Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-13
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Presentation to City Council Of Plan for
Street improvements
Final Confederation of the Scheme to
Await Action of Committee
General News.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va, September IL. 1890.
Interest in the question of street improve
ments resulted in, full attendance of
members at the special meeting of the
council held last evening, and most Of the
space reserved for spectators was occupied.
The proceedings opened with the reading
of a message from Mayor Simpson relative
to the price paid for gravel used on the
streets. The present and former cost OF
the material was compared, showing that
whereas sixty-dve cents per cubic yard
was now paid for gravel, at recent date
a charge Of fifty cents only was made. In
addition, the mayor stated he was in
formed, on good authority, that gravel Of
the same quality was procurable at from
forty-fve cents to fifty cents per cubic
yard.
The message was referred to a special
committee, consisting Of Messrs Burke
and Bladder. from the common council and
Clark from the board of aldermen.
The two boards then went into Joint ses-
sion to hear the report of the committee in
regard to the proposed street improve
rnents, and to give audience to members of
special committee from the Business
Mems League. appointed to select a gen.
eral scheme for the betterment Of the
cityS streets.
Messrs. NJ B. Harlow and Clarence E.
Leadbeater of the business mems commit
tee were introduced. M. Harlow outlined
the plans selected by his committee, stat
Ing that the proposed system of parking
would reduce the expense of the work to
about S2J0OOO. which he thought would be
sufficient to improve every street within
the city limits He said his committee
was not welded to any special plan but
would support any movement to secure bet
ter streets.
Presents the Plan.
Chairman B. B. Smith of the street COM
mittee then presented the plans drawn up
by Acting City Engineer W. B. Corse and
which the street committee recommended
In the first place complete sewerage
system was recommended before any new
streets are laid. This provides for the con-
struction Of two new main sewers, one
draining the northeast section of the city.
from Wythe street to Columbus street. and
east into the Potomac. The other sewer,
draining the northwest section, would ex-
tend from Alfred street south to Pendle-
ton, and thence to Commerce and Duke
streets, emptying into Hooffs run. The
King and Henry street mains, it was es
timated. could be relied on to effect the
drainage of the residue of the city.
For the residential streets the plan pro-
vided a reduction in the roadway to TWEEN
ty-four feet, the space thereby left being
used for parking next to sidewalks. Wash
ington street was to be provided with two
15-foOt roadwayS on each side, and a "a
foot parking in the center.
The plans and specifications were volu-
minous, entering into many details already
outlined in The Star. A drawing, illustrat-
ing the matter, accompanied the commit
tees report.
After some discussion the report was re-
ferred to the committee on streets.
Petition Filed.
Mr. Trimyer presented a petition from
Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, asking
haf do for vii of
the block around the confederate statue at
Prince and Washington streets. 1t was re-
ferred to the street committee.
The sim of 5000 was appropriated for
finishing four squares of crawling on
South Gibbon street. A resolution for the
appropriation of 5000 to gravel a 20-foot
roadway on st. Asaph street between
Queen and Pendleton streets laid on
the table.
A, petition from the building committee
OF the NJ. E. Church South, for the con-
struction of a sewer from the church build
ing on Washington street to King street,
probable cost $115, was granted.
resolution appropriating $500 to lay a
pipe sewer on Alfred street from King to
Cameron streets was referred to the COM
mttee on streets.
The sum of $500 was appropriated for the
betterment of the roadway on Alfred street
between Queen and Commerce streets, and
the sum of SO was appropriated for piping
Commerce and Fayette streets.
Mr.. Evans introduced resolution, which
was referred to the committee on streets,
directing that committee to estimate what
damage had been done the streets by the
Alexandria Water Company in flushing
sewers.
Faces Serious Charges.
Arthur Mankin, charged with feloniously
assaulting and robbing William Sampson,
was before Mayor Simpson in the police
court this morning. The complainant could
not appear owing to his injuries, but DR..
Arthur Snowden, his physician, stated that
Sampson had been very roughly handled,
his jaw bone being broken in three places
and his head bruised.
In the Doctors opinion it would be sew
eral weeks before his patient could testify
Several witnesses gave evidence to the
effect that fight had taken place between
the complainant and the accused during a
game of cards
Mayor Simpson decided to postpone the
case for ten days, and Mankin was re-
manded to jail.
Union Revival Services.
The official bodies Of several Of the Pro-
testant congregations of this city are pre-
pairing for special series of religious serv-
ices on a large scale. Recently at preach
ers meeting it vas determined to invite
Rev. A. c. Dixon of Brooklyn to conduct
the meetings. Mr.. Dixon signified his will
ingness to come, but thought that the re-
quest should emanate from the official
boards of the churches. Sunday last the
matter received attention, and Mr.. Dixon
was unanimously invited.
The meetings will probably be held in No
vember. 1t has been proposed that Armory
Hall, with capacity for an immense audi
ence, should be secured for few weeks and
the services held there.
General Matters.
Mayor Simpson this morning issued an
order directing the police officers, when on
their beats, to communicate with headquar-
tiers at intervals of every hour. The rule
took effect at o'clock this afternoon. Its
necessity was shown by the delay which re-
Gently occurred in making arrest caused
by lack of Information on the part of an
officer that a warrant had been sworn out.
All arrangements have been made by the
Virginia Emancipation Association for an
elaborate observance of the thirty-sixth
anniversary of the emancipation proclama-
ton at Warrenton, Va, Friday September
q. Attorney Thomas L. Jones of Washing
ton, D. c.. will deliver the grafton. Mag
nus L. Robinson Of this city will preside
and William c. Carter. also of this city,
will read the emancipation edict.
Mr.. William Groves and Miss Lille May
Wagner, both of this city, were quietly