Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-09
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
For Thursday local rains and nearly stationary
temperature are indicated for this section.
CITY COUNCIL
The revenue, license and other bills hav'
ing been passed at previous meetings. the
proceedings of the City Council last night
were of no special importance and excited
but little interest.
IN THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
several committee reports were submitted
and some routine business transacted.
Mr.. Bryant. from the Committee on
Streets, reported an ordinance to repave and
regrade Prince street from Washington ia
Peyton, and assess two.thirds of the cost of
said work to property owners on the squares
embraced. Some debate followed as to
whether Council could compel property
owners to pay their assessed quotas, as some
Of the squares embraced within the space
had been paved once, and according to a
traditional or written law of the corporation
all repairing has to be done at the expense
If the city. 1t was finally agreed to refer
The bill to the Committee on General Laws.
The same committee also submitted All or
dinance providing for the paving of Column
bus street from King to Queen street, which,
after debate conducted in a conversational
way, was passed.
Some business which came in from the
Common Council was then concurred in.
The Common Council returned the bill
ordering the paving Of Columbus street from
King to Queen amended by adding land
ment was concurred in by the Aldermen,
and tho hoa ri onhSpuuanflv odioprpad
COMMON COUNCIL.
Soon after the assembling of Council
Mr.. Brent reported resolution directing
the collectors to sell all all delinquent prop
erty and said that as the State would have
such a sale this year it would be good
time for the city to do likewise.
Mr.. Goodrich thought the provisions of
the resolution unjust, as man who owed
only one years taxes would have his house
sold the same rs if he owed q number of
years back taxes.
Mr.. Brent said the resolution would do
injustice to none taxes had to be paid by
all and all should bear their share OF the
public burden.
A motion to postpone was lost, and, after
an amendment, offered by Mr.. Snowden,
making the sale for taxes due plior to last
year was adopted, the resolution passed.
The Committee on Streets reported adj
ver5ely to the payment of certain curbing
bills on the ground that the property own
ers, and not the city, were liable, which re-
port was adopted.
Mr.. Brent stated that the Committee on
Streets had found that great deal of work
had to be done this year and that they
were engaged on plans for various repairs.
A communication from w. =. Graves,
stating that he and others had been notified
to remove certain hog pens from the lower
part of the city, and asking that boundary
line for such pens be fixed, was referred to
the Committee on General Laws.
Mr.. Brent offered q resolution to reduce
the price of gas from 81 to 81 so per thousand
feet, which was referred to the Committee
on Finance.
The report of the Fire Wardens was read
and referred to the Finance Committee.
An act to grade and pave Prince street
from Washington to Payne was referred to
the Committee on General Laws.
Acts to curb and gutter square bounded
by Patrick, Alfred. Queen and Princess
streets; to pave Cameron street between
Washington and Alfred, Columbus street
between King and Queen and Queen street
law, which provides that the property own
ers shall pay two-thirds and the city one
third of the expense, were passed.
When the ordinance for paving Columbus
and Cameron streets, near Christ Church,
came in
Mr.. Fisher moved to amend by adding
"Queen street between Royal and Pitt
Streets" He said that the order for the
paving had been made by former Council
but being irregular had been vetoed by the
Mayor, and it was understood that it would
be included in the present bill.
Mr.. Brent was glad the amendment had
been proposed, and had no doubt it would
be accepted.
The amendment was agreed to and the
ordinance passed, without dissent.
When the application offs. B. Stoutenburg
for permit to erect frame building, came
in disagreed to from the Aldermen, the
committee stating that some of the neigh
bors opposed it,
Mr.. Sweeney asked if the application of
Mr.. Stoutenburg had not been signed by the
neighbors.
MIR. Brent replied that there were no
signatures to it.
Mr.. Sweeney knew that the neighbors had
consented to the erection of a frame build
ing adjoining the lot of Mr.. Stoutenburg. He
was not in favor of allowing one man
privilege and refusing that privilege to an
other. He thought that the committee in
giving the objection should have named the
directors.
Mr.. Brent said that the application to
which reference had been made was that OF
Mr., Wallace Hooff Mr.. Hoof had pre-
sented his application with the names of all
the neighbors, except one, approving. He
(Mr. Brent) had then objected to the grant
until the other neighbor, Mr.. Smith, sgni-
fed he had no objection and then the per-
NIT was granted.
Mr.. Sweeney said that as the committee
had reported that some neighbors did OBJ
ject, the Council had right to know who
those neighb0rs were.
Mr.. Brent replied it was not the duty of
the committee on streets to give that in