Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-11-10

and
III aftornoon, with increasing ciouu ho7' "No
i ~ rain this evening, rain wednesday,
ruv HrNRy sTBEET TRACK.-As stated
=, tho GAZETTE, the sDscia committee OF
Tho CitV Council appointed 10 CONFER WIZ
he ofioisls of the FsoHs9iysnis haliFosu
C9mDauy IL reference ~ occupancy :
Hsnry street, met NJ Ki7ney, O'i + u
Enif Nv. McKaiver ana :" t'eg tep.ese ,,,,'.
si7eq If eat -oad yestefday a7=1'Hg' iae
Tnsetjpg We hald in inc CAamosr o 80
Board OF A.1a o., ;, u,,t.oo
said that a precious conference mac peen
hold a. Ybich ve7tcns requests nae DeeH
msde The railroad company, suca s - ~
ming sdditiousl t,aios, the in.eTchanee, ~ y,
ficbatg. a neR depot, &c. oUs nothia Genn,SG
had besn Gore. Since then ne OH EoonU
bod srnired end new one had been e.eot ,ho
T. yoenovy DroDosed to treat Only VI -. .uo
uanr1 et.4e5 question. The comnlesss
- ~ ,,-,oosifi1n 70 c1ske he presumeo
49, -, .,a -ajirocd cor psry wished 10 COZ
enae n. - ooonnq The strea5, a proposition
tinue d ~ toat coma f.onc them. The Council
T.n,,id rather allow the Company to doaDle
49, REGATTA street ana Vacete Henry
Gee. entirely, bue a rs railroad peop'e
sold tbe ebandoDment of Henry street Wouic
,-o,tlr inconvenience them he did not fee!
55isnosei 20 diiga chem ont, but he thouSot
ybe company ehould ia willing to pave tne
slrsst for its use OF the aTacke.
M-. Kinney said ths question of uet7 DC,
not he thought you'd ta<e care ofiteeii, ana
intiule.ed that 1t was the intention OF zee
cor,naUy 81 ne distant dag TO erect memo
some depot here.
NJ, Binkeo ssld the property owners on
ar ffpt gEFaGt pgVSQ. Inc
.1,osent ssate O! sffaira WIGS great annoy
snea 10 them, and they ought at least 10
bscs GOOD str4et q Compensation for the
an,oSance Of having railrosd track a1
fbci, very doors apd having trains passing
thereon continually.
toneh on tho legel C1estions i1vo!ved; ne
kngw It vas nnuoyinG 10 have railroad 10
troot Of residences, bU: whereas the people
along Henry street sore incoa7enlenceo'
fba " hole community was Benefited 0y nav
lao the roeG pa.s through tho city on &C
ao9nt of the trade 10 brought edG the con-
venieace IL afforded the ciiZ9n7. Atter
consultation With M.. Kinney ne sAlc ne
yes authcrZed TO state fhat zee company
wouid be wi!'i7g 0 m5Gaden'zs sD2 three
snuar;s on Heury street ths oonnl"ee
might designate 10 consideration 81 a. ofei-
names being passed &c oorizlug ihe uee OF
Hspry street by toe railroad company. ds
SAID ne hoped 81 smic"blo adjustment Of
.h.s question mgat be reached FOR II Couoci
Ins!5ted on ,Je company doiag what no
o,ber CITY required, then the company
might essiy rue its tracks around the city
and and tie controversy BE 5sit, SIS the
eomnsa7's attorney, be had urged this
course Tor 10 that event Eha company would
own the land on which Il laid its tracks snd
would nat be eut j3ct TO the city laws which
in many instances q7ere embarrassing 10 the
running OF trains. &c.
Meesrs. Bryant. Davis and Jas McCuen
said they did not thpk tba proposition sub
mitied by Col. Smith @eu 4 be acceptable to
Council ;he people alopg Henry street,
from Duke 30 Oronooo, wanted the stseet
paved. :,
reduced hia proposition TO writing. 1t Is So
follows:
In rosponse to tho suggestion that it would BIO
acceptable to the City Council for the railroad
company to psve six sque>es OF Henry street, the
rep!eson tatives of tno company, without waivlng
any right but in a spirit OF compromise and ad-
iustnert express q willingness TO mscacsmlze
threo squares, or 10 lay four squares Of cobbe
stone on Henry street, upon the coodition that
tho City Council of AlexsnpIis. in consideration
thereof by appropriate ordinance, recognize the
right of the company to use Henry street for rail-
road p1rpo ca aud 10 continue such use.
The committee then Rsked for O few
minutes sine % coosUt and then submitted
the following to ;he reiroed officers:
The COMM tee have considered the above prop
osition of the raj road company, and respectfully
decline It but would say if the railrosd company
will rave Henry street from Duke to Oronoco
street with cobbc stone in g good and Substantial
manner they Will recommend to council the To-
eaizatiop of their occupancy of Henry street
with single track
MIR. Kinney enid he had already gone be-
vond Dis authority B the matter but IL the
committee wished ii he would submit their
proposition to the higher officials OF his COM
psny and communicate win Council at an
early dsy. lie YVES requested to do so nnd
the conference ended.