Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-06-04

.1,uult that HI liei"o ".i' 70 1o
. ..a5 As stated in the GAZETTE, the trains
a.1 .5e W. & o. road commenced running
% day evening, since which time sched-
,ne has heen made on that road. The
Ut breaks ON this road are at Torrison's.
W. WI. church, Vienna and Goose creek.
cloya have all been repaired. The breaks
iDI a,asbouts on the Midland road have all
'Du sufficiently repaired to admit of the
o'e .-.ce Of trains. and those which had been
l''s'6od at Manassas since Saturday arrived
gs.a'i last night. They brought about 800
ls' ',oorars. who had been well cared for at
-.comnane's expense, and they were at
'"' sont IN Washington via the ferry boats,
uH ,,.s;cs beiuc run Down through the tun-
'l5 -, the the intersection of King and Union
NJ Ut Last night the passengers for the
~ ,rore brought here by the ferry steam
'oo1 took the trains at the wharf All
nm This road are now running regular
liking the transfer at this city, end ar
,ond densrt hut few minutes bohind
The G < O trains via the Midland
VI ore also arriving and departing about
emo The road between Danvllle and
VI yg.aasses wss but slightly damaged, and
80 ms been but little interruption 20 the
rn;nc Of trains between these poin s.
rs.,nob train and mail service to all points
.a,b and west from Washington has been
na,od via T. edmont Air Line. Through
,sancers are transferred by omnibus from
i..R.Itmora sud Potomac Railroad station
IN Washington to the boats. The mail and
p,'lren cars are too high to run through
tunnel in this city and they are eit at
Is mike street depot Will the other cars
Il
asyons have been employed TO transfer the
mails. etc from Washington to this city
sn5 the lswer end of King street all day
hi. preseaed busy appearance.
"a the Manassas road there are serious
u..boufs between Rectortown and River
,on and the bridge over the south Shensn-
5osb WAS washed out A large force of men
we're to-day put to work repairing the
ridges. u gang having been brought from
h- Western North Carolina division to as
is, the others There are no wires up on
b.4 road but all these on the Midland divi-
son aie again intact.
Onthe A Il +. road the damages have
b4ep partially repaired and to day engines
reached this city from Quantito. No steps
have vet been taken towards the running of
rains as the r F. & p. road ia still out of
.fspa and the Long bridge is impossible.
Gangs Of men are still at work getting the
roadway in order, but sufficient Roadway
has besn made to allow thirty of the men
n ia sent from below this city to help upon
The Long bridge.
.Bv the time the bridge ia repaired the
5cS between it and Fort Runyon, on the
" A. road, will be In order for the run.
ring of trains, as will also the track on the
A&F.
The Il, F. & P. is still in bad shape and
.oma think it will require the remainder of
The week to put it In order for the running
ctrains Steps are being taken to have the
southern passengers aud mails sent from
Rchmond over the G. & 0. road to Char
Ottesvle and then on to this city over the
Midland road.
LATER The first mail from Richmond to ar
rye here since Friday reached this city to-day.
d came via tho C. & O. and the Midland roads
sleh routes will he used until the repairs TO tae
GF. - +. road are completed
TIE wharf at Shepherds and the track be
tween that point and Bennings is still in bad
shape and no transfer OF freight trains be-
tween the B. & 0. and the Midland road has
been nor will be made for several days.
The LONG BRIDGE.-After having with
stood for so many hours the pressure of the
swollen current the Long bridge early yes
srday morning succumbed and one of the
spans. that nearest the northern end OF the
isw, gave way and gradually sunk into
he turb;d waters of the Potomac. For
.ours the .cows and lighthouses and trees
.nl miscellaneous debris bumped against
tes;rong structure until the strain was too
much for wood aud iron to bear, There
va ominous cracking for several minutes
b4hre any break was apparent, and then
he sDan settled down toward the south with
onnds 81 tearing timbers and swapping iron
large gang of workmen, about 200 in number,
5. once commenced to cut the span clear of its
elbows About 500 yards from the Washington
end of the bridge the sidewalk and fence are both
zone and from that point TO within hundred
ysrls OF the bridge across the main channel the
alscway is washed until nothing remains but the
ouo< Tho entrance to the main channo! bridge
badly broken up. Heavy timbers have been
lintatod and knocked out Of position. Iron
traces are bent and the miraculous part of the
siair is that the whole structure did not go. De-
tts OF all kidd, from scraps of the Anaostan
0s; house furniture to common fire wood, was
Piled nm IS HIGH as the floor of the bridge. 1t was
'scd Yesterday that it would require al least
NoOGu to repair the wreck on the bridge alone,
but many of the construction hands say that 1t
c,Huo, he done for less than $4,000. Every Of
iori is hcinq nado to repair the railroad track at
tbs end of the bridge as rapidly as possible, and
snow expected that traffic over the road VIII
@fesumcd within two days.
LEE CAMP. The regular monthly meet
leg OF Lee Camp Confederate Veterans was
held asst night, Commander Smoot presl
DIG. Two applications for membership
were received and referred to appropriate
Committees Gen. Corse, chairman of the
Monument committee, madea report OF the
Jesuit of their abors-:he completion OF
he monument-and that the work was free
rom debt. He hoped soon to report the
Completion Of that portion which was ne.
Vss'ary to its protection. Various bills OF
Expenses incurred on the day of unveiling
were ordered to be paid. A resolution of
aanks to Col. Norton Marye, of Richmond,
aad Capt. p B. Hooe, of this city. for their
a,slSlance to the monument committee, was
sslopted also to Messrs. John t. Price q
suns ana f. B. Fadely, of Washington, fov
aVoIs on the day OF parade. r M. Latham
' Sas appointed a delegate to the grand camp
VI The State which meets at Norfolk on the
lust, in place of Comrade S. G. Boush