The Washington herald., 1914-10-11
s6S5.S3 BALANCE IN
ALEXANDRIA TREASURY
City Expended $1276O6. 40 for op-
Grating Expenses. According to
Financial Report.
SCHOOL HOUSE BIDS REJECTED

4 Alexandria, Va, Oct. 1o.Arhe city
/ during the fiscal year ended May 81, 1914.
spent szz7eo64o for operating expenses.
/ while its receipts were 81, ,3n %, leaving
balance IN the city treasury Of SS5. -,
according to the i34th annual report Of
the finances Of the city, issued by City
Auditor Z. -F.-Price.
Licenses collected amounted to s2l. .sl5.s2.
while the taxes collected. including de-
| posits for rents. and improvements.
amounted to S1S.3f7.so. Fines collected
totaleds s3.65. and ti1.o00 was transferred
from the gas fund to the general fund.
Given IN the expenditures are the sal
aries Of the policemen, amounting TO
s1l, ,Io6.S2. while interest on coupon bonds
Of the issue OF Iso2 amounted to 1855 and
of the issue of 1905 $2S07s.
Minor expenses at the city jail were
Ssl0o5, while operating expenses, Of the
chain gang were sLo565S. The clty's legal
expenses were Nn.3.
Expenses Of the three IRE companies
were as follows: Reliance, S3,7702s; Co
lumbia, Ss.3ss.6e; Relief Hook and Ladder.
n,S1s.n. Repairing IRE plugs cost $50. 3.
The poor and workhouse cost $2,66S.5o.
while the outdoor poor cost seS23. and
8, 500 was given to the Associated Chari-
ties
The city paid the Alexandria County
Lighting Company 8. .OSS.62 for street
lighting. Public schools cost 1880. To
clean the streets cost 81. 1873, while the
repairs TO the streets amounted to 1;l0S. Y.
Twelve bids have been received and
opened by the joint committee on public
! property and schools for the erection Of
the proposed new high school building
The committee, however, has deferred
awarding the contract, the bids being re-
garded as higher than expected. The
1 lowest bid was A2,sOo. ,.--....
The BIDS follow richardson & burgess,
$S3,o 900; Joseph Rodgers, A2,S7; J: d.
Knight. 3436se.s7; Page Construction Com
pany, 3R750; Melton Construction Com
pany, SI2sO0; W. F. Hanback,. S5,SB;
\ Arthur L Smith. 81 100; Michael A.
Weller. $B,57: Wise Granite and Con-
struction Company. tlSe4o; George z.
wyne, $l4,soo; R. p. Witty, $3.50; An
For piumbins-R. P. Witty. 's.OO; ].
| C. Gates, a,3so. -..,
For heating and ventilating-R p
Witty, $3.50; American Heating and
YentilatinE Company, SS6; s. A
Gregory, $500
Rev. z. K. Hardin, pastor of Mount
Vernon Place NJ. z. Church. Washing
| ton, will deliver the address at the Sun
/ Qay- BcnOol pAfHoc. ana SUNS -.le@hNdi
which viii be held at ; o'clock tomorrow
| afternoon. The rexercises following the
parade will take place at q stand which
/ WIN be erected at Cameron and Wash
ington streets J. T. Preston will con-
duct the music 20
The route selected for the parade is as
follows: Formation at Fairfax. and
Prince streets. marching north on Fair
fax to Cameron, west on Cameron to
|
to wythe, scountermRrching on Washing
ton TO Cameron, where services VIII be
held. -.
James W. Bales. past exalted ruler Of
Alexandria Lodge Of Elks, will be pre-
sented with past exalted rulers jewel
by that lodge Monday night
Arrangements have been completed for
rally day services which win be held
\ by the Sunday school Of the Second
| Presbyterian Church tomorrow.
Rev. Lee starke. evangelist, will preach
at both services tomorrow at the Metho-
dist Protestant Church. His subject at
the morning services will be The Dry
Bones Of Alexandria. and at the evening
services his subject will be THE Way
of Faith"
The art exhibit in decorative china
painting held in St Mary's Academy.
which was brought to close tonight,
proved a.most creditable AFFAIR.
Miss Ella HITS collection included a
punch bowl exquisitely decorated In
white and purple grapes; vase Cbelleek)'
design In yellow roses 49,.
Mrs. Brill had on display three mag
nificent vases Cbelleek), one in red pop
pies. the others in red and yellow roses
respectively.
Miss Mamie Neyitt's, tea set in pink
attracted much attention as did also q
water pitcher in, red cherry design.
Miss Lillian Hill exhibited a claret
pitcher in red and white currants; a large
vase with pink and yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS, and also a punch bowl in grape
design.
A toilet set of seven pieces. designed
by Miss A Ewald in Baby Blue Eye, -
proved a prime fayorite in the collection.
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