Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-12-12
CITY COUNCIL.
The December meeting of the City Cour
81 WIS held las. night.

AN nc w LII
.-yen members were present, and after the
ra,diae q; the minutes OF the November
m%s.iae, the petition of Hugo Herfurth
hid over at the last meeting came up as
uehui-hed busluess.
Mr.. bryant stated that the petitioner.
obo End 81 ked permission to hujid a frame
IN. ding in the rear Of his store, on King
street,, had Vithdrawa the petition and
erected a beick structure.
several o;her papers which had also been
lsia over were appropriately disguised OF.
Committees we're then called for reports,
when
Mr. Bsyaut, from Tue Committee on
s.rrets. reported fav0rahly an order to pay
M. lewis NJ, Kerzje 500 55 for oystershells
furnished the Superinlen dent of Police for
street purpose. Mr.. Bryant said the mat
ter was irregular, tut the petitioner had
doubtless Urnished the shells, and in equity
should be paid for them. He explained
that The shgsir had been purchased by Me.
N,k-Iz ne and lie had r. fused to await the
tme of The Superintendent of Police in or
der to have them csrted away, and paid
llmsa.f for their transfer TO the point in
lteci , where needed. He had no doubt
TIE petitioner had rcted through the beat
motives, and he did not question the valid.
ty of the claim.
Mr.. Leadbeater OBJ scted to the payment
oflae bill Oh the ground of the irregularity
oftte procedure. No member Of Council
noraay one else bad q right to purchase
ma'or,a' for the cj,y nor order work 10 be
done without proper authority.
Trp eyes and neys ware ordered which
resulted a. fo,lvwa: Ayes, Messys. Aynew,
Lsmbgin, Bryant Goodrich snd M%afbury-2
Eo-=. Na-srs. Burke aud Leadbta;er-2
INat "a constitute nal majority, it requirirg6
sGirmative Vetes o pass the order
Mr. Agnew thought il hard that MIR. Me
Ketzje should be C Dreiied TO loSe the no
my. especially when The latter had previ-
ously iGtaim"d the chairman cfthe Commit
80 on Street OF MS iutentiots AID obtained
tie i%at:er's acQ4ie,,cnc'. I'll city had -
e. hed The sGel = aud used 'nerl.
3lr. Burke said the payment Of ti'is bIl!
would IS ahlish n !ud precedent For in
sIauce, any hody il future cou.i NJ their
wbju CT caprice pnrccsse coal for lho Gas
Works.
Ms. Agnew replied that that had often
been done by persons not actirg s,;lctIy un'
der orders.
at this iuacturo MIR. Leadheater said that,
for the purpose Of harmony, he would with
draw his oil objection.
Mr.. Burke. however, refused 10 change
HE vote. but the order having received a
constitutional majority was declared
adopted.
A recess was then takcn, during which
the Aldermou were invited TO the chamber
Of the Common Council for the purpose Of
participating in the election of Ready man
i.r the rolice force, and upon their return
q petition, numerously signed, praying
Council to appoint a committee CT two from
each board to memorializ9 the next General
Assembly to amend the charter of the
Alexandria Water Company SO that their
charges may be tquitsbly made, was re.
csived FROM the Common Council, that
board having adopted the suggestion Of the
msmorialists.
The President (Mr. Matburyl said he
h6nad some member woniG move TO lay the
paper on the table aud spoke against lis
sloption. saying nobody had the right TO
wrest peoples vested rights from them.
The city had formerly owned stock in the
company and SOLD out.
Mr.. Goodrich moved a concurrence, whlcn
motion was seconded, and q vote having
been taken reeulted as follows Ayes,
Me.srs. Lambdin and Goodrich Noes,
Messrs. Agnew, Burke, Bryant, Leadbeater
and Mr.. President-5. The memorial was
subsequently laid on the table, and the Al
dermen, about half past nine o'clock, al
%iourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
President Sweeney called the board to or
der shortly after the usual hour, and most
Of the seats were filed.
When an ordinance was reported by the
Finance Committee to appropriate Sl,l56 TO
pay for an exbauster ordered for the gas
works, the President asked HAS the gas
works not paid its own bills ?"
Mr.. Snowden said that members OF the
Committee on Light were present, and they
c-uld answer that question.
Mr.. Stridor Eyes, the gas works pays Its
bills. but when it hasn't any funds do not
sc how il can pay. There is now 40 gas
fund."
The ordnance making the appropriation
ives then passed.
When a protest by Mr.. j. w. Shinn
against Mr.. Hetfurih'S bowling alley was
read,
Mr.. Fisher explained that the shed Ques'
ton was now disposed of, as Mr.. Herturth
had erected u oua.story brick building, as
there is 30 law against enc story brick dwell
liues. II there is a nuisance the place 10
seek an aholishmcnt OF it ie in the courts.
The SUI jec Nes referred to the Commit
lee on Str,, tn on q representation thai
that commi;u5 could not do anything in
the matter the protest was sent TO the Com
mittee 90 General Lave.
Wien the unfinished business, the rssoiu-
ton regarding the charter o!the Alexandra
Water Company, came up,
Mr.. BAyue asked permission to withdraw
it and later presented another. The resolu-
ton provides for the prominent of a spe-
ciai commi,tee-two from each branch OF
Council-to petition The General Assembly
10 amend tho charter Of the Alexandria
Water Company so IS 10 regulate lis water
rstes snd limit lis ii" dsnds.
Mr.. Snowden said that this was one OF
Tue most rsua1katie resolutions he had
ever seen. 1t Wa q propcstcn for this
Council t. ettt m9t 10 regu ato tue affairs OF
another co,poiaiontfa de-ereesiS powers