Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-06-08

To DISCONTINUE EARLY
TRIP Of FERRY STEAMER
New Schedule, if Put into Effect,
will be a Serious Inconvenience
to AleyandrianS--Sl Works
to get Better Service.

When the steamer Alexandria was
brought to this port from New York
several months ago and placed upon
the ferry route between this city and
Washington it waa with considerable
difficulty that the managers were IN
duced to have q schedule prepared
by which trip ut G:l5 4. NJ. Of the
boat would he made from Alexandria.
This Was essential To Alexandria, as
many mechanics Of this city are en-
ployed at the navy yard and at the
steel works at what was formerly
known rs Grisboro. Men employed AT
the latter place who reside in Washing
ton were ayerse 10 this plan, from tie
fact that it would compel them To wait
at the steel plant about half al hour
before going to work and IN equal period
after they quit work before the steamer
which transported them to Washington
arrived. The managers Of the steel
plant had Offered To pay a bonus oi
8, 900 if the schedule were arranged
to suit the convenience Of their crn-
ployees. that is that the boat make 4
trip to tl.c plant from Washington
early in the morning, but this could
not be done without cutting out the
6:45 trip from Alexandria and serl-
ously interfering with the convenience
Of the workmen from this city.
The number of passengers travelling
L l. Ir,, al
has been unsatisfactory 70 the managers
of the ferry line, although they are
satisfied with the number Of terms
transported, and recently when com
mittee from the Chamber of Commerce
OF this city attempted to induce the
managers to lower the rates on teams
above facts were exhibited. About SIX
hundred passengers are transported
during the day, while the old steamer
Lackavanna carried eight hundred.
1t had been reported for some time
that the managers Of the line were the
about to cut out the early trip from
Alexandria and Washington and accept
the standing offer OF the managers OF
the Steel Plant. Several weeks ago
AleXandrians Interested IN the matter
were given TO understand that the early
trip now being made for the bercht Of
the Alexandra mechanics would be
discontinued On the fist Instant and
that the steamer wnlIiu make 4 trip
from Washington Ia the steel plant IN
the evening and remain III Washington
at night instead Of at Al-Xaniria. The
new schedule however, MAS not put
into effect at that time but it i now
said that il will become op"rati"" about
the middle Of the month, hy which the
first trip from this end viii be about
S o'clock.
About seyenty-fve men who are en-
ployed at the navy yard and who live
in Alexandria will be seriously affected
by the change OF schedule, as they wil!
be compelled TO either live in Washing
ton or make the trip by electric cars to
Washington and thence by street car
to the navy yard 1t is SAID that many
men will adopt the former course and
Alexandria, in consequence, will lose
many valuable residents. About 25O
workmcn at the steel plant reside in
Washington, and 1t is for their benefit
that the change wil be- made.
The stock in the ferry company is
held in Washington, and ten thousand
dollars worth OF bonds are held i'll
Alexandria. The line is operated by
the Norfolk and Washington Steam
boat Company.