0<>|v^ ^ F iR it LEXANDRIA eOUNTV Virginia Fbrmerh/ja part of BiSTRIGT ot G0LUMBIA ^ Price $1.00 ^L Arlington, the Home of General Robert E. Lee A BRILF HISTORY OF ALEXANDRIA COUNTY VIRGINIA IT5 WEALTH AND RESOURCES, GREAT AND GROWING INDUSTRIES EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL ADVANTAGES FUTURE OUTLOOK PROMISING f\ 1 ay a n A 1 1 a, Co.jVa Published under authority of the COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS by G. G. BOTLLLR CRANDAL MACKLY, M. L. CHURCH W. S. HOGL, Jr., C. B. HALLER Committee. THE NEWELL PRINTING CO. FALLS CHURCH, VA. Gift crrv Al^xanhrta doitntg (iffirtals Ju6gp Hon. Louis C. Barley (Eammnttmpaltlj'a AttorttPg Crandal Mackey (Hlwk of tl|r (Eanrt George H. Rucker Wm. H. Palmer ©rfaaurtr Wm. C. Wibert James E. Clements OIommiHBtnnpr nf ttfs ^tvtnut C. B. Graham Snarb of ^uttrruisors Dr. D. N. Rust, Alexandria City W. W. Douglas, Ballston W. N. Febrey, East Falls Church ALEXANDRIA COUNTY [BY CRANDAL MACKLY] Ceded to the United States iLEXANDRIA COUNTY, the smallest and most densely populated county in Virginia, was once a part of the county of Fairfax. On December 3, 1789, the State of Virginia, by an act of the legislature and in pursu- ance of the United States Constitution, ceded to the United States that part of the territory subsequently known as the county of Alexandria. Congress passed an act accepting the cession. Maryland ceded to the United States part of her territory known as the county of Washington, and the two counties consti- tuted a territory, ten miles square, which Congress set apart for the seat of government, and organized it under the name of the District of Columbia. The county of Washington comprised all the land in the District of Columbia north of the Potomac River and the county of Alexandria all the land in said District south of the Potomac. A circuit court was established by Congress for the county of Washington and another for the county of Alexandria, and the cir- cuit judge for Alexandria County was required by law to reside therein. The county of Alexandria, by reason of its accessibility, soon became an asylum for fugitive slaves, where they could seek the protection of United States courts and the sympathy and aid of ALEXANDRIA COUNTY Residence of Mr. A. M. Lothrop the early abolitionists residing in the District of Columbia. The slavery question becoming each year more acute the question of cednig back the county of Alexandria to Virginia became a political issue of that day, the representatives in Congress from Virginia and other pro-slavery states urging the retrocession of that part of the District of Columbia known as Alexandria County to the State of Virginia, Retrocession to Virginia On the 9th day of July, 1846. the Congress of the United States passed an act authorizing a vote to be taken by the people of Alexandria County to determine whether the county should be retroceded to the State of Virginia, and declaring that in case a majority of the votes should be cast in favor of retrocession the county should be retroceded, and right and jurisdiction forever relin- ALLXANDRIA COUNTY 11 quished in full and absolute. An election was held and a majority of the votes cast were for retrocession. Without any further action by Congress the State of Virginia passed an act declaring that the county of Alexandria was re-annexed. Since 1846 the State of Virginia has exercised full jurisdiction and control over said county. Legality of Retrocession At the time of the passage of the act of Congress, ceding the county of Alexandria to Virginia, some of the ablest lawyers in Congress condemned the act and declared it to be in violation of the Constitution of the United States. Among those who declared that the act of retrocession was unconstitutional was John Quincy Adams, who was one of the ablest constitutional lawyers of his day. He had been President of the United States and was a member of Congress from Massa- chusetts at the time the act was passed. To the wayfaring man t *^*f WMr- - -^^tH i^fii' XStueSXitiSLl *^ < \ i i 5^.,£iuJ. The Home of Hon. John B. Henderson, Jr. 12 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY it would seem that if the county of Alexandria could be ceded back to Virginia, then the county of Washington could be ceded back to Maryland and the District of Columbia and the Capital and seat of government abolished by an act of Congress. In 1875 Mr. Robert A. Phillips, a large property owner in the county of Alexandria, brought suit to determine the validity of the act of retrocession. He alleged in his suit that an assessment had been made upon his property by oificers of the State of Virginia, that he had paid his taxes under protest to prevent the sale of his property by the State, and that the county of Alexandria was not within the State of Virginia but within the District of Columbia. He alleged that the act of Congress ceding back the county of Alexandria was illegal and void because in violation of the Con- i i '^^^^^^B^^:^^*^^''^<~^ ^-^ The Old Glebe Estate, Formerly the Residence of Secretary Caleb Cushing 14 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY Residence of Mr. George G. Grossman, East Falls Church stitution. He attempted