Evening star., 1923-07-20
ALEXANDRIA BOND
ISSUE IS DELAYED
Council Fails to Act on $685..
600 Loan for Public
Improvements.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

the city cOuncll at ltS IHeeliHS scS-
terday afternoon was refused by that
body, council UNANIMOUSLY deciding tc
stick to the original tax placed. In
their petition the merchants set forth
that the present city tax Of $10.50 Is
unfair and excessive on Ford OF
Dodge truck and they requested that
this tax be reduced to a fiat rate oil
$3.50 or the rate of Is cents per
horsepower.
City Manager Rich in his communi'
cation to council on the subject, de-
clared the tax was not unreasonable
Mayor Explains Position.
Mayor w. A. Smoot left the chair
and declared many Alexandrians &c
not seem to understand that for many
years this city has not been raising
enough revenue to properly meet JUS
expenses anu that it is the duty oil
this council to fully provide for the
operating expenses of different de-
partments and the schools ana to
take care of the interest and sinking
fund on our debt. Increasing taxes
is nece~'ty with us.
This administration is going to
place the affairs of this city on
sound basis, and it will speed vi
our work a lot II some gooo na'us
and some patience is shown while the
task Of reorganization is being done.
New Bus Line Likely.
If city council grants the request
of William z. Killeen OF washington
for a reduction in the city license
taxes on automobile busses FOR sis
months Alexandria probably soon
will have another bus line operall,is :
between here and Washington TO take
the place of the Alexandria Motor BUS
Company, which several weeks age
discontinued it's service between mere
and Washington -
Mr.. killeen, in his letter 10 tne
council stated he contemplated put
ting on twelve busses, eight TO carry
twenty passengers and four 70 carry
twenty-five passengers. and ne alse
requested to have a hearing peIoie
council His request Tor near
was granted.
City Tax, $40.
CITY Manager Rich, in a conihuhl-
cation TO council. said the city tdN
would be approximately $40 year
which in his OPINION was sho'
An ordinance authorizing the lssu :
ance of s205, 900 public Improvement
and funding bonds went over untli an
adjourned meeting next Iuesddy al
ternoon. The money from the sale OF
these bonds is to be used as follows
il is provided: Eighty thousand dol-
lars for funding outstanding notes OF
the city, $4,000 for grading, paving
and curhing and otherwise improving
the streets $4,000 for erecting
sewers $50, 900 for purchasing equip
ment for street work. 1000 Tor gen :
eral improvements at the city hall
building.
An ordinance authorizing the IS
suance of S95,000 school bonds also
went over. as did resolution relative
70 the sale of $4,000 bonds provided
for in the bond ordinances which were
previously introduced. City Manager
Rich recommended that the bonds be
sold privately. as he was OF the opin :
ion that better price could De oo-
tained.
Councilman Ticer said he firmly be
Iieved such bond issue will mean an
increase in taxes next year. and he
favored only s25o.o00 bonds.
Street Equipment Authorized.
A resolution appropriating 100000
for the purchase of street equipment
was adopted, Councilman Ticer voting
in the negative. Afterward reso-
luton appropriating $4,000 for i'm
mediate use for the purchase of a
part of the proposed equipment was
adopted 1t provides for the follow
ing purchases: Five thousand hve
hundred dollars for roller. $4,000 for
truck, s7o0 for horse-drawn grader
and $1,000 for power grader.
Morgan Jones. twelve years old,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Jones
of Raymond avenue, Del Ray. Ar
lington county, was struck and fatal-
ly injured yesterday afternoon by an
IT l1r 'Iyx-o y-r
]. Hudson of Washington. The ac-
cident occurred on Mount Vernon
avenue near Four-Mile run. The lad
was picked up and placed in an auto
mobile by Victor H. Josey of Mount
Ida and rushed to the Alexandrfa
the body and pronounced life extinct.
The body was subsequently, taken to
Wheatley's mortuary chapel, and
coroner's jury summoned by Dr. b.
II. Swain of Ballston. Arlington coun-
ty, after viewing the body, adjourned
to meet at 1880 o'clock tonight at
the Arlington county courthouse to
take testimony.
II is claimed that the boy endeavored
TO climb on the truck and lost his foot
ing and fell beneath the front wheel.
Hudson Immediately upon hearing some
one call to him stopped the truck and
ran back and found the lad lying un-
conscious in the road. After the accl-
dent Hudson drove to the Alexandria
Hospital and surrendered to Sergt. Will
kinson, Policemen Taylor and Magner.
The father of the dead boy on Tues
day last had his store and several
garages, located at st. Elmo, destroyed
by fire, entailing loss of $4,000.
Boat Club FOunders' Day.
The Old Dominion Boat Club will to-
morrow celebrate founders day. which
will mark it's forty-third anniversary.
L fha e
invited to attend. The regatta will
start promptly at o'clock in the after
noon and many of the few remaining
charter members will be in attendance
as guests of honor. :.
A dance at night will bring the af-
fair to a close. The flower decorated
boats planned to pass in review at
night have been abandoned. The re-
gatta will be made up OF fourteen
events, including single work boats.
race, canoe doubles, canoe skies with
out paddles. tail-end race, champion
club singles, fitting contest, canoe
skies with paddles, outboard motor
race, upset race, champion club fours,
champion club doubles and duck race.
The officials of the races will be as
follows: Starter, c. Fletcher Dyson;
Judges, W. S. Snow, George T. Bur-
roughs and Ashby E. Bladen.
Pageant Association Meets.
The first meeting of the Pageant
Association, which will give pa
geant in September for the benefit OF
the Fairgrounds, was held last night
Director Frank A. Steele read the
play to be given. The pageant this
year, it was stated, will be bigger
than anything of its kind heretofore
attempted.
During the month of June a total
of S2,575 Treasury saving certificates
Ill ~A-t "a g