Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-01-13
CITY COUSCIL.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
BOARD OF ALDERMEN

men, led JANUARY IL, 1878 there were pi eseat:
Mes-rs. cmOot, Moore johnson, French and
Ly Us.
A resolution instruct,ng the Superintendent
Of Po,lc= TO procure oyster shells tor north Go
iunbuS street, Wa, received from the Common
Council and their action crncurled in
The Cor mittee on Public Property made Il
r, port upon I &c property owned by the city,
wh!cE accepted.
The COMMITTEE Oh Public Pro crty rep rt.d
resolution IN favor OF repairing the wharf
re!ted uy the Au.er.al Co.l Co., which Was
adop ei.
The Committee on the Poor reported in favor
of aging the 5 .. Haro" B o., SS5. III K.
NJ lawson S.4 81, for groceries, &c, for the
Aims House and till Of j. ttts!slc, jr.. Sol. III.
for III, d,cines also rcpu!tei q lversrly upon the
| Ie>oluMon 10 open soup house, which were
sdui,,ed.
A communication from J. N. Steusrt, Pres't
Reject Hook aid Laid Co., ask Tor lamp
in from, OF tier tlu house, referred lO the
Committee on Light, with power to act
he resignation Of q. g. Whiltle:ey as Over
seer OF the Poor Of the 4:h ward, WAS accepted.
A petite, OF F Dudley to have TIE cub
set in front of his house was granted, and the
work ordered to be done.
a bl TO atutish The Board Of Public Works
WAS nurfIiteIy pc tponed
REPORTS OF the Finance Committee on the
reso!ut, in reg ,rd T. paying Contractors for
wvrs dole On Luiun! bus street; also upon the
r3solutlui, TO bay employ ees working on Cor M
bus street b So a bill y SEoot u Perry, ~ ~.
also Il bill Charles Brill, $3.50. both against
the Aims b use; Also communication rom
the Mayor announcing the death Of the CorpV-
ration Attorney: also II resolution empowering
the Finance Comm. ttee :, borrow O.UOJ; aisJ
n etltiuL of sundry ct,Zeus for repairs To tue
gutter on Princess street. between Alfred md
l'str:ck also bill of DR.. +. a Stabcr, S25;
Also Il resolution OF enquiry in regard u shb sl.
ing hand nkines; also II bltl OF r. j. Davidson,
81 n Judge OF ele, lon, were received from
ihp Common Cturcll and their action concur
red in.
\ report of tho Fire Wardens upon the reso-
Int IN giving hose to the eul Fir, Company was
r.ve we'd iroiu the Common CcuncI and laid
over.
The Board then edicurpcd Testo:
JNO. } JAMESON, Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL.
At reQu' ar semi monthly meeting Of the
Common Council, head January II, 1875, there
were present: George t. Shlnn, esq, President,
and Messrs. Wood. Broders Mchenzts, Ha
low. Dowrhsm. Fowie, Rl-heiIi, Hughes, harris,
and Mitchell.
MI Broders, from the Finance Committee, to
whom a communication from the Board OF
Public Works had been referred, presented
report recommending that the udltor issue his
warrant for 81 862 90, the remainder due Buck
ley u wilson, contractors LOT improving norm
Columbus street, payab!e niLe months alter
date, and the report Was adopted.
Mr.. Bruders from the saTe committee re-
ported adversely upon q resolution empowering
the President of the Board of Public Works to
draw funds from the treasury to pay the hands
employed By the contractors on north Columbus
St Get, and the report was adopted
A bill Of CHARLES Brill, amounting to SIG 95,
on Poor's House account, WAS ordered to be
paid.
A bill of Smoot & Perry, amounting to Sl049,
on Puor's House account was ordered to be
paid.
The following communication from the Mayor
Wss received:
Mayors Office, Ale1sndris, Va,
January 12.h, 1875.
To the Honorable City Council Of Alexandria:
Gentlemen lime honored custom aid prece.
dent impose on me the painful duty of anncunc-
lag off. tally to your honorable body that since
your last regular meeting the Office of the City
Attorney has been made vacant by the untmey
death of our esteemed friend and faithful legal
adviser, Colonel Charles l.. Stuart. 1t is for YOU
to appoint his successor; yet in making this
announcement, may be permitted 10 offer an
humble but heartfelt tribute to the amis Bile
character and pr, eminent abilities of him whose
place you have to fill. To me, at least, in DO; h
my personal and official relations, he was most
Valued friend and almost infsI ible counsellor.
y n Intellect of the highest order, indomits BILE
energy snd mental activity, were IN him untor-
lately i'll mated with physique extremely
trail and delicate. The Inferior ucsa2isu-the
the dust whence it came. Let Us it'd our cor!-
ISOLATION in stesdfast 18th that the noble spirit
which animated it will never die.
X KEEPER Mayor