Evening star., 1923-08-03
ALEXANDRIA.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. August 3.-In the
interest of having the state corporation
commission indorse his application for
the establishment of motor bus line
to operate between this city and Wash
ington, w. p Killeen of Washington,
appeared before city council yesterday
afternoon and explained his PROPOSE
ton. Mr.. Killeen told the council he
was perfectly satisfied with the tax rate
imposed by the city on busses and that
he only wanted the Endorsement of that
body in order to help him obtain his
franchise. Mr.. Killeen said that if he
obtained his franchise he proposed to
put on twelve buSSes, eight to have a
capacity Of twenty passengers and four
to have a capacity of twenty-five pas
hours of the day. operate five-minute
schedule. The fare for the round trip
would be thirty-five cents. he said.
No Action Likely.
The matter was considered by
council after Mr.. Killeen left. and
the sense of the meeting was that
council had no control over the mat
ter, and If Mr.. Killeen obtained a
franchise it was all right; all that
the city council could do in the mat
ter was to see that he conformed to
the city laws regulating motor traffic.
The petition of a number of Alex
andrians employed at the Potomac
yards requesting that council elimi-
nate the city tax on the proposed
motor busseS was received 1t was
explained that inasmuch as the man
agcr had expressed himself as sat-
isfied with the city taxes imposed. no
further action on this petition would
be necessary.
An ordinance to regulate delin-
quents for city gas was presented
and laid ove- .S.il the next meeting.
Among other things 1t provides that
non payment of gas bills twenty days
after they are rendered will mean
that the consumer will become delin-
quene and the gas can be forthwith
cut off and after ten days no discount
will be allowed. The same price pre-
walls for gas. The proposed ordi-
nance would become operative Sep
tember l IL adopted Action on the
ordinance viii be taken up at meet
ing which will be held next Thursday.
Tax Reduction Asked.
On behalf of the Alexandria real
tors. F. c. Goodnow. accompanied by
number of real estate men, asked
the council for reduction of the
The realtors favored a fat tax of
s5O year and a graduated scale
according to the volume Of business
Il
per cent on the gross sales of the
real estate man. This was taken un-
der advisement by the council.
c. d. Welch petitioned council for
readjustment of taxes. This was
received.
James Sherier of Fairfax county.
candidate for the state senate from
this senatorial district delivered an
address last night before good
sized audience in the Westminster
building in the interest of his can
didacy Robert S. Barrett of this
city in a speech declared he never
thought the question of prohibition
would be raised. otherwise he would
not have entered the race. The ques-
tion today. he said. was the enforce
ment of the law.
Senator Walter T. Oliver made a
speech in which he reviewed his
record. and no told of some OF his
accomplishments while In the state
senate.
The concluding speech was made
by Mr.. Sherier, who advocated good
roads. better schools and compulsory
education. He said he favored the