Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-12-31
NOTES OF INTEREST.

bered !, IS3, last year 1893. The falling Of
Was in the colored schools.
During the year 81 Liquor licenses were is
sued, including wholesale and brewery
license. Last year so lcel ses were issued.
The Alexandria banks made mott excel
lent showing for the year and all are Go;no a
safe and increasing business The r.sources
of the five bank. are over S4,G00,OoG snd 1nev
carry deposits Of nearly $500 900, All have
declared good divldtn ia for the year.
Ihere are l,oi9 gas consumers in the city,
While last year there were 1,5CO. Nnmhpr of
new services put in SO, number of services
renewed D.. Total feet of mains laid 5,dCs of
which 4,632 feet were pat in at Rosen,ont.
Last year 430 feet of mains were Laid. Dur..
ing the yfar the price Of gas has bean de-.
creased to 81 per i,QOJ feet and the sale of gas.
has increased.
During the year City Engineer Dunn is
sued 70 building perrnits-i3 permit, for new
repairs and alterations to cost $l7.9SS, NJ L.
ing total Of sl40,S43 as against $l49,527 Inst
year.
There are now SAG water takers, asagainse
S,t67 last year During the year there were
laid by the a leIsniris Water Company 4I4
feet of inch msins on north Henry street.
l,SS7 feet Of 4.inch pipe on the Little River
turnpike, 2,455 feet tf 4.inch pipe in Del Ray,
1925 feet of 4.inch pipe on the Washineton
~ @1iVAuAoIlh O,iUu ltcL Oh 9-lQcQ
pipe at St Elmo, ard 1886 feet OF 6-inch
mails on King ntreet extended.
The total amount OF Insurance pal hv
agents OF this city for losses within the city
limits during The year was $35,722 against
$26,s74 last year. The most expensive ,ca
this year we're those of Smoot Il Co. y plsnp g
mill which occurred OF the morning u NAV
~ and at the ship gard on the nlsas OF Dc.
cember IA
Tho oh ,jn uopn 81
ed to 81, 1922. last year il was $l,72a a1d
In 1907 81, y. This is FOR nolri Of pr, socers
shoes and clothing. The pay Of tie capisin
OF the chain gang is charged t. the work up-
on which the members OF The gang are en-
gagged, and no DOUBT the labor rerfnrmed by
II l. more than an offset to the daily pay OF
the gallant captain" who directs the work.
One year ago today We had this 10 say
about dogs: Alexandria has been designated,
as conservative city; it would appear SO az
to the dog population rs TAI licenses were is
sued IN 1908, the same number in 1907 and
Ii0 in 1906 " Some years ago as many as SEQ,
licenses were issued. This was when there
was an eftsrt to enforce the Jaw. THIS year
Only 7l6 licenses were is:usd. Quite num-
Der OF dogs we're captured and destroyed, but
it is nons the less true that numbers are today
unlicensed.
About 100 vessels, with gross oanags oe
2,lll, nov hail from this port. The principal
imports consist Of plister, bones aud q,
these goods are always consigned to van
dria merchants, who IN turn sfA - On, 40 tha
farmers and fishermen who ,.enA " .uo
paly In this state, 'te'@'' p''n0''
The AleIsL-uria Pr ,,ofs;ce renorta stssdv
ihcfea""s IN the brs,ne,s of that Office This
) 10 q falr lnoer- of the business Of this city.
| Inc aI9 ms Of FIRE during the year number
| co % @.od the fire department was in service
Il l'urs and 80 minutes. Number Of feet
I OF hose used $3.50. Last year there were ~
/! alarms and l6s hours of service.
| During the year 1862 arrests were made by
| the police officers and there we 1884 loig-
| ers at the station house. Last year there were
4 1871 arrests AID 2,079 loigefs.
| 1here were Ao9 prisoners confined in the
city jail during the year-!72 white and 2S7
colored. Seventy-five of these were women q
white and were United States prisoners.
Last ear 446 prisoners were confined in jail.
| In the Corporation Court this year 499 deeds
! we're recorded, SO suits We're entered, IL wills
recorded, IL administrators appointed, 81
| charters granted and DO marriage licenses
issued. In the Circuit Court % suits were
entered and wills recorded and admins
traitors appointed. Last year 1874 marriage
| licenses were issued and 502 deeds recorded.
| On December 81, lsCS--one year sgc-ws
gave the following synopsis of the deaths that
\
| was sud: There Was u de .ided decrease in
F, the number of deaths occurring in this city
| as compared with psst years. This decreate
cannot be, it is said. nscribed to q reduction
in the population. The number, which in
cludes those brought from the outside to tie
Alexandria Hospital and few who died at
| the Poor House, number Z19-Tbite l6i.
coored ll5. This is decrease of s. duriog
| the year, ss duriug the year 1897 the number
| was 364. The record incl udes the infants of
| q few hours an those who were nearing tbs
| century milestone, In 1906 the number +
| those who died In the city was 323 SO the
year 1908 was en- exceptionally healthy one
| in Alexandria if there was an increase in lts
| popul atom" The healthy condition of this
city holds good so far as the whites are Goa.
| cerned, as the nuuter of deaths for the calen,
| dar year endi & today is 3s2 The number
\ Of whites is l64 the So ne as 1908. and the
cnlored number los. This shows an increase
OF 43 in the deaths am Dig the blacks IS com.
pared with last year, and is very Urge per-
centage. These figures indicate only deaths
| actus lily occurring within the corporate
limits, so Of course do not include the three
co ored men drowned in August list, and the
| one shot and killed on north Fairfax street.
| extended, and upon whose b. dies irquests
were held, when the jaro's found that three
| we're drowned and one Their shot.
| During the calendar year ending today, the
| tiues collected in the Police Court amounted
to s2S25.25. This is S6J4.t0 less than last
| year, when the fines collected Amounted To.
| S3,52Ot5. This is the smallest amount il r.
| years. The number OF cases tried were 100
| less than list year. The number tried was as
follows: White men, Gi3; white women. go;
cclored men, 1876; colored women, l54.
The present assessed vslnetiop OF propsrsy
in this city. real and per'onal, is s.. $50, BIT
| toe last assessment was S., 34i eos.
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