The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-14
CITY COUNCIL.

CITY COUNCIL 0..-a.
The regular semi-monthly meeting of the
City Council was held yesterday afternoon,
the President, P. II. Starke, Esq, in the
chair.
THE RAILROAD OBSTRUCTION ON
BROAD STREET.
Mr.. Isaacs, from the Committee on FL
nance, presented an ordinance, which was
adopted unanimously, providing "that the
city engineer, under the direction of the
Committee on Streets, shall, as soon as
may be practicable after the passage of this
ordinance, survey, establish and locate the
grade of Broad street from Ninth street
westward to the corporation limits of the
city, and designate the corners, widths and
lines of all streets that may cross the same,
by locating stones at the proper places
wherever, in his Judgment, they may be
required"
Another ordinance presented by the
same committee, "to regulate the use of
Broad street," &C., was adopted by vote
of 20 to z, providing that no steam engine,
tender, freight car, passenger car, or other
car of any kind belonging to or used BY
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac railroad company, shall stand, load,
or unload on Broad street. But any such
engine, tender or car shall be carried or
propelled Immediately into depot or lot
adjoining said street, and there receive or
discharge its load of freight or passengers,
as the case may be, and if the same be not
done or performed on or before the first
day of January, 1873, then and thereafter
the said railroad company, for any viola
ton of the ordinance, shall be fined not
less than S. nor more than &2j for each
and every offense.
That the company shall conform their
railway track to the grade. when established
and located as provided by ordinance; and
if the same be not done on or before the
lst day of July, 1874, then the said com
pany shall be fined $40 per day for every
day thereafter, until its track shall be
made to conform to the grade of said
street.
That on and after the lst day of January,
1874, no car, engine carriage, or other
vehicle of whatever kind, belonging to or
used by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac railroad company shall be drawn
or propelled by steam upon that part Of
their railroad or railway track on Broad
street. east of Belvidere street in said city.
SALARIES OF CITY OFFICERS,
The Committee on Ordinances submitted
an amendment to city ordinances increasing
the salary of City Clerk from 81 800 to
$4,000. Adopted. .
Mr.. Chesterman, from the Committee on
Ordinances, reported an ordinance to amend
and reordaln chapter 6, section | of city
ordinances so as to read as follows:
The several officers of the city hereafter
mentioned, shall receive annually the fol-
lowing sums: Mayor, $500; treasurer,
$4,000; clerk in the treasurer's office,
81, ,250 ; auditor, $500; clerk to auditor.
81 800; city engineer, 50 900; superinten-
dent of gas works, 81 800 inspector of gas
works, 81 800; superintendent of water
works, 81 500; assistant superintendent of
water works, Sl,250; superintendent Of
.pump-house, $1,000; assistant superinten-
dent pump-house, 81 900; clerk First mar
ket. 81 900, and for sweeping, whtewash-
ing, &C., $3.50; Clerk Second Market, 81 900,
and for sweeping, whitewashing, &c., $3.50 !;
weighmaster for the First Market, 5000 !;
weighmaster for the Second Market, 5000.
Chief engineer fire brigade, 1000; COM
manders of fire companies, each $3.50; !;
engineers steam firesengines, each 81 $50 !;
tiremen fire companies, each SlS7.5O !;
firemen steam fire engines, $3.50 hostlers
of the steam fire engines, each $3.50 9TH
er firemen, each sl25. The superintendent
Of the Alms-house Hospital and Shockoe
Hill burying-eround, 81 900 !; and he shall
have in addition thereto the use of the
house provided for the superintendent, and
his fuel, gas and water free of cost, and he
shall have the privilege of taking supplies
for his family from the provisions pur-
chased for the Alms-house at the prices
given for them.
The items in relation to the weighmas-
ters was struck out. The report was then
adopted as whole.
STREETS.
The Committee on Streets Generally.
General Joseph r. Anderson, chairman,
submitted a report recommending the con-
struction of permanent bridge at Eighth
street across Haxall's mill-race, one-halfo
the cost to be paid by the James River
Free-Bridge company and the other half to
be paid by the city. Cost, about $3.50.
Agreed to.
A resolution appropriating 81 900 for
the building OF sleeping apartments for the
station men at Washington Hall, and 5000
for two bells--one to be placed on WASH
ington Hall and the other on the engine
house on Church Hill-was adopted.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR ORPHAN
ASYIUMS,
Mr.. Wynnc offered resolution that
the Committee on Finance be instructed to
report in the appropriation ordinance the
sums appropriated last year to the orphan
asylums of the city without any alteration.
Adopted-ayes, IA nays, 10.
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.
Mr.. Wagner introduced resolution,
which was laid over, instructing the Com
mittee on Ordinances to report all ordi-
nance, not in conflict with any of the ex-
isting laws Of the United States, taxing OF
licensing commercial drumers, peddlers OF
solicitors