The times., 1898-08-12
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.
No Actiofi Taken the Bids for
street improvements

No Actiofi, Taken on the Bids for
street improvements.
Alexandria, Va, Aug. 1.-THE commit
tee on streets of the city council met
today and opened the only two bids sub
mitted for paving King Street, between
Fairfax and Royal Streets, with vitrified
brick. Julian c. Smith. of Baltimore, Of
fered to do the proposed work for s2.l9
! and S2.25 per square yard for different
kind of material submitted, and Martin
Mcnamara, of Washington, submitted a
bid of s2.25 per square yard. The COM
mittee considered the bids too high and
the work may be done by the city at day
labor. Nothing definite however, will be
done until the brick submitted have been
tested. The committee also considered the
matter of requiring the Mt. Vernon Elec-
trio Railway Company to put down on
! King Street improved grooyed rail.
/ James r. Cation, attorney, and Supt. Cal
vim were present on behalf of the electric
road. and protested that the rails in use
/ al present had been approved by a com
mittee Of council and were almost as
good as new. They also claimed that the
Same rail was in use in most of the cities
of the country. If their company was
forced to put in new rails they held that
the city would have to pay the expense
of the change. A petition signed by a
number of citizens urging the commit
tee to enforce the recent order of the
council was in the hands of the commit
tee, and it was decided to require the
company TO lay improved grooved rails
in accordance with the ordinance. City
Attorney Boothe, who is at White Sulphur
Springs, will be notified of the final ac-
tion of the committee, and it is thought
the differences existing can be amicably
arranged. The refusal of the railway
company to comply with the terms of the
ordinance is somewhat surprising, in view
of the valuable franchise enjoyed by that
road
Supt. Kemper today commenced the ex-
animation of applicants for positions as
teachers in the colored public schools The
| applicants present were P. H Lumpkins,
f. H. Rich, Sarah ]. Derrick, Bessie L.
Riddick, Mabel b. Riddick, Mary A. H
Holmes. Ellen NJ Adkins and. Susie B.
Pinn, of this city; Jennie Morris. of
Washington; S. L. Made, of Alexandria
County. and ]. Henry Williams. of Har-
risonburg Pa
Preparations are being made at st.
Asaph for the Immediate shipment to
New York of 200 mules and so wagons.
The teams are 10 be used at the camps
now being established in that State.
In consequence of the breaking of the
main shaft at W. S. Moore's machine
works. operations at those works and at
/ Atcheson's planning mills have been sus-
/ pended for a day or so.
The dead body of a white man named
John Anderson was found on the rail-
road track near Gainesville, Prince VIII
I liam County, yesterday. The man had
been killed by the cars.
Corporal Hulfish, with Private Norris
/ Cuviilier, of Company f, Third Virginia
! Regiment, came here this evening in
search of several members of the com
mand who had run the blockade.
The delinquents were located and will
/ be taken back 10 camp tomorrow. Since
restrictions have been placed on the
/ members of the Third, the boys seem
more eager. than ever to visit this city,
( and Notwithstanding the fact that in
variably it means thirty or sixty days
! at hard labor. they take chances of
! court-martial for few hours at home.
The body of the late Miss Elizabeth
! c. Windsor who died in Brooklyn, y. Y,
was brought TO this city today and placed
! in the family vault The funeral serv-
/ ices were conducted by Rev. Mr. Spark,
and the pallbearers were Messrs. X.
I Kemper, William A. Smoot, James john
! ston. A II. Minor, r. 5. Windsor, and
+ Joseph f. Pidgeon.
Dr. W. G.. Ashby of this city, has been
appointed an assistant surgeon in the
army and is stationed at the Washing
ton arsenal
Mr.. and Mrs William A. Smoot. jr..
/ have returned from their wedding trip.
Henry X, the infant child of Mr.. and
Mrs. James W. Langley, of North st.
( Asaph Street, died last night.
/ a cylinder containing carbonic acid
gas while being unloaded from the cars
at the Washington-South depot this
morning. exploded and caused considera-
bic damage The roof of the car from
which the tank was being removed was
/ blown off and John Jones, an employe,
! was struck by piece of timber and quite
/ badly injured He was removed to his
/ home on upper King Street, where he re-
ceived surgical attention.
No inquest will be held on the body of
! James Hoffman, the stranger who COM
mitted suicide in Fairfax County on Tues
J day Unless the body is identified with
/ in a day or two it will be inferred by the
! State authorities.
Misses Edith and Blanche, daughters
| of D. r. Stansbury. are visiting relatives
! at Hamilton. Va. They viii go to West
| Arlington Md, in a few days
James Jones' arrested by Policeman
Hall for permitting nuisa.ce on his
premises was fined $3.50 by the mayor
! today. He was without funds and went
/ down for ten days.
marriage license has been issued in
/ this city to Roy W. Slentz and Emma B.
Dunn, of Washington.
! John S Fowler. clerk of the United
( S.a.es Courts, is visiting in Kingston,
N Y
/ MIR. and Mrs. George E. Warfield have
/ returned from Atlantic City
Chonned OF His Toes