Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-09-10
LOCAL 1dATTERs.

mem. El;ts Church South -SGrVic3 .t 9.
n. and .. N. BY Rev. j. A. kerp.
Meth. Prot Church-Scrvic: 8. / a. IN. and
S p. m. By Rev Mr.. Treadwsy.
free Methodist Church Service nj a. III
and .. m.
Baptist Church-scrvicc ct II .. u. md 7:3C
p. m. By Rev. DR.. Fipro
German Luthcrdn LhmCh Services ut /
q. m, 10 German, ard IS ., H. in E2glish b.
Rev. Mr.. Droegc.
Young MEMS Lhriistirn Association. Service
OF song and prayer 10 the ii. f.. Church, Slu;E,
Up. m. Jail at 2 p. N. Aims Hons, at %:&C
n. 10. Canal Basin at $50 p. z.
AlncaMdrin RI1rm ClUb-Goapcl Temper
anco meeting at 4 .. ID. Rev. f. +. B;ry taiCr.
The Weather Probabilities. Sept 10. 1884,
For tho Middle Atlantic Sate. cloudy rainy
weather, followed By clearing weather, north.
eaatcriy. shifting TO westerly winds. filling fO!.
lowed by temporarily rising barometer, and
stationary or lower TEMPERATURE
CRY OoUNcIL-7hc Bc9 Zciephonc Err
chnage DaeSiioN not gct SNticti- i'ncro WAS Il
meeting o! tho City U1uooI last ngh. to taaia
cousl!a: the petition Of tins H,ii Telephone tx.
change C0npany ior Go privilege II erecting
i'ooa Oh !fn sr9C!d o; The city uy0n which to
run tho WIRES Z: the Co21pany, in order to 81 c
q y.
Hoart Of Ah(Tm@ But fvo mambers ct,
tended tho Idee:og OF this Board. 10 the ab :
sense Of The President. Mr.. H. t.. Downham.
who is out OF the city, Nj j. |; SIM 10. vas
elected President, pro tc.n
A communication lron tbs Mayor .al;ug
that he had convened tho Board nj The rcnucst
Ct Nlessrs. f. q. NlcCjcur end w. +. Gon,r;,
representatives OF tho Bell V,lophocc Company.
~ho desired 10 cree: poles on ;ho principal
streets OF tho city upoA Yfi3i TO rua wifrs fer
telephone eycAstc', vas read.
A c0mmunc..lou OF tho B5l Telephone
Company, stating that il the privilege OF cTtc:
ing poles was granted, Tho compapy w,ul.i c ,ni
InoncA Operations lTmrta!H.T. pr3hab!y 10 ii5a
or ten days, pa;!t.on lt0;.. busli!c,s ;nGu ask
ing that tho privilege b3 granted tho nompiGf,
and resolution aioptd by TIC C0mm IN Uoua
cIl, referring the BATTER TO the Corporation A.
torney. dir,ciGG hiG 10 prepare - iii on tie
subject. were 6I3n read.
Nj. Strau:a moved to 1a ol:lAar IN Ito 40
ton at tho Common Cruno 81 Ito ra4l!u,Gn
aud Wss proceeding 10 d.acGss tha nu,siiva
when ho was called IN oIier By jnirG !; mart,
uho pleasantly sl!I It's, u wa1 BOT t3ac.ly
night Tor Fir. Siran;a, who haA for acvctni
Years boon voting ~ alloy The tric ion Of ;nlca
IN tho clty, nov tim: ih;rh wa3n proapta; q +
getting one in troat CT his haa .. 20 Il ct. n
fact, he, (]udgo $ di not blk the ojty
would DO properly CrDGMcn;rd uail Fir.
Strauss side CT King Street had IS rdg Q! !r!s
Cgfaph polls.
Mr.. Sirsnsa. nf'cr rfr'yirs to iui<c E;ius;i,
Withdrew hIs motion to nGn clrcur, aui t;G
resolution Vas adopted.
