Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-07
ALEXANDRIA.

THE SCHOOL BOARDS FINANCIAL MEETING.
The city school board met last night and
Hon. W. II. Marbury was called to the chair.
The law requires that ''at the annual meet
ing in August in each year the school board
shall compare the warrants issued by the board
with those issued by the superintendent
and report the result to the superintend..
also examines the treasurer's accounts. 1t
was for this work that the board
held its meeting last night, and ON the pre-.
sentation of the reports they we're examined in
the presence of the board by Trustees Sweeney,
Mankin and Thompson, and reported as cor
rect 1t appeared that there was three cents in
the treasury at the opening OF the year and a
deficit Of S975.5S at its close. There had been
received from the city S11, 900 and from the
state &c, $50. Is. The treasurer had paid out for
teachers salaries S14, 24S-to white teachers
s9,o4S and to colored teachers 81, 200; tanitors,
S649.04; interest on debt, S475.8S;
books for INDECENT children, s14.70, and
the residue of SIS, 1885, SO in insurance, water
rent, repairs and other expenses. The board
Strengthened finances of the schools the annual
increase Of salaries OF all teachers who receive
less than the maximum pay will be suspended
for the present and all the teachers will receive
next year the same salaries paid them last year.
THE SOUTHERN SEWER.
Messrs. Benson l. Benson have been awarded
the contract for the proposed covering in Of
the old farmhouse drain and its conversion into
the sewer for the southern section of the city.
This stream drained originally almOs. the whole
town west OF Columbus stseet, as well as all
Royal street Its covering in. was begun
in 1917, when the city authorities built
the sewer Oh Henry from Cameron to
Duke street. Later arches have been
thrown across it at Alfred, Columbus, WASH
ington, St. Asaph and Pitt and Royal
streets and bridges at the other streets Ii is
now proposed to cover in other large portions
of the stream. When this is finished it il not
unlikely that some lateral sewers to connect
with it will be made A pipe sewer from the
post office building running out st. Asaph
street to this stream was constructed about the
close OF the war and is still used.
DEATHS IN ALEXANDRIA.
A number of deaths of AleXandrians are re-
ported this morning. Mrs. VIM. 7. Herrick
died at her home on upper Prince street; Mrs.
Caroline Cox, widow OF the late Cornelius Cox,
died at her home ON St. Asaph street, Hugh
Ramsay lost an infant Child. and intelligence
was received here of the death OF Mrs. Steele,
the daughter of the late Isaac buckingham, at
Providence Hospital, and of Mr.. w. G. Milburn
of Alexandria at a farm about ten miles from
this city.
NOTES.
Messrs. j. R. Young, g. E. Overton, J. s. Pc
tersen, E. B. Hay J. R. Fisher and other WASH
ingtonians have obtained charter here for the
Public Service Company" with capital
stock of $4,000, designed to publish a news
paper in Washington and to do general print
ing business there.
The steam launch Oracle has been sold by
Mr.. Rogers its owner, for $500 and sent to
Lynchburg.
The board Of trade has presented the Column
bia Fire Company with play pipe and a set of
handsome lamps.