Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1929, Page 11

SUBURBAN NEWS." 'VIRGINIA ACTIVE §/IN CONSTRUCTION Millions in Building Work Un-| der Way or Contracted For in State. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., March 5.—A large ! OF COMRADES Tour of Historic Spots Today. tion Scheduled for This Evening. amount of construction work is now | under way or contracted for in State, it is indicated by the semi-| monthly industrial survey for the two | weeks of January 16 to 31, prepared by | ‘William Boncer, field representative of the State department of labor. for John | Hopkins Hell, jr., director. The survey ! also showed that industries were ac-| tive during the two-week period. The review in part follows: Lawrenceville—An administration | building and a girls’ dormitory is being constructed at St. Paul's Normal and Industrial School for Negroes at a cost of $100.000. Galax—A two-story building is being constructed at a cost of $10,000. Big Horse Farm Purchased. Brookneal—Work is about to be started in one unit of the plant of the | Slmchne]d Sand and Felspar Corpora- on. The Plains—A Chicago concern has purchased 1,000 acres of Jand for the| purpose of ‘organizing a business of breeding thoroughbred horses on a| large scale. Alexandria—Stakes have been driven for the outline of the large hangar to be constructed on the Washington Air Junction, now being built on part of ihe original Mount Vernon estate, near | Alexandria. ! ttaunton—The State Board of Agri- cutture has authorized the consiruction of concrete barracks to house the con- victs at the State lime grinding plant. Waynesboro—Rapid progress is be- ing made on the construction of the new du Pont rayon plant. The build- ings and railroad iracks will cover about six acres of land. About 1,000 persons will be employed. The plant | will cost more than $4,000.000 | Blacksburg—A new; addition to the in- firmary at Virginia Polytechnic Institute has been authorized by the board of | Vvisitors. The building will cost $25,000. | Roanoke—A local printing company is preparing to build a three-story stecl and concrete addition to their present plant. The estimated cost is $29,577. Charlottesville—Plans have been an- nounced for the construction of a mod- ern theater at Charlottesville at a cost | of $300,000. Petersbure—Plans are being com- | pleted for the construction of a new 42- | already happy situation regarding the| room apartment house. A recent sur vey by the Petersburg Chamber of Com- merce shows that the city now has a population of 41,349, an increase of |favorable last night when Robert T.| 33 1-3 per cent over that of 1920, | Williamsburg—Tentative plans have | been prepared for the ccnstruction of a | new high school building to cost $400,- | 000, to be owned jointly by the city and | the College of Wiiiiam and Mary. Norfolk—Construction vork on the Park Manor, Norfolk's largest apart- | ment house, 1s to be started immediately. ‘The building will cover an entire block and will cost $250,000. Portsmeuth—Records show that per- | mits were issued for building work and ! Tepairs in 1928 involving the expendi- | ture of $699,932. | The State highway department has allocated $190.000 for double tracking the Petersburg turnnike and $140,000 for | improving the highway from Dutch Gap through Hopewell to Garysville. Big Highway Program. Plans are being completed for the ex- | penditure of millions of dollars in high- | ‘way work by the State Highway Com- mission in 1929. Exports valued at $26,375,320 passed through Hampton Roads in November, 1928, as compared with $7,855,717 at Baltimore for the same month. In- cluded in the exports were large ship- ments of tobacco and grain. About 1,000,000 pounds of Turkish tobacco has been received each month for the past five months at the port of Hampton Roads for distribution elsewhcre. Ex- | ports of grain irom Hambton Roads in | 1928 amounted to 4.624,398 bushels, and was carried by 64 ships. A bill recently iniroduced in Congress | provides for the expenditure of $1,102,- 638 for the construction at Langley | Field of several hangars and several other buildings and also provides for | heating equipment. MORTON WILL ADD;ESS WARRENTON ROTARY CLUB | City Manager of Alexandria to| Speak on “City Government” March 14. