Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
LEXANDR|A AFFAIRS
Electric Railway Stock Sold by
Order of Court.
WAS IN RECEIVERS HANDS
Property Of Defunct Corporation.
Deaths in the City-Business
Before Courts.
WAS IN RECEIVERS HANDS

Special Correspondence Of The Star
ALEXANDRIA. Va, November IL, 1911.
In order to get possession of ,242 shares
| of stock of the Charlottesville and Rapi-
dan Railway Company of Charlottesville,
an electric line in that city. w. 0. Wat
| son of Charlottesville, Va, yesterday aft
ernoon ran the price up to 49, at an
auction sale held by order of Judge L. C.
Barley Of the corporation court The sale
| took place in the office Of Judge Barley at
) o'clock yesterday afternoon. and there
| were four bidders The par value of the
stock is $31 $50. 1t is said Mr.. Watson, by
securing. the stock, will have the con-
| trolling interest in the line.
The price brought by the stock was far
Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation ex-
pected. The sale was made for the re-
| ceivers. Since the failure of the trust
company this stock has been in their
| possession. and the highest bid up to
Monday last was that of $500. made by
Mr.. Watson. On that day, however, Fred
Twyman and Charles Walker Of Char
| lotte6ville placed with the court an up
set bid of $4,000.
The court took the matter under con-
sideration and the parties at once with
drew it.
Bonds Also at AucC1on.
In addition to the sale of the stock,
bonds of the company amounting to
81, 200 were sold at auction and purchased
by r. H. Wood of Charlottesville.
Following the sale, by order of the
| court, Mr.. Watson paid $1,000 on his pur-
chase of the stock and deposit Of 500
| was made by Mr.. Wood. 1t had been
conceded that the only value of the stock
| was for voting purposes, and because OF
| this it was not thought it would bring a
high price.
| AS result of this sale the depositors
will get about per cent additional wheI
| the next dividend is declared by the re-
| ceivers of the trust corporation.
Funeral of Henry Bladder Sunday.
Funeral services for Henry Bladder, who
died suddenly at 8 o'clock last night at
his home, 319 King street, will be held
at o'clock Sunday afternoon at hi:
late home. The services will be attended
by members of Alexandria Lodge of Elks,
Bladder having been a charter member OF
that organization.
! Mr.. Bladder short. time before his
death last night went for a stroll up King
street with John P. Robinson. He COM
planned of feeling ill, however, and re-
turned home, dying few minutes there.
after. When it became known that he
| was i'll DIR. T. NJ. Jones was summoned
| but death came before medical aid could
/ be given Uremic poisoning was the inn
| mediate cause of death.
Mr.. Bladder was sixty-five years old
His wife and two sons and three daugh-
| ters survive him. His children are Henry
and William and Misses Rosa, BERTHE and
Edna Bladder. all of this city.
Born in Baden-Baden,. Germany, Mr.
Bladder came to this country in early
youth. and later engaged in the manu-.
facture of hoopskirts. Subsequently, he
conducted one of the largest stove, tin
ware and junk establishments in the
city. and was in that business at the
time of his death.
The deceased served two terms as a
member of the city council from the sec
ond ward, and while member of tina,
body was chairman OF the finance COM
mittee.