Evening star., 1923-07-18
ALEXANDRIA.

ciaD When the corner stone OF the
George Washington Masonic Memo
rial Associations temple. IN Georee
Washington Park. is laid November
next about fourteen feet of granite
will have been laid, which Will make
the temple between twenty-five ana
twenty-seven feet above the concrete
mat. The work al the present time Is
progressing satisfactorily.
The contractors expect to beglh
pouring the first concrete foor Au-
gust l.. which will cover the entire
structure. and they expect to com
this will give il month or six weeks
to set before the time for the laying
of the corner stone.
In the meantime stonemasons will
/ be facing the concrete steps with
granite on the front of the temple.
Arranging Ceremonies.
Arrangements are rapidly being made
by the committee in charge of the cor
nerstone laying. 1t is estimated that the
ceremonies will be attended by between
40. 900 and 100000 Masons from every
section of the United States. Grand
masters from every state in the Union
are expected to be in attendance and
the affair will be a momentous one in
the Masonic history of the United States.
Charles H. Callahan. deputy grand mas
ter of Masons in Virginia, will preside
for the grand master on this occasion.
/ Art ady, ii is stated. that reservations
! have been made Tor two entire floors at
the Willard and Raleigh hotels in Wash
/ inCton by visiting Masons. Michigan
! alone will send a delegation of 500
| MasonS to attend the ceremony. The
grand master of Masons of Michigan
was here only few days ago and COM
! pleted arrangements for the visitation
| for that event.
s3.OO0,OOO Structure.
The ceremonies will take place at noon
! that day. The plans for thef reception
and entertainment of the visitors dur
! ing their sojourn here are in the hands
! of local committee.
| When this temple is completed ii
! will have cost more than S3,0Oo.00O
! and viii be one of the most hand
| some edifices of its kind in the coun-
! try. Money tor its construction is
F.: being raised by Masons from through
out the United States.
Granite Refinery.
( The old Marine Railway and Coal
J Companys shipyard at Franklin and
f; Union streets, soon is to be used by
! the Aquio Creek Quarries Corpora
| tion for the purpose of refining gran
lite brought to that place from Aquia
| creek, Stafford county, Va.
| A deed of conveyance for this prop
erty today was placed on record in
the Office of the clerk of the court
from Colin H. Livingstone and wife
to the Aquia Creek Quarries Corpora
tion. The land conveyed includes a
tract, a strip of land constituting a
part Of the filled area made by the
/ United States government in improv-
| ing the Potomac river by reclaiming
| what is known as Battery Cove.
| The Aqua Creek Quarries Corpora
! ton some time ago secured the quar-
ry at Aqua creek and is now en-
; trat place. The old quarry was aban,
doned more than a century ago. 1t
| is proposed to bring the Virginia
! granite to the plant in Alexandria on
will be put on by skilled mechanics.
Working at full capacity. this plant
| will it Is stated. give employment to
[ approximately 200.
Grocery Store Burned.
! The grocery store of Jones G Co..
| at St Elmo. Arlington county. was
I burned by fire shortly after o'clock
! Yesterday afternoon and three ga
! RACES in the rear of the store were
destroyed. The loss is estimated at
! $4,000, with only $4,000 insurance.
/ Companies Nos. and 5 of this city
and company No. 16 of Washington
j responded to the alarm and the local
| firemen worked nearly two hours be-
+! fore conquering the blaze. The fire.
men succeeded in saving two adjoin-
; ing dwellings. i.
| hose having run water from Hume
| to the place of the fire. Automo-
| biles which were in the garages
| destroyed were removed to safety
! a short time after the fire started.
According to reports made. the fire
started in one of the garages In
! the rear of the store and soon
! caught to the gasoline tank nearby.
| Director of Public Safety Paul Nor
ton, acting fire chief, stated that
had the f1remen found water at the
place where the fire was they prob
ably could have saved the store. The
fire attracted a large crowd of per-
sons living in that vicinity.
Many Pay Auto Tax.
Thus far about $50 persons have
paid their city automobile license
tax. The tax is long past due and
| within a comparatively short time
; 1t is planned to have the delinquents
cited into court for their failure to
pay the required license tax. Many
business and professional men are
| now paying their license tax This
| license is also overdue. Such IL
| censes should be paid at once at the
office of the city manager.
David N. Hulf1sh has sold to Will
liam P. Sullivan a two-story brick
dwelling house on the east side of
| Washington between Queen and
| ough has sold to S. Elizabeth Gray
house and lot 1902 Duke street.
| Deeds of conveyance have just been
I placed on record in the office OF. the
clerk of the court.
| An inspection of the Aiexandria
| Light Infantry was made Monday
| night by Capt. D. e. Thebaud of the
adjutant generals offloe. Richmond.
Capt. Thebaud complimented the
men on the excellent showing made.