Evening star., 1915-05-30
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Railway Company to Use Its
Newly Electrified Line.
is COMPLETED TO ST. ELMO
Special Correspondence Of The star.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 29.-Begin-
Old Dominion railroad will use its
newly electrified line as far as ST.
Elmo. Alexandria county. Alexandrians
intending to take trains on that line
will be compelled to take the trolley
line of the Washington Virginia rail-
way to st. Elmo. more than mile
north of here.
The company will erect waiting
room for the accommodation of its pas
sengers at St. Elmo. The use of the
present passenger depot at the north
east corner of Princess and Fairfax
streets will be abandoned. so far as
passenger business is concerned. How
ever, steam trains over the road, with
baggage and mail. it is said, will come
to the old depot twice daily.
1t was the original purpose of the
company, it is stated. to electrify its
line all the way to Alexandria. but, ac-
cording to reports current, il was unable
to do SO owing to obstacles encountered
1t has to be satisfied with coming as
far as ST. Elmo until these obstacles are
overcome. The distance from ST. Elmo
to it's present station is little more than
mile.
IL Is unOeFSlOOu lHdl the railway com
pany will arrange TO sell tickets for
transportation over its line at a store
on King street.
Memorial Day Observance.
Memorial day will be observed here
by general suspension of business
Monday. Large numbers of citizens
left this afternoon to spend Sunday and
Monday at various pleasure resorts.
Many will attend the exercises Monday
at Arlington, and Monday afternoon at
o'clock exercises will be held at the
national cemetery. this city.
Banks and schools and public and pri-
vate Offices will be closed Monday, and
most of the stores will close at the
noon hour.
The usual holiday hours will prevail
at the city post Office.
Aldermen Approve Tax Ordinance.
At an adjourned meeting of the
board Of aldermen. held tonight. the
annual tax ordinance was adopted. The
ordinance providing collections from
June l, 1915. to May 81, 1916, provides
for a rate of $1.s0 on each 500 of
assessed real estate and 25 cents ad-
ditional on the 500. the latter to be
>.
This. however, does not mean an in
crease of taxation, inasmuch as only
10 cents more will be charged by the
state. bringing the total amount to
3b cents on the 500, which was the
amount formerly paid the state. The
discount on the s1.S0 if paid by July
l is 5 per cent. and if paid by Septem-
ber l a discount of per cent is al
N December
I a penalty of per cent is added. and
those not paid by June l, 1916, penal
ties at the rate of per cent will be
collected. II is provided that the taxa
tion on property in the annexed terri
tory will remain the same and will be
kept separate.
Services in the Churches.
Rt. Rev. Dr. Brown. bishop coad-
jutor of Virginia. will preach and con-
firm class in Grace Protestant Epis-
copal Church at IL o'clock tomorrow.
Rev. Nelson P. Dame will preach at
the II o'clock services at st. Paufs
Protestant Episcopal Church.
Resident clergy will officiate at the
other churches.
Children's day exercises will be held
by the Sunday school of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South at IL o'clock
Sunday morning in that church.
program of songs and recitatlonS Will
be given. in which the scholars will
General Items.
Elver Underwood. thirty eight years
old, son of John and Margaret Under
wood, died this morning at his parents
home, St. Elmo, Alexandria county. The
funeral will take place at o'clock
Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Buchanan and
son Russell of Ellerslie, Md. who have
been spending several days as the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Bartlett.
have returned home.
Mrs William b. Smithers has gone
to Sweet Briar College. near Lynch
burg, to attend the annual commence
ment exercises of that institution