Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-07-02
AleXan<lria Affairs.


AN IMPORTANT lMPgoNEMENT.-Prelimin
rit.s are being made uo-uay IOr tIe most eAten-
sire paving contract made Dy ihls eat! loT sew
eral years, and lnat II the paving al Columbus
and Cameron streets wnele they cross at
Christ church one block norm, south, east and
west oi the church. Although Christ clufcn
has ueeE center since IL Was completed, one
hundred anu niteeu years ago, Its nelsDDor.
hooa has never been paved. tic church when
IL DuiIL Was at the end Ol the principal
street o1 the Town, Dut Was three brooks outside
the corporation line, which then Was mid
Way between Royal and Pltt streets. W ncn tlIe
grown oi the Low carried cameron Street west
To its gates the church blocked the street, and
lu a lew years hing street, that had clear
thorougalare 10 tne west, became the principal
street. For = century ana over Improvement In
siiai ncig gnoornooa had ceased, and VITA hai.
ADWell's common Oh the nurIn ana wide lots ior
a block 10 the west the land Was unoccupied.
When the building associations grew Their
Memoers buIlt up HalloweIls c0niInon with
Iine Residences aud The impetus they gave has
nearly nlled That entire nels noorhood with line
houses IA moGern STYLE and tue work oi I'M
proycnent there sui goes on. When the paw
lns is comp,eteu tie streets Oh the west side of
christ church VIII Vie ln appearance with the
finest section OF the city. 1ne surveyor ls now
giving the lines Material ls being brought on
lie ground by Contractor William III. Breen,
who Is 10 be PAID slAiy-Iour 10 siAty-seNen cenls
per square yard lor furnishing stone, grading
llnu paving, twenty-nine cents cubic yard Ior
nllins and slA Genus per loot !or setting curb.
lie ni.s gwen bond in $500 " do satisfactory
work
MAsaKIAGEs.-The clerk OF the corporation
court issued nine marriage licenses during the
June jlIsL closed This is about the average of
June for some time, but in June, 1854, thirteen
licenses were issued. During the month Two
Alexandria couples obtained Licenses IA WASH
lngton.
FLOUR INsPECrIoNs.-For the second quarter
of this year, ending with June, s3l barrels Ut
Hour were lus pected here. This much larger
than second quarter inspections ior several
years. In lSSz D, s.S barrels we're Inspected;
AL 1888, 5,o3o barrels; IN 1854, s,42S barrels.
Before the war lne average inspections oi Tie
second quarter from IA, 600 lo 10000 bar.
reis.
! NorEs.-It is hoped that the internal revenue
~ Lnls city.-lhe new superintendent VI
., slOos heiu a shorl meeting vi teachers yester-
ua y.-Ine appoint lee of InIs district 10 West
Point, Charles IL. Hlne. has passed MS exam.
ina luu and become cadct.-Ihe Baptiss
sun, 7ay school returned from River View last
even lng oeilgnI win ils picLie.-Iwo ves-
seis win /, loo tons vi steel lis are now dis.
charg ing cargo al Smoois wharf, LOOT of
Prince stre,et.-The city treasurer ID pAy ing
the Ju, y interest on the city debt
DEMorRATiC OFFICIALS ELECTED IN RICH
NoND.-6otn Ul ranches OF The Richmond city
The bolt OF eleven new members from the
formers caucus Tuesday night Resulted in =
com bina Iion between them anu Inc stralgntout
democratic mem oei s. and las; night several Old
democratic Officers were reelected, including
Police JUS ID. Z. Richardson, City Clerk Is. 4.
August superintendent OF tLe W ater Works
Charles t. Boiling, Cliy Engineer W. l.. Cut
shaw, City Attorney Charies n. Meredith,
Auditors Clark L.. j. Warren. several other
offices were tnteh Wy nes men, All democrats