Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-12-31
NOTES OF INTEREST.


The following will be read by all
Alexandrians and those interested in
the city:
The school permits issued this year
numbered ,S44, last year LBS.
During the years. liquor licenses were
issued. including wholesale and s retail
and shippers and one brewery license
Last year 81 licenses were issued.
The present assessed valuation OF prop
erty in this city, real and personal, IS
s. 40 392-Sf, 1856, 40 real and 81 ,&S3, 6f2 per
sonal. The last assessment was $500, 81.
This is not the new assessment made
last spring.
During the year City Engineer Dunn
issued 81 building permits--45 permits
for new buildings to cost S69,3Ie and 80
permits for repairs iteratlons 10
cost Sl7, DO, making Sof $500 as
against $780, 43 last "
The alarms Of fire during the year
numbered 81 and the fire department
was in service 2S hours and forty-hve
minutes Number of feet of hose used
7,45O. Last year there were d alarms
and q IL hours of service.
There are l.625 gas consumers in the
city, while last year there were l,529.
Number ofnew services put in 81, num-
her of services renewed II. Total feet oil
mains laid 1881 of which SIG feet were
renewed. Last year 5,46S feet OF mains
were laid including 1852 in Rosemont-
The works are now in excellent coudi-
ton.
Inere are now 3,5Ts water takers, rs
against 3,476 last year During the year
there were laid by the Alexandria Water
Company 1,72l feet of6 inch main OH the
| Diagonal Road In Fairfax county. east
end to King street extended; IBID feet
| inches main Cottage Park; 3,l72 feet q
| inches main in Cottage Park" and
! ,e9l feet inches main in 81. Elmo. The
number of services renewed In 100 was
); this year ii have been renewed; last
year 80 new services were put in; this
year 81 have been put in.
| In the Corporation Court TINS year
453 deeds were recorded, az quits were
entered, 10 wills recorded, 6 administra,,
tors appointed, 40 charters granted, and
| jOl marriage licenses issued.
| In the Circuit Court 81 suits were
entered and 20 wills recorded and 10 add
lministrators appointed. Last year 45l
marriage licenses were issued and i99
deeds recorded.
! There were 3S7 prisoners confined IN
the city Jail during the year, l26 whites,
| 2Gl colored. OF these 76 were women Il
| rhitel. Fast year 450 prisoners were CON
fnedin Jail.
ine c..aln gang expenses this year
Iamountod to 2,lJ0.40 Last year 1t was
81, 77sand in 1908 81, 79S. This Is for board
of prisoners, shoes and clothing. The
| pay of the captain OF the chain gang Is
charged to the work upon which the
| members of the gang are engaged, ana
no doubt the labor performed by II IS
more than an offset TO the daily pay OF
| the captain who directs the work.
In the past year only go dog licenses
| were issued In 1900, 7I5 were issued.
Some years ago rs many as 800 licenses
| we're issued. This was when there was
an effort to enforce the law. Quite mum.
Der of dogs were captured and destroyed
| in 1909, but 1t is none the less true that
numbers are today unlicensed, asany one
KNOWS that 60 is by no means AleXan-
drias dog population.
The total amount of insurance paid by
agents of this city for losses within the
city limits during the year was 5000
against $50, I'D last year. There was really
no fire which caused severe loss during
the year The fire losses in the immed'
late vicinity Of Alexandra during the
year, however, were quite heavy.
The reports of our banks show most
nattering condition. The combined as
sets of the .our institutions are about
s., 10000, an increase of nearly hall
million dollars during the year. All
have declared good dividends, and added
substantially TO their undivided profits
The failure OF the trust and bonding cor
poration at the close of the year was
Unfortunate but this in no wise affected
the other banks.
The business OF the Customs HOUSE
of this port at the close of this calendar
year is about as last year, and is as FOL
lows: There are on the register, at this
time 100 vessels with a gross tonnage ag
gregating BIB tons. The principal i'm.
ports are plaster, bone and salt, all Of
which are consigned TO Alexandria enter
prises. A most important change has
been made in the navigation laws, which
requires all marine papers to be sur
rendered TO the Customs House, within
three days after expiration of same
under penalty of fine which cannot be
mitigated.
| RELIANCE COMPANY.
The following is the report of the Re
lance Fire Company, the number o.
alarms per month, time of service anc
number of feet of hose used;
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