Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-28

shoes on his own responsibility, if Couoci did
not pay The bill he would do so.
Mr. Beach introduced resolution providing
for the filing up of canal on Oronoko street,
dug there for The purpose of setting cur bstones
sowc four or five feet below the surface, be-
tween st. Asaph and PITT streets, and allowed
to remain 10 "a dangerous condition. II SEEM
ed he said, uncertain by whom the work Was
oricred, but certainly the trench or canal in
wet wrather-should be filled.
MIR. ltlshiel was unable to say by whom
the canal alluded to was dug. The Com-
mittee on Streets had seen what was 60
log on and had stopped the work. One OF
thar committee thought the City Survey
or had the light to fix the grades of the
streets, he, the speaker, did not. The citizen
before whose lots the ditch had been dug was
anxious to improve his property, and Mr.. Car
ter had given him the grade, but that grade
had not been confirmed by Council The grade
given allowed for fall of nine feet in one
square.
Mr. Beach said he supposed the grade given
was in accordance with the general plan Of
grading proposed for the whole city, which
plan provided Tor heavy cuts and fills in some
OF the most ircqueuted streets.
| Mr. Ri>hirII said The surveyor could not
uaFc ldl III view me lucd VI surface uTdlDdgc
| for by that plan IN cmbank ment would cross
his ditch
Mr. Eicihcrg said the whole work of street
Improvement seem, to be chid's play dig out
one day and fill up another; >quandering the
peoples money without any bod, seeming to
kuow what wa beiag done or who vas doiug it,
Mr. Clifford sad tie City Surveyor had
given him the grade and SIT the pegs aud lie
had worked accordingly
| Mr.. Lucas sand what was wanted was q gen
eral map aud Plat of the city prepared by L
competent engineer ~ that all might know the
grades
Mr. Hughes said the Counltce on Streets
was uot responsible Mr. Carter ha Civ the
grade aud the work had been done III accor-
dance Herewith. lie, too thought that plat
OF the city was necessary. and tht Council would
have saved moucy had it appropriated TWO
thousand dollars Tor the purpose OF having one
made. Now there were 10 lines aud nobody
knew whether his house WAS properly situated.
Mr.. Carter, when applied TO, would say ''hcre
is liue but whether il Is right or not | don t
know There are ~ stones to make the
street lines and We are all III the dark. The
Board Of Public Works said they had gotten
u plat made with but little expense. and he
would say that wh2n made it had been but OF
little use. After all the work that had been
done upon Columbus street, IT was now said,
thar the sidewalks we're not on the proper lines,
and that some Of the houses there cucroac.cI
upon the lineS.
Mr. Eicburg said that Mr. Quinn had ask
ed for tho grade, the City Surveyor had given
it to him, and that he the speaker, would not
now vote Tor undoiug what had been done.
The resolution was referred to the Board Of
Public " orks
\ communication from the Superintendent
of Police recommending that some action be
taken with regard TO the damage done Wilkes
street, at the east end Of the tunDcl, by the
Md1nd Railroad Company being read
Mr. Elchburg said he thought the Office Of
Superintendent Of Police was created i'll order
that the streets might be protected, and the
person who filled that Office Certainly had au-
thority already conferred by law, without ask
lug ior more.
The B ard then after coucurrlng in the action
of the B ard OF Aldermen upon some other pa
p2r<, without debate, adjourned at ten 0 clock.