Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-12
CITY COUNCIL.

CITY COUNCIL.
The regular semi monthly meeting Of tue
cav Council WAS held last night. The
business transacted was of a routine nature,
aud mostly of no particular general IN
terest.
IN THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
seven members were present and business
was speedily prosecuted without debate:
A bill CT james Entwi3te, Jr., tor meolclues
furnished the poor, was ordered to be paid,
and communication from the Mayor en-
closing "A letter from l.. F. Kinney, SuperiE-
t.pd.ut Of lne Alexandria and Frederlcks-
burg Railway, acknowledging the receipt Of
the preamble aud resolution of the City
Council in regard TO the grade OF that road
in this city were received. Mr.. Kinney, IN
his letter, ayers that this being the hrst
time the matter of the grade has oeen
brought to his notice, he will give 1t his I'M
mediate attention
MIR. Reid supposed the reason MT H. hau
never heard of the matter before was from
the fact that that gentleman had but recent
" supersedrd Mr.. wilkins in the superln-
tendency of ne road. .
Under the head Of new business, MI.
RlsheilI offered resolution appropriatlng
four hundred dollars, or SO much s1eIeof as
NAV be necessary for the purpose OF con-
Meeting the Market Building with the sewer
in Fayette alley belonging u {. {. Smoot q
Son; that th., chain gang be employed III
the work of digging the trench, and that
any parties be allow ed to tap the sauie by
the nay1nent of - dollars Mr.. K, III
ia offering the resolution, said tho Commit
tee on Pubic Property had walled upon
Miss Betty Cooney 10 enquire the cost OF
connecting the Market Building With the
Cameron street sewer, and that LADY
wanted 1850 remuneration Tor the privilege.
The committee consequently concluded II
would be to the advantage OF the city TO
have q sewer of its own. Several parties
had signifed their intention OF paying for
the privilege of tapping the same. MT
Ruben would pay S25 for the privilege, and
Messrs Swaub, Mushbach, Beckhain and
others would avail themselves of the bene-
fls of the sewer Three hundred dollars
worth of privileges could be sold, when
would reduce the cost Of the work TO the
city at least two.,hlrds.
Some further explanations ofthe proposed
work were made by Mr.. Risheill after
which the resolution was adopted.
The Board lhen proce eded TO the chamber
of the Common Council for the purpose OF
participatiug in the election OF SIX trustees
Of the Alexandria Inirmary, and upon their
return concurred in the action of the lower
board in several matters, and at $40 ad-
Journed.
COMMON COUNCIL"
The session of the Common Council, IKE
that of the Alderman, was short one ana
most of its business transacted without de-
bate.
When communication from the Mayor
Of nI.Ilr nl
10 the lowering of the Alexandria and Fred.
ericksburp Railroad track on Fayette street
was received from the Aldermen, with
communication from the authorities of that
road at Philadelphia stating that the sub
iect shoula receive their earliest attention,
Mr.. Lambert said that the matter would
be soon arranged He had been III commn-
uicatiou with the engineer in charge OF lhS
portion OF the road, and had made an APP
pointment TO meet him here en- the l9th lnsI
when the whole matter Of the road bed III
its relation to Fayette street and The inter-
sectng streets could be adjusted.
Mr.. Eichborg called attention, at the re-
quest of Messrs. Agnew q Co., to the con
dition of Lee street south OF tne tunnel
He said that Mr. Agnew had, at his own eX-
pense made passable roadway on Franklin
street from Union to Lee, but that Lee
street was mass Of mud, and should be
mt in order 1t would not cost more than
i've hundred dollars.
Mr.. Lambert said any expenditure on
those two squares for shell or gravel would
be wasted, for within a few months shell
would be broken and gravel buried IN the
mud and the street be as bad as ever. 1t
was question whether 1t would not oe
better to put down stone street al once AT
a cost of about 5000 per square or Sl2oo for
the whole work. 80,
Mr. Snowden, I'VE don't want TO be killed
bv kindness." \ small sum spent now Will
he of more use to the people III that section,
than the promise OF II large sum. TWAS now
almost i'm possible to haul half II ton OF coal
IN zee street, south of Wilkes, and he saw
daily Mr.. AguewS horses Juggling through
mire worse than any country ROAD. lie
moved that $500 be appropriated Tor the
immediate repair Of the street, out "ith'
drew the motion on the assurance that the
committee on streets would look into the
matter at once.
When the order for new sewer at the
station house TO connect with Smoots sewer
in Fa, cite alley came up, Mr.. Lambert eS-
,lained that the station house was no" con-
rpacted with the Bra,!dock House sewer,
which was only inches, and was now bro
ten 40 that its repair would cost almost as
Much "a . new sewer, while Shoots sewer
was large one, and part OF tne cost OF Tue
new sewer might be paid By neiGhbors who
wished to make connection with it.
When the proposal to place boundary
stone on Payne and Gibbon streets came up,
Mr.. Nails wished to know what control
Co,,ncil had over the lane going to the grave
Mr.. Lambert responded that it was for
the nurpose of determining the exact line OF
the jurisdiction of the city, that this propo-
sal of stone and surveys were made
No other business excited debate.