Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-08-09
CITY COUNCIL.
A meeting of the City Council was held
last night at the instance OF the Mayor.
BOARD OF ALDERMEI

Six members were in the Alderm emf
chamber shortly after eight O'Clock, but the
board was not called to order until half. past
eight, no business appearing on the clerks
table, After the minutes CT line last meet
ing had been read,
Mr.. Hinken, abiding to one item In the
record granting the petition of Messrs F. A.
Reed & Co. for az electric light on the
Strand said he had been told that The light
would be erected on the wharf of the petit
TONERS, to which movement he was averse;
if Messrs. Reed & Co. desired an electric
light on their private property they should
be wiling to pay for it.
Mr.. Agnew did not so understand the
matter. The light would not be erected on
Rseds wharf, but south of it.
At this juDcture the Mayors communica
tion giving his reasons for calling the meet
ing was received and the clerk proceeded TO
read the same; but had proceeded but a
few minutes, when the Messenger of the
Common Council appeared in the chamber
and requested the return of the paper to that
body. The reading ceased and the CON-
munication was delivered up. 1t WAS soon
brought back, however. liz reading com
pleted, and the action OF the Common Coun-
Gil CONQUERED IN.
Several papers Including the chronic
reso 'u;ion that the Midland Railway Tom
pany be required to forthwith complete the
east end of the Wilkes street tuDneD were
subsf qIently received from the lower board
and their action coucurred in, after Whioh
the Aldermen proceeded to the chamber OF
the Common Council for the purpose of par
ticipa!ing in the election of physican to
the poor, and upon their return adj ourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
At the meeting last night in the absence
of President Sweeney. Mr.. Snowden was
called to the chair.
When the message Of the Mayor, pub
lished elsewhere, had been read, a motion to
refer the various sections to appropriate
ommittees was made.
Mr.. Fisher urged that the repairs to the
market building be made by the Commits
soners of the Sinking Fund out of the mar.
ket rents received by them. He thought
that as the Commissioner received all the
profile of the market they should use par,
OF those profits to repair the building.
MIR. SnoWden doubted their power to dc
this.
Mr.. Fisher said that the Commissioners
of the Sinking Fund have several times
made repairs on the market.
| Mr.. Snowden thought that was mis-
take. The business of the Sinking Fund
| was to purchase bonds and reduce the debt.
Mr.. Fishcr-The revenue of the Sinking
Fund comas from tia market building.
! Suppose the building goes down, where
would they get the revenue? The taxpay.
ers have furnished funds for the repairs OF
| the market several times, and they pay the
interest on the bonds regularly, and he
thought that the bondholders ought to bt
satisfi d. The Taxpayers had paid of about
$40 QUO of the debt this year; he thought
that ought to satisfy the bondholders.
MIR. Suowden said 50 far as the question OF
the boDdholders is concerned it has nothing
to do with the matter TIE Sinking Fund
Commissioners have a specific duty to per
form. Previous to the tuning over of this
bull ling tie them IS 900 was raised annually
by taxes for Sinking Fund, and this build
ing was given into their control in lieu OF
that appropriation. They have never re.
paired the building and will not spend
money received by them, for repairs. Their
business ia 10 redeem the cty's bonds. The
city gets the benefiG of ths and while the
Sinking Fund does not now reduce taxes il
| will sometime enable taxes to be reduced
The Gunton deot has been partially wipec
out and the interest heretofore paid on that
debt will now go into the general fund. The
whole expenditure on the market the Mayor
,hlnke, would not exceed $500, SO it was not
a matter Of great moment.
After further discussion the subject was
referred to the Committee on Public Prop
erty.
Some discussion occurred on a proposal
by Mr. Cation to notify the Midland Railroad
Do@N. b
mel.
Mr.. Marbury thought the business would
be expedited by lnsttucling the Committee
on Streets 10 act in the matter; but MIR.
Cations motion WAS agreed to.
When the resolution Was introduced to give the
engineers Of the ffe engines ten days holiday
with pay,
The Chair sail no did not wish to be under, stood
ss opposing the tuition but he though the mat
ter one with which Council had nothing to do.
The Fire Wardens had charge of the money ap.
propriated for the fire department and they
should attend to such matters.
The resolution WIS adopted.
Whom the Finance Committee reported sdveree-
~ on the petition of J. T. Hill for reduction in
assessment on some Of his property, the Chairman
stated that the committee had been governed by
The law which required such applications to be
III ade prior to tho LIST of May.
Council thoughtthis an exceptional case and di.
rectad the committee to make an equitable reduc-
ton in the assessment.
resolution, offered by Mr.. Uhler, to tear down
all the sheds in the Of tho market square, was
referred to the Sinking Fund Commissioners and
the Committee on Public Property.
A joint meeting to elect successor to DR..
Purvis. who resigned his place as physician
of the poor, was then called.
JOINT MEETING.
The joint meeting being convened the
chair stated the obi ect was to fiji vacancy
10 the physicians to the poor, ocoasioned by
The resignation OF Dr.. Puryis.
Mr. Marbury nominated Dir. Thomas
Gibson. and an application was read from
DR.. ]. w. Bechtel, M. D.
TIE ballot then proceeded.
First ballot Df. Gibson, II; D.. Bechtel,
10.
Second ballot-Gibson, 19, Bechtel o.
Third ballot-Gibson, IL; Bechtel. 10.
Fourth ballot-Gibson. II; Bechtel 8.
Still as Is votes is necessary to a choice,
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