Evening star., 1915-03-01
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Seminary Grade Crossing Is to
Be Eliminated.
STATE COMMISSION ORDER
w. c. Cloth Begins Duties as Police
Justice-Evangelistic Services.
Circuit Court Convenes.

Special Correspondence Of III" Sfa'.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. March l.-N ithih
the next few weeks the work oil ehH'-
mating the dangerous grade CROSSING "'
y-b,t is known as Seminary crossing.
two and tiree-quarter Mules west W
AIeXaudria will he started ny the ran
road companies. In pltc. Of the preseh.
..rossin. there viii he an underground
road for tht. tracks with bridge above
Work of construction viii cost approSi-
matcly $50 1000. y total OF seven tracks
are at this crossing and IN the iast ten
years there have been many accideh'S
and Il number OF people Killed, fhe ran :
road companies whose tracks are NJ
this point are the southern ana the
Richmond Fredericksburg and Poto-
mae.
Mace. than seven years ago the asit't-
tiogl for the elimination of the grace
.,ro.S,f.. WAS begun by residents OF
F.tirfaN county. and a little more than
:, year :rgr the matter was taken ne
torc the statc corporation court COM
lnissiou hy residents of Fairfax county
nurnbcr of members of the chamber
of commerce ;tlSa joined in the move
7llent The result was that the corpor-
alton commission ruled that the rail-
way companies would have to eilml-
ft:t. the grade crossing and the eN-
u.nse of construction would also have
to le borne by the companies whose
racks pass a that point.
To Begin Work OH Arlington Road.
Contractors will this week begin the
work OF construction of the roadway from
Arlington cemetery to Alexandria. dis
tance Of .tout four miles. The work
.iil y. dv- ny ". p. Mcdonald < Co.
u s.. - and the contract price is
S54.I73et I'll be under the super
vision of I,asre-ice |. HeweS of the De-
partment of Agriculture.
Thieves early Sunday morning forced
an entrance through a rear window III
the store of Hugo Herfurth. 1910 King
street, and got away with small amount
of change from the money drawer. II is
believed the burglary was committed by
Il hoy.
William Fountain and William Will
liams, both colored, arrested on sus-
picion of stealing brass, were commit
ted for ten days in order that the po-
lice may further investigate. 1nez Rose,
colored, was sentenced to sixty days IN
Jail on charge of vagrancy.
n. S. Greenaway, clerk of the cor
poration court, during the month of
February recorded thirty-one deeds
an. issued forty-two marriage licenses.
of which number thirty-three were to
white and nine to colored couples.
William c. Cloth, an attorney of
Alexandria county, today assumed his
duties as police justice for Alexandria
county, vice r. Gordon Finney. resigned.
Walter c. Foster. an attorney of this
city. today assumed the duties OF
deputy United States stamp agent here.
Evan gelist services will be held
every levening this week at the Second
Presbyterian Church. Rev. w. r. Nc
Elroy will speak tonight. taking for
his subject Character Castle
Funerals Are Held.
The funeral of Capt. Patrick j. MUIR
ply took place at 9 o'clock this morn
ing from st. Mary's Catholic Church,
Rev. L. F. Kelly officiating. Burial
was made in st. Marys cemetery. PAIL
bearers were Capt. W. H. Sweeney
Capt. r. H. Atkinson. Herbert A. Grif-
fifth and Thomas E. Dyson.
Mrs. John Marcher's funeral was held
at > o'clock this afternoon from her
late home in Del Ray, Alexandria coun-
ty. Services were conducted by Rev.
q. C. Beall, a Methodist minister, and
burial was in Bethel cemetery.
The funeral of James Arthur King,
who died Saturday night, will take
place at 8 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
from his late home, ZIG South Fayette
street, and will be conducted by Rev
G. A. Luttrell, pastor of Trinity NJ. E.
Church. The deceased was f1fty-eight
years old, and d painter by trade. Be
sides his wife, he is survived by five
children.
Chief Goods and Policeman John T.
Roberts became members of the Alex
andria police department nineteen years
ago today.
Judge Thornton of the circuit court
for Alexandria county has appointed
Henry J. Kremer a magistrate for JEFF
ferson district, Alexandria county.
The circuit court for this city, Judge
Thornton presiding, convened today.
The docket was called and cases set for
trial