hy his suit against Mr. Charles W. Payne, the collector of taxes of Washington Township, Alexandria County, to recover the sum of $165 illegally collected. On April 17, 1876, the Supreme Court of the United States decided the case by most adroitly and artfully dodging the real question involved. It held in substance that Mr. Phillips was estopped from raising the question besought to have decided, that the case was one involving the action of the political department of the Government, and that the judiciary would feel bound by such action unless the political department of the Government should later decide otherwise. Since this decision the question of ceding back the county of Alexandria to the United States has been agitated in public meetings in the county, and frequently in Congress. About five years ago Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, a great constitutional lawyer and chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate, introduced ALLXANDRIA COUNTY 15 Residence of Captain A. P. Eastman, East Falls Church a bill authorizing the Attorney General of the United States to bring a suit to test the constitutionality of the act of retrocession, but the matter died in committee. In 1905 the writer caused the arrest of persons who were running a pool room for race track gambling at Jackson City, in said county. Through their attorneys they procured writs of habeas corpus from the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, alleging in their petition for the writs that the county of Alexandria was part of the District of Columbia and officials of Virginia could not lawfully arrest them or try them. Upon hearing at Richmond the petitions were dismissed by Judge Waddell upon the motion of the writer upon the ground that an individual could not raise the question of the validity of the act of retrocession, and upon the further ground that, if the averments of the petitioners were true, they should have applied to the Supreme Court of the District of 16 ALLXANDRIA COUNTY Columbia for their writs of habeas corpus. No vote lias been taken in recent years to test the feeling of the people of Alexandria County on the question of retrocession, but because of the fact that the tax rate is not high in Alexandria County and the assessment of property is very low it is probable that a majority of her people would vote against retrocession. In the District of Columbia the tax rate is low but the assessments very high, in many cases more than the actual value of the property. Ruthcomb Hall dlnbustrial fBOUT one-fifteenth of the land in Alexandria County is owned by the United States, in it is the National Cemetery at Arlington, the largest cemetery in the country and the most historic and beautiful, covering a range of hills opposite the city of Washington. Arling- ton was the home of General Robert E. Lee and his large colonial home still stands as perfect as when he left it to unsheath his sword for his beloved Virginia. Adjoining Arlington is Ft. Myer, the finest military post in the United States and connected with Washington City by a military road that is maintained by the Quartermaster Department of the United States Army. The United States also maintains in the county of Alexandria its largest experi- mental farm, under the iurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture The ownership of so much land by the United States in the county of Alexandria is of great benefit to its citizens, a large number of whom are employed at high wages and salaries the year around upon Government work and in the employment of the Agricultural and War Departments. Connecting Alexandria County with the city of Washington are four steel bridges ; the chain bridge, the aqueduct bridge, the new highway bridge, the latter costing more than a million of dollars, and the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge. 8 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY Residence of Mr. Edward T. Fenwick, East Falls Church Population, Post Offices, Etc. The county contains more than twelve thousand inhabitants and the United States maintains not only four rural free deliver}^ mail routes, but also the following post offices : Alexandria, Arlington, Ballston, Barcroft, Belair, Brick Haven, East Falls Church, Ft. Myer, Fostoria, Glencarlyn, Rossljqi, and St. Elmo. The population of the county increased 34 per cent, between 1890 and 1900, and has increased at a greater rate since 1900. The county leads ever}' count}' in Virginia in the percentage of increase in value of its taxable property and its transfers of real estate are more numerous and rapid than in any county in the state. Educational Advantages It has 18 school houses and more than two thousand pupils and the city of Washington being only across the Potomac river, hun- ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 19 dreds of children attend the public free schools of the District of Co- lumbia including the high schools, the business high schools, the technical schools, and normal schools maintained by Congress. A person living in Alexandria Countj^ enjoys, free of cost, all the Government institutions of Washington City, its libraries, its col- leges, schools, museums, art