Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-14
Meeting Of City Council to Discuss
Street improvements.
CHAIRMAN SMITH ANNOUNCES A FIND
Grooming the Candidates for the
State Legislature.
GENERAL AND PERSONAL
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| ALEXANDRIA, Va, August IA, 1897
A called meeting of the city council WIS
held last evening for the transaction of
business of Importance to the citizens. The
meeting was called at the instance of .he
| committee on streets, and as soon as the
session opened Chairman Smith of the COM
mittee presented several propositions which
1t was deemed wise to provide for at once
The first was that an appropriation CT
| 81, 500 be made to construct a sewer on
| Cameron street. from Pitt to Alfred, on the
| request of number Of property holders
along the line, who had agreed to pay $25
each for the privilege Of tapping the sewer
The proposition called for great deal of
discussion and was finally recommitted to
the committee on streets, as was also the
| resolution to appropriate the sum of $1,000
| for the construction of a sewer near the
| corner of Washington and Wilkes streets
| IN order to obviate damage that is now be-
| ing caused by a defective sewer at that
point.
resolution appropriating 81 200 to take
up the cobble on Lee street from King
street south and put down gravel. as was
done on North Columbus street, was also
| recommitted to the committee
0ailnan smith made a gratifying an
| nouncement to the members of council
| IN regard to a find of $1,000 which, he
| said, the city would come into possession
OF January 1, 1898. This money comes
| from the direct tax which was levied ON
| the citizens by the United States govern
| ment during the late war betweef the
states, and which has been returned to the
city for distribution The find" was dis
| credited by some of the older members
| who were of the opinion that Chairman
| Smith had been misinformed copy of
the acts of the assembly not alone showed
that Mr.. Smith was right, but went fur
| Their, and said the money is to be spent
| on street improvements.
| So the city will have $1,000 to expend on
| it's streets, which comes in the character
of a windfall.
resolution, introduced by Chairman
Uhler of the committee on finance. requfr-
| ing the Washington, Alexandria and Mount
Vernon electric railway to pave between Its
tracks, and two feet on each side of the
| outer rail, with Belgian block, on Royal
street from Duke to Wilkes. and directing
the city engineer to do the work, IL the
railway company shall fail to respond, and
charge the cost to the railway company,
was passed by unanimous vote. Permis-
sion was granted the same railway COM
pany to take up an abandoned track on
Payne street from Cameron street north.
The board of fire wardens was authorized
to give ten days leave of absence with
pay, to each of the drivers in the fire de-
partment
Several matters of minor Importance were
referred to proper committees
The prime object for calling the special
meeting was not gained. and it is hardly
! probable now that much will be done in
the way of street improvements before next
spring, although the work is sadly needed.
Charter Granted.
A charter has been granted the Wash
ingtor Brewery Company, the object of
which is to manufacture malt liquors.
The capital stock of the company is $780,
nlM The fO11oWinp he
Woodward, president: w. S. Davis, vice
president: Sigmund Ehrlich. secretary;
Henry Williams, treasurer. Mr.. Gardner
L. Boothe is the agent of the company in
this city.
Not Caught as Yet.
The police are still in the dark as to who
the three men are who attempted to rob
Rosie Moore Thursday night. 1t is believ-
ed they were not residents of this city,
and made their escape by rowing across
the river to the Maryland shore.
Fall Election Candidates.
AS the time approaches for the fall elec-
tions the political leaders are casting about
for candidates for the Virginia legislature.
Mr.. w. H. May, the present member from
Alexandria city and county, will be cam
didate for reelection, it is thought, and
Frank E. Anderson has been spoken of as
probable candidate. and the friends of
Col Louis c. Bailey talk of putting him in
the field.
Aged Residents Funeral.
The funeral of Sarah stidolph, an old and
much esteemed resident, who died at The
Alexandra Infirmary yesterday, took place
from Christ Episcopal Church this after
noon and was largely attended. Rev. G.
A. Walls, DID,, of the Virginia Theological
Seminary conducted the service.
VIII Return Monday.
Mr.. ]. R. Cation of this city went from
the convention at Roanoke to Dublin, Pu-
laski county, to spend a few days with his
sons. He will return to the city Monday.
While at Roanoke Mr.. Cation made a large
number of friends in political circles, all
of whom speak in the highest praise Of AL
exandria's candidate.
Brevities.
The funeral of the infant child of Mr..
Luther Cook took place this afternoon.
Mr.. Wythe White, manager of the tele-
phone exchange, left last night for trip
through New York.
Mr.. E. B. Taylor has returned from
Mount Holly
Mr.. Augustin J. Smith has returned from
New York, and is spending few weeks at
his home, Evergreen near this city.
Mr.. G. Rop Beckham will leave this even
ing for Auburn, Culpeper county, the coun-
try residence of his father, Mr.. ]. T. Beck
ham, where he will spend a week or ten
days.
All the delegates to the Roanoke conyen-
ton from this city have returned.
j. w. Botham of Jersey City spoke to a
large crowd at the Gospel tent last night
The condition of George Cleveland, who is
still at the infirmary, is said to be much
improved.
In the police court this morning Mayor
Simpson disposed of the following cases:
John JaSDef. charged vii
James Richards; case dismissed George
Sullivan and Samuel -Tennyson, charged
with drunk ard disorderly conduct; fined
$50 each. with the alternative of ten days
in Jail. Joseph Tibbs, charged with steal
ing corn from Alfred Peters; fined So Clara
Davis. colored. charged with disorderly
conduct; fined $3.50.