Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-24
Alexandria Gazette and Virginia Advertiser
CITY COUNCIL.
CITY COUNCIL,
A regular semi oathiy meeting OF The C!'y
Cur ell Tss held last night.


A rcsula: semi oathy meeting OF The Ciy
C;u-cil Ess held last night.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
The Board CT Aldermen was clled TO crder
at 1::35, with Gil the nemteTs prts!nt except
MIR. Sr;uss, who was stsaot from The city.
A petition from q. W. Armstrong, asking
rsduc ion OF assessment on some property, was
reported from The Finance Committee. to Ghom
il had been refJrred. with The recommendation
that the prayer of the Petit ,ner be cot granted.
Mr. j. 3 Smoot Explained that the commit
tee did ottbick the assessment oE the property
in question too high when conpared wish the
ASSESSMENT of other property
The report Ct the committee Was sd,pted
TIE petition Of Tie Hsdreuon Fire Company
tn h:vo Royal street, between Cameron ADd
Kicg, repsvcd, was re c!ivcd from the Common
Ccut cl, accompanied by resolution granting
he prayer Of tbs petitioners, End 0pprcprlatlog
| $3.50 fer said repairs
MIR. Jctn 3 Snoot m:v.d that tie Board
DOB CONCUR IL the ncicb Of the CoGmon Coun'
| Gil for ressons given ct tho last meetieg.
Mr.. Rsbiell said the street IVES 10 bad con.
diiop, soG he thought some repairs were recss.
| ssry.
The mo'ior Vas adopted, hlr. Ristiell Voias
against it.
Saon sfttr tho rejection tf tho .osolaI;o7,
Mi r Herbert appeared 10 the chamber, ard
on cetGlt Of the Common Council, nskad fer a
committee OF cIpferct O.. Which was granted.
| aud tho President appointed Mcssrs. j. b.
I'm not ald Wm. A. Moore.
Mr.. Rshiell submitted resolution instruct
| iug tho Committee on General Laws to roDcrt
| bill dipidipg The Third ward nto two vol0p
precinels. which 1as amended 50 az to empower
| tho Committee to report bill, If they think it
advisable, re- Icirg tho Third ward TO the limit
of Pitt ard kieg streets.
The resolution, sftpr some little Ci:cussloD,
! Tss adopted end the Board adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
TIE regular semi monthly meeting Of tie
| Civ Council was held last light.
Mr.. G. A. N?wland, a member q Q. t.om
the lit wsrd, appeared, ard the Presden.
stated thet Mr.. Now!aud bad no Certificate, o.
| the law provided thot tho re;uros should cot be
c'D9assad until the third dsy after tho election.
He vas. however, Willrg to sdnirisef the
ossh 10 MIR. No.land if the Council so desired il.
Il VAS sgraed that Mr.. N. should be SWORD
| Maud he lcek th, cath Ct cffc, accordingly.
Mr.. Evsps, from. The Committee IN Streets
reported back bill of NJ. Desmond for repsir-
log M alley ca the property Of Mr.. Gcs z5urS
BIZ cider eff The Board Of Health. Tie cnm-
| mittee say that The paving CT the alley was
private matter viii which CGurc:! had co. Rs
to do.
MIR. Evsrs ezpioined that Mr.. Ciifr!4, tie
Superintendent CT Police. bad told him that be
did cot thirk that the city was responsible Tor
this wo,k. aud therefore he did net certify hat
The tiil wes ,rrfct. Int merely that the 'wo;S
had been done"
Mr.. Eichberg Was surprised that 6 Cornora
ton 1fneer Should have made sIy eefilt ,etc
whatever ia relation TO m alter With which the
CORPORATION bad ro!birg 10 do.
The report CT The c1nnitteo was adopted
The chair asked il there was any otter bust
ness.
Mr.. McLasn eaid hat there vas o nisiog
pap;r somewhere When lbo July itcess was
taken 90 order vas outstanding for the repair
of upper Cameron stree. The c5n m!stce bad
bscn directed to d. lie Woik:: elter eet!irg
GRADES from the Surveyor. The Sutvryor Eae
given the Rrt d.s. tho appropriation lad been
pedc. The Surveyor rep3rt had boGh baud
cd TO Mr. Rick, chairman OF III, onm;''eo,
ard he had been told that that paper was
placed 10 the hartls Of the Superintendent q
Police to keep. The paper bad not bscu tu;D
cd over with the other papers Of tie commit
tee to fir. E7a:s the new Chairman o! tho
committee. lie wanted the papers obtained
aud the work begun. for it was n long delayed
matter, ard oco Of im portato, tie wcu'd TO-
troduoe resolution 10 get lie papir.
Mr. Rioa did not thirk resolution VS. need
I'd. The Clerk OF the Board e,rl get tic pc
per ar u-n it cvsr 10 the Dew ohairnac.
Tho Pr sdeut said that tho Clerk lad TO
control OF committee papers.
= MIR. Mclean urged that the paper b; eH'tsn
spd tho work b, dcne oil orce.
Mr.. E7ars said that as no understood ii. Ike
committee had made definite rl.p, erd hsd
turned over The paper 10 tie Superintendent OF
Poles in order to guide hin in doing the work
A resolution direciiog tho Superintendent CT
Police to turn over al papers in his possession
relative to the CImtron street imEroVcment TO
the Committee on Streets was introduced by
Mr.. Mclean opd adopted.
Ard STEER samo routine blsioes, HltGcus
dob,I, tEa r ,ord pCi ,uTrnd