Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-05-04
VIRGINIA II EWS.

An amendment was issued to thu.
charter Of tue Lewis Hotel Company
Gnc.), Of Alexandria, making the pre-
ferred stock Of per cent. dividend in
stead of s per cent.
The Seaboafd Air Line Railway has
awarded equipment contracts .nvolv
ing 81, 900, 900, as follows: One thou
sand box cars, 200 gondolas. So ca
boose cars, 10 Pacific type locomotives,
10 heavy combination locomotives, and
) yard engines.
Mr. Carter H. Harrison, Of Powha-
tan county, announces the engagement
of his daughter, May Byrd, to Mr..
John Randolph Tucker, OF this city.
The wedding, which will take place in
June, will be an interesting social event
throughout Virginia owing Ia Miss
Harrison and Mr.. Tucker being 50 we'll
known and widely connected. Nr.
Tucker is son of the Hon. Harry st.
George Tucker, of Virginia.
A dispatch from Norfolk says
Senator Claude A. Swanson will reply
to Congressman Carter Glass, who Tues
day night in fiery speech denounced
the junior senator from Virginia, Gov
ernOr Mann, the state machine, fusion
ism and several other things in Nor
folk The date for Senator Swanson's
reply has not yet been set, but it will
probably he made in about two weeks
He had Stenographer at Tuesday
nights meeting, who took down a
verbal report of Congressman Glass
speech.
Contracts for the purchase of new
equipment that will cost close to 50,
600, 900 were awarded by the Seaboard
Air Line Railway in Norfolk. The
purchase includes the acquisition Of
900 steel frame box cars, 200 gondOla
cars, and thirty cabooses Ten Pacific
type locomotives are also To- be built
for the road, and ten heavy combina-
ton locomotives, and five switch en-
gines have also been purchased. The
passenger equipment will be augmented
by tn. addition Of nine coaches Of the
latest approx ed type.
Asserting that the appeal of the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto
mac Railroad from the recent decision
in the franchise tax case, was taken by
it for delay only, and that the question
on which the jurisdiction depends is so
frivolous as not to need further argu-
ment, Attorney General Samuel W.
Williams has retitioned the United
States Supreme Court to dismiss the
proceedings. Notice has been given
that the motion 10 dismiss will lie made
and argued in the Supreme Court in
Washington on May 90.
Fertilizer manufacturers who fail to
keep their product up to the standard
advertised are liable to a fine which
goes to the one who bought the goods
The Virginia law states that should the
guarantee Of contents not be complied
with to the extent Of per cent OF the
advertised Ingredients fine Of twice
the value of the deficiency is imposed;
il the deficiency is 10 per cent the fine
is to be five times the amount which
the purchaser has lost. a non-resi.
dent Of the state has just been fined
$500 Commissioner koincr has in
structed his agents to keep a close
watch on the fertilizers
There is strong probability Of the
Common Council Of Lynchburg at to-
nights meeting having a resolution
providing for bond issue OF 5000, geo
before it for its first consideration The
proposed issue is designed for street
improvement and, it is understood, it
has had the approval Of the street COM
mittce Now, it is before the finance
committee for It's approval, which
seems to he assured Eighteen months
ago $4,000 were realized from the
sale of thirly-year bonds. from which
the new high school and three gram
mar schools were provided, and con
siderable amount Of work was done IN
the extension OF the sewer and water
systems and in street improvement. II
this issue goes through i, will mean
81 900, 600 for improvements in less
than two years, in addition to the
funds arising from the annual levy.
Nasal Catarrh, an inflammation of The
delicate membrane lining III the air
passages. IA not cured by any mixtures
taken into the stomach Don't waste
time on them. Take Eiys Cream Balm
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