Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-08-31

CITY COUNCIL.
called meeting of the City Council was
held last night.
INTHE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
six members were present. Upon the board
heng called to order, the President Mr..
DoWnbam, stated that he had convened the
Aldermen at the request of several members
of the Finance Committee, to whom Mr.
Goss. President Of the Virginia Iron Ship.
building Company, had appealed for relief
from the procedure Of the Collector OF Taxes
for the Southern District, who had seized
lot of old iron belonging 10 the company Tor
non. payment OF taxes.
Mr.. Leadbeater, from the Finance Com
mittee, gave history Of the matter, and
said Mir. Goes had called upon several mem
hers of the committee to ascertain if some
mode of relief could not be devised, but that
line committee had recognized the fact that
thew bad no power to act 10 the premises,
and had therefore requested the Presidents
of the two boards to call a meeting OF coun.
Gil
Il being learned that the Common Cuun-
cil was without a quorum, Il recess WAS
taken for some minutes, ut the expiration Of
which time Mr. Saow,lon from ths lower
board, appeared in the chamber and an
nounced that there was Il quorum present
in the Common Council and that al invita-
ton had been extended TO the Aldermen to
meet the Common Council in jont session
for the purpose of listening to an explana.
lion Capt. Goss desired to make. Tha AL
dermen then repaired TO the chamber OF The
other board, and upon their return an in
formal conference was held between the
members and Mr.. Eichberg, President OF the
lower board in which some expressed scep.
ticism in the promise Of the Virginia Iron
Shipbui' ding Company, while others seem
ed disposed to grant tho company further
time for tho settlement Of the taxes on the
works.
Upon the board being called TO order,
Dir. Laadbeater offered resolution sus-
tanning the action Of the Collector of Taxes
and directing him TO proceed in the coltc.
ton of The taxes.
Mr.. Burke and Mr.. Moore opposed the
adoption of the resolution, and the latter as
serted that such snap judgment would end
in litigation with the usual result to the
Corporation The company in the end
would prove that according to their cove.
nant with the city, they had manufactured
iron every year.
The resolution received no second, when
Mr.. Moore introduced q resolution releas-
ing the old iron seized by the Collector OF
Taxes, which was adopted.
The resolution was sent to the Common
Council and in a few minutes was returned
endorsed mon concurred in" when this
board adhered to its action and appointed
Messrs. Leadbsater and Moore committee
of conference to meet a similar committee
from the other board. The committee re-
ported resolution sustaining Mr.. Field in
his procedure against the company.
Messrs. Moore and Burke again opposed
such action, and upon the vote being taken
the report was rejected.
The President gave notice that there
would be meeting of Council Wednesday
night to consider the canal suit.
The board then adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
The early session of the two Boards last
night was Joint session at which Capt.
Goss gave reasons for the withdrawal of the
tax attachment put on $1,000 worth of old
iron about to be removed from the Virginia
Iron Ship Works He said there had been a
contract with Mr.. Haynes to 60 on with the
making of blooms, but it had fallen through
and now contract had been made with
Mr. Ford of this city and this, the first glim.
mer of light seen in the manufacture of
blooms hadl appeared While the contract
with Mr.. Haynes was in progress, he ex-
changed this iron to gentleman in New
York in part payment for shears, but after
that contract fell through the matter stood
for awhile, but was resumed and was about
to be carried out, when he found the tax COL
ector has put lien on this old material.
AS the only effect of the lien is to prevent
the changing of the worthless material
for available tools, he thought that
Council would consent to release of
the lien, the work would then be
carried on by Mr.. Ford, of this city,
ayoung man honest and capable, and that
alone is u capital. An injunction, he said,
prevents ne from acting for the company
and of course | cannot act in any official
manner yet feel deep interest in the
matter. Our firm has put in $4,000 ana
my friend, Mr.. Moody, has put in $4,000.
There had been an effort to get an eleva-
tor at the Pioneer Mills but the Baltimore 4
Ohio railroad had put its foot down On that.
All the material taken out will he more than
returned there in value.'
Mr.. Burke thought that the collector had
acted under tho impression that tho compa.
ny was stopping the works and removing all
its effects.
Mr.. Snowden said the collector had no
idea that they intended 10 stop the "orhe
lie was responsible for the taxes and did
not intend to allow property subject of tax
to be taken away from the city.
After it had been shown that bellows
had been bought and that shears were on
the way aud that the sale Of this iron was
Intended to get money to pay for them, the
Two boards separated.
4 resolution afterwards came in from the
Alderman raloo SioO ha levy hut COuQ
ell non.concurred, and conference commit.
lee having failed to secure an agreement the
board adjourned till Wednesday night.
NEW ALEXANDRIA INDUsTRY.-Mr.
Thomas Young, of Columbia, Pa, who has
been in this city for some time past, has pur'
chased through the real estate agency oil
Messrs. Harlow & Cation, the old Jameson
foundry property, at the southeast corner OF
Royal and Wilkes streets. now occupied by
Mr. C. H. Collins, for 81 500. Mr. Young