Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-09
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subject of granting the use Of Fayette street TO
the "Alexandria Canal Railroad and Bridge
Company" that the people of this impoyersh-
ell, tax ridden community, may see with what
recklesness the use of our streets is about to
to be given away to foreign corporations, with
out one cent Of compensation.
This report is a model one as to cl'nr"cSS and
| 1erspicu,y AT leisure time the writer Will
endeavor to hold it up to the admlrlng gaze,
| Ct was going to say OF their constituents, but
they have none, having been constituted ~
| military appointment) and exhibit the little
| care which the committee has taken in rrrpar
ing it.
From personal cxaminaI ion OF the street,
the writer is OF opinion, that this cJmml tee
must have made 4 very cursory examination OF
this prcunll and tho connection Oi Fayrttr stree;
with other streets from Duke Ia the northern
boundary of the corporation.
| If not asking too much, 1t would crafty
many of YOUR subscribers who are larr" lax
novrrs if YOU would also rcpuGli>El the ACT
nossea February Is, 1866, with the Following
| Iwaennr title. viz: AN act granting the con
sent of the City Council of Alexandria upon
terms, to the occupation .! c1t!m streets ~
railroad companies
II is to be hoped that both these documcntS,
as now published, will be nUpnty lFe"rtci
by all parties who feel an Interest III Our mum,
cipal affairs. for luturc reference; as an cH'H
7ciW be nln,lc to test the validity ot iEIs law
and an ende:Tor 10 prevent any lIturc @SgrcS,n
sions upon our rights BY other corporation" OF
this description. III
Copy of report oil the COMMITTEE on Streets
, upon application for the use CT Ea5cttc
street ty Alexandria Canal Railroad, IL.
| tn
whom the application Of tic AIexan:lrI3 Cana!
) Railroad and Bridge Company was referred. do
t make the following report: Your committee
recommend that the privilege be granted TO The
! Canal, Railroad and Bridge Company to cln.
t struct railroad through Fayctte street in the
G city of Alexandria, to connect with the o., y.
fl & nj. Il. Il. CT any ether railroad rrnnlH=
D south from said city, on the following conditions
4 viz: That the said Canal, Railroad ana Bridge
!. Company, shall put said Fayet'c street, - pro
: posed to be occupied by said company, IN good
: condition, and repair ard grade and pare "ald
o street from curb to curb, within three monthS
n from the time they shall have ail their track
G. through said street. ana shall ai>u keep said
| street in good condition and repair. Is long a.
G they shall occupy said street: they shat! also lay
said track so as not TO obstruct tic drainage CT
e said street. ard they shall make all CROSSINGS OF
). said street in q suitable manner uader the dI-
| rection and sutiec. to the approval! Il the Mayor
IS OF the CITY OF Alexandria, dupon the regular
r. grade of said street from the point where II Is
now ravcd, northcrly to-----Strtri "nd shai'
also provide such hagmen at the street eros
e ings, and at such other points as SAID EI'y
l. Council shall from time to Tia" direct. aEd
4 shall also furnish such hagmeu with suitable
signals and sec that they perform !tIrr nn'ies
efficiently, AMI to tic satisfaction 81 ta' NIayti
OF the CITY OF Alexandria. We also recon-
mend that said privilege IL granted o"y uioi
u the condition that the said Canal hafnad ans
~ Bridge Company shall promptly pay i'll *tti!"n
o ia shall BE- assessed TO them rGn y"a! /" ar
c and be placed on the sane !01tIU" 81 ~ ;'r
= SON owning property in sal! ely -; \% .;:';ra.
r. And in case the said company eaI !:;i! t" COLI
'r pIy with any Of the Aforesaid r0nGItI3ns, ties
3 Shall forfeit their privilege to us IL" s.li
street and the right and privileges herein grant
J cd The said grading, paving, &c, require"
As aforesaid to be done under tie snVrrvis los;
a of the Street Commissioners vi Alexandria.
n All OF which is respectfully submitted.
:. Signed; SAMUEL BAKER,
= john HAwXuURsT,
l.. y. HARMON,
Committee Gil Streets.
ALEXANDRIA, April -, ISL"
COPY.
AN ACT granting tlie cnircEt oi the t'tij
Council uf Alexandria upon term, 20 ihc sc
cupation Of certain streets by railroad c1uI
DanleS.
!. Beienacted Ly the City rouncH Of -iL:c
Il nndriu that the consent OF the City Council he,
and is hereby given to the occupation Of certail
:. streets Of Tic city Ly the railroad companies
named, with their Respective w1rEH, that Il tr
! say:
c By tic Alexaniia, houioun ani ii.mps!li;,
~ Railroad Co., Of Water street, lron the pres
- cnt terminus Of their road in said street to
Cameron street, and 81 l'cndicton, Oronvco,
| AMI Princess streets TO connect with he Orange
and Alcxaniria r. K. on Union street.
BY the Orange and Alexandria 4. T.. Co.,
of Union street south 70 Jefferson; Of Franklin
. street west 10 Union street 20 the Potomac
) river and Of Wilkes street to c0Hnact with
! their said track Oh Union street.
r By The Alexandria and Washington and
Georgetown X. r. Co., Of Union street, from
: its northern terminus, SOUTH to connect with
the Orange ard Alcxerdria r. T., at or near
the intersection 0: Duke street and Henry
T street: and OF st. Asaph street from King
: street to Madison street aud thence by the
. most eligible route to an intersection viii! the
- main line to Washington.
By the Alexandria and Fredericksburg r. Il.
!. Co., of Henry street, south, from the tclmi-
| flallUU vi lnC W GSHl'SlGu, litt"iHlia ai'h
GeoI veto wn Railroad at Or near the ln;crscC.
= ton of Duke and Henry streets, 10 the soHi!-
Z ern boundary.
: 2. BE 1t c,anctcd further, that the consent
aforesaid is given upon the express terms and
conditions that such Of said companies as shell
avail themselves thereof, shall at all times keep
the streets so occupied by them respectively. in
good repair and condition, between the rails
and to the distance OF two feet therelrom on the
outside oil their tracks, to lay and construct their
tracks so as not to obstruct the drainage OF the
streets occupied as Aforesaid, or free and con.
venient travel thereon, and keep hagmen post
: ed at the crossing Of King and Prince street. in
Henry street and at the Intersection CT King
and Union streets, and at such other points as
the City Council snail from tune to time here.
after direct, to furnish such hagmcn with suit.
ahln sinnnls md 10 coo TINT ihnu 1nrlnrnn t!lcir