Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-15
CITY COUNCIL.

CITY COUNCIL.
4 sl.s.: s:son of tie City Council #ss held
lss;,iSht
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
III, Bard of Aldermen was called to ORDER
n,,mrHV St 1:30 o'clock With all the members
,,.ssu, except Mr.. John L. Smoot.
a. Rec. from the Committee o. Light,
ste, informing The Board Of the cost OF p!aclrg
IRE; lsnp st tho corne. Of s.. Asapb ard
Wilkes st.etes (S75), cTsred q resolution to e. t
tie snse CT Council on tho QUESTION, proVidlog
f., tie erection IF the SINE, Which esS
adopted Dir. Rishisl offered rtsouiioo
su,aor.ziug tho COMMITTEES Oh Light. II q y
though. proper, TO erect lamp post AID OH
I.mD on The co.o.r of Wyihe and Columbus
sIc,'s, which, after SONS explanation ny Mr..
L , was adopted.
MIR. Echburg, from the Common Council.
sppeared 10 tho chamber ard ioVted the BoaGd
TO a lrt sessioa Tor The purpos, OF eleonns
school uunees The iovisstlon was accepted
end the members repaired 20 III, chamber CT
tho Ctmnoa Courq;'.
Upon theie return. tho r2so!u,iou ausLotizicg
Tho Committee IN Light TO erect lamp pest
aud lamp 3. the in;ers: loo Of s.. Asapa sDd
Wilkes streets, was recelVedi!om inc CoH III %
Coauc;l ron coaourre3 IN.
A com ui lee Of conference Tca ask:d Tor, and
Ne:srs. SDoot nnd Msrbury were appointed
said comuttcc 90 the part If tho Board.
A conmu, ication from the Alsxsudli, H..
to1u CLUB askipg Continued use OF gas Tree,
was, after como little disc ASSOC, referred 10 the
Committee on Light.
Tho bin CT J. E. Norris, s7S.75. for repaid.
ing the sewer iipo leading from the staloo
house, Gives, from the Common Council, rs
t,rred 20 tac Coz, nt:tco CT Street, Ua' ordered
10 Ia psi'.
The report 8! tie conference csnEiHe oa the
erection of lamp ro5t and lamp ct the corucr
otSt. Assph AID Wilkes Streets ordering tie
w.ik to be j o. teiog received from tia CIIn-
:son Goa,cl uisc!ed, Ccl Rid u,ld be was
s;ri7 ths; the Common Ccuuoil bad so,u ht TO
,cj Q! the repoIt cod suggested chat the matter
be- laid over uo,i the next meeting. which was
d,n,. a7d tie Board scjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
TIE Boa.l held it's regular se,s1n last night.
A communication from the Mayer 10 r. ll!ioo
10 tie r.;s;T ,t The sawsr from the sts:Ion
house to toe iiv.r, CONSIGNED some debate. 10
which fle.srs. NoSlsnd aod Rice participated, ;.
aud the communication vas referred 10 the
Comniuee on Streets.
Mr.. Evars. IN plcseo,i5g ill Of Norris e. 20.
for stvoosy eigh. dollars aud seventy five cests
explained ,bst ID, Mayer had called the
Committee On Streets t1gs,her las! night. aud
had ,cll tic cor uiliea hat fudng the sick at
The station honss needed Immediate rerar. he
had directed Mr. Morris to do tie work. which
be lad Supposed would cost obly 81 or IS. tut
when tho wlk Wis bceuo il wss found that q
greatcr tXpeusc was Elc .ss:ry, but tho work
he'd TO 20 on, AMI be hal chilled the conmtte,
together to state the &c: 20 them. The Mayor
tad also laid rrinr' the c'mm!ttco 40 opleion
Of Corporation Aitrrney Kempsr, 10 the eff, CT.
that the Com ui!tee on Public Properly hs ju.
rsd;cion Of the sos ;r at least after j: 60. be-
yopd the wall ofths station hous,.
o. moion, ths 6h1ls SUI set wa5 referred to
tho Cou uiitco Oh Pobc Properly. The bill
wss afterwards ordered 10 be paid.
JOINT MEETING.
Tho Aldermen aud Council having o,tvspcd
10 ioirt session to el;c, four trustees of The
Poblic Schools.
Dir. Reid said lhs: the prsssut iccumbao,s
had discharged their duty t. tho 2srtec! sV,l5.
faction of every one. aud be moved that tie
President of the Aldermen c,ss The uoaninus
ballot Of the c7u7en:ion for W. W. Herbert,
". B. GregoIy, Thos Les65estcr, and 8. L.
Bssca as trustees Of Public Schools. This vas
agreed to, tho bao; cass, ard the i,iot meet
log dissolved.
A bill to Geo! gas LAMP q. The o,rper Of
Wilkes ard ST. Asaph streets, conirg lo.ftom
tho Al5ermeu.
Mr. E;chberg wcs always willing 10 d. rub.
10 Ho,k 80 FIX as rossitls, bu: ss The committee
had declined to recommend the work AID had
apnca1ced that il the work YES 6oue. tho Com
mi;tce ca Lsb. cculi Dust'respord fully to the
estimate of the Fiosnoe, Committee, be would
oppose It.
CouIcil refused to c,pcu: with tho Alder
utr.
Tho Chair csitd tie Affection Of the Board
10 tho facs that the minu;es Of the Courcil be
tween 1870 aud 1877 we're not iadezed. There
were some $50 pages, snd i: would cost $50 to
index them. A resolution tina. tie Clerk
make the index al c,st 20: 10 exceed $50 was
adopted by the Board.
Mr.. E;chberg called attention to the unpaid
improvement mt bills where psvtments. &c. bad
boen lid. The CORPORATION Attorney said that
If the bills we're given to him he could make
the money 10 all these csses. An order was
adopted turning o7or the bills to the Attorney.
And after business. without! dc bate. the 3 ,srd
adjluTned.