Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-14

spectorsnip be abolished, was read. TIE mai.

spectorship be abolished, was read The mai.
ter Eas referred.
Some lime WAS spent in discussing the prop
or mcce OF having the msIkst building point
ed up.' MIR. Peske thinking the ren.irs ought
to b. done by days work. ard Mr. NslI5 urged
lfat 1t should be put out at oonrao'. The lat
ter c,urso vas sgreed to.
petluoD OF sundry ii 'z,ns for thcrepair Of
the pump On The cosner OF Faittay and First
ss.. was sur ported By Mr. Roe, among other
Rrouocs tor the reason that i. supplied water
to canal bostnen.
MIR. Lambert though ,Lelo vas co more rsa
| SEQ Ter pnup for clpal boatmsp than for sss
meu at tho Eharvrs
MIR. Rc, was sorry 10 sse sOy QUE 80 narrow
| minded III these matters Salt water sailors
had 10 keep their water 10 c.Sks, but clnal
b>atmen we.o refreshed | y spring wat;r. There
was no comparison bctweeo the two.
Several other mstters were disposed of witt
| out d. bate.
When tho rts0utioa OF tia Aldermen srpto
| pIlitlug $500 Tor counsel TO defend lhs u. S
suit for $500 shares of AL. ,udia c,nal stock
| came Ut,
MIR. Green thought if the government want.
ed to make permanent tqaeduot there and q
bildgs a'so be saw 20 OF .u'iop to it. Perhaps
the matter might b, settled WithOu. employing
COUNSEL.
MIR. Echberg explained lha! the &C. of Coz
| Rress tquired The lee sinpIo in the suueduc
| ti'rs 10 be transferred to the u. s., AID then
| sbolish the aqusduos forever ii il remained out
OF order for Six moths.
MIR. Rce wanted to know the va,u, Of tho
stcek. Did it pay s9y dividends?
MIR. Elchherg said tbst the control Of the
| canal ok WAS needed 10 keep the ojntrol of
the email. tie WAS Willing 10 spend, not ouIy
500. but s. 600 10 kesp tho o,1;rol OF The
| canal.
Dir. Rl1e Suggee!ed that tho mattr bs re-
tered to the representative OF this district 10
Gorge
Mr.. Eichberg said, Congress had uoltiug to
do with the N liter. 1t WAS DOW in o,urt. The
crisis was on Us. ard the City Couucil must de
Tend il. This was but The FIRST payment. There
| WAS mora TO spond behind this.
A resolution to pay f. L. Bfockatt. Auditor,
Sl00 Tor extra sarvlo,s oano 10 from ths Aldel-
men.
Mr., PeAks asked viva! VETO tho txlra ser.
vices
MIR. + ctb,rg said that MIR. Biookat had
performed very great extra services 10 ia alng
the city deb!. aad paid high enoouium to Mr..
B. 5 services.
Mr.. Green asked it this work vas not done
| before the hosuce bill was introduced. He uE-
derstood tho Auditor hid had extra heip.
MIR. Herbert knew how much work the At
dltor had done. and approve Il of all MIR. Eich-
berg had said
MIR. Nails opposed the appropriations lie
| mad himself often d)ne Xtra work, but never
rot extra pay.
Council cjDoarred 10 The appropriation ~ a
tie vote-Ihe chair voting 10 the affirmative.
Mr.. PeRke asked what tho extra work Wes
| which Mr.. Rcxbury and Mr.. Harper had douo.
Mr.. SweeDY was not willing to increase sall-
| rles 10 this way. The salary bill had already
bsen psts:d, md no Was opposed to this SD
proprliou.
MIR. Peaks said: Surely the gentlemen who
| were 10 tho committee OF c)nicrenco ought 10
know what ezra work had been dous
DIR. Re:: The Committee Oh LiRh! OUCH
to giVo light 10 the council.
Mr.. MoLesn said that Mr.. Hoybury had SUI.
perlotendtd the extension of mains. aud he
| was engaged 10 superinterdcg the protection
| OF the gas main exposed by Inc tide below
Battery Rodgers, work needed 10 prevent
| the Goyernment from rescr;irg to Gil OF tho
Jones Point Light House.
MIR. SWeeny thought that all this was MI
Roxbury's proper work.
Mr.. Herbert SAID that the work % tho Ba.-
terry Rodgers main was done outside city Limits.
Surely this was tx;raWlrk.
Mr.. MeL:ao explained that this $1Cu WAS to
ba taken out ct the extra earnings OF the gas
works; out of MIR. R,xoury's oRn savings.
The :utj ct was, aftcr further dsb,te, rsfs!-
red to lhs COMMITTEE on Light.
JOINT MEETING.
Msssrs. 10 rushcnd d. Randall, II 3. Whit
| trg 90, s. C. Nesle. aid A. McLssn were
| Unanimously re elected men bNs of the School
Board, sud rs. Smith end Jones, ph5si,isns
| Of the poor.
For Oyster Iaspic!rr, the candidates ware
| 0. Wood and Fralcis Reyes.
Is Ballot Wood. Is; ksyts, p; soatte,-
ing ,.
The convention then dissolved AID The Bard
a6iourued