Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-06
ALEXANDRIA.
Reported for TIE EVENING star.

Reported for THE EVENING STAR
TIE STREET IMPRovEMENrs.-The street COM
mittee. under the recent orders Of the city
council looking to street improvement, have
directed the city surveyor to prepare q map
from actual surveys Of the grade and building
lines OF all the streets west Of Columbus and
north Of King street, and will pay him five dol
lars day for that service, which is to be COM
pleted by the LIST Of May. The committee viii
then proceed to pave Cameron street, from Al
fred street to Fayette. thus securing good
carriageway and sidewalks from the Washing
ton and Alexandria railroad depot east to Christ
church. They will also make cutters and put
down curbing, SO as to remedy the insufficient
drainage near the railroad lines in that section.
The cost of this paving work will be paid, one
third by the city and tw othirds by the owners of
real estate fronting on the street to be improved.
By midsummer the entire appearance of that
section of the town will have been changed for
the better.
THE FISH WHARF OPENING The new lessee
Of the Alexandria fish wharf, Mr.. VIM.
Javens, has entered upon his lease,
under his bid Of last Saturday, and is getting
Fishtown ready for the fishing season. Plat
are to be laid and the wharf sheathed so as
to drain into the river, but none of the fish
Offal will be allowed to be thrown into the
Potomac, but will be carted off and used in the
country for fertilizer. Mr.. Javens was lessee
of the wharf in 1887 at $3.50, the price now
paid
NorEs.-Six or seven thousand people
returned to Alexandria Monday evening
from Washington, wet, but satisfied with
the sight of the inaugural procession
and the new President. The town
has during the time profited somewhat from
the overflow of Washington, whic h filed the
hotels and boarding houses, but 1t is thought
that Alexandria's receipts in consequence of
the occasion will not exceed ten thousand dol
lars. Enough has been shown. however to de-
monstrate how exceedingly desirable now is
close connection with the capital and the
tendency of all the new movements now in
progress here ia in that direction.-The
funeral Of Mr.. James Beach, who has carried on
the tin and stove business on King and Lee
streets. took place yesterday afternoon from
his home on Duke between Fairfax and Royal
streets. Mr.. Beach is a native Of this city, but
has many relatives in Washington
March term Of the county court of Alexandria
county was opened at the Columbus street court
house this morning by Judge Chichester
The services OF Ash Wednesday took place to-
day at st. Mary's (Catholic) church, accom-.
panied by the blessing and distribution OF
ashes in the morning, and at three Episcopal
churches in the afternoon.-The good temp
lars Of Golden Light lodge had a pleasant time
last night, with literary and musical exercises
at their lodge meeting, and several members
were added to the organization.--The child
here, lost for a while in Washington, was found
and has reached her home here.-Lee camp
will hold a special meeting tonight and con-
slider some business relative to Col. McCabe's
lecture and to the soldiers monument
double railroad track the entire length OF
Union street is proposed.-The internal
revenue Office of Deputy Collector S. L. Monroe,
in this city, was examined yesterday by In
spector King, and everything found thoroughly
correct.