Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-13

mlttee on FINANCE had been ordered 10 W
printed, and bis motion being carried, he NOV
ed that the report be published in the Gaz tie
as one insertion OF it in that paper would of
more extensively circulated than by a thous
and hand bills. and that only 100. copies OF the
report in hand bill form re printed for the use
of the members of council, the officers OF the
city, and those particularly interested 10 tn
finances OF the corporation, and this mntIon 100,
was carried.
Mr.. Shirley introduced a resolution %anuuil-
ing tie contract with Mr.. Mllbura Tor supply
ing medicine to the poor, and respecting achanee
in the present mode supplying the poor with
medicines, and mentioned that by the system
now il vogue, the expenditures for that pur
pose had been run up IRON three end lour
huudrrd to eipht an niue hundred dollars
per annum.
MIR. Mckenzie said the corporation was Ger.
tainIy paying eSorbitant prices nov Tor the
medlclue it gave its poor.
MIR. Shirley said that by The present system
the council was at sea with regard TO Its Ideas
OF what the cost of medicines would be. 1t ~ss
true that the last bill had been carefully exam
ined, but By that examination it was found that
the prescriptions used COST IS cents apiece. -
MIR. Moran said the dispenser was not to
blame. The physicians Were in fault, they
gave prescriptions 70 all who applied to them
Mr.. Ncale said h eDOctors were wrong. tie
knew Of one man in the aims house stH'cled
with a nervous complaint. fte medicines tor
whom alone Cost $50 in one year.
Mr.. Stein said that during the last year DR..
Hammond had given over 700 prescriptions.
more than hall Of which we're received by real
ly INDECENT coiored people. The other corpo
ration physicians had not averaged over 300
prescriptions.
Mr.. Massey said that the whole thing vas in
the hands of the physicians, and that frequsDs.
ly they were imposed upon, and mentioned
several instances to prove the correctness Of his
assertion.
Mr.. Agnew suggested that if the" work now
divided among four physicians were given to
one it might remedy the evil complained of.
MIR. Massey said 10 attend the wants of
all the poor 10 the city would require one
mans sole attention, and the corporation was
not able to pay such q salary as that work
would demand.
The resolution was then adopted.
The Committee on Streets made q report
upon the petition of the Bernie Bank railroad
asking Tor the right of way through
the city, but before it wa, read
Mr.. Moran asked if the lessees Of the Alex |
andria Canal, directors iu the Bernie Bank
had agreed TO reduce the rates of toll
on coal.
Mr.. Baker said yes, to 4 cents.
MIR. Agnew said he had had a conversation
with Mr.. DUNCAN upon the subject, but was
uniformed whether or not q reduction had
been determined upon.
MIR. Mckenzie said that as appropriate to the
question be would state that q petition numer.
ously sigued By citizens OF Alexandris coun-
ty had been presented to Congress. asking
for the purchase by Congress of the Aque.
duct bridge, and the making of that thorough
a free bridge.
The report was then read.
Mr.. Shirley moved that the thanks Of the
board be returned to Mr.. Mckenzie for his
gift of Barclays digest, and that the clerk
read page IS of that book.
The motion was carried, and page IS, con.
aiming instructions to chairmen and oler Ks OIL
legislative bodies, read.
The President informed Mr.. Shirley that
he board of Common Council, of the city of
Alexandria, had rules Of its own, and was gov.
,rned by them.
Mr.. Mckenzie moved to lay the report on
he table as there. certainly was no urgent
about the mstter. The company
asking the right OF way had dug up some
ground in the county, aod had then stopped
and it was uncertain when they would
again-carried.
Prolonged discussions then ensued upon q
resolution requiring the Alexandra and Wash
iopton railroad company to repair the streets
used by them. and upon a petition from the
lessee of the f,h wharf, asking for lights on
that wharf, the remarks Of tho polcmlcs be
iug frequently Interrupted by lnterIsctlons
from a gentleman, not a member OF the oosrd,
who had wandered in the chamber and taken
a seat there during his evenings pcrigriuatiors.
The board at some minutes alter ten o'clock
adjourned.