Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-09-13
EsORrtl OF Aldermen.
The irjoilcqc Of Erecting 7rh7,hooc r.
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The ir0Acqe Of Erecting 7rLqhoor F""S
GIunttri.
An a0oDras mtoiipg Of tho Boa,,l Of Alder
men was held Iss', with all the mtmhrrs
present except Col Rid. Nc Il. Il D5wnhs,u.
having returned 10 tho city, occupied Tho chair.
Mr.. Strauss said that while Raiing for bust
ness ho would like 10 hear Judge SiuArt's
authorities proving that tho chair wag WroEg III
ruling that tho bill granting tho Bell Telephone
Company tho privilege OF erecting poIos OIL thu
stroels waH lost for want OF constitutional
vote Friday night last.
After considerable parliamentary fp.irtg.
Judge Stuart said that hhviag lett The city
carly Saturday morning. end not returning until
lato yesterday evening, he had not had limo to
COLLECT tho authorities no lnlondSd 20 prdsoni.
but ho Wan assurrnd that bill having or c.
b'on btf1ro tho Common Gcuaci it waa
officially before tho City Council. NJ tho
endorsement IN it Irovtd. Iis wss hao AS
sured by tho best authority in the lsnd that
any tu,iGoHa c,u!d Ia transacted at a oallnd
meeting OF tho CouEo.
Tho bill granting tho Bell TclcpIiana Com
pany The privilege OF erecting poles on the
srsnis OF tho city. on which TO run the wires Of
tho oolupaly to give Tho ciz,rs the benz Fl. Of q
= RCiuR thhCu
Mr.. j. Il. Smuot moVad that Tie bill ba
plsc,d upon its passage.
MIR. Downham Mr. Moore in Tho ohhir) said
having boen out of the CITY ho Was nat familiar
with the proc,odi1Gs of the last meeting of
Gouuo, hut no thought the bill ought to bo
we'll considered before being passed. TO his
knowledge, thoro Wara no poles, exclusively for
| telephone VirCs. in Washington, Baltimore or
Philadelphia. fio Was 10 favor Of telephone
exchange, but no was not willing 10 grant tho
company privileges that it could not obtain
elsewhere. He thought tho company cjuId
| afford TO wait q little whilo, aid moved as a
substitute 10 Mr.. Shoots motion. that tho
matter be Ibid tvor till the next regular meoing
Of Cou5cil.
judge Stuart thought the bill ought either
to be passed or voted down now. At one limo
he was opposed to granting tho privilege asked
| for, bat number Of business men had told
him what 90 advantage telephone exchange
would be, and ho was willing 10 grant aLy
privilege that would Increase the business of The
city. lie did not want the wircs on his house,
| and he did not Thick Mr.. D5vnham wanted
| them on his.
Mr.. DoHnhsm said no was not willing 10 have
| the streets of tho CITY obs:tucled with poles,
bu. he had no otjeo lon TO the pitce beiug
placed on bis house.
Mr.. Gentry, a representative d Tho Bell
| Telephone Company. upon invitation, explain,
cd that there were telephone poles 90 at least
| fifty streets 10 Washington. Ia Baltimore, he
| said. there were not near so many. because the
people did not object to tho wires beiag placed
on their houses; in Philadelphia tharo Hcro O
large number of telephone poles.
MIR. Downhan did not wish to b. considered
opposed to the Introduction Of the telephone
exchange in this city. but he simply desired to
Protect tho rights tf the citizsnF, sid require
the company TO do in this city what it was
compelled to do in other cities lie did mol
hesit,te to say that If pole WAS placed in Groni