galleries, and public buildings and at the same time enjoys the health of country life and escapes all the discomforts of a crowded city. Schools are open in Alexandria County nine months in every year, in striking contrast with some other counties in the State, and her school-houses are modern build- ings, many of them of brick and heated by hot water or steam. Good Roads The county has more than seventy miles of public roads and the roads are better kept than elsewhere, many of them being covered Residence of Mr. George O. Wonder 20 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY with stone their entire length. The count}' owns road machinery of the most costl}' and modern type, including a portable stone crusher and traction engine. The county also owns a valuable stone quarry where stone is broken for road purposes. The county is free from debt, its modern court house and commodious up-to-date jail having been paid for and the bonds issued for their construction canceled. Pauperism is unknown here and the county poor house has not had an occupant for five years. There are no saloons in the county. The number of prisoners in jail averages about ten and they are required to work on the county roads. The expense of boarding prisoners is not paid by the county, but by the State, to which all fines are paid. The scheme of county government origi- nated in Virginia and can scarcely be improved upon. Residence of Mr. George G. Boteler 22 ALLXANDRIA COUNTY Residence of Mr. G. W. Poole, East Falls Church County Government The county is divided for purposes of government into three parts or divisions. Each division is called a Magisterial District. The east end of the county is Jefferson District, the central part, Arlington District and the west end is called Washington District. Each district elects a supervisor for the county and the three super- visors constitute the Board of Supervisors, which by law is a body corporate. The board elects one of its members chairman and it sits the first Saturday in every month. It levies taxes for the sup- port of the county and state government, and fixes the rate of taxa- tion forcounty purposes as well as for support of the public schools, has control of all county property and the expenditure of all public money in the county. The Board of Supervisors also has the ap- pointment of overseers of the poor and road overseers and, within ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 23 certain limitations, fixes the salaries of all county oificers. In the matter of the establishment or alteration of roads the Board of Super- visors exercises the functions of a court and issues process, appoints viewers, summons witnesses and has all the powers formerly exer- cised by the county court. Each of the three magisterial districts in the county elects three justices of the peace and one constable as well as a member of the Board of Supervisors, and voters of the county elect a representative in the legislature, an attorney for the commonwealth, a clerk of the court, a sheriff, and a county treasurer. The coroner is appointed by the circuit court as is the commissioner of revenue, an officer who assess personal property and collects ex- cise taxes. Property is assessed once every five years by a citizen of the county selected by the circuit court. All county officers hold their positions for four years, except the clerk of the court who is elected for six years. The circuit judge presides over three counties Residence of Dr. T. M. Talbott 24 ALLXANDRIA COUNTY and is elected by the legislature foreight years. These threecounties, Alexandria, Fairfax, and Prince William, have one representative in the State Senate. The count}' has a Superintendent of Schools, who is appointed by the State Board of Education, at Richmond, from among the citizens of the county. Each of the three magiste- rial districts in the county has three school trustees and the nine trustees, sitting with the Superintendent of Schools, constitute the county School Board, which board holds title to all school property and prepares each year, for presentation to the Board of Super- visors, the estimates of school expenses. School trustees are ap- pointed by a board consisting of the Superintendent of Schools, the Attorney for the Commonwealth and one citizen designated by the circuit court. This board meets in May of each year. Judges of elections are named by the county electoral board consisting of three Residence of Mr. C. A. Stewart, East Falls Church ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 25 Southern Railway and Electric Car Stations, East Falls Church persons designated by the circuit court. On election day three judges of election and two clerks sit in each of the three voting dis- tricts of the county, the clerks being named by the judges of elec- tion. The law provides that judges of election shall be persons known to belong to different politca! parties. There are about eight hundred registered voters in the county of whom about one hundred are colored. There is one official called a registrar for each of the three magisterial districts and in order to register a person must apply to the registrar in his own handwriting and answer such