A brief history of Alexandria County, Virginia; . 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 countyis the home of many prosperous merchants of Washington City, andno community in Virginia has more beautiful homes or as little pov-erty. No community anywhere is so inviting to manufacturers asAlexandria 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 suchsever
A brief history of Alexandria County, Virginia; . 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 countyis the home of many prosperous merchants of Washington City, andno community in Virginia has more beautiful homes or as little pov-erty. No community anywhere is so inviting to manufacturers asAlexandria 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 suchseverity. The railroad facilities are better than in the District ofColumbia 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 protectionand all along the water front the fire department of WashingtonCity responds to alarms of fire. Insurance rates are low. There isan 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 thenursery business pays better than in Alexandria County. Everynurseryman in the county sells all the flowers and plants, and hot-house vegetables that he can produce to the markets and hotels inWashington City at the highest prices. All over Alexandria Countyare men who have grown prosperous at truck farming. Along thesouth bank of the Potomac in this county are miles of splendidquarries, 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 A
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