Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-02-07
CITY SCHOOL BOARD. The Board was ca


| CRY SCuooL BOARD The Board was call
ed to order at last evening Edgar
Snowden, ir., esq, CHAIRMAN, the Superinten
dent of Schools, and Messrs Addison, j. 5.
Beach, w. +. Caruc, Hopkins, Wheat, and
| Wilmington.
| The chair, by unanimous consent, laid before
the Board notice from S epheu X. Field.
Collector of Taxas for the Southern District,
attaching the reut of the building next to the
First Natioual Bauk, now used as a school
house; whereupon, on motion of Mr.. Hopkins,
it was
Ordered That 10 warrant for payment OF
rent TO Theodore iced be issued without the
! further order OF the Board.
At the request OF the Chairman, Mr.. Wheat
| stated that the meeting Was called at his It,
stance, as he wished 10 resign his membership
on the Building Committee Of the proposed
| new school house
| The chair said he would first lay before the
Board the resignation of Mr. Hopkins, menu
| Der of the same commlttce.
| Mr.. J. S. Beach moved that it be accepted,
but the motion was not secluded.
Mr.. Wheat then offered his resignation.
MIR. Wilmington moved that II be not ac-
| copied hut accepted as substitute notion OF
| Mr. W /. Carue expressing the full confidence
| of the Board in said committee and rs desire
that it should rcmair as at present constituted.
A long conversational dehate ensued on the
subject of both designations, irom which it APP.
reared that misunderstanding had occurred
in relation to the adoption OF plans, which had
now been satisfactorily explained, and though
both gentlemen urged the acceptance OF their
designations, Mr.. Caruc'S motion was unanl-
mously adopted.
MIR. Wheat, from the Building Committee.
presented letter from MesSrs. Green y Wise,
Real Estate Agents, offering the Board Brad
lev. cabinet factory for SIS 900, onc-halt cash,
and the rest IL five annual or less frequent pay
ments. Which was read and referred to that
committee.
The Board then adjourned.
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF PUBLIC Works. :
The Alexandria correspondent of the Baltimore
SIM s:-"The Board of Public Works here
will begin operations at the opening OF the com,
ing season for work. The fluids of the Board
are derived from tax OF twelve and hall cts.
IN the hundred dollars Of real estate, and the
| fnud thus derived amounts at this time to three
or four thousand dollars, aud the tax will pro-
ance between six and seven thousand dollars
annually. The Board has not yet Determined
the manner 10 which the money shall be ex
PENDED, except that the re-survey of the town
already begun shall be completed, and plat
prepared as basis of operation. 1t is the gen
eral impression that the recent repavlDg which
has so considerably improved some OF the
streets of the towo, has been done under the
supervision or by the order Of the Board: Such,
however, is not the case. The Board has as
vet neither ordered nor determined upon any
improyemeut All the paving has been done
under the supervision of the committee on
streets. As soon as the Board determines upon
plan the work will go forward gradually but
surely uutl all the streets within the city limits
are put 10 paSsable order
SLElGlItSG- Everybody who owued or who
conld either borrow or hire sleigh awaited
themselves of the opportunity afforded by the
snow Of Yesterday aud last night, to go sclshine
tn.dav, and the streets, since early morning,
havr been made merry by the juggling OF bells
The sle.hs we're OF the most diversified cnar'
ac,er from the home made, slugle-mue I an,
ks,iuuper, to the deliberately painted ana
rchIv furnished two horse chariot, hut the one
that attracted the most attention was pore
resting uu,,n Two uprights, drawn by e,gh'
belled mules, six tandem, upon each OF "hlc'
was a postiIliou Upon the pole were about
dozen men riding astraile, some OF whons car
ried horns, upon which they kept up up, con,' =.
al too.inp King street, which has afforded tn'