Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-04-13
The cost Of INSURANCE on the bui'd

The following streets should be
improved: South Washington street
! to Franklin street; Franklin street
! 10 Alfrcl street; Prince o. Dakc
street in order to relieve King street
#, at leas.a part Of the .;cavy
traffic; Commerce street from King
street to Duke street; Fairfax street
o the Old Dominion Glass Works and
Bryant's Fertilizer Works. As it is
now the men employed at these in
lustries are obliged to walk in-mud
n watec during wet wca ther TO get
to and from their work. The side
walk shcrid be continued at Wash
ngton street to the corporation
inc for the benefit of tie employees
At the Potomac Yards. tht Fruit
Growers TxrreSs car shcNS and the
Mutual !se Company. ard have as
,urance from the county authorities
hal in the event such sidewalk
should b. brilt 20 the corporation
inc. it would BE- continued by the
county to the overhead bridge across
he railroaG tracks. King street
west from Union Station should have
sewer and sidewalk to the county
line.
Roscmont. as well as East Rose
mont. Bladdc-ck and the Union Sta
lion have sewers that empty into
Hooff's Run. which is already very
rnsanitary. and will shortly have tc
be remcc:ed At this time we are
fnancin,s health department at the
"ost Of about nine thousand dollars
1er year and this sewer and other
sewers Of this kind should not be
allowed to continue in the condition
which they are at this time.
West street from Prince to Oro-
noco should be improved and Oro-
7c"o street should be- extended under
tha Wa9kinrton Southern Railroad
o connect with Walnu: street Ct
Eat Ros:mont. This would improve
This end Of the city, ard those going
% an1 FROM the school and to bust
ness parts If the city from that
section could do SO without travel
ing four or five times the distance
ncce&Sary, ard in additionzits would
make thu section more easily acees-
sihlr to The fire department, and
would be an added in,'cem".:t to
these desiring to build in this sec
ton.
The estimated cost Of this wcrk.
Including the payment Of the oaH7
above reE.rrcd to now il the FRS;
Nationa. Bank, is about six hiIdrc|
thousand dollars.
sling nocof iprovxhpm o. on "r
The Gas Plant when completed.
without any further exnens", $
practically worth the E"nded '"i.'bi-
,ircss Of Tn city n;' the present
inc. and there has been turned MIC
ne treasury ~ result of the 2p-:
.ra;ionS of the-gas plstit s|i:nce 1ol1
.hrce hundr.i-.nnd fifty 'two 'nou :
and dollars.
The estiatcd income Of h" ~
@or this yrar = .wc hnrdre2 ana
&cvartv sIe thousanA 'lnlla:s ard the
estimated expense Of the city for ths
same period is about two hundred
md twenty FIVE thousand dc!larS, so
AL:a. il woJld be necessary, in order
o make the improvements above re-
Forrcd to to issue the bonds rs set
out. am not in position to say
what interest these 1onds would
have to bear, hut | feel certain they
,ou!d be disposed of with little diff
iclilty.
1t is r,ohabIc and gerry likely that
.here Will 'be saring in the cost of
operating the city during the present
wear of several thousand dollars as
compared with las: year, as many
things are somewhat cheaper and
there will be some reductions IN
costs. For instance the cleaning OF
The streets and moving of ashes will
cost about twenty four thousand dol
lars from June lst, 1920, 10 May 31st,
1921. inclusive. / believe that if al!
work, s::ch'as buildings, streets, the
making Of street improvements, the
cleaning Ct streets and the removal
# ashes, were advertised and let to
he lowc.t responsible bidder. under
he supervision of the street COM
nit;ee snd The city engineer, We
you'd get much better results and
more economical, and | heartily rec
ommand that plan.
There seems to be no doubt that
ve are losing some ef our best citl-
zens, who are moving to neighhor;ng
counties and cities where they are
ori- l