Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-01-14
Letter from Richmond.

| Correspondence of the ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 13.-Mr. Hume
I introduced a bill in the House to-day to TO-
! corporate the Georgetown and Falls Church
Railroad Company. The corporators are
George T. Dunlop, Isaac Crossman, o E.
Hine, W. 8. Smoot, of Virginia, Samuel E.
WheAtley, William Laird, jr., Charles NJ.
Matthews, Maurice ]. Adler. Clement w
Howard, Malone Whe!ess and Henry E
Davis, of the District of Columbia. The bill
authorizes the company to construct, equip
and operate by steam, horse, cable or eiec
tricity or other power, a single or double
track railway from a point In the boundary
line between this State and the District of
Columbia on the A%queduot or Free Bridge
over the Potomac river from the city Of
Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, to
this State, thence through the counties of
Alexandria and Fairfax by such route as
may be chosen by the company, or it's dlrec-
tors, to tue tow Of Falls Church, in Fairfax.
The act does not authorize the construction
of the road to Mt. Vernon and any crossing
Of the Mount Vernon Avenue must be
grade grade. The capital stock shall not
De less than $500, 900 nor more than 81 COO,
OOOt w oltANOO u U cahiO OF " 6IOOC nOuu
This charter" says MIR. Hume, provides
for a connection with the Pennsylvania ave.
que line In Washington as far as Virginia is
concerned. A bill is now pending in the
United States Senate to give the right of way
over government property" Mr.. Hume
says that the FIVE railroad bills now pending
In the General Assembly OF Virginia to con-
struct roads from Alexandria to other points
have given q boom to land 10 Alexandria
county, q county which, Mr Hume says, is
free from debt, and whose lands are assessed
higher than those in any other county in the
State. II may not be generally known that
the five Alexandria railroad bills authorize
the construction of roads over five separate
and distinct routes and are only to u certain
extent competing schemes.
/ interviewed a dcZ n or more Legislators
to-day in regard to the matter Of a VACATION
until February, aud the prevailing opinion
among them seemed to be that as the records
show that the average legislator want to
60 home as soon as his pay stops,
they did not think a vacation Ia
just the right thiag to take. II
the General Assembly appoints o COM
mission to confer with the b%ondholders'
committee there will doub lsss be an extern.
sion of the session in order 10 give the joint
commission ample time to deliberate.
The poetic %effusion which broke the dull.
ness OF the Senate proceedings to-day SEEM
ed TO highly entertain and amuse the de-
pressed Senators. The poem was addressed
to Senator Heston and was from the pen of
Mrs. Annie Smith, of D.nville, at whose re
quest Senator Peters, OF Henry. introduced
the bill to allow women to practice law in
the courts of the commonwealth.
The committees on schools and colleges
of the House and on public institutions in
the Senate will ask for increased appropria.
tions at this session of the General Assem-.
bly,.
The little controversy relative to the Office
Of Commissioner of Agriculture which is go.
Ing on In the legislature has its amusing
side. Commissioner Whitehead, who has q
deep vein of bumor about him, appreciates
one charge that has been laid at his Office;
viz, that he recommends the planting of
Irish potatoes in December. Col. White
head insists upon it that December Ia 8
splendid month for the planting of potatoes.
There are over fifty rsilroad bills now
pending in the General Assembly. Thir-
teen of these relate to street railways.
Four new improvement companies are
asking to be chartered and several old ones
want additional powers. B. ?. 0.