Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-30
OFFICIAL.
Al Ordinance

The City OF Alexandria in pursuance
/ If the provisions of the act or the
General Assembly of Virginia. ap-
proved March IS, 1903, entitled
An Act to provide for the extension
Of the corporate limits of cities and
towns.
i. That the City of Alexandria
hereby declares that II IS desiraple
TO annex. in pursuance OF the act OF
The General Assembly of Virginia. ap-
proved March 10, 1904, (Acts 1904,
mage l44). certain territory OF the
counties of Alexandria and Fairfax
Virginia. adjacent to the present
corporate limits Of the City OF Alex
! andria, and to that end the City OF
| Alexandria doth hereby accurately
describe the metes and bounds or
such territory as follows:
Beginning at a point IN mid chan
mel of Hunting Creek. southwark OF
the Alexandria Water Company
humping station, and in line with
the east side Of q lane commonly
called Roberts Lance extended;
thence northward along the said line
of the east side Of Roberts Lane eX-
tended, and along the east side OF
Roberts Lane to The south side OF
| the Little River Turnpike, thence
across said Little River Turnpike in
northward direction to a corner,
the said corner being the extreme
west corner OF the Shooters Hill
Section OF the George Washington
Park subdivision as laid out by the
Washington Monument Association
of Alexandria. Va. thence with the
western boundary of said Shooters Hill
Section Of the said George Washing
ton Park subdivision, with needle
bearing north / degree &c minutes
| 30 seconds east 2GI.S9 feet TO cor
ncr, being the corner OF the said
| shooters Hill Section and Section
| No. =, OF the George Washington
Park subdivision, thence with the
western boundary OF said Section NO.
> Of the said George Washington
Park subdivision, with needle bear
ing north 1S degrees 81 minutes 40
seconds west S30.G feet, to Il corner,
thence with the western boundary OF
said Section No. > Of the said George
Washington Park subdivision, with
needle bearing north degrees Al
minutes 20 seconds east SS9.O6 feet
30 Il corner. being on the southern
side Of a road, commonly called jan
news Road. and 30 feet westward
from the intersection OF the south
side of he said Janncy'S Road and
the west side of the Leesburg Turn
pike. thence with needle bearing
norih 6 degrees 80 minutes ~ sec
onds east $685. feet more or less
10 the intersection OF the east side
Of rhc Braddock Road and the north
side Of road, commonly called
Lloyds Lane. thence eastward with
the north side Of said Lloyd's Lane
and the southern boundary OF the
town Of Potomac and with the said
north side OF Lloyd's Lane extended.
10 the Potomac river. thence down
thn said river to the present north
corporate line Of the City of AleXan-
dria. rs incorporated by an act OF
the General Assembly approved Feb
ruary 20 1871: thence following
along the present north. west and
southern boundaries Of said city in
to the Potomac River thence down
the said river TO the mid channel OF
Hunting Creek and thence with the
meanderings OF the said mid channel
Of said Hunting Creek, up stream to
the point Of beginning the metes and
bounds Of which territory proposed
10 be annexed appear and may be
traced and verified on a map on file
in the office Of the city engineer OF
the City of Alexandria.
=. The City OF Alexandria doth
hereby set forth the necessity for and
The expedicncy of the proposed an
exation that is to say:
u1 That the crowded and
congested conditions at present pre-
vailing in almost every section of
the city may be relieved by adding
sufficient territory to the corporate
limits Of the city not built upon, but
adapted TO city Improvements. so as
to afford cheap and desirable loca-
! lions for The erection Of commodious,
healthful and beautiful residences.
l2) That the present and pros
pective systems OF public improve
ments OF the city. such as the estab-
| ishment of grades Of streets and al
lcys, the plans of construction of
sewers, culyerts, drains, and gas
| mains. NAV be designed, adjusted