim
report of the proceedings, he as
serted, was costing the taxpayers
about 5000 "and contains not five
dollars worth of public informa-
ton"
Alfred E. Frisbie, fellow Demo-
crat, Joined Mr.. Chew in his as
sertion that money was being
wasted by the newly instituted
method of reporting, but the three
independent members of the board
voted to continue the practice, att
least for the present.
Full-Time Defense Head.
A full-time civil defense co-or-
dinator will be appointed at a sal
ary Of $4.684 a year, the board
decided. Mr.. Lundberg said he
will name the co-ordinator next
week.
The board had previously
planned to appoint a director at
the head Of department of civil
defense at a salary of from $4,000
to $4,000 a year. Mr.. Dugan and
Mr.. Cox stuck by this earlier de-
cision yesterday and refused to
approve appointment of the CO.
ordinator.
Mrs. Florence Cannon, board
chairman, asked board members
to bring to the next meeting their
nominations for appointment to
the proposed civil defense advis-
ory committee.
Filing of a suit to require County
Treasurer John Locke Green to
pay salaries Of the new director of
real estate assessment, Fred A.
Gosnell, ST., and his secretary,
Mrs. Virginia Foltz, was approved.
Mr.. Green contends the positions
were illegally created. A Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals deci-
sion is expected to settle the dis
pute this fall.
An application by Malcolm B.
Devers for a use permit to enlarge
Congressional School, in the 1900
block Of North Oak street and the
1400. block of North Twelfth
street, was unanimously approved.
The action was taken over the
protest of the Fort Myer Citizens
Association.
A large delegation from the
Dominion Hills Paisley Forest area
applauded the boards granting of
a use permit for a playground in
the 500 block of North -Four Mile
Run drive. Also pleased by a board
decision was a group of citizens
from the area near the new Balls
ton Indians baseball field on
South Sixteenth street. The In
dians' use permit application was
denied.
Civil Service Commission.
Named to the new civil service
commission were Virgil Couch, as
sistant deputy director of the Fed
eral Governments civil defense
program, who will be chairman;
Joe Jessup, associate professor of
business administration at George
Washington University, and Art
Brown, assistant executive vice
president of the United States
Chamber of Commerce.
Ralph Arble and Mrs. Dora H.
Ihle were named to the Wei
fare Board and John Stumpen-
horst, retired businessman, was
appointed to the Planning Com
mission.
The board accepted the low bid
Of Arlington Asphalt Co. for the
annual street surfacing program;
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