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5—City Manager Paul Morton will deliver an address on “City Government” before the Rotary Club of Warrenton, Va.,| March 14. Morton, who is 30 years old, is one of the youngest city managers in the coun- try.” He has been in this position for | five years and for two years before that | was director of public safety. | He is an engineer and after the war | became assistant division engineer of | the State Highway Commission, leaving that to become assistant valuation engi- neer of the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail- road Co. William Henry Kessler LYNCHBURG, Va., March 5 (Spe-| cial) —William Henry Kessler, 73, died Sunday afternoon at his home. He is survived by his widow and seven | children. | T Dies. the | Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, Paul V. McNutt of national commander Legion posts, will Alexandria Post, No. 24, American Legion, today at a luncheon and sight- seeing trip and tonight at a banquet and public reception. The luncheon for the national com- { mander was to take place in the George jMasnn Hotel at 1 o'clock with members March 5. Indianapolis, of American |post in attendance. Following _the | luncheon the Legionnaires were to take Comdr. McNutt on a sightseeing trip to Mount Vernon, Arlington and other points of historical interest, including Gadsby'’s Tavern and the old City Hotel, which are being purchased and rests War Memorial and home. The banquet will take place in the George Mason Hotel tonight _at o'clock with members of the Legion and the ladics’ auxiliary present. The reception, which will be open to the public, will be held in Armory Hall at 8 oclock. City Manager Paul Mor- | ton, who is a member of the American Legion, will deliver an address of wel- 'Paul V. McNutt to Make| |Banguet and Public Recep-| be the guest nfi {of the executive committee of the IOCBIJ ed for the local post as a World | s | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, TUESDAY, 1} fARCH 5,- 1929." LEGION COMMANDER IS GUEST IN ALEXANDRIA l | | PAUL V. McNUTT. | come on_behalf of the city. Capt. Thurlow White will make an addr of welcome for the local post, Ms Richard B. English for the ladics’ | auxiliary to the local post, Department Comdr, Nelson Overton of Newport | News for the Virginia department, and | Mrs. Bolse Ficklin of Georgia for the | national organization of American Legion auxiliaries, of which she is president. CLEBE ROAD WORK T0 BE DOUBLED 'Four-Mile Link to Be Im-| proved This Year, Forman Is Notified. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP. Staft Correspondent of The St CLARENDON, Va., March 5—The construction of new roads in Arlington County this year was made even more Forman, chairman of the roads com- mitte of the Glebewood Citizehs' As- sociation, received a letter from the State Highway Commission advising | him that they will construct four miles | of Glebe road this year instead of the two miles originally planned. Forman and his associates have been fighting for the widening and paving of Glebe road for more than a year and now have succeeded in having the plans of the highway commission changed to permit the construction of enough of this highway to connect the Lee High- way and Columbia Pike. Connects Two Sections. Because of the fact that Glebe road is the only direct connecting link be- tween the northern and southern ex- tremities of the county, residents have not heretofore been able to travel be- tween the two roads in bad weather except by going all of the distance east to the courthouse and then across by Fort Myer. Glebe road was left out of the orig- inal tentative allocations for this year, but the Highway Commission heeded an urgent plea of residents to take advantage of a great number of free rights of way that had been secured and agreed to construct two miles of the road, carrying it from the Lee Highway to Ballston. While this would have provided an excellent detour link when the con- struction of Lee Boulevard is started, it | ~ would not have served those who fought hardest for the road, some of whom are at the present time unable to reach their homes by automobile be- cause of the mud. Type of Surfacing Changed. As a result of this situation, Forman wrote to the Highway Commission and asked whether there might be some ) way that the allocation could be stretched to connect the Lee Highway and Columbia Pike. It was as a re- sult of this letter that he received the reply last night telling him that by changing the plans for the type of con- struction it would be possible to double the mileage. All but 5 per cent of the free rights of way for the part of the road that is to be constructed this year have been obtained, and the State will send an expert to assist in obtaining the rest, it was announced in the letter to Forman, The State Highway engineers have completed the surveys for the widen- ing of the Lee Highway from Cherry- dale to a point beyond Halls Hill and are expected to start this week on the Washington-Alexandria Pike. Both of these highways are to be widened and reconstructed this year. Mrs. Lucy“}{nnk]in Dead. LYNCHBURG, Va., March 5 (Spe- cial) —Mrs. Lucy Hanklin, 24, wifé of J. M. Hanklin of Brookneal, died Sun- day afternoon at her home. She is survived by her husband and four children. s We Pay You on_your DAILY BALANCES WOMEN TO RENEW PLEA FOR CLINE Committee to Appear Before Arlington Supervisors on March 15. Star. 5.