Evening star., 1923-06-28
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June % (Spe-
ciaD. The place of fire chief for the
city will not be filled for some time
to come, according to City Manager
Wilder NJ. Rich. a vacancy in the
Office will occur at midnight Saturday
night by the dropping out of Fire
Chief L. J. McDermott.
1t is the purpose of the city man.
ager to advertise for deputy fire
chief and the work of fire chief for
the present will deNolNe on Paul
Morton, director of public safety.
until a successor is named to Chief
McDermott.
Mr Rich stated this morning that
thus far he has no idea who will be
appointed fire chief
1t is the purpose of the city coun-
Gil to combine the office of fire chief
with that of electrical Inspector
thera being no electrical inspector at
the present time.
Skyrockets confiscated.
The sale of certain kind of fire.
works is permitted in the city for the
ocle bration of Independence day, but
skyrockets are not permitted. and
City Manager Rich last night dis
covered that a few skyrockets were
being sold by ]. Firement, 11S King
street. The police confscated the
skyrockets and had Firement sum-
Justice Duvall turned the fireworks
over TO w. A. Barnett. wholesale
dealer, and requested that Mr.. Bar
nett make refund II he could sell
them. According to Mr.. Barnett Fire
ment said he intended to sell the sky
city. Firement declared the few per-
sons he sold them to claimed they
were for use in the country. The
court did not impose any fine.
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the brickyards to near the south end
cf the Highway bridge is to be i'm
proved with a surface of bituminous
macadam. Capt. George II. Evans.
business manager of the chamber of
commerce, has just been advised to
this effect by State Highway Com
missioner Fl. G. Shirley. The stretch
to be improved is nearly half-rnile
long.
This improvement will make the
old River road the most popular for
motorists in the future. for 1t is the
short route between here and Wash
ington. Heretofore most OF the pleas
ure- seeking motorists have used What
is known as Mount vernon avenue
road in order to avoid the jolts and
bumps encountered in going over the
belgian block road. The contract
for the work has been aWarued 60
Corson & Gruman of washington,
and they will begin the work at once.
Dty10enO DcCldEcus
The hoard of directors of the First
National Bank at a, meeting held yes
terday declared the regular semi
annual dividend, Q per cent, which is
payable to stockholders on or after
July ].
The presentation of the Shake
snearean comedy entitled The Tam
in of the Shrew" by the Swarthmore
Chautauuua Players last night was
a pronounced success, and the per-
formance would have done credit to
any professional troupe. One OF the
largest audiences seen at the Chau-
tauuua since it started Monday was
present and greatly enjoyed the play.
Tonight there will be concert by
the Dunbar White Hussars, followed
by a lecture by w. L. Huggtns. en-
titled THE Old Government and the
New Industry"
The excursion given today to Mar
shall Hall by Grace Episcopal Church
Sunday school was well patronized.
1t is expected that there will be
large crowd on the evening 5oar.
Motorists continue to complain re-
garding the countless ruts in King
street from end to end. 1t is expect
ed that the city manager Will within
a short time bring the matter to
the attention of the city council and
have the necessary repairs made to
this thoroughfare.
The first degree of the order was
conferred on a large clas of candi-
dates last night by Fitzgerald Coun-
Gil, No. 459, Knights of Columbus. A
delegation Of members of Edward
Douglas White Council of Arlington
county attended. A social session fol-
lowed at the X. of C. Home, Cameron
and st. Asaph streets.