Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-21
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
COMMUTERS SCRUTINIzING W., A.
& MT. VERNON ELECTRIC LINE.
Inspection Due to Interest in Recent
Order for Improvement of
Service-General Items.

| Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ALEX ANDRIA, Va, February 81. 1905.
Members of the Alexandria and WASH
| ington Commuters Association and other
patrons of the Washington, Alexandria and
Mt. Vernon electric road are understood to
be maintaining close scrutiny on the
rolling stock and tracks of the line be-
tween here and Washington, and are keep
ing themselves informed. as far possible,
in regard to the general management of
the road. with view of ascertaining what
steps the company will take to comply with
the mandates of the state corporation COM
mission. The second order in the series
entered by the commission required the
company to install ON six of its motor cars
used between Washington and Alexandria
proper modern heating apparatus. 1t was
ordered that this should be done within
fifteen days from February 8, the time
limit expiring. therefore. next Friday. 1t
is not generally known what efforts If any,
have been made by the company up to the
present to comply with this requirement.
but the general complaints of the passen-
gers of the suffering experienced on cold
cars. travelling often at a creeping pace
have decreased in volume and bitterness
only with the advent of warmer weather.
The temperance on the line of car No
To- the only comparatively new motor in
operation, has probably helped the schedule
to some extent at least during the continu-
ance of the mild weather. This motor has
been in the shops for repairs for some
time.
Crew and Passengers Injured.
The ditching of the engine and front
coaches of east bound passenger train No.
214 the Southern road at Front Royal
yesterday as stated in The Star, resulted
in the injuring of Engineer William Moore
and Fireman Nat Thornton. the latter col
of pitX the
Edward Mitchell and c. NJ Chilles of Stras-
burg were severely hurt and others were
badly shaken up.
Engineer Moore was brought here yes
terday afternoon and conveyed to the Alex
andria Hospital. One arm was dislocat2d,
his limbs were Scalded and his face was
bruised. Thornton's face was cut and his
body was burned in several places. Childs
sustained an injury to one of his legs, which
is probably not serious, but Mitchell was
hurt in the back, and it was feared that he
had suffered some internal injury.
Two cars and an engine were demolished.
The train was running at the rate of fif-
teen miles an hour when the engine left
the track. The engineer. who was making
his first run on that branch, jumped The
fireman was found buried under the tender
and coal, from which position he was eXtri-
Gated with difficulty.
General Matters.
An amateur performance of Ten Nights
in a Barroom given in the Opera House
last evening for the benefit of Mr. Wayne
Byers, who has been invalid for some
years. was witnessed by large audience.
In the assemblage were several members
of the Columbia Typographical Union of
Washington, to which organization Mr.. By
ers belongs. The performance was highly
creditable to each of the several people
who took part. and the acting was inter-
Spersed with hearty applause.
Excited cries issuing from the residence
of Mr.. John Nails on King street last night
about 10 O'Clock attracted the attention of
the neighbors and resulted in the sending
of a telephone message to police headquar-
tiers for assistance. officer Henderson. who
responded found the occupants of the resi-
dence looking for burglar, who, 1t was
thought, had entered the building. Officer
Henderson was informed that a man had
been heard walking about in the lower part
of the house, but a careful search showed
that the intruder had escaped.
In the police court this morning Nathan
Phillips, colored, was before Justice Cation
on the charge of being suspicious charac-
ter. This was the charge which led to his
arrest, but later it was changed to that of
carrying concealed weapons. for which he
fined $40. In default of payment he
will spend forty-five days in the city Jail.
Funeral services over the remains of Mr..
John Nugent. whose death occurred Sun
day night. took place this morning at .
o'clock at his late rsidence, 1011 Duke
street. Later mass was said at ST Mary's
Catholic Church. Interment took place in
st. Marys Catholic cemetery. Rev. Father
II. ]. Cutler conducted the services. which
were attended by many relatives and
friends of Mr.. Nugent.
Miss Annetta Whitcomb and Mr.. James |
Bayne were quietly married yesterday at
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Rev. Father |
II. J. Cutler officiating
Acting Coroner Kirby of Fairfax county |
issued a certificate of occidental death in |
the case of the unknown colored man |
whose body was found Saturday night be- |
side the railroad track few miles west OF |
this city, and the remains were inferred |
this afternoon.
Mrs Annie Caldwell, wife of l. w: Cald- |
we'll, died this morning at the home of |
her sister. Mrs. Emma Laycock. 1412 Duke |
street. The funeral will take place from |
Mrs Laycock's home Thursday afternoon |
at ) o'clock