ques- tions in writing relating to his qualifications as are prescribed by statute and as the registrar may propound. After a person is regis- tered he must, six months before the election, pay his poll taxes for three years next preceding the election at which he offers to vote. In order to vote in November, each voter must pay his taxes in May preceding. The strictness of the election laws has improved the 26 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY Residence ot Mr. John N. Gibson quality and character of the voter and has enabled the people of the county to establish and maintain decent, honest, and economical government, and to select as officers of the county a better set of men at each election. The county abounds in villages and subdivi- sions each having its association of citizens who exercise a decided influence upon county affairs. Villages and Subdivisions The following subdivisions, in the nature of villages are prosper- ous settlements: West Ballston, Ballston, Glencarlyn, East Falls Church, Falls Church Park, Highland Park, Lyonhurst, Livingstone Heights, North Arlington Heights, Cherrydale, Hall's Hill, Dominion Heights, Bon Air, Farlee, Clarendon, Lyon's Addition to Clarendon, Moore's Addi- tion to Clarendon, Woodmont, Clifton, Ingleside, Aurora Heights, Colonial Heights, Ft. Myer Heights, Rosslyn, Corbett, Arlington, ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 27 Nauck, Addison Heights, Waterloo, St. Elmo, Del Ray, Braddock Heights, Cottage Park, Spring Park. Transportation Facilities Every portion of the county is reached by electric car lines from Washington City. The Great Falls and Old Dominion Electric Railway, the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Electric Rail- way and the Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Electric Rail- way cover every portion of Alexandria County with their main lines and branches. All the electric railways named are in prosperous condition, the smallest having carried twelve hundred thousand pas- sengers last year. In addition to the above named electric railways the following railroads deliver freight and have freight and passen- ger stations in the county, viz.: Pennsylvania Railroad; Southern Residence of Mr. Nathan Banks, East Falls Church 28 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY Railroad; Washington Southern; Atlantic Coast Line; Seaboard Air Line; Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad; Chesa- peake and Ohio ; Baltimore and Ohio ; Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. These roads have established vast freight Yards in Alexandria County, known in railroad circles as Potomac Yards, connecting the great trunk lines of the north and south, and said to be the most extensive transfer grounds in the United States if not in the world. This gigantic enterprise, together with the extensive railroad shops there located, give employment to an army of bus3' workers, and also pays a large proportion of the county taxes. In this county is also located Luna Park, the largest and most attractive pleasure resort in the vicinity of Washington, offer- ing a place of recreation and innocent amusement to thousands daih'. It also employs a large number of citizens of the county and pays a large amount of taxes. Residence of Mr. John S. Garrison, East Falls Churcli ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 29 "Eastover," Residence of Mr. Pickering Dodge Industries The county manufactures more brick than any county in the United States, being the home of the New Washington Brick Co.; the Hydraulic Press Brick Co.; Walker and Sons Brick Co.; West Bros. Brick Co.; the Potomac Brick Co.; the Virginia Brick Co.; the Rosslyn Brick Co., and the Jackson-Phillips Brick Co. Thecounty contains numerous factories and excellent stores con- venient to every settlement. It has the Arlington National Bank, an institution gotten up by citizens of the county and is in a flourish- ing condition. It has the Arlington Brewery and Bottling Works, the most modern of all the breweries in or near Washington City. It has the Rosslyn Packing Co., the most prosperous establishment for the manufacture of pork products and provisions east of Chicago. In the county and within the corporate limits of Alexandria City are shoe factories and factories for the making of glassware, bottles. ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 31 Residence of Mr. H. A. Fellows boxes, overalls, and wooden ware; knitting mills, canning factories, fertilizer factories, and many other large industries. The county con- tains numerous churches, all reached by the electric cars. There is not a trade, calling or profession that is not creditably represented by citizens of Alexandria County. No county in Virginia is so rich in numbers of skilled mechanics, representing the very highest skill in their respective trades. We have here in large numbers, and all employed, machinists, bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers, iron work- ers, floor planers, plumbers, steamfitters, glassworkers, electricians, and woodworkers, men of character and intelligence in every branch of mechanics. In medicine we have doctors of high reputation, some like Admiral P. M. Rixey, Surgeon-General of the Navy, and Dr. Joseph Taber Johnson, the distinguished gynecologist, being known the world over. Several of the dentists of Alexandria County are lecturers at the dental colleges in Washington City. Modesty for- ^"^'^^C' vvv-^^viSt-- . _..