Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-14
ALEXANDRIA.
Reported for THE EVENING STAR

Reported Tor The EVENING STAR
PROPOSED INPRovEMESr.-The superintend-
ent of gas, upon whom rests all the response
bility for the practical conduct Of the gas
house and the lighting Of the dwellings, stores,
&C., of the city, made q most important report
to the city council q few days ago, which was
briefly noticed in TIE STAB at the time.
The superintendent reports that the ex-
penditure of some thousands of dollars
will be necessary to put the works in complete
order, if not to secure their safety. The gas
works has always been the money maker of the
corpor alton, and now that the establishment 10
relieved from the burden Of lighting the
streets, which in the gas report Of 1883 was
estimated at s6, ll6.7s, 1t win pay into the
city treasury about $4,000 per snnum-
Heretofore the policy has been pursued Of
allowing the gas works to run down FOR want Of
the stitch in time that saves nine" until lately.
A very large expenditure was made on the
works for new gas reservoirs, DC. Now neW
gas benches are required in order 10 put the
establishment in thorough order, although there
will still remain the probable expense anti
cipated by Mayor Downham in his last message.
when he says that 'as the gas pipes were laid
many years ago they must in the nature Of
things be nearly destroyed by rust aud like
many of the pipes Of tine Alexandria water
company, and must Be renewed in . few
years.
CORPORATION Counr.-The March tsrm Of this
court still fingers. Judge Norton has made Q
decree in the suit Of Ratclihe agt Ratcli1e for
the sale Of real property and the settlement Of
estate. The case Of Thornton agt Cole has
been completed and . distribution among the
parties interested ordered
NoTEs-The new Alexandria enterprise, the
Potomac shoe company, hes opened books a
subscription here and viii also seek subscrip-
tions to the stock in Washington. A. leess
s25, 900 capital stock mnst be raised before tAe
new company viii begin vork.-A 2-pound
carp was caught in the river Oh this city yssssr-
day by Mr.. Andrew Della in small
net-The steamer Chapat on ths ways 81 the
ship yard, has been hbeled-Nr Geo. Z. Hars
low has sold 10 Mr.. John McCuen for el,06o .
brick house on Prince near Union sresk-
The steamer American Eagle has been put %
- . regular packet between this port and %.
road bridga-Mr. L g. ksrby, the elecesi.
clan ct the city electric works, who vas badly
shocked by o dynamo . few evenings since, -
now entirely recovered
The Lafayette Monument
A cablegram from Paris In today's New Yoek
Hsrah says: A formal notification Of the Road.
mess Of the American government 10 secept ~
monument of Lafayette was given today -
MN. Faiguisrs and Msreis, the sculpsors, b.
Mr. whitelsw Reid, the American minister. 4
professional report - 10 the compliance q
technical details With the requirements Of -
contract had been stipulated for and this ~
made today By Mr.. simmons, the Amsrioaa
sculptor from Rome.
The sculpton met tonight ss the dinner tabls.
Of the minister, the grsndsons Of the two m
Lafayette, senator, and the Marquis d ~
chambieau Among the gusss we're = epul-
Ter, the Marquis de LAsteyris, M. eimnoaA,
n Durand, foreign representative Of tho
Smithsonian Institution. end 0snbecs q ~
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