Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-15
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
INVESTIGATION INTO CoNDI-
TIoNS OF FISH WHARF.
Action to Be Had at Next Meeting Of
City Council-General and
Personal.
Special Correspondence of The Star

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March Is, 1905.
An tnvestiga ton into conditions at the
corporation fish wharf will be brought about
by a resolution, which will be offered by
Alderman George L. Simpson at the next
meeting Of city council. From the tenor
of the resolution 1t Is inferred that the city
has been imposed upon by squatters and
has not Been receiving, as consequence,
the full amount of revenues from It's prop
erty In the northeastern section of the city.
Mr.. Simpsons measure is as follows:
Ordered that the city engineer be and
he is hereby directed to survey that por-
ton of the land owned by the city Of Alex
andria lying between Union street and the
Potomac river and Princess and oronoco
streets known as the corporation fish
wharf. 10 furnish drawing showing the To-
cation of all buildings on such wharf and
their dimensions. Upon the competition Of
said surveys and drawings, the city engi-
neer is directed to furnish copies OF the
sa me to the chairman of the committee on
public property. And it is further ordered
that the collector of taxes and rents ascer-
tain the owners of such tenements or houses
as may be on the corporation fish wharf,
ana what rent has been charged them by
persons who have rented them such space
and if any person or persons or nrms use
said wharf and pay wharfage LOT the :; same ~
quested to make an immediate report TO ths
committee on public property
Special Vesper Service.
Arrangements have been made for special
yesper service to be held next. Sunday aft
ernoon at o'clock at St. Mary's Catholic
Church, under the auspices of the Ancient
Order Of Hibernians. A sermon appropriate
to the occasion will be delivered by Rev.
Father P. j. Kevanaugh of Boston. The
male choir will be under the direction of
Prof George H. Wells of Washington, and
will be augmented by several members of
the choir of Trinity Church, Washington.
Appeal Denied.
The court of appeals of Virginia has de-
MED the appeal of counsel for the defend
ant company In the suit of c. H. Wells agt
the Washington. Alexandria and Mount
Vernon railway. Mr.. Wells was injured in
collision at Spring Park March !. 1895,
and sued for damages. A jury in the circuit
court for Alexandria county awarded him
s., 600. and he will now receive this amount
MIR. Wells was represented by Messrs
Machen and Moncure. a0d the attorneys
for the company were Messrs James r.
and H. B. Cation of this city and r. Walton
Moore of Fairfax.
Delegate Cation at Home.
Mr.. James R. Cation, who represents this
city and county in the state legislature.
mas returned from hleHfiiOEu, DaSiHS cOHl-
pieted his legislative duties. Mr.. Cation
is receiving the congratulations of his
friends for the excellent results accom-
plished by him at the last session. He
was the patron of the bill providing for
state insurance commission. which became
law, and of several other important
measures.
General Items.
1t is understood that Mr.. J. Armistead
Eggborn, who was of the candidates
for the postmastership of Alexandria, has
been rendered the position of assistant
postmaster by Mr.. Thomas Burroughs.
who will succeed Postmaster Crupper
April /. Mr.. Eggborn. ii is said, has the
matter under consideration, He Is now
connected with the Virginia Safe Deposit
and Trust Corporation.
The terms of one-half of the members of
the city council will expire September l
next and an election will be held In June
to select their successors. The short
term" men are Aldermen N. p. T. Burke.
F. F. Marbury, J. R. n. Curtin and J. I.
Sweeney and Councilmen Thomas Risheill,
Hubert Snowden, Henry Boader. Louis
BRILL w H. Hellmuth, +. j. Pollard, l.. T..
IJhler and Albert Bryan.
James w, infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
lanes McCuen, died last night at the home
of his parents 900 Gibbon street.