Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-30
CITY COUNCIL.

, held last night LOT the purpose OF cOWplet-
w., ,be election OF city officers. There was a
,"s,. attendance of spectators and much inter-
est manifested
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
nr Johnson offered a resolution authorizing
L., commitment of special committee OF four
NV Investigate some alleged Irregularities 10 the
',n5ul of the late Finance Committee,
"r.f,ipg il BY stating that 1t was offered at the
p.snast request of some Of the members OF the
Finance Committee. ~
and Mr. VIM A. Moore were appointed on the
'urr Of this Board.
pr The amended resolution to authorize the AL
,v.nI,ia and Washington railroad to dispense
w;rh ringing bells, &C., on the train, and In
',a,1 thereof the placing of fagmen at the
losing of Queen aud Cameron streets, was
s,.I and, on motion of Dr. johnson, was laid
over. -, .
An act providing for the improvement of
Washington street, providing for "parkiug'
,bat thoroughtare after the manner OF some of
,be streets Of Washington, was read and re-
f.rrcd, /. proposes to reduce the width OF the
carriage way to forty feet, aud the sidewalks to
Ten feet, aud provides for the improving of the
.nare thus left by planting shade trees, &c.
DR. johnson called up the subject of hos
nral on the Aims House grounds, urging its
inheritance in sanitary and economical point
Of view, and presented plaus and specifications
vtthe proposed building.
The act to require the Clerk of the Gas
Works to give bond was passed, and the Board
then went into joint convention, after which,
upon returning to their own chamber, Co.
Frenchs resignation was laid over aud the
Board adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
The Common Council met last night, all the
members except Mr. Portuer being present.
\ bill fixing the bond of the Clerk of the
Gas Works at s. 900 was introduced.
Mr.. Hewes introduced substitute abolish
ing the office of the Clerk of the Gas Works
which was lost, and the bill passed yeas Is,
nays O.
The Aldermen were then invited into the
Chamber Of the Common Council.
Meanwhile a resolution was received from
the Aldermen for the appointment of COM
mittee to Investigate certain charges against
the late Committee 90 Finance.
Mr. SHIN asked that the resolution be post
poned until the next meeting. He was pre-
pared to say now, however, that no charges
were made against the Finance Committee.
The Finance Committee had 10 its members
honorable aud Intelligent gentlemen but the
chairman sought to hide himself behind his
colleagues
Mr.. Mckenzie moved to lay the resolution
on the table. He never understood that
charges had been made and hoped the matter
would stop here.
At this point the Aoard of Aldermen euter-
ed the chamber, and
Tup IoINT MEETING
convened
The chair, President Shiun, announced that
the first business 10 order was the election OF
four physicians to the:poor, and the following
nominations ware made DR.. Gibson, Dr. Bed
ford Brown, DR.. E. A. Stabler, DR.. t. [.
Adam, Dr. Garrett.
First ballet: Gibson. 9; Brown IS; Stabler,
-; Alan, Is; Garrett, 81; Powell |.
For corporation attorney, Col. Z. +. Stuart,
Capt D. H. Smoot and John NJ. johnson were
nominated, the latter enclosing to the council
recommendations from Lawrence B. Taylor, w.
y. Taylor, j. S. Chapman, FL. O.. Clsughton
anlC. w. Wattles.
First ballot: Stuart, 10; johnson, I; Smoot,
5. Second ballot Stuart, Is; johnson, 7.
For city scavengcr, Hanibal King and Geo.
f.. Price were nominated.
\ communication from f. King, offering n
bonus OF $50 was read aud motion TO post
pone the election was made.
Nh Beach saw no reason to interrupt the
election; the subject of selling the office bad
been decided upon by the Council last year.
The motion to postpone was lost and the joint
meeting proceeded TO the first ballot: Price, II;
King, s.
For four members of the Board of Police,
MeSsrs French, Rock, Rishiell, Paul r: Evans,
Wm A. Moore, Maj. Loving, Col. French,
aud Lewis Mckenzie were nominated. Nearly
al declined.
The election was postponed.
For Captain of Police, Capt. Webster was
nominated and elected, the ballot standing,
Webster p; Blank, |.
For Lieutenant of Police, Lieut.. John L.
Smith was nominated, the ballot standing,
Smith, 10; Arnold mot in nomination. .;
Blank, l..
For Policeman, the present iocumbents were
nominated and also the following: Edgar Lyles,
Mathew Latin, Neal Philips, Peyton Z. Bart
lett and James Saith.
lst ballot: VIM johnson, 81; VIM Mullen,
~; Geo. LyIes, H. JAS Walker, 81; Jas. Wat
Sius, 2i Jas. Hepburn, p; Jas. McDowelI
u; Christopher Lyles, o. Emanuel " ebb, %;
den, u; Henry Clapdore, 49,; Frank Beetles
~Nus' iASuoCas ~, k1Su'y SiuAAps 10y Ooo'
liorsenan, 30; Gilbert Simpson, l6; William
Woodfeld 49, JAS Swami, %; Julian Arnold,
p; Mathew Latin, IS; E. Lyles II; j. Smith.
10; \. Philips, .; all the old force with the ex-
eeptlon of Geo. Jones' Mathew Latin was
chosen from outside.
Col. French said that the only trouble which
had occurred among the police during the year
Was upon question relative to the orders for
the arrest of criminals which came from other
cities by telegraph. Mr.. JoUes was among
lno>e who con;endcd that in such cases
tue tue telegram telegram should be communicated to all
Inc policemen in order that all might have a
chance to obtain the reward.
ID ballot: Geo. Lyles, 9; +. Lylcs, 5; Geo.
.oues, 3; Smith, T.
Sd ballot Geo. Lyles, ~; E. Lyles, 7; Smith,
,; Blank, l.
The name of Edgar Lyles was Withdrawn
and Geo. Jones was again nominated.