Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-13
OFFICIAL.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN

BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
ut regular meeting of the Board OF Aldermen
held April 18th, 1892, there were present : VIM.
H. msrbury, esq PRECEDENT, and Messrs Burke
Lindsey. Hinken, Goodrich Bryant and Lead
beater.
The report Of the Committee on Claims recon-.
mending that the petition Of n omss D. Dix,
driver for the Hydreuion stesm Fire Engine
Company, for pay daring bis recent disability
caused by the Kick Of one Of tie horses of said
company and directing the Audtcr to iasue his
warrant for $28 80 fer same Va adopted.
The following Ordinances were read three times
and OPTIC BY the following vote, ayes, Ms:srs.
Burke, Hinktn, Goodrich lindsey. BrJ ant, Lead.
heater and Mr.. Prsa;d MT, noes, noae
AN 0IdiI ance to provide for scttirg The curb,
gutteIing and lustirg ftwn six foot blick side.
walk On both sides o: Waahi ogton street from the
north side Of Clonoco street to the south side Of
Pendleton street, and On both sides of ST. Asaph
street from The north side of Oror oco st eet to the
south side OF Pendleton street. and for the assess.
ment Of he coat thereof and The collection Of the
saue undsr the 33d section of the city charter"
IAN OIdin II CO to prov d, for the grading curb
ipF, gu ttr.rg and aVing of that portion Of lee
street lying between the s:uth tide of Queen
street and the north eide of rrir CO; street. end
for the assessment Of the cost thereof aud tho
collection CT Ia same under the 33d section of
the city charter"
IAN Ordit aacs to permit the Washington,
Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway
Company to lay its tracks and run its cars through
and over cert,in streets in the city Of Ale1sndris
Virg' mia"
IAN Ordinance author zing the use OF Henry
street. Alexandria, Vr.inis, by tho Washington
Southern Railway Company" The report of the
Corporation Attorney, TO whom the latter Ordi-
nance va, referred, was received upon the same.
The bill of ]. W. Hammond for $l01.50 was ap
proved by the Committee on Streets and the same
ordered TO bo paid.
The. resolution requesting the Mayor to instruct
the police 10 see That the 9as lamps are extin-
guished st proper time and to require the police.
men to light the lamps at the corner Of Cameron
and Pitt streets and the corner OF Union atreet
and Fayette Allsy was adopted.
The Committee on Light reported iavorably
upon the resolution for the purchase OF the new
aImsture now at the electric light works at cost
OF S4O2.60. The ssme committee reported adj
versely upon the resolution 10 remove every
o her electric light on King street. Both these
reports were adopted.
This Committee CO Light also repo, ted upon the
resolution to ASCERTAIN the probable cost of On
additional dynamo at the electric light works.
The same committee recommended the running
Of the electric light plant on moonlight schedule,
there by saving The city at least $1,000 per annum.
which tommuuics ion was laid over unit. ne1t
meeting o, Couf Gil,
Inc iolloHiag were received rom the Common
council ano tHc-ir actin concurred in viz: An
ace = sppropIiaes part of the city revenue for
the balance Of the fiscal year ending May 81,
] 1872 slso "An Cr1insnce for imposing and col.
lec.ing licenses within the city Of Alcxsndria, for
the year commencing en- the Let day of June
1892, ard ending on 31st day of May, 1893;
also the petition of Mrs. Eizabeth Monroe for tbs
privilege of erecting four frame houses on south
side CT Queen street between Fairfax and Lee
streets; also The bill of W. P. Graves for So 81;
also the commur icatiCn from tho Clerk of the
City School Board requesting that tho City Coun-
Gil have the alley in the rear Of Lee building re-
paved and put in crd.r; also the circular letter of
the Russian Fam ne Relief Committee Of the
United statea; also the amendment to tho oldi.
nance authorizing the use Of Htnry street by the
Wash ington Southern Raiwsy Company.
The Board then adjourned.
Teste: Mp. VINCENT. Clerk