Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-05-05
REVIEW Of MONTH s
WORK OF COMMERCE
Monthly Letter Shows Acti-
vities During Past
MHnth
MONEY FOR ROADS
Plans Under Way For state Convcn
ton OF Retail Merchants il AlcNan-
dria May ~ and 20.

The monthly news letter Of the
Chamber Of Commerce Just submitted
10 its members follows:
There was an interesting meeting of
the directors Of The chan;hcr o. Cont
imcrcn held at l. o'clock on the morn
ing Of Ap:';l 18th. the executive com-
mittec Faving invited the president
and directors Of the Wash;ngton-Vir-
4 gina Railway to be presens, the reg
ulal> order of business was dispensed
with for the tine being ard undivided
attention was given to the conditions
| existing on the electric road and what
was being done 10 relieve the Situa-
ton. r is Of the utmost Importance to
| the citizens Of Alexandria that we
have efficient service, this we are en-
| TILED to, and we believe that the
management of the WaShilGton-NIr-
! gin:a Railway recognize this, We be-
licvc that COED management IS the
most essential thing, the finances
would take care Of themselves il the
management WAS sound. They do
enough business to make money. in
theh. statement TO the holders Of
/ bonds, notes a,d .stock. under date
March 24th, 1920. tley admit that
|. :1;l.2y :stsrr ss,"%ancd .;;.araseS N fares
rangir@ from % per cent to go per
cent and yet if you compare the Rail
way operating expenses for the year
1919 with their estimates Of opcrat
ing expenses for the year 1920 j. onl
shows an increase of 5.2S per cent in
their expenses which would indicate
that the increases in fares were suf
! ficirnt for all purposes.
i committee from the Retail Mcr
charts and the Civic Bureaus have
been blsily engaged in arranging and
completing plans for "A clean up
week" FOR cur city. and are co-opcrat-
ing with the Health, City Engineer
and Police Departments in bringing
about the desired results. This is =
very commanGablr Undertaking and
shGtrld meet with a hearty response
i.from al! citizens in cleaning up their
premises and getting the trash cut
in. ar aceesSabie place for The cart
when II comes around.
! While the Chamber Of Commerce
I'has been unable 20 get the improve
ment as advocated by them on the
Little River Turnpike they have been
able To get All appropriation Of $780,
10000, which will apply on. the i'm
provcment Of the AexanAria-Wash
i;eton Turnpike. known as the river
road l. is understocd that Work viii
be commenced on this rC2d jus; as
soon as the contract can be made,
When completed TINS will give rs .
modern road all the way 10 Washing
ton ana the trip could DC made IN
! from seventeen 10 twenty minutes. Ii
,migk: be interesting 70 note that there
lis now available for road building in
the United States more than one bill
lion dollars. and a recent act Of Con
grcss directs the Secretary of War 70
transfer certain surplus Army equip
mcnt 10 the Department. Of Agricu!-
,urc. making available for GiStrihu-
ton IL the states millions Of dollars
worth Of machinery fer highway con
strucvion. The machinery will be al.
lctted in the same ratio as funds
granted 10 The states for federal a.,
in road building, this materia! IS II
Iadiition 10 Approximately $4,000 Army
motor vehicles which have already
been allotted 20 the states through
: the Department Of Agriculture III ac'
cord with previous legislation. Among
the score Of items listed in the law
are: rcad-rol!erS, sprinkiiug wagons
: concrete mixers, derrckS, compies;
pi!e-lrivcr outfits. clam she'll buckets
caterpillar and dragline excavaJorS
p!ows, cranes, dump wagons. hoistin2
engines. stump pullcrS, wheel i-barrows
blasting machines. corrugated meta
iculver;s. surveying Instruments. draft
ing machines. fabricated bridge ma
lerials. gravity and power conreyoa9
and wagons.
The Federal Government is to b.
reimbursed By the states byna sun
t equal to twenty per cent Of the valu'
J. of;the material less all freight charge
4 inquired IN delivering the property