Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-10
AL ANDRIA AT FAIRS
Improvement of B. and O. Railroad Freight
Facilities.
Work Commenced ON the Electric
Railroad ExtensiOns-Many other
Notes Of General Interest.

glnia state militia and Lieut.. Samuel L.
Monroe of the Alexandria Light Infantry
on yesterday accompanied Vice President
F. A. Reed on a special trip over the cleo
trio road.
The regular weekly meeting of the indie
pendent Order of Rechabites will be held
in their rooms tonight. There are six new
members to be initiated and after the regu-
lar routine business has been transacted
there will be interesting musical and liter
airy exercises. Mr.. Thos. p. McCrink, the
well-known naval engineer will deliver his
famous lecture on Jupiter boarding an
American man-of-war while crossing the
equator. The lecture will be fully illustrat-
ed, and from Mr.. McCrink reputa ton as a
talker Will be an extremely interesting and
entertaining one This lodge is gaining in
membership every day, and the social fea-
lures that are attached to ii add very much
to building IL up. They have a meeting
every Friday night, and after the regular
business is transacted gather together and
spend the balance. of the time in music,
storytelling and Rotations thus doing
everything possible to show that there are
pleasures to be found in other places than
the flowing bowl.
About q o'clock yesterday afternoon this
city was visited by severe rain storm
For few minutes the wind blew in ,;ales
and the rain poured down in torrents, flood
ing many of the streets. The heavy wind
blew down several trees and tangled some
OF the telephone wires. but no damage of a
serious nature is reported. Again about
midnight the storm broke over the city, and
from then until morning continued in show
ers every ten or fifteen minutes
The committee, composed of c. o. Sipple
g j. w. Summers and VIM. III. Sweeney,
who have charge of the fund for the relief
OF the sufferers by the fire in "Fawcetts
row. report but slow progress yesterday
and request all who wish to subscribe to do
SO as soon as possible, so that the money
fad he
be gladly accepted.
The Uniform Rank. Knights of Pythias,
are drilling nightly to take part in the
Pythan encampment in Washington. About
n1ty members from this city will attend
and take part in the competitive drills
Mr.. Charles Thompson, proprietor of the
Morning Bulletin will represent Washing
ton district of Alexandria county in the
democratic convention, hich meets in this
city on the 10th instant.
There was only one person locked I'D in
the station house last night, and he was
taken care OF until he sobered Up There
We're no cases for trial before Acting Mayor
Snowden this morning. The city has been
very quiet during the past twenty-fo
hours.
The Old Dominion Base Ball team of this
city got even with the Hyattsville, Md.
Base Ball Club yesterday in very one
sided game of base ball, the score being Is
to l in favor of the Alexandria boys. This
makes the teams tie in the matter of
games won. The pitching of Ed. O'Brien
OF the Old Dominions was exceptionally fine
Only two hits being made off of him in the
game. O'Brlen went to Warrenton this
morning, where he will pitch in a game
against that club. the odd game with the
Hyattsville team will be played at New
Alexandria some day next week.
This team that Manager McLearen has
gotten together is the best one that has
been in Alexandria for several seasons and
they have won two-thirds of the games
played
The Electric Railway Company has COM
menced the construction of its Royal street
extension.
The poles for the trolley wire are being
gotten in readiness the track work will be
commenced and rapidly pushed to compile
ton. This line will be extended to Frank
lin street, where 1t will be connected with
the main line, thus doing away with the
reverse curve and heavy grade on Franklin
street between Fairfax and Royal streets
which is great drawback to the heavy
Mount Vernon cars The Fairfax street
track will be used for local traffic as here
tofore
With the recent extension up King street
and this new addition every facility will
be had for the quick handling of pa ssen-
gers from one end of the town to the other
The called meeting of the city council for
nection with the building of a depot in this
city by the Baltimore ard Ohio Railroad
Company and the laying of tracks on
properly belonging to this city. which ad-
night. After some little discussion an ordi-
| nance was passed allowing the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company to Iay its
tracks down Wolfe street TO it's freight
yard. from the Southern railway tracks on
Union street; second, compelling the COM
pany to pave with Belgian block Union and
Wolfe streets adjoining it's freight ward
and third, gTIEting permission TO inclose
the strand within its property. providing
that suitable gates lie pot in position and
these gates be kept Ppen from sunrise until
sunset The isaltimc:e and Ohio will COM
menca this work ct once, as all of the plans
have been drawn for tie improvements
An ordinance granting permission to Law
certain turnoCts on L Mon street was passed
after having been amended so as to compel
the railroad Company to keep the roadway
paved and IN repair.
A Communication received from the road
commissioners Of Fairfax county asking
that Patrick street from Wilkes to the
corporation line be macadamized so as 10
make an approach to the new bridge was
referred to the committee on streets The
report of the special committee in regard 10
the "old court house" property was laid
over
Work was begun this morning removing
the steeple on ST. Marys Church
A regular meeting of Alexandra Washing
ton Lodge. A. F. and A. NJ, was held last
night; Only routine business was tran
sacted.
Mrs. Tyree's Divorce suit.