Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-22
CITY COUNCIL.

CITY COUNCIL.
There was called meeting of the City
Council last night, convened ct the request
of the Mayor.
IN THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
it was about half past eight o'clock before q
quorum appeared.
Upon the board being called to order,
Mr.. Smith said he was uesirous of having
the act granting the Warrenton, Plains and
Alexandria Telephone Company permission
to erect poles and stretch their wires in tho
city acted on, and had hoped the Comm
on Streets would have been able to report
on the matter. He was not inim;cal to the
company, but, on the contrary, was favor
ably disposed toward it.
Mr. Leadbeater said there had been q
meeting of the directors of tho telephone
company, and it was thought that Council
would be asked to grant the company the
use of King street for their purposes. The
company had contemplated making their Of
lice at Dr. Entwsles drug sore, or they
might conclude to uso the poles Of The Bell
Telephone Company.
The matter was passed by temporarily,
alter which some routine business was trans
acted.
Some election bills which had been order
OIL 10 Oe pau ny VIC >'i'i'u'' '"S' ~"
received.
Mr.. Strauss was opposed to paying the
bills until they had been duly considered hy
the Committee on Claims, and mo!ed such
a references, which motion prevailed
MIR. Smith stated that "A the bills were
for election purposes, and if referred 10 the
Committee Oh Claims would doubtless sleep
until fall should Council take It's usual Te-
cts,, it would be in order to settle the claims
without the usual reference. He moved -
reconsideration of the motion referring the
bills to the committee.
MIR. Strauss seconded the motion and the
board reconsidered its action and concnrr,d
10 that of the Common Council.
Some matters which had come in from the
lower board ware then concurrod in, after
which the Aldermen proceeded to the cham
her of the Common Council for the purpose
of participating in the election of school
trustee from the Third ward.
Upon their return Mr.. Smith moved that
the action of the board referring the or,lin.
ance granting the use of the streets Of the
CITY to the Warrenton, Plains and AlexaE-
dra Telephone Company to tho Committee
on Streets be reconsidered, which was car
ried, and the bill was read three times and
passed by unanimous vote.
A resolution that when Council adjourns
it be to the second Tuesday in October WAS
received from the Common Council and
their action concurred in.
The board then adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
A bare quorum was present at the open
ing of the session last night, but before its
close fourtt en- of the sixteen members ap-
peartd.
The bill authorizing the police to raid
houses in which gaming was suspected, was,
on motion" of Mr.. Brent, its patron, laid
over.
A number of election bills were ordered
to be paid The petition for tho erection OF
gas lamp at the corner of Fayette and
Queen streets, was referred to the Commit
tee on Light
The action of the Board of Aldermen at
It's last meeting, in referring to the Commit
tee on General Laws the communication
from the Mayor concerning the publication
of the laws which have been passed by
Council since The codifcation several years
ago, was coEcurred in.
The resolution authorizing the investment
of the surplus in the treasury to the re-.
tirement OF the city debt, was laid or. the
table.
A resolution directing the Superintendent
of Gas to inquire as TO certain improve
ments in the manufacture of gas, its cost,
etc., was adopted.
When the Alderman's bill increasing from
$500 to $500 the salary of the Superintend-
emit OF Gas came up in this body, Mr.. Snow
den moved to refer it 10 the Finance Com
mittee. This, he said, was the regular
course.
Mr.. Fisher advocated a concurrence with
the Aldermen. The Committee on Light
had recommended the increase, and the AL
dermen had adopted it, and it would be
iustice to deserving officer to adopt it at
this meeting.
Mr.. Snowden asked how many votes
would be required to pass the act at this
meeting.
Mr.. Chairman will require twelve
votes.
Mr.. Snow,len said if Mr.. Roxb ury's friends
wanted this resolution adopted they would
let it go to the proper committee, as it could
not BIZ passed tonight he did not wish to
be understood ~ opposing the resolution,
but this mode of procedure was unusual;
Mr.. Roxbury was n good officer, but the
trouble was that at the next meeting other
good officers would come in also, asking an
increase, and If their petitions were not
granted they would have a right TO com
plain. He did not want TO make fish
of one and flesh Of tho other, so he asked
that the re solution be referred to the proper
committee.
The motion was lost.
Mr.. Snowden said that this action put
him in painful position for he would be
obliged to vote against it.
The bill was put on its passage and lost
By q vote of 8 to ). not two thiids of the
whole board. The chair said the bill was
not adopted.
Mr.. Fisher, in introducing a resolution
directing the prompt execution of the order
to pave Queen street between Pitt and Roy
al, urged that this instruction was necessary.
The Council had ordered several months
ago that this work be done, but the chair
man of the committee on streets had forgot.
ten to include this street in his advertise.
msnt for proposals. He thought that the
best way to speed the matter was to pass
this resolution. The resolution was agreed