Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-05-21
Sl00,000 BONDS
FOR new SCHOOL
Ordinance Presented to
Common Council Last
Night and Referred
TO ASK FOR BIDS
Many Increases in License Tax-Final
Action of This Bill Tonight at Ad-
journed Meeting.

An ordinance to provide for the is
suing of 100000 bonds to be known
as school and improv bonds and
for creating a sinking fund commits
sion to look after the same was in
troduced at special meeting OF the
commons council last night and refer
red to the finance committee.
The ordinance provides that bids
be advertised for and that the bonds
be issued in denominations of $1,000
each bearing date of July l, 1919, and
bear interest lat the rate Of five and
one quarter or five and one-half per
cent, the rate of interest to be deter
mined by the finance committee; it
also is provided that the successful
bidder for the bends shall bear the
cost Of engraving the same; that
the bords shall be paid off at the rate
of $4,000 year beginning with 1922.
Funds from the sale Of the bonds
are to be used for the erection of
school building for colored school
children and also to meet other tom
porary obligations.
Sweeping increases were made by
common council in the annual liccus"
for the fiscal year.
Commencing June 1, 1919 and end
ing May 81, 1920.
IL some Instances 100 per cent in
creases are noted. AImcst all lists
of business are affected. Each sec
ton was taken up and acted on in
dependenHly by council. The new he
ense for moving picture houses IS
based on the seating capacity of the
theaters as follows:
So a week for those with 800 to
500 capacity; $s a week Tor those
with from so Oto 700; so weei; for
those with from 700 to 1000. The old
rate was Sd a week regardless OF
seating capacity.
Other changes noted are: Barber
shops SIS flat with $3.50 for each
chair in excess Of one, and s. for each
bath or shower operated in barber
ship; bowling alleys and billiard
rooms $25; public dance halls, s. a
might; nickel in the slot or penny in
the slot and picture machines, So to
$40 for each machine; shoe shine par
lors or street stands for that pur-
pose, SO to SIS; pressing and clean
ING establishments, other than mer-
chant tailors, from SO to SIS; .oan-
ing money on household chattles,
wages, salary ETC., from S1OO to 5000
annually; contractors increased from
SIS to S25 and $5 for each $4,000 ad-
ditional business done in excess OF
$4,000; architects from So to S2o;
tombstone dealers from SIS to $40;
Plunbres and gas filters from S13 to
S25; fruit dealers from SIS to $25;
printers and bookbinders from $40 to
$50; photograph galleries from SO
to $25; operating steam laundrles
fom S25 to $50; hand laundries from
$40 to S25; agents for laundries from
SIS to S25; storage and empcund!ng
from so to S25; keeping hack for
hire, either one or two horse, from
S5 to $40; horse and wagon for hire
from $3 to S. and horse and cart
double team, from s5 to So; bakery
from S25 to $50; and So for all We,
hicles in excess of one; selling Goa
oil from wagons in excess of fou,
gallons from S25 to 500 ard less tina.
four gallons reduced from $40 to SIS
each ice wagon $40 and each icin.
station $40; oyster dealers from S:
to SS. A number of other mino,
changes also were made in the licens!
bill.
Resolution appropriating $1.4oo TO,
sewer on Wythe street west of Al
fred to Patrick street was referred t
the joint committee on streets am
finance.
Alta late hour commencement -ha
not completed the license "drdinanc
and another meeting of commo,
ccuncilzwHfllT be held tcHigRt TO com
plete the tasEass Y" a' o'.>5,'.
The aldermen will meet at 8 o'cloc
Friday night to- act on the foregoing