Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-14
ALEXANDRIA.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.


The December meeting OF She city council
last night had quorum ia bo.h boards. TIE
payment Of 1892 for provisions furnished the
smsllpox schooner Strauss last summer by Mr..
". z. Graves, % costs and 81 10 interest
was ordered bill TO create the Office OF city
engineer at 90 600 salary mud define it, func-
tions was introduced bv Mr.. Kraft and
referred. proposal BY Mr. Snowden
to relight the gas ligh;s on each street
intersection where there is no electric light was
laid over, Dr. Jones having suggested that IL
would be better instead 10 have more electric
lights. An ordinance giving the Richmond and
Danville railroad thc right OF uav over Union
and Lee streets from Jeferson street to
the soath limits Of the town Passed
the board Of aldermen, but was dis
cussod and laid by the common
council Six hundred dollars were approHri-
ated to pay tho expense Of fire plugs on the
recently extended mains put down by IA" Alex
andria Water Company. The Kings Daughters
made application Tor grant OF 81 .od1 90 gIa
in completing the new ntirmary building and
the subject WAS referred to the finance CON-
mittee.
THE MIDLAND RAILROAD EXTENSION.
The city council Of Alexandria heard las;
night the propo-al to secure the extension Of
the Midland tracks of the Richmond aud Dam
vile line by Union and Lee streets to the city
"
line 10 and across the electric rail-
way bridge. 30 10 give steam rail-
way facilities TO New Alexandria The
consent OF the city was asked to the Use Of the
south snds Of Union and Lee streets. and an
ordinance for that purpose was presented BY
Mr.. L. A. Heed, the manager a the Electric
Railway Company. but as several Of the MEM
beers Of the city council desired To- eNnEline the
ordinance and make sCch amendments a will
protect the cIty's interest in the matter the
subject is laid over. II IL understood that a
new ordinance will be drawn and presented 20
the council at called meeting to be held on
Thursday night next.
NEW STREET CHANGES PROPOSED.
Amovemen. will be made at the opening of
next yea. for 2o-inch sewers along each side Of
Henry street from Cameron 10 Oronoko and
for the paving and sewerinG Of Queen. Princess
and Oronoko streets TO the west borders Of the
city. Already it is understood that one gentle
man will put up forty houses on these streets
when improved, and it is said that one hundred
new houses are in sight in that section of the
city.
THE STREET LIoHT QUESTION.
Early next year the city council viii define
its policy as TO lighting the town. The electric
lights are everywhere. except on King street,
too far apart TO fully illuminate the streets and
it is proposed, on the one hand, TO refit the gas
- dt4N itbc" bu vi sA4t
corners, and on the other hand TO extend the
electric plant and furnish more arc lights for
the streets Which policy will be adopted lie not
known.
An EsTIMaBLE NATRoS DEAD.
Mrs. Margaret L. Ashby, wife of Col. Turner
W. Ashby, died last night at the resistance of
Mr.. Hubert Snowden, president OF the city
council. Mrs. Ashby was the eldest daughter
of the late William Gregory and has resided
here all her life. the center of a circle Of affec
tionate relatives and friends who viii long re-
member her amiabe life and sorrow that she
is not among them
NOTES.
The county supervisors are pressing the Wash
ington southern railway managers for the repair
of the old Washington and Alexandria turn
pike, now owned by the railroad company.
The corporation court Yesterday in the SUIT
of Stuart agt. Stuart ordered the sale of real
estate on the corner of Patrick and Gibbons
streets.
The funeral Of Mr.. Owen Doran took place
this morning from ST. Mary's Church and was
attended by throng of friends.