Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-25
CITY COUNCIL.
FFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Board Of Aldermen.

Board Of aldermen.
At q regular meeting of the Board Of Alder !!
men, held May 9th, 1870. there wore present,
Mcssrs. Harmon, McCsine llswxhurSt'
Clark, Dyson and Garwood.
The President being absent, MIR. Ha~zhurst
was called to the Chair.
A resolution authorizing the Superintendent
of Police to reset tho curb stonos and pave the
gutter in front of X. I. Edelin's property, on
Pitt street, between King and Cameron, was
A bill of w. l. Milburn, SIP 80, for medicine
furnished the poor, was received from the Com
mon Council and their action concurrcd IN; .
r and W.. A. & Il. H. r., WAS received from
the Common Council and thoir action concur
Bills of j. Entwisle, jr., for medicine, $50 20
and SIT IL. was received from tho Common
Council and their ACTION concuTTed = IN: ,y;o,.or
Mrs. Mary Ann Price end IT, i. LucEctt wore
received from the Common Council and their
action concurred in.
A bill of Is. +. Price, sos p, for repairs to
public property WIS ordered to &c palu.
a resolution in regard to nuisancos VAS re-
o,ivad from the Common Council and adopted;
| A bill Of q. l.. Simpson, Tor SHOES lurhlsnSu
| tho Aims House, S68 rs, was received from tho
! Common Council and their action concurreu IN;
Communications from tho ouperlntenuGGi ~, ~
|
| cil and their action concurref In.
| nctition of Il. Bell and others for lire plug
on the corner of Fairfax and WelIc streets was
rccoiycd Fl ON the Common Council ana lhe'r
action concurrcd in. c;.lon,
| Of Police to have the lire plugs and lamp poSss
| removed nearer the curb Was recGlveu lToli Iuo
| Common Council and their action c"hcurreu H.
| The Board then adjourned ,,,
Teste: JOHN j. JAMl foON' VI H.
Common Council
Atareeular meeting Of tho Common Coun-
ell, hold May Mth, 1870, thoro were present
| ]. b. Smoo!, ESQ.,. President; Mcss's. MAR
tin, Moran, Stein, Baker Turner, Agnew, liar,
mon, Mckenzie, Shirley, Moore Ne"'c ""'
| Massey. ,j,,t F,lo.
lev respecting tho dangerous condition @. tnc
| Friendship Engine House, WAS rc!erreu 10 t.'
i Committed on Public Property with au:horty
to have such repairs made as Its condlI'o' re-
quires. c..1o,. E,doIo,
relating TO tho bad condition OF the pump II
Twins slley, was referI cd TO tho COMMITTEE OF
Streets with authority to repair the same or
A communication Of 4. Ii. Bell WAS lad or
| the table. ,,,
roturn of sundry articles deposited in the Alex
sndria Museum, was laid on the table.
A petition of Messrs. Baker, Bell AID otntrt
for the erection Of q fire plug atlhe lhtcrS'c''oi
: of Wolfe and Fairfax streets, was rc'eTrcl l.
the Committee On Streets. ~
A bill! of II. J.. Simpson, SIS o. ;Ir r.'ct e,
furnished tho Aims House, WAS "rdetcd l" o'
paid. ,-1c c,-,,od
icines furnished Poors' and Aims House. W"
ordered to be paid. c,....
, A resolution for tho removal Of the hro r!us
and lamp posts on King street toa prorcI, 'ls
tanco from the curb. was rc!crrel u vac '"'"
mittee on Streets. IN,
A bill of B. f. Price for certain rcpsirs hDou
the market building amounting to 9tO' -. W"
ordered to be pa!d. ,.;.
A resolution, By Mr.. Massey. thst certain
pspers from tho o., " a. Il. K. be rcaJ W"
adopted; whcreupon the papers a;,rFtSaiI a..
tnilinr tic operations Of that road, ITS tonnage
CHARGES, &c, were laid before the Council. "n'
resolution by Mr. Massey that 4 r9mn'tt%c q
three from the Common Council ana wv" IRON ,!
! the Board OF Aldermen be appointed to invest
gate the charges Of DISCRIMINATION by faIt rnA'
against this city, and report WAS "''''e''
| The Council then adiOurnc J.
! Tnste: O. &. WHI1TL ESEH. q X.