Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-29
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Meeting of City Council to Be
Held September 8.
OFFICERS TO BE CHOSEN
Five Policemen to Be Added to Force
at Next Gathering of
Commissioners. :.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. August 2S.-For
the first time in many years the city
council has gone on with business
without summer recess. Usually the
council adjourns either in July or Au-
gust. This year. however. there has
been no adjournment and an effort to
take recess until the second Tuesday
in October. on "A motion introduced
month ago. proved unavaiiing. the ma
jority OF the members voting against
ii. One of the principal reasons as
signed for failure to take the summer
recess was that a number OF matters Of
Importance were under consideration in
connection with the annexed territory.
and that other matters were pending.
including the proposition to purchase a
modern fre-fghting apparatus. which
is now in the hands of a committee. and
the redistrctng of the four wards so
az to equalize tn" population as far as
possible, together with other things.
The next regular meeting of the city
council viii be held September S, at
which time several city officers who
should have been elected in July will
be chosen.
Five Policemen to Be Chosen.
II is expected that there Will be
called meeting of the board of police
commissioners Tuesday night for the
purpose of eIecting five policemen. -Four
OF the men 10 be chosen are for patrol
duty in the recently annexed territory.
and one to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Rudolph Norris.
All applicants for the positions are
expected to appear before the board in
person. in order that the members may
have an opportunity of questioning
them. Those who have applications be-
fore the board and fail to appear in
person will not be considered, il is
stated.
There are about fifty applicants for
the five positions. II is expected A
mum Der of additional aspirants will be
registered between now and Tuesday.
Hospital Committee Report Delayed.
The subcommittee on site for the
Alexandria Hospital will not make it's
report to the trustees of the new Alex
andria Hospital until next month. Some
time ago a subcommittee OF three was
named for the purpose of reporting on
available sites besides the one selected
for the hospital. The site chosen is the
square bounded by Columbus, Alfred.
Pendleton and Wythe streets. In the
meantime the finance committee is en-
given as the proposed structure will
cost about $4,000
1t is not thought that work on the
hospital will be started before next
spring.
Sales CT Real Estate.
Mrs. Sallie Z. Patterson and others
have sold to William l.. Rammel the
property at the southeast corner of
-,
erty consists of a large two-story brick
building formerly used for milling pur-
poses and more recently as a storage
building.
Mrs Daisy c. Mills and husband have
sold to John 7. Dixon a house and lot
on the south line of King street ex-
tended.
General and Personal Notes.
A delegation of members of Potomac
Lodge. No. So. I. o. o. F.. will pay
fraternal visit Monday night to Aceottnk
Lodge and witness the exemplification OF
degree work. Members will leave Tor
Accotink in automobiles which Will leave
odd Fellows Hall at Gas o'clock.
Howard r. Coivin. this city. who is
candidate for the position of commits
sioner of labor of the state. has been in
dorsed for the position by the employees
of the Potomac railroad yards.
The annual excursion to Marshall Hall
of Martha Chapter. Order of Eastern
Star will be given Tuesday.
Miss Nellie Reed. a missionary from
Africa will deliver an address at
O'Clock tomorrow Sunday At the Free
Methodist ChCSch. She will also exhibit
number of curios.
During the illness of George T Cation.
deputy collector of the port of this
place George A. Rowland. deputy col
lector of customs in the Maryland dis
trict, has been assigned to duty here