—Un- By a Staff Correspondent of CLARENDON, Vi daunted by their surances and determined that the build- ing shall be erected this year the wom- |en’s clinic committee of the Organized { Women Voters and affiliated organiza- tions will appear before the meeting of the Board of County Supervisors on March 15 and request definite informa- on as to plans for the construction of a permanent health clinic building in Clarendon. At each of the past three meetings of the board the committee, headed by Mrs. Mary Morris Lockwood, have ap- peared and requested a report on their request that the present temporary | quarters be replaced with a new mod- |ern building on a lot that is already |owned by the county. Prior to the last meeting they were | given little encouragement., Edward Duncan, chairman of the board, claim- ing that the budget would not stand the addition of $7,000. At the last meeting, however, when it was shown that the clinic must move and that the only quarters available at the present time are wholly inade- quate, Supervisor E. C. Turnburke of Washington district, informed the board that the clinic was of vital importance to the entire county as well as to Ar- lintgon district, in which it would be located, and it was decded to have the plans for a new building drawn up. Four Farms Sold for $92,750. STAUNTON, Va., March 5 (Special). —Four Augusta County farms totaling | in the aggregate 1,401.97 acres brought 892,750 at public auction Monday. The farms belonged to the late Cornelius P. Bowman. Nestlé’s flies with BYRD! NTO the frozen Antarctic where a forced landing would mean weeks of de- pendence upon emergency | rations — Nestlé’s Milk Chocolate flies with Byrd! Wherever quick energy and rich concentrated nour- ishment are required Nestlé’s Milk Chocolate is the in- evitable choice. Nestlé’s Milk Chocolate went to the North Pole with Commander Byrd. It crossed | tually have to be erccted to give proper STANDPIPE PLAN - WAY BE EXTENDED | System of Several Water | Towers Held Necessary Later in Prince Georges. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | HYATTSVILLE, Md. March 5— While, in_the opinion of Chief Engineer Robert B. Morse of the Washington | Suburban Sanitary Commission, there 1is no immediate necessity for the con- | struction of additional standpipes or | elevated tanks within the area of the | sanitary district, it is certain that, with | | the rapidly increasing population in the | Berwyn and Capitol Heights neighbor- hoods, these appurtenances will even- {water pressure to these communities. It is the judgment of the engineer | that the wide extent of territory cov- !ered by the Washington Suburban San- | - |itary District and the topography of |the area make the construction of a | single large reservoir, or a few such ! ervolrs, unsuitab! Several Held Necessary. The plans of the commission have always contemplated the construction of considerable number of standpipes or | elevated tanks at various high points the district, these water storage dl‘-’ es to be installed, from time to time, | sections v as the needs of the various require. “The presence of standpipes at favor- able locations on a water system,” says Mr. Morse, “greatly increases the as- ace of uninterrupted service in a ty during short periods of high water consumption, caused -either by extremely hot or cold weather, or by loss of water at times of breaks in mains or during extensive fires, Through the use of such standpiy s that at | Cheverly, a water department is able to meet peak load conditions with more | moderate sized mains and with less| pumping_equipment.” The Cheverly standpipe is of service to all of .the sanitery district’'s water | consumers in Prince Georges County, | with the exception of those in and near | Takoma Park. It serves, at present, as | the only storage device for the whole section extending from Berwyn to Capi- tol Heights, an area more than six miles in length. Two Held for Emergencies. The construction of the Cheverly standpipe was made necessary by the large increase in population in this | area within the last few years, which caused the Hyattsville and Mount Rai- nier elevated tanks to become inade- quate. These tanks are now kept for emergeney use. i The capacity of the Cheverly stand- pipe is 1,000,000 gallons, this being 10 times as much as is contained in either | the Hyattsville or Mount Rainier tanks. | The diameter of this standpipe is 50 | feet and its height 72 feet. , The commission has recently com- Pleted construction of another million- | | gallon standpipe, this one being near | | Woodside in Montgomery County. The | Woodside standpipe bears about the same relation to the commission's water | system _in Montgomery County as the | Cheverly tank does to the system in | Prince Georges County. ‘The Los Angeles Times says Spanish ‘'SUBURBAN NEWS.” i § ¢ | Modern Structures to Add to Utility of Oldest College in United States. [MILLIONS TO BE SPENT| Contract Awarded for High| School to Cost More | Than $400,000. