Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-06-29
Xhe Last Regular Meeting of the Pre-
seat City Gounoii-A long Session.


Couec'l Vas held last bight. ihg ntw Cau;ci
c:mes 10 % Friday uexs.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
lite Board Ct A dernien was oiled 10 order
at s ocl3tk
Mess:s. .. g. Sncot sud Wm. A. Moore
Glo not nat 10 az appearances duriug The cyeuitc,
Mf. y. Is. Sneot, OF tbs Finance Committee,
alto: presenting reports fror tba. con- mittef,
recon- nending reduction Of taxes Oh The AL
eX'ndtla Canal. and sd appropriation for the
repair or fTankin street, reported the salary
o'l. tor he year commencing July |, 1881.
Mr.. Smoot said the bill cnred QUE the ida
| OF The resolution passed at TIM last regular
| m"ctlug, Increasing The salaries CT eli ,ors who,e
pay Wa reduced 10 1879 below tic salary bin
| oil 1871. The OF ~ change 10 tho DILL Vas the
str'kloR out Of the u.use providing taat the
Treasurer shall DOT receive GOV remuneration
t1r the distribution Ut the school fund. The
| City Treasurer Was very valu,ble officer. lie
rtc!lVed O. very small salary. only $500, which
| would prl b,tly be slightly decreased By some
! CONF ,nsalIo1 ter tho h.nGiug Of tho school
| fund.
COL Held said, like bis friend MIR. Smoot, he
| did rot like 10 sirge out officers. but it seemed
| TO him that justlc, demanded that tho salary Of
lho Superintendent OF Gas should bo Increased.
/ The salary bill OF 1879 Ieduu,d tho salaries OF!
| the Auditor and CIelk II the Gas 500 each
| and Tho Superintendent Of Gas $500. us
| thought the reducIioo CT tho salary OF tho gu.
| pelintcndent Ct Gas wss out ofpuputiou. or:
OF twenty odd Thousand dollars of bills pIa,sd
| 10 tho hands OF the Superintor dsut of Gas he
had colo cted the eutra I'm )un. save $40. His
| actlViy in collie ing bls llono entitled lin to
co Increase Of salary. lie moved that tho SAL
| ally OF thc Superintendent OF Gas bo incre,sed
| to S7CO.
MIR. Strauss said the Fioaroo Com ni.tsc t 81
| prepared The salary bill on the asse. slneut OF
The Commissioner Of the Revrrue, god there
t-wcu'd not DO one dollar lett. tie agreed with
every word Col. K id had sad, aoi m waot
luflher std thought there ro other officers
| enti;lei 10 an increase of eaaly. but the CIV
| could not, at this Tina take tu,h stcn. |,
| might be pooalt TO itc:ess, tho s,lariss sr,in
next y'sr L. would DOT be right 10 iocreasp
| ono oth,er 500 and another cinoer only ) pc,
| cart.
Col Rad urged further tho iucreas, tr the
| salary OF the SuDernte ndoot Of Cas- and said
| Whco the FiDspos Comnitte reduced tho cal
| aries. thy made the reduction 10 a mos, srpi-
| trsry way. tic did DOT use the word "arbrra,
~ in IN offensive manner, for he agreed .i,h
the committee 90 tho general Reduction, hut no
desired them to rocIii9 an error ia the ua,ticu-
| lar css' alluded t..
Mr., j. Is. Snoot said tho salaries were not
reduced IN an arbitrary spirit. Tury were 70
dCc3d btciuse there was 90 other alternative
motion by Mr.. Strauss to i1orease tho gala
~ Of the Auditor 10 5000 failed for the wsn. OF
| q second.
After sane further discussion, C,I. Rods
motion to increase tho Salary OF the SUPP rioleu-
deot OF Gas SlCO, YVES declared by lha Pres
don't lnst--syeS 3, noes 3.
The bill was II en- psssod uuau;mnu.'v
Mr.. Smoot then presented the reno;t of
Auditor Br0ckett for tho year endirr Nav 81
| 1881, o statcmen: Of The city's debt. nud the
report OF city treasurer Harlow, wh;ol wero
received and adopted.
! Col. Reid. from tho Committee % Lib.
presented the report Of tho op,r.,ious OF The
gas works tor tho year. and said that u0.wih-
saudog Tho reduction OF tho p,ios of gas from
| 81 rs to 50 per 900 feet Qua year asu, the
receipts OF tho gas works bad oo'y been s:iih,ly
reduced, cod this result was ulaln y Qua 30 thr
cfbcic1s officers CT tho works with Mr.. R,x
bury as The leading spirit. ie was sorry the
members OF the Board could moi eco th ir way
clear to decrease the salary Of the Suprfineu
dent. Two .snd half per ocut c,u nissior
which VAS received by tho tpx collectors, cu
the $50 0G0 collected By Mr. Roxhurv would
amount to $500 leaving him only 500 for The
caro- and control OF works costing 5000 600.
Tho report Was adopted.
Mr.. d. Is. SmoO! prosecuted On agreement
entered into between tho city aud the heirs CT
tho lsto Dr. VIM. Gunton. of Washir g,ou. 10
tits paper he toIrs OF The said d.. Guntu
airso to reduction Of tho intcrlst on the
bonds hold by them to the amount Of S32 500
{rop rn<r ,nk lot, frp, h. I.l-
1851, to j per GEM; the principal, SIS 0GA OF
which i, nov doe. to DO paid 10 eight annual
i0slalmCn!s.
An sct. providing Tor the carrying on Of the
provisions Of tho said sgracmcus, ais, presented
ty MIR. Smo0t, wal then adopted.
a lerglhy tSsGgn. from tho Mayor, wh:cl
wlll be iou5d in aonrher oolumo. was received
IRON tho Common Council. aId real
Col. Reid ssid no was sorry tho Mayer had
| singled out noY othocr or any men Der OF the
D)srl for special praise. tu; no desired to
testify to the great efficiency OF tho gentleman
Whcs, annual message thsy had iIst listened to,
Mayor Smith may have cured; no had erred; it
was human TO cri; but ho believed that HE
cn!g aim had boon 10 promote the welfare of the
people, lie thought this wss the option of
large msi3riiy of ths oommuuiy. llil cd
miristra'ion OF the alf,rs OF the city had been
q deoldtd success; one that wo shou i be thank
lul foi; ooe that ary OF his SUCCESSORS might bo
proud to emulate. tic hoped that the same
SUCCESS attendiog Mayer Smiths aduinislrs-
lion would io l,w Mayor Btckham. tic moved
that LOCO copies 't the messsg, be pro!ed for
the Information CT tho roople.
Mr.. j. &. Sm,ot, chairman OF the Finance
Com nittee, said DO DIT sired to add 10 what Col.
Reid had sud that Mayer Smiths COLI C ions of
licenses and incs h.d exceeded any Of his
predecessors
Col. Reds moiioo to prio! l 900 o)poa Of
the message was adopted.
| COL Reid offered resolution thanking + i,
Downham. etq President of tho Board, for
tho courteous and impsrtisl mlnner 10 which
h, has presided over tho delloersti2ns ct lha
Board duIing the past year.
The resolution was adopted unaDimcu,Iy, ard
| Mr.. DoWpbam MIR. Rsheill 10 the casir) made
few remarks. 10 which he said that BIO appre-
| ciated lhs resolu ior; ho had erdesvored to
disohsrg, the duties of his position in an i'm