•..•■.■■... \ ..j-f. r ■"'}• ^^BiH^i»M;'' -^^IKi^^^^l %'^M |r •W;'^ng^;:- w s" ■ ^^■r .^ Mj^.' sf ■ '^21;^i|i3|^H i^rn^ii^UHri^H M WW^'^^^-Wr ^^^^■pb ■ "'? • ' ^ff^'.j Sk, It * • ^■Cy , ' ■ '• :■'■..♦■ ^»|"^^ , ^1 1 ^ > a: o ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 33 Railroad Scene, East Falls Church bids me to say more of the lawyers than that they are all TRUTH- FUL AND HONEST and enjoying exceptional prosperity. The county is the home of many prosperous merchants of Washington City, and no community in Virginia has more beautiful homes or as little pov- erty. No community anywhere is so inviting to manufacturers as Alexandria County. Manufacturing property is not assessed one- fourth its value; there are no smoke laws to annoy and oppress, such as they have in the District of Columbia and enforce with such severity. The railroad facilities are better than in the District of Columbia and the best in Virginia. Railroad and water transporta. 34 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY Residence of Mr. W. W. Kinsley tion facilities cannot be surpassed. There is ample police protection and all along the water front the fire department of Washington City responds to alarms of fire. Insurance rates are low. There is an excellent telephone system in the county which gives an unlim- ited service for $24 per year. Farming Advantages There is no place in the world where truck farming and the nursery business pays better than in Alexandria County. Every nurseryman in the county sells all the flowers and plants, and hot- house vegetables that he can produce to the markets and hotels in Washington City at the highest prices. All over Alexandria County are men who have grown prosperous at truck farming. Along the south bank of the Potomac in this county are miles of splendid quarries, giving employment to hundreds of men and supplying ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 35 nearly all the stone used in the District of Columbia and upon Gov- ernment work in that vicinity. Future Outlook But a few years and Alexandria County will be one large and prosperous city. Her many villages are already pressing their borders upon each other and are tied together by a common interest and a common purpose. Her frontage on the river is a scene of diversified industry and the demand for her property for business purposes is constant and pressing. Opportunities for profitable investment were never more abundant and those who have pur- chased acreage property have in every instance reaped profits beyond expectation, in some instances more than ten-fold. Those who buy real estate in Alexandria County now can not fail of successful invest- ment and those who purchase manufacturing sites will, in addition i B > ^ kS !_ 'o w mBjf' ■- j^T % ■^ \ H ^Hr^' 1 J ^nl 1 Q^^ NHP^^I rl HM ^^^L"*""* > - >^ ^(an yi ' / ' s IP^nr MMflHSCaB] IHfekw / '^ ^^^9K ^H^^HI H^Hk fc.. '"' ~^ fl^^B ^n^^Hi ■^^H H^L> "^E ^M Ig^B i^l m jaBCf^^^r*" ^1 ^mi HE m "^PBPBjHB* HI H^l mn m^'-r ;'<^hb^^^B m ■n R r'" ^ '.^I^^BI Gl ^^^I't.-'J ^^ ^^^1 BMbjM^ ^W.>iJ^ ^^f^^^^^^M ^^^1 i ■iBUhmJ ^M^ " yi^H u ^^mnn Christ Church, Alexandria City 36 ALLXANDRIA COUNTY to the many advantages heretofore enumerated, witness a rapid and constant increase in the value of their holdings. The pressure of population upon area and upon subsistence in the District of Columbia is forcing her people into Alexandria County, and her meagre railroad facilities and drastic laws have an increasing ten- dency to force her business men and manufacturers across the Potomac into Alexandria County. The past has been bright, the present is reaping its profits and in the future prosperity mounts and beckons, and a star that rises in the east is leading on to untold wealth. ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 37 THE VIRGINIA REALTY TITLE CORPORATION is the successor of the Virg-inia Title Company. It was granted a charter by the State Corporation Commission of Virginia, and was duly org-anized on the 2d day of April, 1906. The capital stock of this Corporation is $25,000, five thousand of which is uon-assessible treasury stock. The Corporation was chartered to do a general title business, including the insurance of titles, throughout the State of Virginia, and more especi- ally in Alexandria City and County. The land and other records, includ- ing surveys and plats, have been carefully prepared, in the City and County, by experienced attorneys, abstractors and civil engineers, and the Corporation is now doing a successful business, more especially in the County of Alexandria, which is a thriving, growing, suburban community. The above cut shows the home office of the Corporation, located at Alexandria County Court House on the hill just above Rosslyn, Va. The Corporation has branch offices in the Columbian Building, Wash- ington, D. C, and in the office of Mr. Howard W. Smith, Alexandria, Va. The officers of this Corporation are David