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | WILLIAMSBURG, Va., March 5— The coming of Spring weather is g ing impetus to the work of restoring | this Colonial town to the condition in | which the Revolutionary residents knew | it. Work has been going on throughout the Winter on a comparatively small | le under the endowment given by John D. Rockefeller, jr., last year. An exact figure on the final cost of | the project of buying an entire town | | and turning its clocks back 150 years | has not yet been decided upon, but| $5,000,000 is on hand for the work. Since the restoration will mean the | | removal of many modern buildings | which are architecturally at variance | TWO PROMINENT MEN | DIE IN MONTGOMERY | Roger B. Farquhar, 91, and Thomas W. Waters, 78, Were Lead- ing Farmers, Special Dispatch to The Star ROCKVILLE, Md.,, March 5.—In the death at their homes yesterday of Roger Brooke Farquhar of Ashton and Thom- as Worthington Waters of Brookeville, Montgomery County lost two of its best known citizens. ‘The death of Mr. Farquhar, who was | 91 years old, followed an illness of sev- eral weeks. He is survived by seven children: George B. Farquhar of Wash- ington, Miss Anna Farquhar of Ashton, Mrs. Harold B. Stabler of Chevy Chase, Roger B. Farqubar, jr., of Ashton, Miss Alice V. Farquhar of Baltimore, Mal- colm Farquhar of Kennett Square, Pa., and Henry H. Farquhar of Boston. Mr. Farquhar was a son of the late Dr. Charles Farquhar and was a life- long resident of the county. Until about 15 years ago, when he sold his farm on the Rockville-Norbeck pike, he was engaged in farming. He was a director of the Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Sandy Spring and the Sandy Spring Savings Institution; was one of the founders and early presidents of the Montgomery County Agricultural So- ciety, helped organize and at the time of his death was a member of the En- terprise Farmers' Club of Sandy Spring, | on of the oldest farmers’ organiza- tions in the county, and formerly was president of the Sandy Spring Horti- cultural Soclety. He was a member of the Soclety of Friends and at one time was a member and president of the County Board of Education, which was is becoming an almost necessary second | language in California. the only public office he ever held. ‘The funeral will take place at 2! | their present day utility, a number of | them will be replaced with structures 42,000 PERSONS BACKING | | en’s clubs and Bible classes. COMING OF SPRING GIVES IMPETUS TO RESTORING OF WILLIAMSBURG TO COLONIAL ERA CONDITION The oldest college building in the United States, at Williamsburg, Va. with the Colonial picture, in spite of which will fit into the picture and still serve the needs of the twentieth cen- tury. A'contract was let last week for a | ew high school with the most modern | n J ent and facilities. This is of the buildings which will be con- structed along the lines of the old Georgian edifices. It will cost $400,000 and will be paid for partly by the town and partly by Willlam and Mary | College. “The college itself is famous, not only as the birthplace of Phi Beta Kappa, but as the oldest in the United States. oclock tomorrow afternoon from the | Friends' Meeting House at Sandy Spring, burial to be in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Waters, who was 78, was also a retired farmer and life-long resident of | the county. Surviving him are the fol- lowing children: T. Clifford Waters, B. Worthington Waters, Mrs. John E. Muncaster and Mrs. Albert Beall, all of Montgomery County. The funeral will take pace at 11 o'clock tomorrow morn- | ing from St. John's Episcopal Church, | Olney, with burial in St. John's Cem- eter PLEA FOR SUNDAY MOVIES Baltimore Residents Petition Legislature to Pass Law Author- izing Theater Presentations. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 5—A petition signed by 42.000 persons favoring Sun- | day motion pictures in Baltimore will | be presented to the House of Delegates | tonight, according to Delegate John G. Callan of this city. | Mr. Callan has two bills designed to authorize Sunday pictures pending in the Legislature. One would allow the theaters to open after 2 p.m. and the other places the question in the hands of the mayor and City Council. 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