The bill prepared h7 10 CGrpoIhiou Alter
HGy, authorizing thn IGicphano Company,
nader The dreoi1a Ct tilr isy0r, Ia I icc p5lts
IN the streets whenever he nJlaanl Of property
E'Gncrs to tie nttGcEmtnt Il wires 10 tho heu9.S
could not bo CD aincd, tho Company TO pay
fnn OF $40 per hEaum ter the pii2iicgc and tie
oat to TO subj. 10 Teaca: y tho City CoaTc'i
ct any time, adopted ~ tbs Common Tea ell.
vss presented.
MIR. Straui1 say "a dc6c1s 81 Il. bill. i1a,io
ila vas Ia iayCr Of q ;"icGhJgc cX3iiarrc ha
would like II 10 be sold w"CIa tie I.5!a4 wafe 20
be placed. Tia would 81 @, - "a pole ba:fgs
placed 10 front Of h!7 raG3crc,. H. cid &c,
know whether .hH city had !l...! 10 graft tie
reques! Of the company SIS :! bnt hoan clntcGd-
cd that tho sr3cs h3iGuGcd 10 the Sietc. lie
Was 10 favor Of g3fCriDg ito mater 10 sAa
Committee On General Laws
10 response 10 queCtiru !roni Fir. s5iTGu'J,
hlr. Gentry, OF the i'aI-phcna Company, stated
that il was inr0ssigl1 to tell aGg on WAT
streets the POLES would hG72 &c b, PLACED iho
company, which caiy bad eight aubscr5:ra
now would IOs SIX mirj than twenty poles At
present. Eighty poles would supply Cno ian
dred subscribers. Tho company c.a not ~,
poet to have u7c iJr more than I'll ~ p9o9
Mr.. Moore favored tho bill.
After scmo further discuai0a between Nix.
Strauss snd judge Stuazt vctc aaitaktn a0l
the President declared the bill lest fer wsr. q
constitutional majority, oIly five MEMBERS. all
that were pre6cGt, yotlo&.
md part lad f,,o 4, S,r..i -
The chair. Oh the ground that tho bill having
been before tho Common CJupcli, 8 mai3rii7
OF the members was all that was oc1eagary 10
pass it.
Mr.. Strauss differed with J1jga Sua7., a7d
was in favor Of laying tic bill oyirt.i! acxt
Monday night.
The chair said in Lis decision he was not only
governed by usage, but By tho rucs of the
Board. The bill may have boou before the Cam
mon Cour Gil but Tho Board nd 70 tilio!sl
knowledge Of that tscE.
Judge Stuart alter stating hat tho CnloGso-
meut on the bill was official information that
tho bill had been before Ceunoil, w,hdrew his
appeal.
The bill Nas then laid on tho table, aid the
Board adjourned till Dsxt Monday night at ! !!
o'clock.
Common C0uHci. There was barely @ qu5.
iuui, Ilne iuomotF5, ~ tho aOlsurneo mceil1g
Ut tho Common Council last night.
Tho ordinance granins the Bell Telephone
Exchange Company tho privilege OF erecting
posts, 10, 10 tho streets of tho city. read lwlco
at the las: called meeting, was taken up. read n
third time ard passed unanimously.
resolution offered by Mr.. ShinD, drcoIiog
The superintendent Of Polio, to have repaired
at oIc, the pumps OF tho corners Of Henry 81 d
Queen streets, and Patrick and Kirg s'rsc.g,
was adopted, aud the Board adjourned,
SEEING THE REGATTA UNDER DIFyIcUI.s
TiEs.-Messrs. George f. Price, Theo I;,cn-
ger, James Il. Colo, f. Il. Coleman, nc i others
left here yesterday on tho schooner Aunic G,b
snb, Capt. Charles Kelley, to soc tho rasstt q in
Washington. When tho psrty l.ft tho wharf
stiff breeze was bIoWirg. and the vessel s.icd
beautifully. Soon. however. the wind died ont