Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-03-13
CITY NOT GIVEN
.0' ALL TERRITORY.
- 1
Part of Braddock Heights
is not awarded in An
nexation Suit
CARDWELL's DECISION
New Northern Limits Will Be Ex-
tension of Present line About 600 Feet
South OF Poor House.

Bv the terms of the decision OF the
s,,preme Court of Appeals which
,y.s rendered on last Thursday Alex
andria will secure practically all OF
the territory asked for in its annex.
alton suit. The complete text OF
Jndee Cardwen's decision reacheo
here this morning and the decision IS
final so far as the territory given 10
brief Alexandria's new city lnmts VIII
include all of the territory asked
for from Fairfax county, which IN
cludes all the land lying south OF the
present city Limits to the middle OIL
Hunting Creek and west to ilne
near the residence of Walter Roberts
m Duke street extended. 1t will
;nclude the Union station, and all OF
George Washington Park. From
Alexandria county it will secure
Rosemont and portion OF braddock
Heights. The north line OF the ne"
limits is an extension Of the north
crn line Of the present limits which
is about five hundred feet south o1
the Poor House lane. This will m
clude all of Rosemont and about one
half of Braddock Heights. Cottage
Park and all Of Potomac yards is en-
cluded. There is still some question
as to the poor house as the decision
specifically states that the poor house
IS TO be included in the new terri
tory, yet the poor house is 600 feet
away from the line as laid down by
the court.
The decision Of the court defining
the territory is as follows;
"Om examination and considera-
lion of the evidence in this case
brings us readily to the conclusion
,hat the Circuit Court should not
have dismissed this proceeding, but
should have -adjudged and ordered
therein that there should be, annexed
10 the city Of Alexandria so much
of the territory sought to be annexed
as is necessary to include within the
city's limits it's high school with the
necessary grounds attached thereto
it's reservoir, poor house, and ceme-
tcry, the national cemetery, the road
bed and tracks of the Southern and
the Washington Southern Railroads,
from the poiat where they enter the
ci,y's boundary on the north to Hunt
ing Creek on the south, including the
Union Station; freight depot and
other buildings or landf@of the said
railroads. if any. adjacent. to their
Union Station and freight depot;
also the lands west and northwest Of
the city's present boundary, known
as Wheat and Suter's Subdivision;
Rosemont, and West End. lying on
both sides of the little River Turn
nike, and also all lands, structures,
and streams that will be embraced
within the city's boundaries by an
extension of the northern boundary
line westwardly to a point from
which line may be run southwardly
and above the fork Of Hooff's Run
near the Braddock Road as shown
upon the map Of Alexandria county
with the record in this case, to JAN
ney's Lane or Road, thence south
wardly and by the most practicable
route to the center of Hunting Greek
thence with the middle of the malE
channel of Hunting Creek to its en-
trance into the Potomac River; ant
thence up to the west line Of the Pc
jomac River to the point of the be
ginning of the present boundary linz
between the city and Fairfax Coun
ty: all of the territory embraced
within the lines indicated to becom
annexed to and form a part Of tn
territory possessed and controlled b.
the city, upon the terms and condi
uons set forth in the ordinance adopt
ed by the City Council upon whicl
this proceeding is founded"
AS heretofore stated the costs o
the suit were awarded against the de
fcndant counties.