The Washington herald., 1912-07-11
NEWSOFALEXANDRIA
Four Squares on Washington Street
to Be Paved with Vitri-
fed Brick.

| Alexandria, Va, July lO.-Within a
comparatively short time four squares on
Washington Street, from Queen to Duke
| Streets, for the past 100 years paved
with unsightly cobblestones. will be i'm
proved by a handsome vitriied brick
roadway with six inch concrete curb!ng
on either side.
Preparatory to the work the deepening
/ of the gas mains on the squaSe on Wash
ington Street between King and Cameron
| Streets has been begun. Most OF the
property owners on the four squares
mentioned have worked assidiously for
more than a year past for the improve
, ments, and at last their efforts are to
be rewarded with success. Practically
all of the abutting property owners have
already paid their share OF the cost or
! the work into the city treasury, and
within a short time. il is said, that the
work of improving the squares in ques-
ton will be begun. Those who have not
payed will not have the paving made
in front of their places. II is believed.
however, that owing to the comparative
~ small cost assessed all Will eventually
pay their pro rata
The four squares in question with their
cumbersome looking cobblestones have
been an eyesore TO the city for many
years past, and especially those on
Washington Street between King and
Queen Streets. where hundreds of tour
lists see them daily on their trips to ana
from Christ Church and the Masonic
Temple.
1t is understood that efforts will short
~ be made to enforce the city ordinance
passed April y. 1911. making it obliga-
tory on property owners abutting sewers
to tap same.
During the recess of the aldermen last
night, Alderman Ballenger stated that
he would in the future call from the
table the ordinance.
The ordinance in question provides that
all property situated contiguous to sew
ers must be connected within a year
from the passage of the measure.
Mr.. Ballenger proposes to offer an
amendment giving property owners three
years in which to make connections.
Judging from the enormous number of
flies being swatted by the youngsters in
the city, it would seem that within
comparatively short time Alexandria
will be a fiyless city. A total of 10000
was swatted to-day. The swat-the-fly
campaign under the auspices of the city
health department. was started Monday
last. and up TO the present time a total
OF 10000 have been swatted by the chill
dren engaged in the work. This number
has already been turned into the city
health department
Mary Harris and Brook Jackson, both
colored. were at $50 O'Clock last night
the victims Of a brutal assault at the
hands of an unidentified colored man. As
a result of the assault both were badly
beaten, the woman receiving more pun
ishment than the man. The woman had
both eyes blackened. and her right jaw
looked as If it had been broken.
According to the woman's statement, |
made at police headquarters to-day. the !
assault occurred while they were stroll |
Ing in Alexandria County. Just north Of
here. near what is known as the over |
head bridge. While strolling a burly |
colored man. very black, with his cap
over his eyes. attacked them. He first !
struck jackson on the head with "A stone, |
knocking him to the ground, and then |
he beat him over the arm
The Harris woman said she became SO !
frightened that she ran. The man pur- |
sued her, and after short sprint cap
tured her, knocking her down. after |
which he endeavored to assault her. she |
said. In the meantime he had badly |
beaten her, and her cries caused him to
fee. Policeman Bell. attracted by the
cries, went to her assistance
and brought her to the police station.
where she again narrated her story.
Thus far the police have no clew to the
assailant of the couple.
1t is too hot to even raise a disturb
ance declared an Alexandria policeman.
not a single arrest has been made within
the past twenty-four hours. They claim
that the torrid wave Is responsible for
the dearth of crime, and that the evil
doors have decided that the unsettled
conditions are bad enough. without be-
ing behind prison bars. hence the I'M
usual quietness in the old city.
A vagrant umbrella is being held by
the Alexandria police. No charge other
than vagrancy is being urged against it.
On the blotter at headquarters it is,
however. charged with being worth only