Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-12
CITY COUNCIL.
A regular semi-monthly meeting of tn,
City Council was held last night.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

quorum. was not called TO order until after
eight o'clock. and then only after the mes
senger had run around for sometime after
members. Col. Reid, Mr.. Strauss and Mr. |
G.. c. Smoot did not put in an appearance,
the latter being sick
Mr.. }. b. Smoot presented Il number of
reports from the Finance Committee: among !
them one on the petition Of the City Treasurer F.
asking to be relieved from the custody OF
the bonds and certificates in blank Of the
Corporation, recommending that all the said
bonds and certificates be destroyed except
If 81 900, so $500 and &c 800 bonds. and Is
interest certificates. He, Mr.. SmoOt, eN-
planned that the bonds in question were
held over from the funding OF the city debt
for future Use. and were kept in Il large
box the custody of which the Treasurer
desired to be relieved Of The Committee be-
lievcd the bonds and certificates mentioned
above would be sufficient for any further
demand under the funding act. This ar
rangcment would also be satiSiilct DRY to the
City Treasurer
Mr.. J. B. Smoot also presented a report
from the Finance Committee on The petition
of the Fire Warlens asking M additional
appropriation of 500 to meet The expenses
OF the Fire Department for the remainder of
the fiscal wear, recommending that no APP
!
said that. after IN Interview with one
Of the WardenS. il had been deemed best to
make no appropriation. He then submit
ted III act. which Was laid over ill the next
meeting. changing The lime for the prcsen
tation OF the annual report Of the Fire War
dcns from the first meeting i'll March TO The
! first meeting i'll June.
! The report Of the Finance Committee on
/ the petition of the Columbia Fire Company
asking IN additional appropriation for the
! building of y new engine house, recommend
ing IN appropriation, in addition to the
$500 heretofore appropriated, of $1,000 to be
expended under the supervision of the Com
mittcc on Public Property, being read,
Mr.. Smoot said it would take 500 to
place the house now occupied by the Column
bia Company in repair besides the city was
! paying $50 for Il stable, which was the in
terest on 81 900. The old house was really
not fit to keep the apparatus i'll. Only
5000 would be needed TO build new
house. and all the money would not be re-
quired this year The committee had con-
Guided that il would not do 10 impair the
efficiency Of the Fire Department. \ con-
stitutiOnal majority not being present, the
matter was laid over for consideration ii the
next meeting.
ing the Board of the introduction OF small
poX in the city byu colored woman from
Pennsylvania. stating that there are now
three cases Of the disease, two on Columbus
street, and one on Henry, and recommend
ing that provision he made for the Vacci-
nation OF all the people in the ncighhorhoods
mentioned, was read.
Mr.. Rishel thought it would be best to
order general vaccination.
After some further discussion The matter
was referred TO the Finance Committee.
4 resolution making the Finance Commit
tee and the Committee on Streets Il Joint
committee to wait on the Virginia Midland
Railway Company and ask aid in an effort
to repair Union street, was received from
the Common Council and adopted
\ report from the Committee on Streets
Of the disbursements Of the appropriation for
streets, and asking an additional appropra-
ton Of $500 was received and referred to the
Finance Committee.
Mr.. Risheill was requested to inform the
Common Council that the Board of Alder
men was ready to adjourn. He retired and
upon returning to the chamber reported
that the Common Council requested the AL
dermen to continue in session as there was
some business to be sent in.
After concurring in the action Ofthc Com
mon Council in several minor matters the
Board adjourned. leavingthe Common Coun-
ell still in session.
COMMON COUNCIL.
There WAS 4 very full meeting Of the
, Board at It's regular semi-monthly session
last night
After some orders without debate
Mr.. Lambert, from the Committe on
tod.
walks on, and repairing Union street from
Wolfe to Oronoko at Il cost OF 50 800. He
explained his project.
Mr.. Mclean said that rs this was the
third time that Union street had been paved
he hoped that the pavement would be
made an enduring one He thought it
might be well to consider the prOpretv of
using Belgian block.
Mr.. Lambert had cnquired in Washington
. and found that Belgian block pavement cost
500 per square yard. There we're about
200 square yards to i square. so that it
would cost $2.lO0 for each Of the seven
squares from Wolfe &c Oronoko streets.
5 Mr.. Eichburg said ironically that this sum
i$l6,S0O) could be very easily raised
Mr.. Mclean did not see the economy of
doing the work over and over again even at
SO cheap a rate.
NlI nucn VIII Inc rail-
road pay?
Mr. Lambert said he had resolution
providing for a conference of the Street and
Finance Committees with the railroad
authorities on the subject of Union street
Mr.. Cowling thought that as oyster shells
made good road bed shells might be used
here. He thought the difficulty was that
there was no solid foundation for paving on
Union street.
Mr.. Rice suggested that Mr. Cowing had
Inexperienced the idea of Mr.. Lambert.
who had proposed shell streets on the out
skirts of the town, not on streets like Union
where there was Il heavy commercial traffic.
We ought to have solid foundation for
the heavy traffic on that street.
The conference resolution was agreed to.
A resolution to add to the appropriation
of the Committee on Streets. now nearly
gone, being introduced,
Dir. Sweeny was opposed to this coming
back upon the Council for funds when the
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