Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-12
CITY GOUSiIaI.


The regular scmi-month!y meeting of the
Cty Council was held last night, the Official
proceedings of which will be found elsewhere
in tu-tlayS Gazette.
BOARD or ALDERMEN
The attendance Of members WIS good there
hc;ng lmt one yaran. seat--tilat Of Judge ui.-
dcrwood. ;.
| Several reports resolutions, g., upon which
action had been taken by the Common Coun-
ell, were disposed Ut.
when the report of the Fire Wardcns WAS
read
DR. johnson anin1,ivcr:cl severe y upon the
War,lenS. and Strnn.ly rcpruhateG their act,
accusing them Of waSict1lI cN!ravagaco .: the
ncoal,:' ) money and acting without proper au-
thorty; forming ring for the mutual bctlc-
| fit of themselves one glv!nG orders unon TIE
other; complained OF the large purchases vi I'll
and emery, g.. and promised III :; fuufe
meeting to give his views more iuiiy upon
what inc called this ''sri. constituted hoiy.
By AN agreement between Col. Flenc:l and
Dr. .Io!nSun. both the bill passed by the COM
mon Council in reference to IN .ll-poX aod vac
cinaion. and the substitute Of Gel. Preach
were passed, Mr Markell a"n" voting iii the
negative Oh the bill. upon the Gr@un,i that the
corporation had III right to trc@ Il patient ''tif
oi his own ,:omlcil
Mr.. Scaton callc! mp his rc>nnIior 10: TIE
purchase d another burial ground iVr the poor,
but at The >rl-.cs'ip's Of Mr. Markell. permit
ted ii to again lie upon the table until Il future
meeting, on account 81 the iate"cs& ot tie
hour.
An invitation having been received from tic
Common Council inviting the Board into joint
meeting for the purpose OF clecrng an altor-
ury for the corporation,
Col. Frcnch gave his views III opposition 10
tho election Of such an officer upon the grounds
that to obtain suitable attorney the salary
would be greater than the corporation could
aff r, while the extra fees when the salary
was Low always amounted 10 Il !arGc bill. lie
was of the opinion tina: it would he much bet
ter to have 10 regular attorney and then wheo
advice WAS wanted it could b. gotten from the
different lawyers.
DR.. johnson Thought that the BEST legal tai
cnt in the city should be >ccnrGd, and wni." he
was anxious TO assist TIE young lawyers, he
thought men Of cXncrlrncc were needed.
On motion Of Mr. Scaton: tic Boar ;:t!-
journ.d
COMMON COUNCIL.
The altcniancc both within and Without tie
bar at the regulaa meeting Of the Common
Council last night, was about Us lurE" i, usual.
The following Communication was Received
and referred 10 the Committee on Claims:
70 the Gy Council .Ih.rumj11u:
The Exchange Building Company respectful
" represents that its property has been taxed
for fourteen thousand dollars. wh:ci! SUN is
much above the capital Of the c,inpaEy, and
the actual value Of the property.
The capita| stock is but tcl Thousand dollars,
divided into 2O shares, subscribed by son:
forty of our citizens, who saw the NECESSITY OF
having erected i suitable building whcrclu the
commercial and business men generally Gould
hold daily meetings for the transaction ii bust
ness, AID exchange views relative 10 the al.
vanccmont of the general prosperity OF our
city, and which would cvlnce - strangers that
there was commercial llI: in the old land yet.
The company was formed. and the improvc-
mentS made, uIUre with L view uI general bone.
fiji to the curumrnty than pecuniary conSlde
ratiunS as suitable lot aud building Of less
professions, could have been procured AT much
less cost. but Il cjnlmcudablc pride induced the
stock holders to sacrifice pecunlary cuGSiicr;i-
tons to public good.
In order to construct the building that l. &C
knowcdgcl to be an ornament aod Il credit to
our CITY, it became necessary to borrow cun-
siderable sum of money, the repayment of which
will absorb ali he rcccl pts Of the company for
several years. and until The dcbrs are paid the
stock holders will receive no remuneration for
their investment.
When it is considered that the dilapidatcd
building which was formerly gu the lot iuI-
proved by the company, had nor heretofore PAID
taxes to the Corporation, it will be seen that
the revenue of the city will rp; be- diminished.
if y;,u relieve the company from taxation until
its debts are paid, aud its revenue suiliccn! t.
pay the stockholders fair remuneration for
their outlay Thus, while few of our enter
prising citizens are lending some ten thousand
dollars without remuneration, for Il public bcDc-
fit, the Corporation would contribute cnmpara
lively but small sun toward sustaining an in
stituton which is US essential to the prosperity
of our commerce, and business generally, az
YOUR beautiful market building is to the general
community.
Asking favorable consideration Of this pc
tition, | am respectfully yours,
GEO. Y. WoRTIEHGToN
President of the Exchange Building CO.
ALEXANDRIA. March II. 1873
Mr. Rock presented the following mcmorial
! 70 the Honorable the Bourd Of -Ah{ermcn and
Common Council:
GENTLEMEN-W respectfully ask your hon
orable body to have removed from our midst,
az implacable nuisance. fronting, and adi"in.
ing, our resdences-the property of Stephen
Swain or that occupied by hm-a horse and
cow stable. We fear the coming Of the Spring
! and Summer, on account Of the unforbeerlug
cffuvum arising from it. We hope your hon
urablc body will act in the premises, aud your
petitioners will ever pray
MRs. MILLER,
GRIMES,
REARDoN,
WAKEFIELD,