Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-25
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Auto Club Governors Object to
Fairfax To|Igates.
STEEPLEJACK AT WORK
Repairs Being Made on City Hall
Tower-463 Dog Licenses Is
sued to Date.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA,, Va, July 24.-The
board of governors of the Alexandra
Automobile Club Monday morning will
go to Fairfax Court House and urge the
board of supervisors of that county not
to establish tollgates on certain reads,
recently improved, in the upper end OF
Fairfax county.
Three toligateS are proposed by Su
pervisors. One is to he on the road
between Fairfax and Vienna at Oak
ton. near Suttons store: second on
the road from Tysons Corner and
thence to Falls Church, and third at
about the corporation line of Falls
Church.
1t is also reported that it is proposed
to establish a tolgate in lower Mount
Vernon district. that county. This move.
it IS said. will be opposed by residents
of that district. as well as many from
Alexandra. and especially the Alexan-
dria Automobile Club.
A steeplejack from New York this
afternoon removed the metal cross
pieces having metallic letters to indi-
cate the direction of the wind above
the weather vane on the City Hall
tower. These pieces were badly bent,
and will be repaired and put back.
The compass points. which had
gilded metallic ball attached. were
damaged during the storm of July 80.
1913, and leaned toward the south.
Their condition was regarded as dan
gerous. and the work was ordered done
by the joint committee on public prop
erty and finance of the city council.
A large number of people watched
the steeplejack and his assistant,
George Elliott of this city. in the work.
Three ladders were used to reach the
pinnacle.
1853 Dog Licenses Issued.
The total number of dog licenses is
sued by City Auditor f. F. Price up to
the hour of closing this afternoon was
463. This is not as large as the num-
Der issued this time last year. 1t is
expected that within the next few days
the police will be furnished with list
of those who have paid the required
license of S1.50, and all those who have
failed to pay will be cited into the
police court and subject to the impo-
sition of a fine. The time limit for pay
ing such licenses expired July 1, al
though many delinquents have since
then paid.
The police have begun the work of
notifying citizens that grass and weeds
must be removed from cutters and
sidewalks. Many people living on the
outskirts of the city permit grass and
weeds to flourish in their cutters, and,
in some instances, on their sidewalks
The condition of Thomas WEIGH of
this city. a Southern Railway freight
brakeman, who is being treated at St.
Andrews Hospital. Lynchburg, Va, for
injuries received by falling between
two box cars at Monroe, Va, Thursday.
is reported slightly improved. Mr..
WEIGH sustained fractured hip and
arm, sprained wrist and numerous cuts
and COMMISSIONS
Glass Company Closes.
The Old Dominion Glass Company this
afternoon closed it's factory until Sep
TENDER. A number of improvements
will be made.
The members of the Alexandria Light
Infantry. who have been camping for
the past week at Virginia Beach with
the Virginia militia. are expected to
return home to morrow.
The second annual excursion Of the
Holy Name Band will be given Wednes-
day to Colonial Beach.
The fourth annual moonlight excur-
sion of the Phi Mu Sigma Fraternity.
Alpha Chapter of the NJ E. Church
South, will be given Monday night on
the steamer st Johns.
The first annual excursion of the
Alexandria Light Infantry will be given
to Marshall Hall August g