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

/ Oefeu 100, last year l,o93. Inc faillnQ of
| was In the colored schools.
| During the year 81 Liquor licenses were is.
| sued, including wholesale and | brewery
| license. Last year 80 Licenses were issued.
The Alexandria banks made mort exc,f.
lent showing for the year and all are doing a
| safe and increasing business. The rssouIces
| OF the i've banks are over 4,000, COO snd tnev
carry deposits Of nearly $500, 900, All have
| declared good diyidsni s for the year.
There are ,6i9 gas Consumers in the city.
whiie last year there were SEQ. Number of
renewed 8, Total feet Of mains laid d 4es Of
which 4,6S2 feet were pat in at Rosemont.
Last year 480 feet OF mains were Laid Dur-
ing the year the price Of gas has bean de-
creased to 81 per 1000 feet and the sale Of gas
has increased.
During the year City Engineer Dunn is
sued 20 building permits iS permit, for new
buildings to cost $l22, s5j aad 80 permits for
| repairs and alterations TO cost $l7.9SS, m L.
ing total OF sl4O,s43 as against sl49,527 last
year.
There are now SAG water takers, as against
500 last year During the year there were
laid by the Alexandria Water Company Ala
feet of inch mains on north Henry street.
1867 feet o. finch pipe on the Little River
| turnpike, 2,455 feet Ct 4-inch pipe in Del Ray,
1923 feet Of finch pipe on the Washington
ami Alexandria turnpike, 3,400 feet OF finch
| pipe at st Elmo. ard 1888 feet OF 6-inch
mains on King street extended.
l The total amount Of Insurance pail BY
| agents Of this city for losses within the city
limits during the year was $35.722 against
1 $26, Sy4 last year. The most expensive f,es
| this year we're those Of Smoot & Co "a plsn.ng
; mill which occurred on the morning II Nav
" and at the ship gard on the nigas OF De.
cember "A
The eh sin gang expenses this year smruat-
ed to Sl,77s.25. asst year it was $l.79a add
In 1907 VI q y. This IL for hoiri of pr. sorers.
shoes and clothing. The pay Of TIE caprsin
OF the chain gang is charged u lhe work up
on which the members OF the gang are en-
gagged, and no DOUBT the labor performed by
4 10 more than an Offset TO the daily pay Of
the gal liant captain" who directs the work.
One year ago today we had this 10 say
abont dogs: Alexandria has been designated
as conservative city; 1t would appear 30 az
to the dog population rs TAI licenses were is
sued in 1908, the same number in 1907 and
74O in 1906" Some years ago as many as SEQ
Licenses were issued. This was when there
was an eftsrt to enforce the law. This year
only 7l6 licenses were is.usd. Quite num-
Der OF dogs we're captured and DESTROYED, but
1t is nom the less true that numbers are today
unlicensed.
/ About 100 yefsels. with gross toanags OF
ALL, now hail from this port The principal
I imports consist Of plaster, bones end =,
These goods are always consigned to p van e,'
dria merchants, who IN turn sell - 90, 40 ~
farmers and fishermen whe corste nrinci.
pally In this state, 'Io'o'' p'i"''
The Alexs.ldria pc .,oAics reOorts q stsadv
lncreas~s IN the b. s,ness If that office This
. fair lnde1. of the business Of this city.
Inc a9. ms Of fire during the year number
Cd % Sod this fire department was in service
/ Il aouIs and 80 minutes. Number CT feet
OF boss used 1850. Last year there were 40
alarms and l6s hours Of service.
During the year ! 1862 arrests were made by
, the police officers and there we 1884 lodg.
ers at the station house. Last year there were
1871 arrests and 2,079 loigens.
There were 400 prisoners confined in the
city jail during the year-l7l white and 2S7
colored. Seventy-fye Of these were women q
| white and were United States prisoners.
1 Last year 446 prisoners were cnnfned 10 jail.
In the Corporation Court this year 499 deeds
| we're recorded, SO suits were entered, IL wills
recorded, IL administrators appointed, 81
charters granted and 45l marriage licenses
/. issued. In the Circuit Court 20 suits were
: entered and 8 wills recorded and 8 a1minis-
traitors appointed. Last year 1874 marriage
licenses were issued and 502 deeds recorded.
II On December 81, lsQ6-one year sgc-we
gave the following synopsis of the deaths that
occurred curing the year, aud this was what
was said: There YVES a de 'ided decrease in
the number Of deaths occurring In this city
1 as compared with psst years. This decreaSe
l cannot be- Ii is said, agcribed TO reduction
in the population. The number, which in
cludes those brought from the outside TO TIE
Alexandria Hospital and a few who died at
the Poor House, number H9-wbite 1874,
eolored lis. This Is decrease of 85 duriog
the year, ss duriag the year 1907 the number
was 364. The record includes tho infants Of
few hours sn those who were nearing the
century milestone, In 1906 the number 4
/ those who died Ia the city wss 1913. SO the
year 1908 was an exceptions htslthy one
ia Alexandria If there was an increase ia Its
popul atom" The healthy condition of this
city holds good so far as the whites are con-
csrned, a. the hunter Of deaths for the calen.
dar year endi z today is Ss2. The number
Of whites is 1e4, the So ne as 1908, and the
colored number 1853. This shows an increase
OF 43 in the deaths am 1Dg the blacks as com.
pared with last year, and is very large per-
centsge. These figures indicate only deaths
limits, 80 Of course do not inclade the three
co ored men drowned in August asst, and the
one shot and killed on north Fairfax street.
extended, and upon whose b. dies irqutsts
were held, when the jurors found that three
were drowned and one Their shot.
During the calendar year ending today the
fiues collected in the Police Court Amounted
to S2,s25.25. This Is $6J4.t0 less than last
year, when the fines collected Amounted Ia
S3,520(6. This is the smallest amount In <
years. The number Of cases tried were 100
less than lIst year. The number tried was as
follows: White men, CAB; white women, 90:
colored men, 1896; colored women, 1854.
The present assessed vslaatioD OF property
in this city, real and peTsonal, is q. 800 o77--
toe last assessment was S., 34f,t0s.
The Best OF Everything