The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-15
PLEDGED SECURITIES
SUBJECT TO TAXATION
CURRENT EVENTS
IN ALEXANDRIA
Voters to Pass on Question of $4,000
Bond Issue.

last n GIT II was dec1Ged 10 SUBMIT 10 me
voters. at an election to be held Thursday.
May %. the question of bonding the city
in the sum of $50.000 This is the day of
the general election for State officers.
Of this amount it is proposed to use
the sum of $4,000 for improving streets
and sewers, and the remaining $50, 600 @or
improving the city gas works.
President Pa1. a. the opening OF the
meeting, briefly stated the object. The
report of the finance committee recon-
rnending the passage of the ordinance for
holding a special election to determine
the bond issue was then read.
| This was followed by the reading OF he
report OF Corporation Attorney Boothe
| concerning the real aud personal values
/ of the city, as follows: Real estate. rX
| elusive Of railroad property, So, $50, $50;
! personal property, e: elusive of railroad
property, 1893. SS5; total, S4,S56,475. Total
amount OF real property $685., Soc; total
amount of personal property 81, S5S, 693-SS;
total amount of real and personal prop
erty. S., S02. 253.SS. In summing up the re-
port the corporation attorney stated that
the city can issue bonds in the sum Of
II per- cent. Of the real value plus Is ger
cent of the personal value.
At present II per cent Of the real
value equals $50, 4O5-20, and Is per cent
of the personal value IS s27S, S04-0S, max
ing a total of s949, 209-2s. The present
Indebtedness amounts to $79S,300 The
( city, therefore, is entitled to issue bonds
as yet TO the amount Of $3.50. 909.2S-
IN +F-n " that
the city had right to issue the bonds,
and it did not make any difference
whether or not the election would be
held in conjunction with the general cleo
ton.
/ Mr.. Snowdeu opposed the measure He
read a lengthy opinion from a lawyer on
the matter He also stated that he IA
Eored improving King Street, but did not
! favor creating a debt 10 DO the work
Mr.. Snowden aeknoW lodged that he .vas
hopelessly in the NH GRITTY He opposed il
because he did not think it was neces-
sary-
Mr.. Albert Bryan, chairman of the
fnanc committee. followed with an argu-
ment favoring a bond issue
Mr. Snowden then moved that an
amendment be added to the ordinance
GISAEEAGE tElE LalE o. TIE erection 10 JlIS
5. Mr.. Snowden stated that he did not
, think it right to bring the question into
Spolitics, and, therefore, asked for the
adoption OF the amendment A vote was
taken, and his amendment was lost
The recommendation of the finance
committee was then adopted, with one
dissenting voice, that OF Mr. Spowden.
In the higher board it was passed af-
ter some argument
j local advisory board of The Children :
/ Some Society of Virginia. the object of
which is ito find good family homes for
/ homeless. dependent, or gross1y-abused
Hoor children in the state OF Virginia. -
was organized this evening in the rooms
/ of the Business Mems League.
Rev William J. Mayoee. Of Richmond
+ state superintendent, was present and
outlined the duties Of the State board
That body consisted of two members, each
from the various churches Of the city
+ while city pastors are members ex-cfHcio
The following were selected: CI.a ist
Church, Miss Virginia Burke and George
J s. French: St Paui's Church, Miss Gait
/ Norton and J. r Zimmerman; Grace
Church, Miss Sarah Rathbone and Charles
/ King; Second Presbyterian Church Mrs
A. H Thomson and Capt. K. Kemper;
{ First Baptist Church, Mrs. H. X Field
and joseph Rodgers; Methodist Episcopal
I Church. South, Mrs James z. Alexander
and h K Field: Trinity Methodist Epis-
/ copal Church, Mrs. Fletcher Dyson and
/ Oscar Baggett, Methodist Protestant
/ Church Mrs James R Cation and Neville
I s Greeuaway; German Lutheran Church
/ Mrs Aiteheson and Fred. Didszoneit;
/ Fairfax county, Miss Carrie Wise and
! Rev. Pr. s. A Wallis; Alexandria eoun-
/ ty- Mrs George Rucker and Or d n
Rust; Jewish Synagogue. Mrs. s. Bend
helm and Isaac EichbeFg. On motion the
names Of Mrs y P T. Burke and Law
renee Washington who we're present
/ were added 10 the list The meeting was
4 presided over by Rev Dr. Frank J.
! Brooke, OF the Second PRESBYTERIAN
/ Church, and Mr. Lawrence Washington
acted as secretary The election CT off,
GERS was deferred. The next meeting
/ VIII take place in the rooms Of the Bust
ness Mems League next Monday eYerizg.
/ The spring term Of the Corporation
I Court convened yesterday with Judge
J. K. NJ Norton presiding. and the follow
/ ing business vas disposed Of Caa les
King & Son VS. C B. Wood. assum 1-:t
I defendant deEurred 70 declaration . ID
leave given plaintiff 70 amend. Robert
Nevelle vs. Eophone Company. assumpsIt.
( judgment for plaintiff for s. 1851 James
I F. DoheTty vs. Henry C. Chapman, chan
Gerry; decree making John Doherty q
party defendant to this suit A E y
= .
! decree appointing John Johnson special
/ commissioner to execute deed for certain
; land in Prince William County belonging
] 20 the late Peter Wise. Commonwealth
VS.. d. P. Hurley, case continued for
l iaintIh- Robert Beverly vs.. Arthur R
! Chichester, chancery; cause dropped with
/ leave 10 reinstate. F. NJ Janney VS. War
rem ". Peake, chancery; dismissed by
order Of plaintiffs attorney. Mary E Car
nett vs.. Alice ". Garrett, ch2ncery; dis
missed by order Of plaintiffs attorney. L.
Strouse & Co vs. T. p. Downey. chancery:
| ordered placed upon set docket.
jeremiah Desmond young man who
resides across Hunting Creek. in Fairfax
county, was yesterday arraigned before
Justice Davis on the charge OF larceny
The medical examination vas conducted
by Drs. O'Brien and Snowden. Of this city.
Desmond vas pronounced insane, and he
viii be detained until arrangements can
be made for placing him in an asylum.
Mrs Matthew McCuen, an old and welI-
| known resident OF Fairfax county. died at
her home IN that county at an early hour
| yesterday morning after a lingering i'll
ness. She was about seventy years of
age, and is survived by several grown
children.
The funeral Of Miss Anne Mellan. who
died Saturday evening. took place at
o'clock yesterday afternoon from the res
| idence Of her niece, Mrs. Ida Adams. 81
Duke Street. The interment. which was
/ private, was made in Ivy Hill Cemetery.