The Washington herald., 1918-04-05
SHIPBUILDING
PLANT COMING
TO ALEXANDRIA
New Company Has Contract
for 1000 Government
Life Boats.
THE HERALD BUREAU
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@-G3 King Street.
Alexandria, Va, April 4-Alexandria
Is going to have another shipbuilding
plant The new industry Is known as
the Atlantic Life Boat Company. Inc.
This concern has just purchased
through Graham and ogden, realty
brokers, from the Old Dominion Glass
Corporation. q square Of ground on
the river front directly north OF the
plant of the General Shipbuilding ana
Aerial Company, Inc.
The new concern has a contract for
the construction Of 1000 steel life ooats
for the government and their contract
provides that the work be completed
within eight months.
This company will at once erect
steel fabricating plant on the ground
purchased by them. On the start they
viii give employment to about go men.
The plant will be erected within the
next thirty days.
Ths fabricating plant will be 30 by
l54 feet. It Is stated that after the
present contract Is completed this con-
Germ expects additional contracts
which will result in its becoming per
manent institution in Alexandria.
The new company is composed OF
R. K. Mickey. president, Of New York.
and s. II. Mickey. secretary. Of New
York. who. with Kenneth W. Ogden
OF this city. compose the board o.
directors. Gardner L. Booth Of thi-
city is attorney for the concern.
News that this city is to have an
other shipbuilding plant was received
with qualification by business Interests
here. Already there are in Alexandra
two concerns engaged in buildin-
ships. one being the Virginia Ship
building Corporation. which has con
tract for the construction of twenN
steel ships for the government, and
the General Shipbuilding and Aerial
Company. engaged in building twenty
submarine chasers for the government.
most of which are already nearins
completion.
There is considerable interest here
over the action of the State Court of
Appeals in granting a writ of error
and supersedeas in a case of a liquor
law violation which is based on the
opinion that liquor law violations can
no longer be tried in Virginia before
State courts. but that such offenses
can only properly be tried before
Federal court. This may eventually
mean that all cases for violations of
the prohibition law may in the fu-
ture be tried before the United States
Court.
The work of organizing the different
bureaus of the new Chamber of Com
merce has been completed Harry
Hammond presided at the organiZa-
fInn Of hn f,hL LII,
at the agricultural bureau. Executive
committees for both bureaus will be
announced later.
The case of consumers against the
AltNandria Water Co will be heard
i'm Richmond May l. before the State
Corporation Commission, according to
letter deceived by Attorney Samuel
= Brent from e. B. Garnett, chair
man Of the commission.
Warren p. Taylor. 20 years old.
former resident OF this city. died to-
day at his residence in Richmond. The
DECEASED was traffic manager of the
ashinEtOn-SouJhernR Railway Co. He
is survived by his wife. who was
Miss Mary Marbury, this city, and
two sons. Capt. Henry Marbury Tay-
Tor, L. s. A. and Warren P. Taylor,
jr His funeral will take place in
Richmond at o'clock Saturday after
noon.
The Elopement of Ellen" will be
Presented Friday and Saturday even
ings by the senior class Of the Alex
andria High School in the auditorium
OF that school.
Tickets for the Paulist choir, COM
posed Of 100 voices, which will give
sacred concert at o'clock Sunday
afternoon in the Richmond theater Cor
the benefit Of the stricken people of
France. were placed on sale in differ
ent King street drug stores today.
Already a large number of seats nave
been sold and the indications are that