Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-26
CITY COUNCIL.
A regular semi. monthly meeting OF the Cit5
Connoil was held last night.

was transacted without debate.
NJ Mckenzie offered a resolution allowing
a navenent Of only five feet on the east sue
81 F,;rf,v street, between Princess and Queen
streets. Mr.. Mckenzie said part OF the prop
or,v bslopeed 10 a widow lady, and a tull SIDE
walk would be very expensive to her. lie mop
Cd the Council would agree to the resolution.
DR., johnson suggested a verbal correction
Mr. Moore asked how the curb would be
placed?
DR.. johnson said it be would Oh the proper
linz. and the paving done from the curb To-
wards, five feet.
The resolution was passed.
Mr.. Moore said that the fish wharf needed
repairs 10 the amount of $500 to $500. The
depth of water had been reduced from IA to 5
by the washing of dirt. The top logs needed
repairing.
MIR. Nea.e said the Committee 90 Public
Property would hold a meeting on Friday nlght
mkt and consider the matter.
The Board, at BIS o'clock, adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL
There was a very fair attendance at the Com
mon Couucil, last uight. La the absence OF
President Shinn Mr.. Broders was called to the
chair. a short time afterwards Mr.. Shlnn ar
rived and took the chair.
4 communication relative to the proposed
Yorktown monument was received from the
Mayor Of Boston.
Mr.. Smoot moved the appointment Of s com.
mittee to prepare a proper resolution On the
subject, and spoke in patriotic terms OF reVo-
l~utionary memories. The resolution was agreed
to.
A communication was read from John L.
Hill, collector, $ atiDg that some OF his duties
could be performed only with the concurrence
of the Committee on Public Property, and that
he could net get that committee 10 meet.
Mr.. Hopkins explained that he was a mem
Der Of the committee, and that he had told
Mr.. Hill that he would attend the committee
when it was called together by the chairman.
MIR. Smoot did not see why that communi-
cation was brought before Council, and he
characterized the Communication as improper.
We don't recognize tie right of any officer of
the corporation to criminate a committee. lie
was in favor of throwing it 90 the table, or lay
ing i, on the table.
Mr.. Evans said the duty of the comm ttee
was 10 atteni to SUCH mltters as may be refer
red to them by Counctl. He did not know
VIII. thor Mr.. Hill expected the committee to
ruu after HIN and transact his business, or
perhaps be expected 10 furnish business tor
the committee himself.
Mr.. Smoot said that he wait d every body to
understand that he intended while he was a
II, moar of Courcll it should have all The respect
it was entitled to by parliamentary law and the
law CT the land, aud he Considered that this
communication was respectful neither TO the
coUmit'e e nor the CCuUcll.
MIR. Latham defended Mr.. Hills motives
and urged that the com mualcatlon should be
referred.
The Chair said that no resolution could be
founded on this communication
Mr.. Latham thought som action could be
taken. Council could direct a meeting Of the
committee.
The Chair said that the committee was a
JOINT one, and one branch could not direct it.
Mr.. Latham-Can't We offer a resolution
here that may be a joint resolution.
The Chair said that c"uid be done.
Mr.. Latham-Tbat is What | thought.
Mr.. Latham with some irony urged that MIR.
Hin muSt be quite wrong iu thus %obtruilug
himself before this diguifed body. Ignorance
was doubtless at the bottom vf it. Mr.. II.
wanted to do what the law required, but want
of education, information, NC, k2pt him from
doing it 10 a way that suited som gentlemen.
He must say that be was also ignorant of a
great deal, aud that be approved of the COD
duct of Mr.. Hill 10 trying to do his duty.
Mr.. Snoot-Thc gentleman is not so igDor-
an. IS he would have Us believe.
Mr.. Rishciil moved that the communication
be referred to the Committee on Public Prop
crty.
Mr.. Smoot opposed the reference.
Mr.. Rlshelil asked ii it was not the duty of
the Collector to confer with the committee as
to leases at the fish wharf.
Mr.. Evaus-Ihe Collector has nothing to do
at he fish wharf uuless be goes there to scale
fish.
MIR. Harlow said that Mr.. Neale of the other
Board, chairman Of the committee, was pres
CIT, aud desired to submit a statement in reia-
ton to the matter.
Alderman Nealc said that the Committee Oh
Public Property had organized soon after its
appointment, and that he had accepted the
chairmanship with the understanding that his
Iu'ies would be merely nominal. MIR. Hopkins
kindly said that, he would take charge of the
practical nu>ln s., as to building, &C., and the
matter passed. Since then he had heard of
10 business for the committee until this morn.
ing, when Mr.. Hill told him that SIN Leases
| hSh wharf lois needed the attention of the
Committee. He had seen Mr.. Hill many times
but he never said e word about having any
business for the committee. He did not know
how Council or the Other members of the COM
mlttee would consider it, but as to himself he
considered it an insult to the committee and
to himself.
The C mmuDication was laid on the table.
Mr.. SuIppt introduced a resolution for tho
paving Of Fayette street frou Kiog street to
tue Alexandria aud Fredericksburg Railroad
depot. He spoke at some length upon the
m'ry condition of that neighborhood, and de.
>cr'bcd a perllous Journey al midnight to reach
the train there here lphts wpr. plantv