Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-14
ALEXANDRIA.
THE ROAD QUESTION IN THE COUNTIES.

THE ROAD QUESTION IN THE COUNTIES.
Had the county authorities of Virginia gone
to work in the era Of turnpikes, sixty years
ago. and built up with the same energy they
now do the county connections of the turn
pixies, they would have had. when the turn
pixies had fallen into their hands as they now
have, a most excellent wagon road system. OF
the turnpikes which connected Alexandria with
its more distant neighbors all have fallen into the
hands of the public authorities except two-the
Alexandria and Washington turnpike and the
Little River turnpike. The former company.
which is one of the anneNes of the Pennsylvania
Company, tina: owns the turnpike as the basis
of its railroad right Of way in Alexandria
county south Of the Long bridge, and the
Little River Company, which takes toll on the
road leading into Alexandria at the head of
Duke street over the stone bridge. 1t keeps up
its corporate functions because. as is under
stood, the whole cost of maintaining the
most Travelled part of the road used by
three or four counties in coming 10 Alex
andria would otherwise fall largely on a
single road district of Fairfax county The
Alexandria County authorities are by no means
satisfied with the manner In which the Aexan-
dria and Washington turnpike is maintained
and at a meeting Of the supervisors yesterday
the commonwealth attorney was instructed "a
take measures for securing more attention &c
that road. Not long since the city
authorities united in pressing repairs to the
stone bridge. and il is said that the turnpikes
are not now kept in as good order a. some OF
the county roads. The Cameron Run road
never WAS a turnpike and that has been i'm
proved OF late with new bridge and better
ments are still going on.
THE MOUNT VERNON ROAD.
The first installmen. OF cars for the Mount
Vernon electric railroad are now coming in.
The work upon the Hunting creek railway
bridge on the south end of town and on the
power house on the south side of the creek il
being pushed with all speedand there are hopes
that the cars will be running in few days.
WANT GOOD ROADS TO THE WASHINGTON
BRIDGES.
The county supervisors met yesterday. Mr..
Frank Hume in the chair, with Supervisors
Mill, +. Birch and VIM. W. Feebry in attend
ance. The principal business which came before
the board related to obstructed roadways IL
was stated that the Washington andArlington rail-
road was narrowing the county road TO the Aque-
duct bridge at Rosslyn. and that the Washington
and Alexandria turnpike from the brick works
to the Long bridge is not kept in order. State 6
Attorney johnson was requested 10 take proper
steps as to the road to the Long bridge and the
clerk was directed to communicate with Mr. W.
W. DUNCAN to the distractions to the road
to the Aqueduct bridge.
NOTES.
The corporation court has appointed Coun-
Gilman Geo. W. Fisher committee of Col Basil
Brauner. now over ninety years Of age and un-
able TO attend to business.
The officers of the Dies Manufacturing Com
pany from Ohio have arrived here. A number
of employees from their Ohio works are now
ready to start their establishment at New Alex
andria.
Mr.. Frank Warfield has been chosen direc-
tor Of the Alexandria Perpetual Building As
ISOLATION. vice Mr.. Cassius +. Lee, deceased.