Evening star., 1912-11-13
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Twenty-Year License Granted
to Wash.-va. Ry. Co.
FOR USE OF ROYAL STREET
Matters Considered by City Council.
Argument on the Annexation
Case Resumed.
FOR USE OF ROYAL STREET
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, November 13, 1872
! A twenty-year franchise for the use Of
i Royal street was granted last night by
| city council to the Virginia
| Railway Company at an annual rental OF
/ 81, 900 The company agrees to improve
| three squares on Royal street between
| Prince and Wilkes streets at a cost OF
81, 500, and to pave the space between its
| tracks and two feet on each side, all OF
| which will cost $4,000. The company
also agrees to remove it's freight station
| from the corner of Prince and Royal
streets by January /.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company. through Attorney g. l..
Boothe presented a request for the pas
sage Of an ordinance giving it the right
to use the city's streets and alleys for
erection of it's poles, wires and conduits.
This was referred to the committee on
streets, general laws and finance.
Councilman Birrell offered q resolution
that all wires be placed on one line of
poles. This went to the same commit
tee.
A resolution of Councilman Brockett
| directing the corporation attorney to ap-
pear before the light committee and in
terpret the contract Of the city with
the Alexandria County Lighting Company
was adopted.
that the corporation attorney ascertain
whether the city can charge the railway
company for the use Of Columbus, King
and Cameron streets, and suggested that
the corporation commission investigate
the proposed merger. This was tabled by
a vote of IL to 3.
The corporation attorney was instruct
ed to take legal steps to cancel the state
assessment of S2O0.OOO on city gas works
and the assessment of 100000 on city
hall building.
The city tax collector was authorized
to sell delinquent property on which
taxes have not been paid beginning De-
cember next. An appropriation Of 5000
was made for the purchase of two horses
for Reliance fire engine A resolution
that the fire committee be empowered to
employ an extra man for the fire depart
ment at SO a month was referred.
Councilman Bryan announced that at
the next meeting he would ask for joint
session to elect three police commission
ers and four school trustees
Notice was received from H. Kirk, clerk
of the school board, that the terms Of
the following school trustees have ex-
pired: Oscar Phillips. Moxley Erwin, DR..
W. NJ. Smith and Frank Myers.
petition for the improvement Of
the square on Payne between Cameron
and Queen streets was referred. A petit
tion for $500 for a sewer from Alfred and
Princess streets to a point forty feet
north on Queen street was also referred.
Arguments on Annexation Case.
Opening arguments on behalf Of the
city in the annexation of adjacent terri
tory were made this morning by Attor-
ney John NJ. Johnson of this city in the
circuit court for Alexandra county, be-
It,6U ,s%
will also have the closing argument,
which will be made probably tomorrow
afternoon by Commemorative Attorney
Brent Corporation Attorney Fisher will
also speak for the city.
Owing to illness John S. Barbour of
Fairfax will be unable to argue for that
county. and the arguments will be made
by {. Vernon Ford and Thomas R. Keith.
A. j. Montague, former Governor of Vir-
gfnia, and Commonwealth's Attorney
Capt. Crandal Mackey will argue for
Alexandria county. 1t is expected that at
the close of the arguments tomorrow
Judge Gordon will announce his decision.
A suave stranger signing himself H.
Hunter" arrived here yesterday after
noon and before his departure passed
three worthless checks on three differ
ent firms and got away with $55.
His victims are f. S. Leadbeater &
Sons. E. E. Downham & Co. and Ross &
Pierce.
lean National Bank, Washington, and
made payable to II. Hunter" purport-
ing to be signed by the Mahoneysville
Distilling Company, whose place is To-
Gated west of this city.
The barn. carriage house and other
outbuildfngs on the farm of DIR. D. n.
Rust, west Of Braddock Heights. were
destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon.
The loss will be about $4,000, with only
partial insurance.
After hearing arguments yesterday
afternoon on the demurrers filed by de-
fendant company in the case Of Nc
Menamin against the Southern Railway
Company, Judge Thornton took the case
under adyisement.
New Colonial Beach Company.
The state corporation commission has
granted a charter to the Colonial Beach
Motor Company, Incorporated, of Colonial
Beach, with a maximum capital stock of
S5 600. The officers are: F. w. Alexan-
der. president. Oak Grove, Va; George
Staples, vice president; H. w. b. Will
liams, secretary ard treasurer, all of Co
lonial Beach.
In the circuit court today decree was
entered in the case of John Harris
against Gertrude Level and others con-
| firming the report of Louis n. Duffey,
special commissioner, and directing sale
| of property and appointing II. Noel Gar
| ner special commissioner to sell same.
The remains os Mrs. Frances A. Daniel,
eighty EIGHT years old, OF Lorton, Va,
who died Monday, were brought here to-
day The body will be sent tomorrow to
| Leesburg for burial.