Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-29
ALEXANDRIA.

THE PRESENT TROUBLE OF STREET LINES.
The street lines of Alexandria are not mathe-
matically straight lines, but they have no Boston
bends and no Georgetown curves. The squares
are not exactly of the dimensions laid down on
the surveyors book and they never have been
When. in l749, Town Surveyor West, with the
help Of George Washington, surveyor, laid out
the first sixty -six squares. he did not care for
q few inches more or less. Many of the
locust posts which originally marked the
squares having been DESTROYED, within fifteen
years some new surveys were made. one on the
18th of April, 1766. John West. the original
surveyor, with Thomas Grafford and Gerard
Bowling, the chat nj carriers. met the town
trustees and again in their presence marked
the boundaries of some of the lots
on Duke street. As early as 1876 City Sur
veyor George Gilpin planted line of trees on
Montgomery street near the north edge Of
the towL 10 mark that street. and about 1870
City Surveyor NJ. c. Ewing cut in the
curbs of King street data for the building
lines OF all the intersecting streets The original
locust posts were gone before the revolution
Mr.. Ewing's landmarks were also removed BY
the military engineers that regarded and re-
paved King street during the late war, but Mr.
Gilpin's line of stones remaiueda and has recently
been unearthed by City Surveyor Graves This
line. made IN 1876, with the expectation
that ii would be reached by buildings before
1902 was not in fact reached by buildings until
1859: for Washington city established close
by and the houses that would have been built on
Wythe and Montgomery streets we're built on
Maryland avenue and South Capitol street of
the new city. 1t turns out. however. that il
the line OF King street, substantially that OF
1749 is right then the data stones of 1886 on
Montgomery street are not correct. and all
over the city there is diversity in lines. The
whole subject will come before the court and
an adjudication be made.
CoLoRED PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The closing exercises of the Alexandria col
ored public schools will take place at Lannon's
Opera House tonight The medals will be
awarded and a cantata. 1.-THE Forest Jubilee
Band" will be rendered with the following pro-
Comes the Little Chickadee;" solo, "Chickadee-
dee-dee;' trio and chorus. "The Robins Are
%hy Should d0i0 We No. f Be H SSSguS
solo (song sparrow. SUPERINTENDENT
solo (brown thrush, I'm Merry Summer Time
(pewee), "Pewee." chorus. well Done;" solo.
"Whip-poor-will;" duet, Happy Are we;'
solo, '.Bobolink;" chorus. Hear That Little
Dandy Sing;" solo. English Sparrow chorus
Cumming birds). Tiny Little Birds Are we:''
solo {crow): The Crow; solo and chorus,
"Popi Pop Popi'' duet. "What Think You OF
the Men?' solo (robin). ''Sweet to Be Little
Bird" chorus, ''What Monster Huge is CominQ
There;' solo and chorus turkey. "Ol Am
the Turkey" duet, "Courtship OF the wrens;
quartet, Summer Days are Passing By;'' trio
and chorus, GOOD Night" The entertain.
ment will be in charge of John f. Parker. di
rector; Roster ID. Lyles, manager; Miss Z. j
Smith, pianist.
The corporation court has made an order de
creasing from go, 900 to $50, 900 the state bono
Of the city treasury. The corporation also re-
quires a bond Of $50, 600 from the treasurer. 8,
that the bond will now be $4,000. Mr.J. n
ID. Lund. the new city treasure..wil go into offic
on the LIST of September next
The First National Bank has declared a semi.
annual dividend Of 81 per cent 10 its stock
holders