Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-28
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.
TWenty-Seven Street Squares
to Be Paved in Spring.
FIGHT PRINCIPALS FINED
Court Assesses A. E. Smoot $50 and
w. Oehlert $10-Graham Flu
neral Tomorrow.
FIGHT PRINCIPALS FINED
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

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! ALEXANDRIA,, Va. January IS. 1913.
| The street committee of the city coun-
ell last night mapped out plans for the
Improvement of twenty-seven squares of
streets, the work to he begun early in
the spring. Ordinances for the improve
ment of the streets will at once be pre-
pared, most OF the property owners on
the squares proposed to be improved
! having already agreed to pay their pro
rata of the cost.
with ltrified brick, asphalt blocks and
tar macadam and cobbled. Six blocks
on the outskirts where the only street
trey have is black dirt or yellow clay
are 10 be improved with cobbleStoneS
taken from other streets proposed to be
improved. they include Princess from
Lee To Washington and Pitt from Queen
To Princess street. making II total of six
blocks of cobble.
Resolutions providing for the work on
these six blocks will be presented by the
council tonight The idea of paving these
squares with cobhestOnes is to relieve the
traffic on King street, it is stated.
May Extend to Corporation Line.
One of the squares proposed to be i'm
proved with tar macodam is that on
, Payne street. from Cameron to Queen
streets. and it is said to be the intention
of the street committee to eventually
continue this work out as far as the cor
poration line on the north
A complete list of the streets proposed
to be improved follows: Fairfax. from
Duke to Wilkes. two squares: : Alfred,
! from Wilkes to Franklin, two squares;
! Washington, from Duke to Franklin. four
| squares: st. -Asaph, from King to Queen,
| TWO squares: st. Asaph, from King TO
| kp from Prince
! to Wilkes. three squares; Columbus. King
| to Prince, one square; Pitt. from King to
Cameron. one square Cameron, from
! Washington to Columbus. one square
/ Cameron, from Royal to st. Asaph, two
/ squares: Payne, from Cameron to Queen
! one square.
| The cost of the improvement of the
! three squares on Royal, from Prince TO
| Wilkes streets, Will be borne by tie
! Virginia Railway Company
Fight Principals Fined.
/ Anthony L. Smoot was fined $50 in the
police court this morning for carrying a
pistol and William Oehlert was fined
! so for assauting Smoot. The arraign-.
ment of both was the outcome of a
| fracas between the men which occurred
! Friday night last near the engine house
of the Relief hook and ladder company,
which resulted in two shots being fired
in the air after Oehlert had assaulted
Smoot, and which gave rise to "A report
! that the latter had been shot.
| John Murak. a soldier from Fort
| Washington, was the only eyewitness
| TO- the affair.
Miss Alice NJ Graham's funeral will
take place at $50 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon from her parents home, 90S
| Prince street. Services will be con-
Quoted by Rev. DR.. John Lee Allison
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
Church. and burial will be in the Pres
/ byterian cemetery. The pallbearers
will be Jack Monroe. Warren Grubbs,
/ Elmer Thompson, John Graham, Har
mon Roberts and David Hulfsh.
| Polk Miller will give IA concert to-
! night at the Elks Home. under the
auspices of Alexandria Lodge of Elks.
| Leo T. Downey, who spent few
days during the past week with his
! parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Downey.
/ is now attending the Columbia Uni
versity New York. where he is taking
! some special work in highway engi
neering.
! A. S. Doniplan has rendered his res
! ignation president of the News
! Publishing Company.