Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-28
LOCAL ITEM So

meeting or the CltS Oouaoii "
night. For its official proceedings see another
! colnmn. In the Board Of Common Council
the clerk in reading the record OF the last
| meeting, preixed the title Captain to the name
| Of Mr.. Samuel Baker, a member from the lst
Ward, who rose and had the record altered by
the erasure of the word Captain, as it gave to
| him too much prominence.
| A communication was received from Alex
andria Washington Lodge of Masons, stating
that the Lodge was.desirous Of extending their
room in the Market House building, and ask'
ing permission to make the contemplated I'M
provement.
I Mr.. Mckenzie wished to know if the repairs
| to be made would be likely to at all interfere
| with the proposed improvement OF the whole
of tile Market House-if not, he was III favor
of granting the petition, as he supposed the
Lodge only wanted more room Tor the sword
| bearer to stand In
| A communication from e. Rosenthal was
read which complained Of the present condl-
ton Of the Long Wharf, and in which that
structure was represented to be rotten ana
nearly worthless.
The following communication was read
THE WHITEHURsr PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
q .>':. COMPLIMENTARY.
-: WASHINGTON, Oct 10, 1868.
To the President of The Board Of Common
GomcIo of alexandria.
DEAR SIR: You are hereby invited to favor
and head group OF the Alexandra Board OF
Common Council, at the Whitehurst gallery at
your convenience, during October Such
group to consist Of any number under twenty.
five persons None of the parties sitting will
be.expected to take copies OF the picture that
do not desire to. One copy will be presented
to yourself Very truly yours, &C.. s.
For the Proprietors.
Please do not fail to give US a call with the
Board We submit to you the historical desl-
liability of such group 3.
Mr.. Mckenzie said the thing must be a
hoax, but,
The Chairman stated that he had made in
quiries about it, and found out it was not
hoax, and that it was very generous offer, Tor
one copy of the proposed picture was to be
| presented to him.
After an inquiry by Mr. Moran as to what it
| all meant, and statementby Mr.. Shirley that
the proprietors of the gallery wanted the pic.
ture taken during the prevailing Indian sum-
mer weather, on motion of Mr.. Mckenzie, the
invitation was accepted.
A resolution was introduced recommending
the laying of flag stones on that portion OF the
! West side of St. Asaph street, between King
and Prince, in front Of which the hay scales
are located, and while being considered, MIR.
Mckenzie suggested to the Chairman of the
Committee on Light, the propriety of erecting
gas lamp on St. Asaph street, between King
and Prince, offered a rcso luton to that effect,
and urged its adoption by representing that
the locality, in which the proposed lamp was
to be erected was in a horrible condition,
though on one of the most treQueDted tho
roughfares in the city. The resolution was
amended at the instance Of the President so
as TO provide for the erection of a lamp at the
intersection OF Royal and Wilkes street. The
original resolution was then amended so as to
provide for the laying of tagging across
King street, opposite the depot Of the Alexan-
dria and Washington Railroad. f
Bills of H. l.. Simpson and L. Stein, for ar
ticles furnished the Aims House, were then
presented, but motion to have them paid
without reference to committee was opposed
by Mr.. Arnold, who thought such proceed
ing very loose way of doing business. The
articles for all that was known might have
been purchased for some one not In the Poor
House. With regard to Mr.. Simpsons billy
approved by the late Superintendent, how did
Council know how many moro such bills were
YET to come in? He did not doubt Mr..
Stephensons honesty, buthe should be held to
strict accountability. It would, In his opinion,
be good policy to abolish the present Aims
House, and the present system Of providing
for the poor of the city, and to farm out the
boarding Of the city's paupers. BY suob
system at least $4,000 a year could be saved,
and he knew many reliable persons who would
willingly take the job and make money by it
too. The poor should be housed in the new
building to be erected on the jail lot, and then
they could be worked on the Streets At the
present rate at which things are progressing at
the Aims, House the Corporation would soon
be broken. So late as the year 1865 some two
hundred panes Of glass were put in the win
dows there, and now it was represented that
two hundred more would have to be put in
Affairs there were conducted in loose way,
and would have to be corrected, and some Off
Ger ought to held responsible. If those who
90 there have nothing else to do but to break
all the panes of glass they find, they had
better be sent somewhere else. 1t costs as
much again as it should to keep Tho poor. lie
did not think that Council ought to pay any
bill without thorough Investigation respect
ing its correctness The Poor's House is
great source of wrong. The city ought to
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