Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-08
ALEXANDRIA.

TEE ALEXANDRIA END OF WASHINGTON.
The sale of the mills and foundry blocks of
Southeast Alexandria 10 a Washington syndi-
cate will be confirmed by Judge Norton during
the session of the corporation court next week
The property comprises the Pioneer mills,
with its lease, the grain wharves. the extensive
Smith 4 Perkins car works property, the old
Brenems property and Hunters ship Yard and
has railway on one side and the Potomac river
on the other. The area, with its buildings, was
purchased for about S2s o00. and ii is incredible
that after the new corners get possession. which
they viii do by October, they viii permit their
investment to remain idle. Locomotive build
ing, iron founding. -four milling. brewing and
ship building have all in times past been pUr-
sued within this area, and msny OF the con-
veniences for this purpose still remain upon it,
There is no place in this section which holds
out such invitations 10 enterprise, and if the
Washingtcnians fail TO utilize the means in
their hands for great works they will disappoint
Alexandria.
THE HEALTH OF THE CITY.
The board OF health have BY their efforts
during the season gotten the city in q better
sanitary condition than i, has been Cor many
years. The general health Of the community
is excellent. Even the mayor had to go awav
from town be lore be could get sick, and as soon
as he came back he began TO recover. The health
ofcials are on the alert to be ready for any
probability OF the approach of disease and may
be relied on TO take suitable measures in the
matter.
ALEXANDRIA COUNTY SCHOOLS.
The Alexandria county school board met at
the court house at noon yesterday and inaugu-
rated plans for the school year The schools
will be opened the first Monday OF October
and VIII continue in operation for nine months.
The school authorities of the county have de-
ferninpI he I'm ~ inn, olr A.
pursued In some of the districts shall DO carried
out in ALL and that the one-roorn school
houses shall be gradually replaced with school
buildings OF two or more rooms, and that
graded classes shall be the rule of the schools
Mr.. A. +. Douglass is urging the improve
ment Of the schools. Mr. J. f. Clements has
secured action directing the attention Of the
teachers to the Importance of preventing injury
to private "a public property Gnd Mr.. L. T.
SIssen is endeavoring to have vocal music and
drawing introduced into the schools.
NOTES.
Alexandria was a suburb of New Orleans last
night and at the telegraph offices and their
neighborhoods. crowds gathered and until the
fight was over listened to the dispatches
from the crescent city and discussed the rounds
as they were announced. The partisaas of
SnilVan had been in the ascendant, but at the
Close Corbett had the most friends
The announcement in The STAR of the ap-
pointment OF DR.. c. W. Brdsall. formerly
health officer here. TO a POSITION under the
health Office of Washington has been heard with
much pleasure by his friends in Alexandria
strong effort is being made 10 secure the
erection of new school building at Carin's
Springs, in Alexandria county
Some efforts have recently been made to
punish violations Of law by railway men who
ebstruct street crossings with cars. but no
legal evidence of such misdemeanor could be
furnished.
Mayor Strauss is entirely recovered and is
attending to business TODAY