Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-09
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
CITIZENS OF COUNTY HOLD MASS
MEETING.
Want Bridge Plans Changed-General
and Personal Notes of
Interest.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, February 8, 1905.
The citizens of Alexandria county held
mass meeting last evening in the Mount
Vernon Avenue School house, in Del Ray,
where they expected to appear before the
board of supervisors to urge alterations in
the plans already adopted for the overhead
highway bridge which the Washington
Southern road will construct from Poor
house lane to the Columbus street pike.
However, only one member of the board of
supervisors-Dr D. N. Rust of Jefferson
district-was present. Attorney John NJ.
Johnson of this city appeared as legal rep
resentative of the citizens, and Mr.. Crandal
Mackey, commonwealth attorney, was pres
ent in the interest of the county. After
much discussion Mr.. Frank Hume offered a
resolution providing for the appointment
of committee of twelve citizens to appear
before the supervisors at their meeting
next Saturday night and request change
of plans so as to insure d bridge with
thirty-fOot roadway and a fve-foot side
walk This was finally adopted, with an
amendment, offered by Mr.. ]. E. Supplee,
providing for two five-foot sidewalks. The
following committee was appointed Messrs.
w. E. Kidwell. William Duncan, John
Marcher, w. U. Varney, D. ]. Penny
packer, J. D. Ashford, w. T. Duncan. J. L.
Supplee. Louis Peverill, Harry Kramer,
Ordered to Suspend Business.
proceeding which is entirely new in the
administration of the law in this city has
been instituted for the closing of the Vir-
ginia Trust and Savings Corporation which
has had its principal office here for some
time. Under the powers conferred upon it
by the new constitution, the state corpora
ton commission has issued an order direct
ing the company mentioned to cease bust
ness and turn it's books and other effects
over to receiver. A copy of this order
has been transmitted to Commonwealth At
torney Samuel G. Brent for the framing of
the proper instrument for proceeding
against the company In the courts. The
presentment which he will draw will be the
first of the kind to be executed In this CITY, |
Mr.. l.. G. Smith is president and treasurer
of the Virginia Trust and Savings Corpora
ton, the office of which is located on King !
street. The following is a part of the let |
ter sent to Mr.. Brent by the state corpora
ton commission:
ut having been deemed necessary, in the
judgment of the state corporation commits |
SION. mat, for the protection of the public. |
some competent person should be appointed |
to make special examination In person
into the condition of the Virginia Trust and |
Savings Corporation, doing a banking busI- |
ness In the city of Alexandria, and report |
the same to the commission, in accordance
with the provisions Of section 1859 Of the |
code OF Virginia as amended by an act ap- |
pearing on page 90S of the acts of the gem |
eral assembly of Virginia. 19O2-3-4; the |
commission appointed w. w. Barrow to |
make said examination. And the said Bar |
row having made his report to the commits
sion. and the same having been considered |
by the commission, it is now stated of rec
ord by the commission that. in it's judy |
ment, 1t Is necessary, for the protection of |
the public and the depositors and creditors |
of the said Virginia Trust and Savings Cor
Poration. that 1t should cease doing bust |
ness, and that receiver should be appoint |
ed by court of competent jurisdiction to /
take charge of its business, affairs and as
sets and wind up the same.
And it is ordered that certified COPY
of this order be transmitted to the common
wealths attorney for the city of Alexandria
taken by him In the name of the common
wealth of Virginia. upon the applica ton of, |
or at the relation of, the state corporation |
Traffic Delayed by Accident.
car on the Washington, Alexandria and |
Mt. Vernon electric railway jumped The
track at Del Ray about GAS o'clock this |
and traffic was delayed about an
hour The passengers aboard that car and
two other cars on their way to Washing
ton were obliged to walk through the snow
to the junction, about a mile, and transfer |
to the Quantico car. paying another fare. |
The conditions on the line of the Mt Yer |
non road are described to be something |
terrific" and there Is great deal of dis
among the patrons.
Maryland Company Organized.
The Maryland Finance Corporation which
was recently incorporated under the laws
Of this state, was organized at meeting
held yesterday afternoon In the bank build
Ing of Messrs. Burke and Herbert, corner
King and Fairfax streets. Messrs. Alexan-
der Brown, Douglas H. Thomas Douglas
H. Gordon, Waldo Newcomer, Ernest Hoen
and B. Howell Griswold of Baltimore are
the incorporators Mr.. Brown was elected
The sum of $50OOO0 Is named as
The capital stock Of the company It Is 1
OF. this corporation was to aid {