The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
TO Be TAXED ON
over 100000
Public Service Bodies of Alex
andria, City and County,
Make Reports.
PLAN ELKS' CONVENTION
Will Be Held in Condition
of Harvey Struder Is Greatly
Improved.
PLAN ELKS' CONVENTION

Alexandria. Va. Aug. 19.-According
to the report just issued by the State
corporation commission. public service
Alexandria County have turned in for
taxation property valued at more than
$2.0OO.000. The total figures for the
city and county are $2.125.5 5s775. or
this amount Alexandria City corpora
tions report s595,O9l.61. and Alexandria
County. $1.53O.5O6.74.
Concerns from the city reported as
follows: Adams Express Company.
Company. S97.4S7: Alexandria water
Company. s66.562; Capital City Tele-
phone Company. S3.l62: Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company
s14.2O; Chesapeake and Potomac TeIe-
phone Company of Virginia. $17.l35.S1: !:
Colonial Beach Company. $4,000;
Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall
Steamboat Company. $4,000: Norfolk
and Washington Steamboat Company
$4,000: Postal Telegraph Cable Com
pany. S1.026; Potomac and Chesapeake
Steamboat Company. s4l.750; Southern
Railway Company. s231.929: Washing
ton and Old Dominion Railway Com
pany. $4OS: Virginia Rail-
way Company. $i3.6i6: Western Union
Telegraph Company, s2.421.
Returns from Alexandria County are as
follows: Alexandria County Lighting
Company. sl0,065; Alexandria Water Com
pany. sl3.3S; American Telephone and
Telegraph Company, of Virginia, ss75. 20:
Arlington Electric Company, slO.OSs;
Braddock Light and Power Company.
s5,522; Capital City Telephone Com
pany. $50; Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company, s1.4Si.40; Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Com
pany, of Virginia. si.SOisI; Falls
Church Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany. SS,l55: Postal Telegraph and Cable
Company, s3.0SS: Rosslyn Connecting
Railroad Company. siS.23O: Rosslyn Gas
Company. s57.763: Southern Railway Com
pany, $3.50; Washington and Old Domin-
ion Railway. S2fI. .i30: Washington and
Southern Railway Company, s73l, ,74S:
Washington and Virginia Railway Com
pany. s359.lSS; Western Union Telegraph
Company, A,i54.
Three hundred visiting Elks are ex-
pected in Alexandria next October. when
the annual meeting of the Virginia State
Association of Elks will be held accord
ing to w. Clifford GOdsey. secretary of
the State association. who was in Alex
andria yesterday mapping out plans for
the coming convention.
Seven candidates of Potomac Lodge of
Odd Fellows will have the third degree
Of the order conferred on them tomorrow
night. Among those expected here on
that occasion are a number of officers
from the lodges in Washington
Following a preliminary hearing in the
Police Court today Justice Cation held
"Bootsie" Pye, colored. for the action of
the grand jury on charge of cutting
Henry Fuel. colored. Fuel had seven
stitches taken on the left side of his face
by DR.. T. NJ Jones. The affair took
place Monday night on Wolfe street be-
tween Alfred and Patrick streets.
Announcement is made of the mar
riage of Miss Irene Padgett. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Padgett and Walter
Mercer. of Casanova. Va, which took
place last Monday night at the home of
the brides parents. Braddock. AleXan-
dria County. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Mr.. Swami.
At the Alexandria Hospital tonight it
was stated that the condition of Harvey
Struder. who was found lying in an un-
conscious condition at the Potomac rail-
road yards the morning of August II, has
greatly improved. Struder has not yet
made a statement as to how he was in
jured.
The American Indian Guard Band gave
its annual excursion to Marshall Hall to-
day The evening boat carried large
crowd.
goldenrod lawn fete will be given
Friday night on the lawn at 2G South
Washington street for the benefit Of the
children's Fairgrounds.