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

to be carried to the next assessment, which
amount, together with the extraordinary ex-
pcnditure not provided for in the last revenue
biz, vii! leave Il deficit to be raised out of this
year : taxes, which will carry the next levy to
Il! least - 81 or - 80. Among the items not
provided IN Inc last revenue bill are the re-
moval and repairs on the corporation wharf
now used by tie American Coal Company,
which vii! amount To about s., 600; pavement
around market square, gas lifting; furniture,
81 in the new market building about $4,000;
cx;ra expenditure on streets $4,000; smallpox
in aud out Of hospital say 81 800; cod!licaton
aud printing Of corporation laws $ 900; extra
expense Of A!uls House and outside poor in
consequence OF the hard winter through which
wc have just passed, say $4,000. These sevc-
raj amounts, together with the $1,000 deficit,
Which We started with. aud the So, 900 to be
paid 10 a foreign holder of bonds for bac in
;cfc-t, will aggregate $44 500, and this is not
nj: 10y recent decision of the Supreme Court
!, + tic United States, which bears strictly on
our case, every dollar of interest collected this
year on bonds held BY non-residents will have
| t, be refunded before issuing more bonds. We
| should be able to control those we have. 10
| increase our Indebtedness az this time for any
| purpose would be suicidal and while the object
i, IL piai,cworthy one, aud the expenditure OF
tia, amount on our streets desirable, the pros
Iuc, seems too diScourasing to 90 into such
! All operation ut this time; therefore it bccnmes
! The part t wisdom 10 pau-c until We know our
exact condition. which will only be when the
tunding now going on shall lave been COM
pictei Iu view of these stubborn facts am
| compelled to vote for the taLliug of the pre-
ambe and resolutions.
Mr. FDrtner thought that the resolution
should pass. We spend now annually $1,000
IN streets and the interest on $25, 900 with
| 81 800 to pay back every year would not make
the taxes higher thon they are now.
Mr. Evans opposed the resolution. 1t was
not tie time for Council to spend this money.
! Il would not be necessary to plough up the
streets every fall as was done by the Commit
ont So, 900 we might have passible streets
this year. lie favored gravelIing at cheap
rates 10 make the streets passible.
Mr. PMtacr said that the railroad company
had never been il u condition to bring gravel,
an! another thing We had not money enough
to pay ~ mcn to shovel the grave! at that
| tine.
Mr. Henderson explained his views.
MT. Pvrtucr knew too we'll the financial
condition Of tic city to vote Tor this. Only
hall the January interest had been paid, and
warrants were daily refused 1T the Treasurer 5
| oiic'.
Mr. Hughes defcuded the action Of the
| Committee OH Strces, aud favored the passage
Of the law
Mr. Hopkins said that the city could not
! borrow.
Mr.. Shiun would vote for this resolution
more chccrIuy if it proposed SIPS 1000, be-
cause SIS 900 would re totally insufficient, but
! hr was opposed to the resolution. He showed
thut if this $4,000 was sold at ~ cts. it would
! b. in fact paying II per cent interest. Mr.. S.
| said that the Council had never levied enough.
! 1t VA. il-cc>s ~ disguise the fact that - per
cent would have 10 BE- paid next year. For
| h''u#cll lie would vote for 5 or even 10 per ct.
| ii necessary to pay the honest debts o! the cor
! purailnn.
Nr. Evans said his part of the town wanted
street, bad enough. but he would wade 10 mud
! knee deep before he would vote for this reso-
| luton.
The resolution WIS amended 80 as to provide
that the nonds should not be sold at less than
par, and adopted ayes, Ii; nays, 3.
After considerable debate upon bill Of Mr.
| Hart for ,cpairng pumps, it being coutrnded
! that tn. Superintendent OF Police ought to
endorse the b.l aud also that the work
had not been done properly, the bill was refer
red 10 tnc Committee GU Streets.
y bill from the Aldermen for compulsory
| vaccination coming W.
Mr. fIcndcrSpn--Nlr President, would it be
in order to move to lay the bill under the table.
Mr.. l'nn sad that he knew of one case in
which man on Nalor's Hill was vacciuatcd
aud tork the smallpox Immediately after
| Another man, named Jim Brawner. who was
vacciratci by DR.. Johnson, had lost the use of
his arm for twelve months He did not want
thai kind OF vaccination; he woull rather have
the smallpox than be unable to work for three
months
The resolution was laid IN the table
Adjourned.