The Washington herald., 1912-12-11
RIGHT TO STRING
CABLE IS REFUSED
Authorization to Hang Aerial Line
in Streets Debated by
Council.
NEWS NOTES OF ALEXANDRIA


g Alexandria, Va, Dec. 10-After q
- lengthy debate tonight on the part o.
the lower branch Of City Council, reso'
luton, recommended by the joint com
mittee on general laws, finance anc
streeta authorizing the Chesapeake ano
Potomac Telephone Company TO string
and maintain and operate an aerial cable
and fixtures on King Street from It's OF
fee 10 Fayette Street. and thence SOUTH
on Fayette Street to Prince Street to the
CORPORATION limits, was referred back &c
that committee.
II was provided in the resolution that
the company would no. later than jan
uary ], 1918, Ave years hence, have con-
Quits erected on King Street for iti
wires from Fairfax TO Fayette Streets.
The debate was opened by Councilman
Spfnks, who desired to know something
of the company. Councilman Smith ex-
planned that the company had been stop
ped from erecting the cable by the May
or and the committee thought the cable
not as unsightIy as wires.
Councilmen Marshall Birrell, Brockett,
Williams, and President Brumback par
ticipated in the debate, it being explained
by Councilman Brockett that this is
simply a temporary matter to give the
company permission to give service to
outlying territory, and the regular fran
chise for the work will come up in due
course Of time.
The report of ]. b Waller clerk of the
gas company, showed a substantial gain
in receipts from sale of gas for the en-
suing six months from June to Decem-
Der l. The net increase in number Of feet
of gas used was 1885, 700. and the increase
in net receipts was $2,256.70. Increase in
sales from other sources follow: Coke,
S23055; tar, $3.50; ammonia, 1851
The report was accepted and thanks
rendered the clerk and light committee.
Councilman Spinks introduced a resolu-
ton that the corporation commission be
requested TO come here and investigate
the consolidation of a number of public
utility corporations of Northern Virginia,
with the idea OF having the peoples in
terests safeguarded.
Want Money for Medicine.
A communication was received from
Miss Rose NJ. Macdonald, president OF
the acknowledgements Society, asking
Council to make an Appropriation for the
visiting nurse or that she be allowed to
purchase drugs at the expense OF the
city. 1t was set forth that she has Wis
tied 2,2236 patients since being here, of
which number 100 was to INDECENT poor,
and 500 a month is expended by the So
ciety for the work. This was referred to
the finance and health committee.
Permission was granted B. Abramson
to erect display window at the south
east corner of King and st. Asaph
Streets The Southern Railway Com
pany was granted permission to lay a
spur track in St Asaph Street, between
Wythe and Pendleton Streets, and the
Robert Porter Brewing Company was
also granted permission to remove curb
ing from one side Of that street to the
other and make other improvements
thereon.
The sum OF $50 was appropriated for
sewer in Wolfe Street, between Alfred
and Patrick Streets.
A resolution that W. A. Smoot & Co.
be granted permission to erect bulkhead
2O5 feet east of Union Street and Isl feet
south of the Corporation fish wharf was
referred to the finance committee.
The annual ordinance for imposing and
collecting taxes for year from June l,
1913, to May 81. 1914, was referred to
finance committee.
A resolution OF Councilman Marshall
appropriating the sum of $50 for pur-
chase OF furniture for the Corporation
Court room was referred to the finance
committee.
Council adjourned for the Christmas
holidays until the second Tuesday in
January next.
Report in BuII<Iey Case.
The grand jury which has been inves-
tigating the death of Patrick Buckley,
the boy guide" Of this city, whose body
was found beside the fire escape in the
rear of the old Braddock House, Sunday
morning, November II last, this after
noon. with J. NJ. Duncan as foreman, re-
ported as follows: The grand jury does
IN hrIn n
presentment in the case Of the death of
Patrick Buckley, but recommend that
further efforts be made by the proper
authorities to receive additional evidence
in the case"
The Jury further reported: The grand
jury recommends to the court that the
proper authorities be compelled to keep
closer supervision over the Braddock
House, as the testimony OF the proprietor
himself leads US to believe that it is a
disgrace to the city of Alexandria
I'VE believe that the proprietor, W. W.
Simpson, is untitled to run the place, and
We recommend that the Braddock House
be closed as a rooming place as long as
he has the management of it.
The grand jury also returned three
presentments against three saloon keep
ers for dispensing liquor to minors. 1t
was adjourned over by Judge Barley I'M
til 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, when
indictments against the saloon men will
be given to the jury.
The jury resumed its investigation at
10 o'clock this morning. and it was ex-
Rctly / o'clock this afternoon when 1t
completed its report. Many witnesses
were examined by the jury since yester-
day, a total of probably fifty. Several
Of the witnesses examined yesterday
were recalled before the jury to-
day Among those examined this after
noon were Commemorative Attorney
s. O. Brent and Mayor T. A. Fisher.
John P. Robinson, siXty-eight years
old, a weII-known resident, died at $50
o'clock this afternoon at his home, 81
South Fairfax Street, following a COM
paratively short illness. Death was due
TO paralysis, with which he was stricken
some time ago. Mr.. Robinson at the
time Of his death was an officer of the
Alexandra Fertilizer and Chemical Com
pany.
He was a son of the late George H. |
Robinson, and was born IN Westmore-
land County, Va. He came to this city in
1852 with his father, and at the outbreak
OF the civil war he Joined the Confeder-
ate army, becoming a member of the ]
Black Horse Cavalry, which was at the !
battle of Bull Run. Returning to this |
civ AZ the close of the war he again