Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-09

Aer the transaction Of some other bust
ness, ut ~ Is, the number Of Spectators out
side The bar being reduced 10 Two the Beard
adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
There va: Il small attendance outside the bar
and Il respectable Attendance within tie bar at
the meeting Of the Common Cruncil lat light
The following communication from DR.. j. IS.
Johnson, accompanied with IL bill Of SOB, was
presented by Mr.. Rock:
ALEXANDRIA April :. 1873.
Hpaon,h1c Conlnlou CouucIi.
GENrLEMEN:-I herewith present my bill
for repairs on Friendship Engine House. com
plcted more than TWO years ago. This is the
third time have advanced money to repair
some Of the public buildings Of the city, and |
have not in the two instances before this, eype-
rirnccd any difficulty in getting Il return OF my
money. desire the amount OF my bill to OK
pcud again i'll public manner.
Most respectfully,
j. b. JOHNSON, M. ID.
Mr.. Echbcrg would like to know by whose
authority the repairs were made.
Mr.. Henderson thought the matter ought TO
60 to special committee.
The suffice was referred to the Committee
on Claims
The following communication was read and
the request granted:
ALEXANDRIA, Va, April Sth, 1873.
Ia the Uo"o,ubIc City Conncd IF .i},.c.,nirin: :
The Orange, Alexandria Il MANASSAS Rail
road Company respectfully request Of the City
Council Of Alexandria that permission be grant.
cd to said company to put down and maintain
i plank a1'oring from their track on the east
side of Union, from King street south. dis
4 al. I'm, al
feet This flooring is is needed to afford Il suit
departing ny the trains Of this company, a"t
will be SO constructed AS not to obslruct the
proper drainage Of the street, or the passage
ni all desert rton, of vehicles over il.
Respectfully submitted On behalf Of said
company by j. FISHER, &. I. Agt.
The f,ll,wir. communication was read:
WASHINGTON, Mar. 3I>t, 1873.
Tat Uo"ontLh Eiy Cnuncil IF .ihrnn'i,Tn ::
GENTLEMEN -: May ask Of your honorable
bod ) the erection III Il lanp-post for gas, to be
I,Iac'"l at the foot of King street, at its inter
S,ciun with the strand In making this re-
quest beg To state that the safety of paSscn-
GERS travelling after dark by the steamers, and
she protection OF clllz,n> having business III
that part III! the city, would appear To Justify
your huur;tbic body in placing the great pro-
lection I'll Il gls lamp and hight ut that point
The PR. jcctcd street rallrrad which will soon
have It's EASTERN terminus close To the wharf ol
this company, will feel the safety afforded pas
s,ngcrs, and travellers going in tn; direction
Of the river, to avail themselves OF transporta-
ton and passage, will be grateful for your
favorable consideration OF this petition.
Very respectfully your oht. scrv't.
S. S. llowlSoN l'rcs T. +. Co.
Mr. lIichberg thought the communication
should 90 the Committee on Light
MIR Rock conIl hut think HAT such action
was Tor the purpose of delay. There was no
place in town where u light was 81 much need
ed. Had it been there several years ago it
would have saved several human beings from
drowning.
Mr. E.ichLcrg said tlla, the g,S hid been
here twenty-five years anI yet no light has
been there
Mr.. Shinn said that that was the trouble
with too many people here. Ti" Gas ought t.
have been there - years ago, and yet some
people, bccau-e they had heretofore been in the
dark, thnught they never "ug hI to have light.
The petition was granted.
The following communication Of y. II. Mott
\ Co., was read
IL tie HDummLh PirSa1cM oJ H. Comaon
Co~nci anil CHoi'm,n attic Boud IF AZ
,lun.cn If the city Of .lfcr"nrtrdt:
| beg through you, gentlemen, to call tn" at
tcutinu OF the members of the two Boards over
which you preside tn the action OF the Mayor
Of the city Ut Alcxandria, by which have been
fined for al alleged obstruction of the street.
My, or rather the business OF the finn with
which am connected, requires the daily re
ccntion and The daily scnGlngaway OF II number
r.
this business without using, to some degree. the
street III front Of our door We rent two store
houses, and cannot then conduct our daily pack
Ing and unpacking goods entirely within dools.
The Mayor, who has done this himself con
s,antly places boxes in front of his store. and
when the Chicfof Police reported rs. | rrquir-
ed him tn report Mr. Berkeley himself, that it
might be fairly tested whether the law required
that business was thus to be mpcdcd and the
material prosperity OF our city Impaired for
can assure you that without this privilege |
canGot conduct a wholcSalc trade. Turn which
way you may, and you will see the necessity, in
some degree, of Il similar course by my fellow
merchants. What could the dealer in flour do,
if he were dcbarrcd from the Use Of a portion
Of the pavement on his front? Not many yards
distant from our door we have seen Il large
number OF boxes piled upon the pavement some
OF which have remained undisturbcd for more
than Two years. Then why this active course
of Mr. Clifford against Us, and why his refusal
to proceed against Mr. BcrkL.y, when required
to do 20, that Il fair and impartial trial might
he made As to the law From our observation
in the large cities it is the universal custom Of
merchants in our line to avail themselves Of not
only the convenience, but the actual necessity
Of receiving and packing, to some degree, upon
the streets or side walks If the Mayor be right
in his Interpretation of the law, We pray that
your honorable Bodies may modify the same As
may enable Us 10 conduct our trade and not
impede it almost to ruin, and that at least, if
We are to he fncd the Chief of Police may be
required to see that the law is administered
taldy and impartialIy, without respect to per
SONS. With great respect, your ohcdlcnt scr
wants, y. II. MOTT * 20.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, April $, 1873.
The communication was referred to the Com
mittcc on Streets.
Mr. Portncr called up the resolution in rcla-
ton to changing the grade Of King street, be-