J. Howell, President, Civil Engineer, whose business address is 605 12th Street N. W., Washington, D. C, and who resides in Alexandria, Va. ; E. Hilton Jackson, Vice- President, Attorney at Law, whose business address is Columbian Build- ing, Washington, D. C; George H. Rucker, Treasurer, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Alexandria County, Virginia, whose business address is Rosslyn, Va., and R. C. L. Moncure, Secretary, Attorney at Law, whose business address is Rosslyn, Va. Mr. Moncure is the General Manager of the Corporation in Alexandria County, Mr. Smith is the General Man- ager of the Corporation in Alexandria City, Va., and Mr. Jackson is the General Manager of the Corporation in Washington, D. C. 38 ALLXANDRIA COUNTY Notary Public. JOHN F. JERMAN REAL ESTATE AGENT Bondiii]? and Insurance. Loans Negotiated. FAIRFAX, VA. (Phone Connection) VIENNA, VA, My Motto: "Honesty and Fair Dealing." Headquarters for Grain, Dairy, Fruit, Poultry and Blue Grass Farms, City and Suburban Properly near Steam and Electric R. R. and near Washington D. C. Send for list. Alexandria County Court House 40 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY Suburban ^ Pars or Williams &Co. Fal^^'Ghu^xh.VA. FIRE LIFE AND ^ ACCIDENT INSURANCE Send for this Booklet for full information about Real Estate in Alexandria and Fairfax Counties BARBOR, WILLIAMS & COMPANY Real Estate and Insurance ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 41 Ballston School JAMES S. HAYS is now located at 3426 M Street, Corner of 35th We shall endeavor to keep our stock of Crockery, Glassware and Housefurnishing's complete as possible. We especially call attention to our Lamps and Chimneys, especially "Macbeth." Also Wicks for oil stoves and all lamps. Our Coffee and Tea Department will receive our especial attention as in the past; nothing- being- sold but the best and purest foods. We buy nothing but Green Coffees and have them roasted, consequently always fresh. 42 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY Residence Near Counly Court House, Alexandria County, \'a. Notary Public for Alexandria Counly, Va. JAMES E. CLEMENTS EX-COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY OF ALEXANDRIA CO., VA. ATTORNEY AT LAW AND REAL ESTATE DEALER OFFICE, 1406 STREET N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. I have lately platted and sub-divided into attractive building- lots large areas of land on the beautiful heig-lits in Alexandria Count}', Virg-inia, just across the Potomac River from Wasliington City. These, lots, some 120U in number, are selling- rapidly and offer the greatest opportunity ever afforded to those seeking- homes to secure eleg-ant building- sites cheap and on easy terms. These lots are onlj' about a mile and a half west of the White House and two car lines traverse the jiroperty (five cents is the fare to the City), making- it especially con- venient to employees of the Government and of the electric and steam rail\va3's, and in- deed to persons in all branches of business in Washington, I). C. The climate and water and healthiness of this locality are unsur- jiassed bj' any other section of the country'. The land is very fertile and produces the Hnest fruit, flowers and veg-etables, and the lots are all of sufficient size for nice yards and g-ardens. The hig-h elevation of this property furnishes a most attractive and exquisite view of Washing-ton City and all the surrounding- country. It is near Fort Myer, one of the g-reatest military reservations in the world, and situated in a community and county that is forg-ing ahead with tremendous strides in the pathway of prog-ress : no finer schools and school building-s are found in any county of this or an}^ other State, and the public roads are good and the people law-abiding and prosperous. As the population of Washing-ton yearly increases, the g-reat overflow must look principallj' to Alexandria County, adjacent, for homes where they can find quiet and repose from the stir and bustle and noise of the g-reat City. In this sub-division there are about ten villa sites containing- from one to two acres each, adorned with handsome shade trees and which will be sold very reasonably and on very easy terms. There is no land or lots around Washing-ton City so near and so con- venient, so easy of access and with such a mag-nificent view of the City, for sale so cheap iind on such easy terms as these. These lots have to be sold to settle up an estate, and only for that reason are they offered at such a low price. Lots $200 each, on the very easy terms of $5 cash and $5 each month, without interest, till lots are paid for; 15 per cent, off for cash. When lots are full,v paid for, money can be easily obtained to construct homes and improvements thereon. For all informaticm apply to JAMES E. CLEMENTS, Phone Main 1080. 1406 G Street N W., Washing roN, D. C. H- S, — I have for sale also many small and larce farms on car lines adjacent to WashinKton City. ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 43 Came School HOMES SUBURBAN TO WASHINGTON CITY Fruit, Truck and Poultry Farms, Building Lots and Manufacturing 5ites located in Alexandria and Fairfax Counties, Virginia. Convenient to Llectric Cars and within a few minutes ride of Washington, D. C. B. M. DAVIDSON Real Lstatl and Insurance r055lyn, virginia 44 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY m. S. (Eliurrli REAL EST.VTK, LOANS AND INSURANCE TWKNTV YEARS' EXPERIKNCE Suburban Property and Investments in Alexandria and Fairfax Counties Given Special Attention Attractive homes, beautiful villa sites and g^ood building" lots in Falls Church, Livingstone Heights, Ballston, Clarendon and all the Alexandria and Fairfax suburbs for sale on P^asv' Terms. Money Safely Invested in First Trust on Real Estate Consult Me Before Investing Notary Public for Alexandria and Fairfax Counties WRITE EOR I^VFOKMATION TELEHMOXE CONNECTION M. E. CHURCH. Ealt^s Church. Va. ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 45 Columbia School R. A. THOMASSON, V. R. THOMASSON, Manufacturers of Fine Cabinet Work, Bar Fixtures, Grilles, Spiral and Rope Turninir, Beading, Etc. R. A. THOMASSON & BRO. STAIR BUILDERS AND MILL WORK. Office Removed to 729 Fifteenth Street, N. W. Factory--Rosslyn, Va. 46 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY CHARLKS I. SIMMS Among the enterprising young lawyers of Alexandria County Virginia, Mr. Charles 1. Simms stands with the foremost in his profes- sion. Mr. Simms was born in Portsmouth, Va., thirty-seven years ago. Locating at Glencarlyn, in Alexandria County, in 1894, he immediately exerted an active interest in the political and economic affairs of the County, being particularly active in the crusade against gambling and the illegal liquor traffic which flourished uncontested at that time. Besides practicing law in Alex- andria County and Washington City, Mr. Simms handles a line of the choicest suburban properties to be had around Washington, and he has been instrumental in bringing to the County some of its leading citizens of to-day. He is President of the Glencarlyn Village Improvement Society, and under his guidance this beautiful suburban village has taken on a new lease of life. Read "A Paper with Opinions" THE ALEXANDRIA COUNTY MONITOR Vol IX FRANK LYON, Editor. No. 33 ^^ THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED IN ALEXANDRIA COUNTY Circulation 1000. Advertising: Rates Reasonable Covers all of Alexandria County and lower part of Fairfax ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 47 Saegmuller School TINTYPES PHOTO NOVELTIES POSTAL CARDS AQUEDUCT STUDIO E. ALLEN 3507 M STREET Printing and Developing for Amateurs 48 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY BARBOR, WILLIAMS & CO. Real Estate and Insurance FALLS CHURCH, VA. SOLE AGENTS ^ Buy a Home in this beautiful Virginia Sub-division. ^ Three and one-half miles from and 450 feet higher than Washington City. ^Cool air, pure water, all to make life worth living, ^Situated on both Steam and Electric Roads. ^ Lots cheap. ^ Easy Monthly Payments ^ A great invest- ment ^We build your house to your own idea. A small cash payment down, balance payable in Monthly Instal- ments. ^ Why pay rent when you can buy a nice ne\w home for the same money? ^Come and see for yourself, or apply to either the Owner or Agents. Residence, Highland Park, Va., or 915 Louisiana Avenue N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. OWNER ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 49 Hume School AN UP-TO-DATE SCHOOL BUSINESS COURSE. SHORTHAND COURSE. Special Preparation for Civil Service Examination. FALL TERM OPENS SEPT. 2, 1907. (Capital Qlcmm^rrial Qlnlbg^ anin ^tenngrapI|Tr institute 3300 O STREET N. W. Specialists in all Departments. 50 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY RLAL L5TATL IN THL OLD DOMINION CRAIG AND ROYCE Colorado Building WASHINGTON, D. C MAPS, BOOKLETS, FULL INFORMATION ON ALEXANDRIA COUNTY REAL ESTATE furnished upon request. This firm operates exclusively in Virginia properties. We are prepared to meet any demand. Write to-day. ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 51 Mt. Vernon Avenue School E. WILLEY STEARNS, President J. B. HENDERSON, Jr., Vice President JOHN S. BUCKNER, Cashier ®t|0 Arlington National lank =::R0SSLYN, VIRGINIA == DIRECTORS Will W. Douglas, Attorney at Law, Washington, D. C. John B. Henderson, Jr., Attorney at Law, Washington, D. C. W. S. HoGE, Jr., The Hoge-McDowell Co., Commission Merchants, Wash- ington, D. C. Crandal Mackky, Commonwealth's Attorne}', Alexandria County, Va. C. J. RiXEY, President Traders National Bank, Washington, D. C, President Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Co., Alexandria, Va. P. M. RiXEY, Surgeon General United States Navj^ Geo. H. Rucker, Clerk Alexandria County Circuit Court. E. WiLLEY Stearns, President. W. C. WiBERT, Treasurer Alexandria County. Banking in All its Branches Three per cent. Interest Paid in Savings Department 52 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY W. T. & F. B. WEAVER Hardware and Harness Contractors' and Machinists' Supplies Georgetown, D. C. ( 57 Telephone, West ^Q^Q THE ALLEGHENY COAL CO. ROSSLYN, VA. The people who are exponents of the Roosevelt "Square Deal" theory, TRY THEM. Hdvcrtising is simpl}' persuading- the people to buy your g-oods instead of some other fellow's. If you let them know what you have to sell, some of them will buy of you. If j'ou invite them, more of them will buy of you. If J'OU persuade them, really persuade, the most will buy of you. The question confronting- you is: How can you persuade the most people to buy your goods ? Our service to you is helping you find that way. Newspaper, magazine, street car and all classes of publicity'. Consult us. We can save and make money for you. SCOTT-TRAYLOR ADVERTISING COMPANY, Inc. Bond Building Washington, D. C. ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 53 i^Ll^ ^'" *'^^^^ Jt M K''' ^i^^KS '.«!> vWfffSi I^SBJK^ ti^^Av ' 1 .^ .^-TjSfB^^^^^BS^H ^ :-S^,'M H Hh Am^^F^ n^ WjK, ^i^^P^W^BB I^HbI fej... '^p^*i^ilf^ *0^ Hrtv^ 1—- jai> '-*- '■'^ _ ^^Hk^ M, -■ f'^'^&^i^ -—■'^^^S ipiuw -^^RHIb^ 1 H# 1" B ■H 1 H^ p r SDSIll H^H 1 HU 1^^ JEL'*" *'*SSitejJ| BHI Glencarlyn School Union Office. Engraving. 'Phone, West 1028. Color Work THE IDEAL PRINTERY, Embossing. J204 WISCONSIN AVENUE. W. H. BREWTON. We will print your name on 25 best quality Visitin-,'- Cards for 35c. and g-ive you ABSOLUTELY FREE Souvenir History of Cabin John Bridg-e, the largest stone Arch in the world, size of pictures, 9 x 12, 13 different views. THE IDEAL PRINTERY, 1204 Wisconsin Ave. 54 ALLXANDRIA COUNTY Livingstone Heights The White House lawn is considered one of the most beautiful spots in the world. If a cultured and refined family were allowed to have a home built on this lawn, it would be 54 feet above the level of the sea, with good, pure fresh air at a premium. If this family's home was located at Livingstone Heights they would be living 465 feet above Sea Level, They would be living at the greatest altitude of any point adjacent to a railroad within a radius of 17 miles of the Nation's Capital. They would be surrounded by the refining influence of an exclusive neighborhood. They would enjoy plenty of fresh air, coming pure and unob- structed from the Blue Ridge Mountains. They would have no use for expensive health giving summer trips. They would have no use for electric fans. They would have an electric car every few minutes and for five cents could come to the White House in twenty minutes. Nature has left nothing undone for this beautiful table land, Livingstone Heights, which lies west of the city. For location, see map. For elevation, see section of altitudes. For particulars, address Wm, R. Stone, Jr., 718 and 720 Bond Building. ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 55 HISTORIC GREAT FALLS OF POTOMAC Scenic Beauty Around Great Falls Grand and Pic- turesque-Waterfalls Reached by the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad spots of Historic Interest Passed en Route Over One of the Finest Double-track Roads in the United States ® .HIS great waterfall is situ- wi ated fourteen miles from Washing-ton, in Fairfax County, Va. Here are to be seen some of the grandest views of nature, formed by some vast up- heaval in pre-historic times. Towering cliffs, enormous vol- umes of water rushing, rolling, and falling over a precipice, forming a whirlpool in the great gorge. It is impossible to de- scribe in words the magnificence of the scenery. The early genius of George Washington as an engineer is here to be seen, he having built a canal ai-ound the Great Falls, being the first canal built in the United States. This canal for many years was the only means of bringing farm and other prod- ucts from Western Maryland and Virginia to Georgetown, from which point much of it was shipped to European ports. George Washington also erected ^1^ at this place a flouring mill and t iron foundry, the foundations and ; ruins of both of which are still '; in existence and can be seen at I this place. \ All of the adjacent ground at ^ this time is covered with large forest trees which have grown since the abandonment of the canal as a waterway. This beautiful place is reached by the Great Falls and Old Do- minion Electric Railroad. This is one of the finest double-track railroads in the United States. Its cars and equipment are un- surpassed, having the finest motors made. The trip is most delightful, as the cars pass through one of the ^ finest sections of Virginia. Take the cars at Thirty-sixth ( and M streets. The cars of all \ city car companies reach the / point. Fare for round trip, 25 ! cents. Now is the time to book ^» your dates for excursions. 56 ALLXANDRIA COUNTY ROSSLYN BRICK COMPANY Office, 1321 F Street N. W. E. R. HAIGHT, Secretary and General Manager Telephone, 567 Main F. BAKER WEAVER, President GEO. W. WISE, Vice-President GEO. A. WEAVER, Treasurer We manufacture all kinds of common brick, and every brick is repressed, and on account of tlie small shrinkage, are the largest bricks on the market. House Furnishing Goods. All Wori( Promptly Attended to and Guaranteed. DAVID KNOWLES Furnaces, Stoves, Ranges and Latrobes Tin Roofing, Guttering, Spouting 3282 M Street Northwest Jobbing and Repairing Promptly Attended to. Phone, West 780. SMOKE "STRAIGHT 5" IF YOU ARE TIRED OF HEAVY CIGARS EXCLUSIVE SALE WELLER'S DRUG STORE, right at the aquedugt 3534 M STREET N. W. Our prescriptlon'business is our pride. We've worked hard to build it up. We give it our increasing care. Our motto is: Accuracy and Purity. __JI8g6^^:aS®S!5i / a