Evening star., 1954-12-19
664 Acres Held
In Fairfax by
Analyst Hoyt
Future Use Limited
In Master Plan Druft
He Has Criticized
By Mary Lou Werner

d4Ad4yoO WIZ surveyor 1uIuIG uSs
velopment prospects in both
nearby Maryland and Virginia.
has bought five undeveloped
tracts totaling 664 acres in Fair
fax County, Va.
Fairfax is one of four counties
in this area that employed DR..
Hoyt to make economic and pop.
ulation studies. Fairfax paid $l0,.
900. Similar surveys were made
in Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties in Maryland
and in Arlington County, Va.
DR.. Hoyt told a reporter last
night that in addition to three
purchases recorded in the Fair
fax Court House. he bought 100
more acres. not yet recorded. and
is part owner of another SO
acres with Mrs. Ethel Stone.
2480 Sixteenth street NV.
These tracts. adjoining two for
which the title already has been
transferred, would be developed
into a model community of more
than 460 acres near Centreville.
he said,
Impressed by Location.
Asked if his extensive land
purchases in Fairfax indicate
he believes that area has the
greatest prospects for future
development in this area, DR..
Hoyt replied:
II don't want to say that. The
land was available at prices I
thought were quite reasonable.
What impresses me is that you
can drive from some of this land
to the White House in 20 or Is
minutes-only IA miles away.
I'm the other counties you
have to travel through the heart
Of the city. They have a very
bright future. Montgomery has
most of the high-grade homes,
Prince Georges, with the new
Baltimore highway. has a great
future for industrial develop
ment."
Replying to another question,
he said he had no plans to buy
in other areas but, I'm not dis
couraging the other counties"
Deed books at the Fairfax
County Courthouse indicate that
the purchase price for three Of
the tracts totals $66,250 and in
wolves trusts amounting to $39,-
$50.
The economic analyst bought
these three properties before an
other consultant. Francis Nc
Hugh, made public a proposed
Fairfax County master plan. All
OF DR.. Hoyt's land is located in
what would be designated in the
master plan as an agricultural
zone.
Sees Planning Mistake"
If the McHugh recommended
ton sticks. none of DR.. Hoyt's
tracts could be subdivided into
lots smaller than three acres,
thus precluding dense urban
type development. The three
acre lot minimum proposed for
a vast area of the county has
become the most controversial
feature of the master plan.
In a recent speech before the
Washington Board of Trade, DR..
Hoyt said. without mentioning
Fairfax, it would be a great mis-
take-to try to draw a boundary
between urban and rural
(development) areas"
He conceded that areas In
Montgomery. Prince Georges and
Fairfax which are fartheSt from
Washington should and must
remain agricultural and forest
land. :"
But he added: ut is a mis-
take to suppose, however. that
wooded slopes near Washington
can be cleared and converted in
to profitable farm land. Labor
costs are too high. because of the
competition of Government en-
ployment."
Near Proposed Highway.
In another part of the speech,
DR.. Hoyt said it would be a mis-
take to allow all the land on one
side Of highway to be developed
as a dense urban mass. while
all the land on the other side
would be condemned forever
to remain idle and useless" He
added that a series of planned
communities separated by open
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