Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-01-29
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

was Tor lall past SoSeui p0' oo "a ouea~i, ~
r@s sight o'clock before the two branches
were called to order.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Aonorum was present in the Aldermen
chamber. but no spectators appeared with
enl tbs bar the interest being centred in
t6s hall of the Common Council, where tie
Int of the Gamewell FIRE alarm system il
u..ratsd the working of that apparatus.
Afsr the minutes had been read and
.iootsd the Aldermen received an invits-
nom from the Common Council to repair to
tne chamber of that board to witness the
gefkiog OF the apparatus referred to above,
aud upon their return,
Mr.. McKetze g, from the Committee On
Light, presented report If the proceedings
NJ hat com mittee 10 carrying out contract
win the ViIgiuia Midland Railway Comps
MFR the erection of four arc lights and two
c1mnercial lights at their depot, and some
0.pate followed US 10 whether the city would
he compelled 10 forDish these ligh s or the
Sebuv er company provide them from the
nipeteen sill Gue the corporation under its
contract.
SEINE members suggested that the ccmmu-
nicston be laid on the table, which, hosev.
er. " az not done, when
Mr. Goodrich moved its reference to the
FiUance Committee until the city effects q
settlement with the Schuyler company,
wh c. nation prevailed.
Mr.. Mckenzie thea introduced bill au.
fhoyizlng the + nance Committee TO accept
b,aos for its otficars from responsible con-
NAMES chartered ny the various States OF the
MON aud the Dominion of Canada. He
n.so lad read letter from the Fidelity and
C.s1ni;y Company to the Cashier of the
First National Bank of this city, offering for
ons and half per cent. per annum to furn-
lsA pora;e security for the bonded officers
., mat institution.
Mr.. Mckenzie favored the bill and gave
bis reasons why he thought 1t should be.
oone iaw. as did also Mr.. Bryant.
The ordinance was subsequently laid over,
81. thematter to which 1t referred was not
pressing
Mr.. Bryant from the Committee on
Streets, submitted reports on several matters
which had been referred to 1t at the last
meeting. among them favorable report on
the communication of J E Clements. Com
monwealth's Attorney of the county. The
report favors the erection OF stone arch at
Hooh's run, which would cost between $500
and 500, half of which cost the city would
have TO bear. The reports were adopted
Mr.. Bryant, from the same committee, re-
ported that the committee had no right to
grant the right of way through the streets
OF the city to the proposed street railroad
until the company first obtained q charter
from the Legislature This report was also
adopted.
Several papers which had been acted on
by the Common Council were subsequently
received from that board ard their action
concnrcee p, and after waiting until l0:2O
for business from the lower board the Alder
mcn adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
\ fair presentaton-eeven members
were 10 tAar seats when the board opened
last night.
Mr.. Morgan Davis, member le ct from the
81 ward, appeared, took the oath OF office
and his seat Us member of the Common
Council
When reports were called fer,
Mr.. Saowden, from the Committee on Fl.
rance. reported verbally that the proposals
for the adjustments OF differences between
che cit, and the Schuyler Electric Light
Company we're gradually nearing compile
iiou. snd the offers of the attorneys of the
hrnt company and the offers OF the commit
lee we're nearer together than ever before,
aud he hoped at an early day to report that
Il inst and satisfactory settlement had bsen
made.
Tae Aldermen having been invited to a
joint meeting, Mr.. TORY, the representa-.
i've Of the Gamewell Fire Alarm Signal
Company, explained the working OF the
aarm apparatus. which bad been put up In
the chsmber, struck an alarm at box % and
exnioiJed the system in operation from the
striking of al alarm 10 the call hone after
the extiuguishment of the Ere. He said
that the company had been operating this
system for 20 years.
Mr.. Mckenzie: Has there been no i'm
provement?
Mr.. Tory: On, yea; the company has
brought out oyer two hundred patents I'm
proving tho system.
No action was taken.
Tie Aldermen's resolution granting Capt
BRYANT permission to drain his lot on Prince
sud Alfred streets by terra Gotta pipe Into
the tau yard drain was called up.
Capt. Bryant explained that be desired, i
possible, 10 get Washington tenants for II
uew houses on Prince and Alfred streets
sad as there was a modern repugnanoe to
wells he wished to make terra Gotta sewer
from those houses to the tan house drain 81
Alfred near Gibbon street.
President sweeney tnougns tnat tne
should be taken to consider this subject, and
that unless the drain was walled over be
feared that this use of 1t might be dangerous
to health.
Capt Bryant said similar sewer from the
Pos,niiice building to the same drain had
been in operation more than 20 years, and
no one had been H. ured. he thought the
drain should be covered, and 1t probably
soon would be.
Alr. Aiicheson said he mad been requested
to say that d protest would be made against
this use of the drain and legal measures
taken If necessary.
TIE subject was laid over.
Mr.. Fisher introduced resolutions oppos-
lag any change in the route of Mt. Vernon
Avenue, carrying the line outside of Alex.
audria, and requesting the representatives Of
n.s 81 "a r.. la..i 10 To Hnta aGai nst