Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-21
ALEXANDRIA.
Reported for THE EVENING STAR.

Reported for THE EVENING STAR.
The PROPOSED SHOE FAcToRY.-F. A. Reed
presided and l.. E. Uhler was secr etary Of the
citizens meeting held at the board of trade
rooms last night to forward the project of a
shoe factory. After the committee had re-
ported that 1000 would be needed for the
purpose Mr.. q. p. Hill offered to subscribe
$1,000 or more IL necessary. Justus Schneider
was ready to raise 5000 if a proper practical
man could be engaged to carry on the work
ing OF the factory. Ii determined not to
ask subscriptions until a charter was drafted
and Messrs. G. p. Hill, John NJ. johnson,
Julian Burke, Harry Smoot and Frederick Paff
were appointed a committee to prepare the
draft OF charter and submit il TO a meeting to
be held next week. Ii seems to be generally
understood that Green's factory building viii
be selected as the site of the new enterprise.
Trees VS.. TELEGRAPH PoLEs.-The ordinance
which provides for the keeping of King street
clear of distractions is very plain one IL
reads 'all awning posts, sign posts. projecting
signs and other similar distractions over and
upon the sidewalk of King street shall be taken
down andremoved and 1t shall be the duty Of
the superintendent of police TO cause the same
to be taken down and removed" But there
are many grants which contradict the ordi-
nance. The ''proprietors of the Morse electro
magnetic telegraph obtained in 1876 the right
to put their poles on such streets as the mayor
should designate and King street was one of
the streets designated The Washington and
New Orleans telegraph companies obtained the
same right ON King street IN 1857. Dr. VI. s.
Morris d Co. obtained the same privileges in
1888. The Washington and Alexandria tele-
phone company was given a similar right in
1855, and the Alexandria telegraph company
had previously received like authority. Since
then the electric light poles have been placed
from one END of King street to the other, so that
between the ordinances to clear King street
and the ordinances to obstruct il honors are
about easy. 1t happens, however, that as the
law does not specify trees" as an obstruction
to King street, and furthermore provides pun
ishment for any person who shall break or pull
down ''any tree or trees on any of
the streets" Some citizens have planted
trees on King street and an irreconcilable con-
fict has grown up between trees and tele-
graphs. The trees grow up to the level of the
telegraph wires and then the poles are made
higher, but the trees still grow and require yet
higher poles until now it is almost impossible
to get poles which will carry the wires above
the treetops, and the cost Is very great. 1t 10
proposed to take the telegraph poles of King
street. pursue a route near the edge of town
and SO save expense, but nothing has as vet
been finally determined
NoTEs.- The celebration Of the 22d OF Feb
ruary here will be confined to a parade Of St.
Johns cadets and the display OF flags The
Friendship fire company, IVA, will display
their centennial flag of thirteen stars and thir.
teen stripes. The banks and exchange will be
closed and wholesale grain business suspended
The grand master of the District OF Column
bia and number of Washington Masons were
visitors at the meeting of Andrew Jackson
lodge, +. and A ID, last night and a pleasant
time was spent-The fishermen here are now
opening the season early. Mr. Ballengers crew
at the Gums will begin work today.-The
Perpetual building association has sold Sl,2 200
at 25.-Councilman Leonard Marbury of this
city has been chosen grand chancellor Of the
Knights of Pythias in Virginia by the Grand
lodge of the order, now in session at Suffolk,
va.-The white republican league here seut
a committee to Washington today to examine
into the question Of federal appointments here.
Joanna Crotty, formerly a domestic at the
Exchange and Ballard house, has been sent -
Stanton A lunatic