Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-06-15
CITY COUNCIL.
FFICIAL PROCEEDING >.
Board of Aldermen.

Board of Aldermen.
Alta regular meeting of the Board of Alder.
men, held June l4th 1870, there were present
Robert Bell, ESQ.,, President; Messrs HhF-
mon, Garwood, Clark and Dyson. c:u
On motion, it was resolved, that the Superin-
tendent of Police have The curb reset ana gus'
ter paved in front of Nc. 81 Prince street: own
ed by j. A. Field, he furnishing materials.
An account of James j. Cole against tn
Corporation for balance due him AS Keeper. OF
Poors' House to September q, 1866, was rc'er-
rod to the Committee on Claims
The Committee on Claims reported III t.Vor
of reducing the assessment on the hou;e OF mrs.
Mary A. Price, on Union street, to SoGo ior lhe
wear 1856, which was adopted.
A bill Of S. +. Cation, for wcrk done III nc
Clerks office Of the Hustings Court, S:o "aS
ordered to be paid. O..
resolution directing the Committee or SITS:
to have fire plugs of the Mcclellan pattern end
four in. opening, placed at tho lntersecllnh q!
Wolfe Wilkes and GibDnn streets with W ASH
ington street, while the Water Company Is lay
ing the water pipe from Duke to GioDon G s.sp
on Washinpton street. was referred tn the Com
mittoo on Streets, with power to set IN the
promises as they may see ~ .., o.
bill for medicine Of J. Entwisle, jr.. $751;
furnished the poor, was ordered to b. paid
The Board then adjourned until wednesday
n'TEe a.ta lo'n '''='' JOHN j. JAMESON. Crk.
Common Council
Ala REGULAR meeting Of the Common Coan-
ell, held Juno 14.h, 1870, there were present
j. g. Smoot, esq, President. ,.;.,,.
Messrs Mckenzie, Neale, Baker. Shirley,
Massey. Martin, Harmon, Turner Agne"
Moore, Moran and Stein. ,;,,oo
NJ Mckenzie, from tho Finance Committees
renorted IAN act for raising revenue Tor INC
| wear 1870" which WAS read three times "hu
passed, the Goth rule being suspended
| . 6ru cit a
| the curb and gutter on Queen street. Was refer
| rcd to tho Committee on Streets, with power |"
| have the work done.
A communication Of Robert II. Miller: Ffesi-
dent of tho Water Company re$pcc!lhg , .hc
erection of certain fire plugs on the !iho OF lhe
| nroposed extension Of that c0mrany's WORKS on
| Washington street, together with AL order au-
| 1horizinp the Committee On Streets /" nave 'hG
| same constructed, was received from thn boAtu
Of Aldermen and their action concur!cn M l.;
| An order authorizing the Committee Oh ~
nance to borrow S4l0J at 80 GHy ter le'hp"
| rsry purposes, was adopted. a.,
| The REPORT Of the Finance Culnll!t.tc On lne
petition Of F. w. Rozier was adopted ana inc
Auditor directed to issue duplicate 81 INC io:'
| bond, in accordance with The prayer Of pcI'
TONER. ,
MessIs w. D. Massey, y. {. Hs'n'u ano
| IP AgneW were appoiLtcd, III ACCORDANCE
with tho resolution adopted ut the PlcViCu;
meeting, to investigate the charges q dlscr'tni
nation against this city BY the o., y. = a. l.
| MIR. Harmon read the following paper rela.'ne
| to that subject, which, by Request. was re'er'c-
| TO tie committee aforesaid and orderel - o'
printed n Ir,o q $50
| To the Prcsident Of tie Co"s"soM Come" Of ~
| erandriU: a.,
Sjr-The proceedings of your bod on tn
p1h ul,ino, containing s!stemen. iurh''heo
hv MIR. Cazenovo rs Substantially corTecs axe
rsL;ab!en purportng to show tho c"MpaFatiV'
business OF the Orange. A!rx@Edlla " Manassa
road in contrast with the Norfolk REC leIefS
| burg road and with tie con .oIidsied r'At
from Norfolk - Bristol, has been Drought It
my notice ,,... .;,,,
by the G., A. & NJ. road tu. the statement u
reference to the roads under my controi l. Ut
terly defective, though 'cGrJHHV prtFH|e".
| Ifyou will examine the tenth ani.unI Iep"i
of the Pre;iden. and Directors OF Inc j. n7i"!'
& Pete, sburg road, in connection "llh In
statement presented by Mr.. CaZonoye, "u , " 't
| Aiexandria management has carefully
cluded all the tonnage passing over the y. 3 "
| road and its Manassas stem, IN part and n
| whole, coming from any point on ITS hnes, OF
from points beyond, while il has most c"rcIG' )
| eYclu led tho whole way tonnage on the Nor
| folk and Petersburg road-an exclusion whicr
| somewhat impars the substantial CORRECTNESS
and reliability CT the msnsgement's ""arJMA
| prepared" statement.
| The tonnage forwarded over the J. i /. K
r for the year ending September 18th; 1869
going east through. 2? 3l4 AZ tors
| WAY. 10 UuL.Oi