Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-01-13
CITY COU.kCIi..
A regular S. mi monthly ute'Dg of the City
Cuunc was he'd lasr rlght.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

AT quarter M eitht u ci'"k ave VI III -
having appeared in the ck"mt'r HE 30 I'd
If Aidrrmru. on uIu'lou of Mr. SEu :. - e
President, $. II. J.D"y, being absent d.. }.
B. John,nu Wa chosen Prr>iri Ut pro ten.
Mr. Moore, from the Committee .nu Pubic
Property, >ubinlt, d repur. ul the unpIp,iuc
i've property brongIn. t" the c!;y, and aI-
.i,eu TIE -4ic Ut The P..w - Il u>c 1t. whc,
rel"lr accepted.
Mr. More in'roduc, ii a rs luton or he
repair # the Anerlcan coal wharf He
III ,inei the necessity for the repairs beure
>p:ing aud The resolution was adopted.
DR.. Johnson. tInm The Committee On Clalm-,
made verbal report upon the cialm ut +. L.
Smith, IT,, for legal services III the suit Vi
Siephcu SwIin against the Hyd:au lou Seam
| Fare Engine Company and the ~ >ti"n vas
whether Mr. Stuith >rnud be p'ld and iui.
| her curpl ,yci. OF sntu" ,th:r .wsrr eng god
aud the case pros. cuted h:f,.rc the Court ot
| Appeals at cosi q! .bJut $500.
Mr.. NJ ,yre, from the C'lppittce on Poor.
reported that it is uo' advisable 10 open
soup house. aud the rep TT was Adopted
The bill to REPEAL the act forming the Board
OF Public Work., heretofore passed by the
City Council, W.. taken up aud iodehultc!y
pos poned.
Dr. Johnson presented the resignation OF
o. T. Whltttes,y. as one of the Orcrseers Of
the Poor for the h Ward, Mr. ". slatiog
that II th,ught hat could stand the pres
sure, tut | cau't-itS TOO many for me;
and the resignation was accepted.
4 petition for gas lamp 10 front Of the Il:
lief Hook AMI L,ddcr Cotupauy was rcterr.ci
to the Committee on l. ght, with power To ac
i resolution ontcu by the Common Coua-
Gil, authorizing TIE Fuauce Committee 10 to!-
! =. ,Yti,n h.,
adopted
A communication from the Mayor, annouuc-
ing the death Of Co.. &. +. Stuart late Cor
porstlon Attorney, was received
A report adverse to the payment OF the
hands employed by the contractors on Column
| bus street, was adopted.
A order directing the Auditor to give the
| notes OF the Corporation at ulne moths 10 the
contractors on Columbus street, was passed.
A communication from the Fire Wardens,
adverse to the equipment Of the hand fire en-
gues, aud giving their reasons therefor, was
received, and, 90 motion Of DR.. French, the
consideration Of the communication was de-
ferred and, on motion Of Mr.. Smoot, the
Board at S.25, adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
There was sparce attendance both within
|
mon Council last Dight.
| The Fire Wardeus submitted report, which
will be found iu the official proceedings, ad
verse to a grant Of hose to the Sun Fire Cum
paDy.
| Mr. Wood asked what would be the eff C: of
adopting the report, and on t c Chair answer.
| Ing that it would adopt the recommendation OF
| The committee, expressed his opposition.
| MIR. Mckenzie favored the adrptluo OF the
report. lie wished there was water enough
| for all the cuglues. but as there was not suth
| cleut water the c0ucluslOus cl the w ardcns
were sei.cvdent. He was by no means op-
posed to the hand engines aud wished there
was water euuugh tor all.
| Mr.. Hughes said the District Of Columbia
had but five engines, Baltimore had ouly eleven
eug lues aud as the COST OF the paid depart
| ueut here had been CONSIDERED Excessive. he
would say that $l43,661 had Uccu paid as!
year Tor these eleven rUmpanlcS--mure than
$500 each. TIE companies here DID not
Gus; halt that sum. Philadelphia with 500 UUO
population had only % englues with her tx
.euslve territorial hm,s. Hand euglDes wclc
useless, aud he diu not b. lleve III spending
money 90 them. l. The muuey could be spent
iu improving the fire plug, s. as TO give d tour
! iuch upeulug for the s,ramers TO draw irOm,
|
water ami eacn could throw W. strcans
The report Was adopted.
Mr.. Hughes a>ked if the Cnunci had the
pow # to dissolve the baud companies.
The President said hat was question for
the Corporation Alturu,y.
Mr.. Wood said that the CITY had no power
| TO break up the SUI Company. 1t Was CHAR
tered INSTITUTION, Incorporated By tho State OF
| Virginia.
| Mr.. Hughes would ask the member Mr..
| Wood) wuat power abolished the engine cuu-
panic Of " aslllDgtOn, chartered by t1Ugrr>s:
those oil B.luwore, chartered by Marytauu;
and those OF PhlIadeipnla, uluety 10 lumber.
chartered by Peuns, lvanls. Que of the cvu-
paules here had oDc hundred aud 6ily Uen.
bers, who did nothlrg, tut escaped jury duty
to which the other ii IL were sui ct. He
hoped the building would be put to some use
tu purpose
MIR Wood said the gentleman beguu by pro
posing 10 abolish the companies aud euded by
abusing them. He did not kDow about the
Washington companies, but he did know about
The Alexandria ones. The Couucl cou'! just
as we'll abolish one If the backs as one OF the
fire companies. The Sun Fare Company was
an Incorporated body, Chartered hy the same
. wer that chartered the city, the Legislature
Of Virginia.
Mr.. Mrk"uzie asked what question was be-
fore the Council.
Tue Chair said that the discussion Vas out oi
order.
Mr.. Broders in Introducing resolution for
borrowing $4,000 at four months, said such
uau was necessary to get through the year,
but be hoped that would be enough.
The resolution was adopted.
Hha If 4 IN IN
ative to the occupancy OF lots belonging to the
CITY having been cad, it appeared that tie
city had lease of ninety nine years on some
property uear the Diagonal Pump
Mr.. Hughes asked when the cliys right
there begun.
Mr.. Mckeuzie--It is lease Of ninety niue
years.
Mr. Hugh"s--The city will then have to
give il nm