Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-22

GRAFTON with Kiwanis Club in con-
vention in Washington.
1t is set forth that the chamber
has been instrumental in locat-
ing the following industries here
Western Marine and Salvage Com
panv. Federal Storage and Bat
tery Company, Chestnut Hill
Dairy, Building Products Com
pany and H. N. Avr@m Com
pany.
The report of Capt. Evans also
contains report on the work Of
the bureaus Of that body and give
q comprehensive review of their
achievements during the year.
Concluding his report, Capt.
Evans suggests that as part
Of the definite program for the
coming year include close CO.
| operation with the city officials
concerning Arlington county, ac-
| 1uiring a new postoffice and new
| chamber of commerce building.
| According to the report of J.
IT. Preston, secretary 339 meet
Iings were held during the year
lin the rooms of the chamber of
commerce and the Anti-tubercu-
Ilosis Society and the Red Cross
with their visiting nurses and the
home service section OF the Red
Cross have their headquarters
here. Other rotations made are
| the $4,000 names on the credit
bureau; 2,110 reports issued to
manufacturers and Jobbers com
pared with 1873 last year; re-
ports to retail merchants, 1926
| compared with 1927 last year;
total reports during the year,
1886. compared with 5,S05 the
preceding year, an increase of
fourteen per cent; approximately
| 500 persons were furnished with
rooms through the housing de-
partment; 7lS persons visited
the rooms of the chamber dur
inc the year and consolidated the
file of out of town directories;
! during the year 1850 pieces of
mail were received and 1G, $50
were issued or total of $500.
In his financial report Treas
urer Preston shows the total re-
ceipts during the past year were
| S13,340.SS, of which amount So
202.70 was from members dues
and that the cash remaining on
hand is S3O73S.
In a short address, J. Y. Will
liams said some people seem TO
think that the prime object of a
.hamber of commerce is grabbing
business enterprises and locating
them in their city. This chamber
IF commerce he said, has brought
industries here and caused a de-
velopment of residential property.
He urged the development of the
water front from Jones Point TO
] the bend in che river. Alexandria
! is just as close as any of the
| cities to the Atlantic and he
thought Alexandria should en-
| deavor to get Congress to make
an appropriation for deepening
the river to thirty feet at the
point mentioned. One reason why
Alexandria cannot enjoy cheap
water rates he said, is because
the ships coming here cannot get
a return cargo. He urged a
deeper waterway and then the To-
cation Of one or two substantial
factories which he said would re-
suit in others coming and insure
shipping of cargoes from this
city.
Irwin Diener in q short talk said
the retail merchants bureau
prides itself on being one of the
Invest bureaus of the chamber.
He urged a buy at home cam
paign.
Attorney James 4. Cation urg-
ed the chamber and city to get
busy and prepare their plans for
the annexation of the territory
lying directly north of the city.
He said he was present when
the bill to incorporate Arlington
county into a city was presented
to the legislature, and that the
proponents of the bill would not
let the matter rest and it un-
doubtedly would be presented at
the next session Of that body.
Mr.. Cation also told of the plans
for the acquisition of the l6.7
acres Of reclaimed land, now n
part of the District of Columbia
located at Jones Point. A bill
for turning it over 10 Virginia
under certain conditions, he said.
would be introduced at the next
session Of Congress and the terms
would have to be complied with
by the owners of the shipyard.