Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-08
22.7j95 IN ALEXANDRIA
CITY and SUBURBS.
New City Directory OF Alexandria
Shows This Population Amusing
Data in Book Just Issued.

The population Of Alexandria City
and suburbs, which includes W,s
End, Rosemont, Braddock Heights
Cattaec Park and portion Of St
Elmo and Del Ray is 22,795. THIS
are figures reached ty au examination
Of the new city directory OF Alexandria
which has just been Issued. There arr
9llS names in the directory and multi.
plying each name by the figures adopt.
ed by all directory publishers, which is
.wo and one half, The total number is
reached. In other words for each
uame in n city directory there is sup
posed IL be twu and one-half persons,
as The names OF married women and
children u:tler twelve years Of age arc
not shown.
This wars edition Of the directory
which is published as usual hy the Hill
Directory Company, of Alexandria and
Richmond, is somewhat larger both II
s:z- and in number OF pages than iaH
years number. 1t is bound in bu I
cl..th and geographically shows several
minor improvements.
The directory contains, in addition
TO the general directory feature, bust
ness directory, guide 10 streets and
much miscellaneous Information IN
GLIDING data prrtaining to the city,
state and national governments, rlt>
aud state schools, ct. II 81 '"s -
white churches ami II col red EN-.
bra ing denominations; 4 clubs aud
commercial organizations; hospitals
ana asyluus; - secret 500 lelleS rerr
scuteh ~ one or more lodges each III
trades unions ami 2S miscellaneous
snrn ties.
The preface, furnished by the Cham
her OF Commerce Of Alexandria, con-
tains much valuable Information as to
the industrial conditions OF the city, aud
~ IN. book is circulated largely outside
Of Alexandria this feature should pro
duce results. There are Two maps IN
..IaIrd. one If which WAS furnished by
NJ. b. Harlow 4 Co., lnc, and the
other Ly the Washington Elrg'nI.
f .iIwav. The 1911 edition contains
IS more pages III the directory propr'
than did the 1910 edition.
II may aStori>l sam" to know TIN
there are only three Acres in all Alexan
lria but there is also one Meadow anu
one Broadmcadow and there are sIA
Fields, eleven Field and twenty Lanes,
IS If Which are dark. These @
course. are 10 lie found among the
names III the directory where ma!
he found also catts. Kits, Lyons,
Swan Purnl.'s, VOLTS, one Bear
who is followed by five Bruins Night
rrgalc's, Fox's. There are in Alexan-
dria Bakers Cooks Farmers Fishers,
GuIdsmilh's Hunters, Mason's, Mil.
Ter s and Taylor's. There are num-
Der OF Kings, ono Duke and two Earls
in this demo r;itac c,m nu:i-, bu
wonderful 70 tel there is only oa' Fire
man.
rhcrr are DAYS aud Knights in
Al. xii d il al there are SUNNI rs
l.ut no. winter There is only ne
Vine Int there are nine Ae's. There
are Two Porter 5 both colorcd. As
common rs The name Charles appears
,n.hr, here i, but one who can boast OF
Charles As bis surname. In Alexandria
Dntv comes before Love but it is sim
ply A., Alphabetical distinction. There
ere in AIexandrit l.rce Blues none Of
which are white There are i so falr-
|y good supply Of Browns, Gray 5,
Green's and Greenr'S, Black 5 and
Viii e's. There are fcw Fcw's. One
would tl,ink tha. this is town that Is
,un on c.c lil for there are only four
who answer 10 Cash In Alexandra
there are Floods, Fogg' ), Gale S and
II .,lu's there are two Goings al q one
Cummings. No other day q the week
is renresented except Monday. There
are Rich but no Poor. The Human
!ody is represented by Heads, (hlnns,
Legg's ana Lips. There are only
tive Keys in the city. Tl"re are the
usual plentiful supply ofSmiih'sl ones,
Johnson etc, but il the entire direc-
tory there is onIy one whose name is
Cioode.